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by redler 15y ago
Unless I'm misremembering, at some point in the distant past one could use the dot operator between search terms to mean the equivalent of a quoted phrase. So this.phrase was the equivalent of "this phrase" I think it worked w
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by redler 15y ago
It sounds like you experienced water intoxication and/or hyponatremia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia
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by redler 15y ago
The logic behind Sets actually lives on, at least for now, within the autofill feature of Google Spreadsheets. Fill a cell or two with sample data, then option-drag (control-drag on Windows) the square autofill handle.
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by redler 15y ago
Good point. If variables can be functions and functions can be represented by variables, variable naming rules would to apply to functions both declared and assigned. Which is to say all functions. The $sigil would have to melt away or be e
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by redler 15y ago
Programming, at least the fundamentals, should be taught in elementary school just like any other language, but the teachers don't yet have the required familiarity, so we should start with them. There's much to enjoy, agree with, and deb
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by redler 15y ago
From a historical perspective, this certainly feels like a logical, organic acquisition for both Typekit and Adobe. But it's disappointing that they didn't exit into the arms of Google. Google Web Fonts could have used the help and passion.
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by redler 15y ago
I think you're spot-on. This has to be a part of it. Whatever its issues, the visible point system was a way for readers to interact with the site in a way that produced a response for all to see. Whether this encouraged herd behavior or ch
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by redler 15y ago
It seems like the music part of this offering amounts to Apple cutting a deal with the music labels that, in part, allows billions of bad old BladeEnc rips downloaded from Napster to be "laundered" into legitimate AAC tracks. Apple pays the
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by redler 15y ago
Google seems to be really good at starting projects and really bad at stopping them.
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by redler 15y ago
There are strong opinions and good arguments on both sides. Perhaps we should leave scores hidden, but provide a user preference to turn them on -- after reaching a certain karma level. If one argues that the rapid growth of the site has le
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by redler 15y ago
The readers here tend toward the more sophisticated end of the spectrum, and of course the presence of scores doesn't preclude future readings in depth. We all understand that scores are blunt indicators, but why not have access to that inf
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by redler 16y ago
Since scores have been hidden, voting on a comment feels less like a contribution and more like talking to myself. I vote less. It seems like one dimension of the community -- an admittedly imprecise form of collective intelligence -- is mi
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by redler 16y ago
Skype's user experience designers -- assuming they have any -- finally have management's answer to the age old question. Yes, you are indeed chopped liver.
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by redler 16y ago
With all the interest currently focused on Q&A sites, Experts Exchange actually presents an interesting turnaround opportunity. Despite the last few years of squandering goodwill with their deceptive solution to the findability/paywall
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by redler 16y ago
Putting aside the metaphors, Google's growth is not coming at the expense of Apple's profits. Nor are Apple's seemingly perpetual revenue and profit gains coming at Google's expense. They are attacking different problems from very different
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by redler 16y ago
The issue is not whether it's a game changer. Apple's game is to build devices, software, and a highly consistent and polished user experience, irresistable to buyers and app developers, all in an effort to capture maximum profit share. Goo
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by redler 16y ago
You can only beat an opponent if you're playing the same game.
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by redler 16y ago
Yes.