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14y ago
Yeah. This is why I don't bother updating Wikipedia. I would have just let my picture get deleted rather than waste time defending it.
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14y ago
My recent favorites wrong assumptions: 1. The year is 2012. In Thailand, the year is 2555. In Malaysia, the year is 1433. 2. But surely that is not used on computers and the web? http://www.railway.co.th/home/Default.asp?lenguage=Eng (loo
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14y ago
Yes. A credit card processor that said they wouldn't act while he was disputing a charge --- but oops did. A credit card processor that makes it hard to contact them. A credit card processor that cannot be bothered to pick up the phone and
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14y ago
@delinquentme - sure. Except how many people will look longer at square's competitors now? I certainly am now reluctant to use them.
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14y ago
Tyler, that kind of lets all sort of bad behavior off the hook doesn't it? I rather like the high quality, low cost support I get from https://www.techcu.com/ myself.
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14y ago
I'm not sure why you think it is a good idea to let random outside parties dip into his business's working capital? Ooops sorry about withdrawing $10,000 instead of $100. What's a decimal place among friends? Hope you can still make that ta
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14y ago
Absolutely square could do things better. How about for starters picking up the goddamn phone and making a call to talk to the customer in person? It really shocks me that people are willing to entrust their business's finances with a compa
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15y ago
"The only way to win this game is not to play" - "Joshua" war games The real route is to not use Google+
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15y ago
Reminds me a little of xkcd: http://xkcd.com/488/ [Use your real or fake name] | | (fake) (Real) \/ \/ [
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15y ago
SO I find reasonably useful - but answering questions on SO rather than getting shit done is a waste of time. Echoing a lot of the other comments, it is easy to get a high rep by just going for the beginner questions. The easiest way to get
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15y ago
Carl, You are pointing to a study that was published in 2006. This means the actual data is at least 7 years old. Can you find a more current example?
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15y ago
You are correct to be calling out applications that are indifferent to memory usage. The commenters who answer "ram is cheap", "your time is worth more than the ram",etc. are missing critical points: 1) RAM is a finite resource 2) Managing