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by rudd 17y ago
Backspace works here on my 10.6 Macbook in both Safari and Firefox. Though, Command-w to close it doesn't work for me.
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by rudd 17y ago
I'm confused by some of these transliterations. For instance, they spell out "pxasik" and say it's pronounced "puh –(lip smack) askik." Where did that first [k] in the pronunciation come from? The author also types out that "x" to represent
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by rudd 17y ago
Sure. You're right. Unless you also want to have a social life, or fulfilling relationships with people. I won't say that it can't be done, or that it can't be done to some degree, but it's much harder to sustain other parts of your life if
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by rudd 17y ago
Enjoying yourself such that you lose track of time -- when it happens all the time -- is a bad thing. Imagine yourself saying the same thing about anything else you can get addicted to. "I watch 14 hours of television a day because I genuin
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by rudd 17y ago
Maybe it's something with my corporate routing/firewall/who knows, but I just get an error saying my browser can't find it (no matter the browser). For that reason I really hope this doesn't catch on.
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by rudd 17y ago
A weird problem I'm getting: it focused in at the top of Brooklyn for me (where I am), and showed some restaurant deal (this: http://postabon.com/pc/deal?guid=138&lat=40.694&long... ). However, it was at the top of the map. Instead
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by rudd 17y ago
I could just as well have replied to any of the other comments below this talking about IQ, but I wanted to make sure people know that 1) IQ is not a perfect measure of one's intelligence, nor even necessarily the type of intelligence needi
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by rudd 17y ago
It sort of reminds me of a video I saw when the original iPhone came out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgYdtBn-8w I know packaging looks nice and presents the device well, but I think it should be first priority to make sure people can
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by rudd 17y ago
It's worth noting that Smashing Magazine is not normally a full-on blogazine; only this particular article was like this. Their previous post was much more in the format of a normal blog: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/18/designin
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by rudd 17y ago
There's at least one problem with this approach: trying to sign up with a username that's already taken. If you want the username "foobar" and it's already taken, you're just going to get a "wrong password" error, when you really wanted to
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by rudd 17y ago
Why do you want to keep the use of a work computer and a personal computer separate? I suppose I can understand wanting to keep personal data on your own computer, but people aren't going to be happy being forced to drag a laptop to and fro
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by rudd 17y ago
This is like those stories where the story is artificially separated into different pages for more ad views, except you're forbidden from clicking. That said, it was a good story so far, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest. I'd like
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by rudd 17y ago
Yeah, it's easy. When you deal with logic problems all day. Or if you're used to solving problems in your head. Personally, I solved it easily in my head. But, I had to read the problem the first time, then read it again slowly getting all
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Fog Creek's Kiln: DVCS as Code Review(blog.bitquabit.com)
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by rudd 17y ago
It's funny how an article about Java the language comes up and almost every single comment here is attacking either the article or the language. Like it or not, Java is one of the most popular languages, so there are going to be a lot of pe
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by rudd 17y ago
I use Google now, but I used to use a custom-made start page. It had: * an auto-focus search bar linked to Google * a bunch of links to my most-visited sites * the current snapshot from one of my university's webcams (which will
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by rudd 17y ago
Of course there are excuses. It's a big hassle to upgrade a computer. There's the time involved, so if you can't spare a block of a few hours to be dedicated to your computer while not being able to use it, then that's a big incentive not t
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by rudd 17y ago
I'm currently using the 30-day trial of WriteRoom to write my NaNoWriMo novel. I had been thinking about buying the program, but wasn't sure if it was worth $25. I recently decided it was, so was going to buy it when my free trial was up. T
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by rudd 17y ago
I wonder if I was the only one who saw "40 years ago today..." and thought of Sesame Street (thanks to the Google logo of the day).
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by rudd 17y ago
I don't think that's the main market of GPS navigation. Everyone I know uses them just to help get them to everyday new places. A store you haven't been to before, a weekend trip to another town, etc. No matter how small Switzerland is, I k
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by rudd 17y ago
I actually saw this yesterday when I was trying to download the video for later watching when I was offline. It surprised me a little to see it on a production website, but I was thrilled to see it. It even has that "Quicktime X" look in Le
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by rudd 17y ago
I'm pretty sure it is using some form of browser detection. In Safari I get a <video> element, and in Firefox, I get an <object> with an <embed>.
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by rudd 17y ago
I haven't personally seen any cases where foreign keys improve performance; their benefit is the fact that relationships between tables are correct. However, I have seen times where foreign keys have seriously degraded the performance of so
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by rudd 17y ago
Realistic headline: New study attempts to refute old study whose results were interpreted by some to disprove free will; succeeds according to some but not to others Readers attracted by realistic headline: 0
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by rudd 17y ago
I like the story about premium Gmail coming soon: $25 for 6 gigabytes of storage. Instead, now I get 7+ gigabytes for free. I love living in the future.
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by rudd 17y ago
I think this is the first time I've understood some of the path to profitability for the iPhone App Store. It's not about making a great app and keeping it up forever. It's about having a hit, milking it for all it's got, then moving on to
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by rudd 17y ago
I wonder how this affects programmers, who ostensibly think of things in a series of steps. When I explain programming to someone who doesn't know what it is, I liken it to instructing someone to do something they don't know how to do, e.g.
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by rudd 17y ago
You can also specify the app to open using the -a flag and specifying the full name of the app (with correct spacing and capitalization), e.g.: open -a 'TextEdit' foobar.txt open -a 'TextMate' foobar.txt
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by rudd 17y ago
Note that you can bring your mac's gamma up to 2.2 right now without upgrading: Open System Preferences, Go to "Displays", then the "Color" tab, then click "Calibrate". This will give you the option of setting your gamma to 2.2. I'm trying
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by rudd 17y ago
There's so much interesting stuff here to read that on an HN story voted up over 100 times, there's less than 10 comments. Everyone's too busy reading. Speaking of which, goes to read .

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