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by rafski 13y ago
Yes, but it is fair to say the design evolved nicely, to the point of "looking good" rather than "weird-good".
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by rafski 13y ago
As a child I said the 911 looked ugly, like a squashed frog with bulged eyes. For years I didn't understand the hype that surrounded it (I always favoured the 928). I do like them now but it's a result of decades of societal conditioning...
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by rafski 13y ago
Same here. 911 to me is an acquired taste. I can appreciate their design now, especially the recent iterations but I remember I said it looked like a squashed frog with bulgy eyes when I first saw one as a kid.
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by rafski 13y ago
This is an embodiment of the American tourist stereotype to an extent that makes it funny — despite, or maybe because of being a very polite attempt to rationalize it. Why leave your country when wherever you go, the first step is to look f
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by rafski 13y ago
I'm amazed with how much response this guy gets. This is nothing new. My mother used Herbalife protein powder back in the 90's and it was packed with nutrients, minerals and vitamins. It was advertised for weight loss but could also be your
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by rafski 14y ago
RSS was a business threat to Google, it allowed people to glance through aricle headers and often read them whole without ads. Google Reader allowed Google to contain this trend, then slowly phase it out as much as they could. People easily
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by rafski 14y ago
As someone who never understood the appeal of foursquare/gowalla kind of apps, I do like this one — saving locations just for myself and sharing only if I really want to. Well done using media attention for your benefit, you're handling th
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by rafski 14y ago
It's funny to see a bank holiday used for what it was initially invented for — preventing a bank run.
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by rafski 14y ago
RSS has always been a threat to Google's core business. From Google's perspective, RSS is a technique that allows you to read news raw, stripped off of website ads. Ads are Google's only product business-wise. They've closed the threat cont
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by rafski 14y ago
RSS is a way for the audience to access fresh web content without having to visit the original websites. Well, Google is an ad company — it makes money selling ads on those websites. RSS was a threat to Google's core business similar to ad
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by rafski 14y ago
RSS bypasses ads on websites. Google makes money on those ads. It was strange that they supported RSS for so long.
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by rafski 14y ago
Working as a front-end developer I happen to come across tiny bugs and inconsistencies in Chrome more often than in Firefox, rare as that happens. Developer tools - Firebug all the way, even the error console is more useful.
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by rafski 14y ago
My understanding is, it is not just 10 years. Also, I am comparing the USA to most countries out there, not a single country.
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by rafski 14y ago
American illusion of freedom isn't something easy to grasp for people from "less free" countries who are, for instance, able to travel freely to Cuba. American expats who moved permanently abroad have to file their taxes with IRS forever. I
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by rafski 14y ago
Interesting, it gives Apple nothing and serves to fuel the "post-Jobs Apple turns to shit" buzz.
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by rafski 14y ago
First reaction - oh cool, this works on my phone! "Enter to continue" - "Enter" what? Like, a key?
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by rafski 14y ago
Interestingly, I've never received a default bank pin in Ireland that wouldn't have 2 repeated digits in it. I have a theory they do this to make pins easier to memorise.
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by rafski 14y ago
Why are they advertising the iPhone?
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by rafski 14y ago
I always wondered to what extent the official warnings on cigarette packs contributed to the illnesses presented on them actually materializing.
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by rafski 14y ago
You should be able to plug it into the wall with the old one's removable international plug if that helps.
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by rafski 15y ago
The story is not really a parable, this is exactly what Communist economy looked like in Poland and other Eastern Bloc countries. Production levels weren't supposed to meet market demand, they were supposed to meet The Plan. As a result, th
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by rafski 15y ago
It's the only way to go for laptops. I swapped a 17" 3 kIlograms MacBook Pro for an Air and I sure am not going back. My only gripe with Air: it's still too heavy. Unbeknownst to many, Air's SSD is replaceable, you can upgrade it up to 480G
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by rafski 15y ago
Plugins often cause more problems than they solve. I had way too many situations where a plugin would break after a WordPress update and the author wouldn't support it anymore. Also, there are malicious plugins on WordPress.org with no dire
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by rafski 15y ago
A lot of airports they fly to are in main airports for large cities, including capitals like Madrid, Dublin, possibly others.
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by rafski 15y ago
I am the biggest Ryanair supporter, they are the best airline in Europe: they are cheap and their planes are just as comfortable as city buses but they're always on-time and cheap if you know how to book. They're actually the most punctual
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by rafski 15y ago
One catchy infographic, a few opinionated articles and suddenly everyone agrees the fold disappeared. The state of the industry in a nutshell.
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by rafski 15y ago
Jobs understood that stylus was a psychological barrier, additional interface between user and screen. Direct touch gave the biofeedback needed to make operating the device personal. Your touch makes things happen, rather than you touching
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by rafski 15y ago
What's interesting is that BBC airs an opinion that Goldman Sachs, not governments rules the world.
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by rafski 15y ago
In the end, Paul seems to me just another pawn who doesn't understand the game he's in—not even who's on whose team. There are two teams in this game: Team Multimillionaires On Their Way To Be Billionaires and team Clueless Minions. Guess w
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by rafski 15y ago
I find it funny people don't realize Apple sells 18 kinds of iPad 2.

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