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by nxn 14y ago
It's been a few months since I tried a Windows 8 preview, but from the start screen type "task manager" in the application search context, click the app tile, and it may or may not be necessary to click "more details" for a more complete vi
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by nxn 14y ago
I see, I was primarily commenting on their situation in the PC world. Things get a bit blurry depending on whether you look at tablets and PCs as being in one market or two, and a bit more so when thinking about which category to place some
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by nxn 14y ago
Depending on the meaning of "need" you may be correct -- at least, I'm having a hard time imagining a task which can only be performed on a retina display. However, for most people I think the display will serve as the primary source of out
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by nxn 14y ago
If Windows 8 flops the most likely outcome will be people just staying on whatever version of Windows they have now. That's pretty much what happened when Vista flopped. And honestly, seeing as how Windows 7 only overtook XP in terms of pop
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by nxn 14y ago
Do you honestly think one of the largest players in this market (and arguably, the smartest) would release a tablet that's heavier, hotter, and with worse battery life than an Ultrabook? How exactly do you figure that Microsoft is one of
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by nxn 14y ago
Not only are Windows users moving to Linux, but Windows devs seem to be arriving as well, bringing their diseases with them – corporate ‘kill off the competition’ mentalities that don’t serve Linux, merely exploit it. Delusional is the on
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by nxn 14y ago
To preface, let's say that "application-scale" means something like the following: your server outputs a single html file that only contains references to js files and css (i.e., the minimum to get the app to work right), from then on all d
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by nxn 14y ago
They look a lot more intuitive/natural than iOS. I actually had to use Google when I first got my iPad to figure out how to do some pretty basic things. In fact, I didn't even think to look into it until I accidentally put my whole hand on
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by nxn 14y ago
Is that code really valid CoffeeScript? Last I looked, and I admit that the last time was months ago, 'on' was a reserved keyword (an alias of 'true') and I had to do some quite ugly hacks to be able to have a method named 'on'. This may ha
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by nxn 15y ago
Is there a way to return to "normal mode" in the home screen after being in "edit mode" (moving, grouping, removing) that does not involve pressing the physical button? I seemed to have tried all "obvious" attempts of doing so with no succe
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by nxn 15y ago
I don't think there's any general law for whether they do or don't. On one hand, I can definitely look at C# right now and see how it is a vast improvement upon C# 1.0. I'll even go as far as to say I would probably refuse to write code in
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by nxn 15y ago
It really depends on what you'd like to try doing; for example, if you'd like to try web development then being decent in javascript/css/html is important. If there's a field you want to check out, a library/framework aimed at that space mi
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by nxn 15y ago
Is it possible to disable the hot corners/replace their functionality with a keyboard shortcut?
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by nxn 15y ago
Since dart will have to compile down to javascript for any browser that isn't chrome* , there probably wont be much, if any, performance improvement that you can depend on. Your only way to be able to use the speed up would be to restrict y
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by nxn 15y ago
Torvalds' post to me looked to attack C++ programmers in general. I'm not ignoring that the initial comment was pretty useless, but even so there are better ways to handle those than the way he chose.
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by nxn 15y ago
Had he worked on any would that have been a valid excuse to be derogatory to others over something as childish as what programming language they use? If you're going to ask me if I had worked on any OS kernels or distributed version control
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by nxn 15y ago
Haven't seen it. I've seen many other examples of Torvalds being an ass, but I don't bother to keep track really. It does make me wonder though how he's able to get away with responses like that, when most other "founders" (not sure what th
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by nxn 15y ago
As far as almost every major JavaScript framework coming with it's own style/approach to inheritance -- I don't blame the frameworks, I blame JavaScript. Inheritance in JS is at best awkward and unintuitive; if this wasn't the case you woul
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by nxn 15y ago
By removing all the borders/bars, and other useful grouping elements, they've made the application feel cluttered -- too many unrelated things share the same z-index. For example, the pinned panel titles, side panel buttons, inactive tabs,
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by nxn 15y ago
In this context this looks somewhat similar to Haskell's type classes, and maybe to a lesser, or greater(?), extent C#'s extension methods. The latter I guess lacks the concept of the "protocol" as extensions methods live at the namespace l
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by nxn 15y ago
How sure are you that it is an option? I followed the link you gave, went to search settings (here: http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en ) and found no option to disable it. I went to the dashboard and attempted to find an option for it
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by nxn 15y ago
What do you mean "now"? ACTA was signed by the US in September.
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by nxn 15y ago
I tend to think otherwise with the recent Megauploads situation; plenty of people lost their personal data with no warning and through no fault of their own. The "no fault of their own" part is obviously being challenged by those who claim
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by nxn 15y ago
Well, this piece of news certainly just killed my "Windows 8 App" project. Even though I really do like Microsoft's tech, I just cannot support this type of behavior in any way. Maybe with mono I'll at least be able to salvage the server si
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by nxn 15y ago
I've been recently somewhat surprised at how much syntax means even to experienced developers. Just look at the very positive responses CoffeeScript has received, especially when compared to the criticism Dart gathered with regards to its s
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by nxn 15y ago
var outer = 2; var btn = new Button() { Text = "Click Me" }; btn.Click += (obj, eventArgs) => { var local = outer + outer; }; How is the above any different/better/worse than what javasc
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by nxn 15y ago
I authentically hate these types of interviews. 1) I don't program on a whiteboard. It's 2012, I have tools, and they beat the whiteboard setup every time. 2) I will never implement something that I have not implemented before without at le
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by nxn 15y ago
Just fyi, you can generate a csv of your domains and authorization codes by doing: Domain Management > Tools Tab > Exportable List > click Add New Export button > All your domains > and make sure to select "Authorization
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by nxn 15y ago
It skipped my mind that Dart is also planned to be a server side language, in which case a bytecode might be useful to skip part of the compilation process on repeated runs. Either way, there has been no word on any of this from the Dart pe
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by nxn 15y ago
Google refers to V8 as a VM* despite it taking Javascript straight to native instructions with not bytecode or intermediate step being involved anywhere. What makes you think they would mean something else when they speak of a Dart VM? It w

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