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811.
by pcl 11y ago
This tells us that they didn't manually test Windows, or have automated tests that compared bitmaps. We don't know whether or not they ran automated tests. I'm guessing very few automated tests take font rendering into accoun
812.
by pcl 11y ago
the rattles had squeaks That's a great bit of writing right there.
813.
by pcl 11y ago
I wonder what's up with those annual 15%-or-so dips. Maybe a religious holiday? I'd love to see an X axis there. And does it continue to this day? (The photo is from 2011.)
814.
by pcl 11y ago
To quote Frank Westheimer: A month in the lab can save a night in the library.
815.
Statistics: How many would you check?(blog.jpalardy.com)
1 points by pcl 11y ago|0 comments
816.
by pcl 11y ago
Here's an economic rationale for diversity in hiring: Your project's total addressable market probably includes a diverse population of people. Meanwhile, the decisions in your project are made by the folks involved in it -- maybe
817.
by pcl 11y ago
I think that happens if someone else also posted the same link in some time window, and it didn't make it to the front page.
818.
by pcl 11y ago
Best experienced using Chrome I'm getting flashbacks to 2000-era HR systems...
819.
by pcl 11y ago
It's worth noting that everything mentioned in the article except the full frequent flyer number is also printed in ASCII on the boarding pass.
820.
by pcl 11y ago
Wow, this is incredibly well-executed. I worked in a lab with Bunnie years ago; it's great to see he's still as thoughtful and thorough as he was then. I wish I had the dedication, time and aptitude to execute as well as he does.
821.
by pcl 11y ago
FTA: That’s a staggering amount of Hitlers and Nazis in various forms, but it’s still a relatively low frequency — 1 out of every 1,500 submissions — which Hoppe believes discredits Godwin’s Law. But a few other findings surprised him: Hop
822.
by pcl 11y ago
Assuming that a driver can opt into cash payments, it seems like a fair choice for a driver to make based on their own risk assessment.
823.
by pcl 11y ago
Per the link, the exception is Martin Van Buren.
824.
by pcl 11y ago
I wrote a far more basic zsh config script that integrates with OSX's Terminal.app window restoration to restore the current working directory in each tab after quit / relaunch. Between that and browser tab restoration on reboot,
825.
by pcl 11y ago
If you travel in coach frequently, getting upgrades on long-haul flights (especially redeyes) is really a significant quality-of-life improvement. Among other factors, upgrades are doled out by airlines based on the relative status tiers th
826.
by pcl 11y ago
You can opt out politely; I do it all the time. Recently, it's been interesting, since I dislocated my shoulder and can't yet lift my arm as high as they want me to. But it still seems to work out.
827.
by pcl 11y ago
Spoiler alert: "the terrible twos" / "toddler" and "teenage years." So, a broader range than the clickbait title implied.
828.
by pcl 11y ago
I haven't done any real analysis of it, but I've always assumed it's because it renders up a single small HTML document rather than large core content and dozens of external references (ads, analysis, etc.). Looking at this p
829.
by pcl 11y ago
I believe they have it right. For example, the Vatican is an enclave -- entirely surrounded by Italy -- but not an exclave, as it is itself contiguous.
830.
by pcl 11y ago
You probably meant: "Cases would be a lot cheaper to prosecute and defend without those mental state elements."
831.
by pcl 11y ago
To me, "WASP" has a pretty narrow definition, with strong East Coast and British affinities. I'm largely Irish by heritage, and so of course there's some Catholic in there too. So, while I'm white, I'm (mostly)
832.
by pcl 11y ago
Yeah. That one is really quite something.
833.
by pcl 11y ago
That's a really good idea. Are there any NYT folks here? Is there a procedure in place for doing this sort of thing? I imagine that news.ycombinator.com is a more common Referer than news.google.com in the development community; it&#x2
834.
by pcl 11y ago
- warms up faster? The website claims a pretty fast pre-heat time of just under 5 minutes, which is probably mostly attributable to the compact size -- a smaller volume can be heated faster. I didn't notice anything about how the hea
835.
by pcl 11y ago
Thanks... I had forgotten about the fires etc.
836.
by pcl 11y ago
Say what you will about the 787 Sounds like you've got a somewhat negative view of the 787; I'd love to hear more. I haven't read much in the way of 787 reviews, but my experience as a passenger on them have been great thus
837.
by pcl 11y ago
It'd be interesting to see what the retention numbers were like for those initial v1 users, and how many people use the free version on an ongoing basis. It could be that people stop usin the app after the first week or so anyways.
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LaunchDarkly, a startup that helps Companies soft-launch features, raises $2.6M(techcrunch.com)
1 points by pcl 11y ago|0 comments
839.
by pcl 11y ago
> medical costs should be socialized I couldn't agree more. Most importantly, our career choices shouldn't be coupled to our health needs. It's ridiculous, and it's even more amazing that the US health care industry h
840.
by pcl 11y ago
Once you re-map Caps Lock to Control (in the system preferences), I wouldn't be surprised if you could get there with some edits to ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict

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