perfectstorm

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by perfectstorm 9y ago
seriously, i exit at Powell station and the amount of shit and piss i smell every day is unimaginable.
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
My grandma passed away few months ago and I had to cancel an air ticket that I bought through Priceline. When I called Chase to use their travel protection, the CSR redirected me to eclaimsline.com. I filed a claim and uploaded my credit ca
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
You've to download the app and then hope that they are in English. If they are indeed in English you've to create an account and add your credit card information before you can call a cab. I was in Germany recently and compared th
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
How much was it in Toronto ? I was quoted $5k+ in the South Bay area.
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
Google started playing ads on their $129 Google Home just the other day ( http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/16/14948696/go... ). Apple shows ads to older iPhone users ( https://9
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
Not sure why this is a big deal. you can turn it off. HBO subscribers are shown ads (for other HBO shows) at the beginning of the play. I believe that happens with Amazon Prime Videos as well. Google shows ads for Chrome browser when you go
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
Firefox's address bar is much more intelligent than Chrome. The moment i type a keyword it shows me the sites i visited from the past that has this keyword. Firefox also supports flick gesture from my Wacom tablet on my Windows machine
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
This looks good in theory and is practical if the interviewee is out of job. If the interviewee is a full time employee how can they expect that person to spend a week in your office ? Do you expect him/her to use their vacation days ?
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Why a SF startup doesn't make an offer until they've undergone a 'trial week'(sfgate.com)
3 points by perfectstorm 10y ago|2 comments
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
Switzerland has mandatory military service required for all men where they are trained for gun usage. Also, they require permits and are allowed only if you're over 18yrs.
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
the cost of living is much lower in India. $12,000 is a good chunk of money if you live in India.
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
I don't see a 32GB XPS on their site.
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Glassdoor will now tell you if you’re being underpaid(techcrunch.com)
2 points by perfectstorm 10y ago|0 comments
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
what speed do you get ? where are you located at ?
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by perfectstorm 10y ago
Maybe I'm too old school but the removal of for loop is quite surprising. for-in doesn't tell you the index of the current object so you'd have to manually keep track of the index. Also, x++ is a common syntax in many languag
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
"The FBI has agreed to help prosecutors gain access to an iPhone 6 and an iPod..." So yea, it's an iPhone 6. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-arkansas-fbi-pho...
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
what if Apple agreed to unlock it (either by custom software or by some other means) but FBI won't say it publicly so Apple gets to save their face and FBI gets what they want.
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
if he didn't mention his app as a disclaimer and when users find out about it (which is bound to happen), they will go apeshit. I think it's a smart move by the author. he gets his publicity and get a chance to slam his competitor
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
"No autolayout support" Guess I'm gonna hold off this until the final version is released.
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
I've read that both Microsoft and Apple have agreed not to sue each other in court.
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
well you've any credible reports that suggest otherwise ?
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
"When a schoolgirl asked Dr Kalam why he did not accept President's post again despite demands from several quarters, he said: "You know you are simply a fantastic girl. Before becoming President, I was involved in teaching.
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
Dr. Kalam didn't want to run for a second term. He wanted to go back to his passion. Please don't bring politics into it.
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
RIP. Always enjoyed reading his books.
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
Mobile developer who uses existing APIs ?
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by perfectstorm 11y ago
Not surprised at all. They rejected our app because one of the screenshots we had on iTunesConnect had the word 'Android'. We were just showing a job search page and one of the job description had Android in it.