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by rufo 17y ago
I really don't know all of the details on this situation, so perhaps this doesn't apply... but it does occur to me that often people don't realize they've crossed the line until somebody (maybe many somebodies, if they're stubborn) points i
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by rufo 17y ago
I'm very aggressive about starring things. I only middle-click things that immediately pique my curiosity or that are time-sensitive. If it's something long or that I can read later, it goes into the starred bin. What's wound up happening
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by rufo 17y ago
This system is the entire reason I switched to RSS (first with NetNewsWire, now Google Reader) in the first place. I found myself wasting an incredible amount of time just reloading a website to see if anything's new, processing the page,
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by rufo 17y ago
You don't have to change it. Type in the same password if you really want. Of course, if you knew what the password was in the first place, you wouldn't have needed to reset your password...
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by rufo 17y ago
I haven't watched the demo video yet... but looking at the screenshots, I'm pretty sure I could see using this as a third knowledgebase alongside Google and Wikipedia for those "I wonder how many..." or "What's the per-capita indcident rate
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by rufo 17y ago
We'll give you Hulu if you give us the BBC iPlayer. ;-) A bit more seriously, even when/if they do bring it to other countries I'm doubtful the entire catalog would be opened up - it would likely be on a show-by-show, country-by-country bas
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by rufo 17y ago
I know this has been submitted several times and killed because people are sick of this topic - but seriously, I think Fowler's take is insightful and well worth a read for anyone who manages or is interested in fostering a community. Pleas
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by rufo 17y ago
Indeed - I'm not a Java or C++ programmer, but I was finding this conversation rather interesting to follow along.
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by rufo 18y ago
There's actually a very significant difference - a symlink just resolves to a fixed path, whereas an alias always resolves to the same file/folder, no matter where it is moved within the filesystem. They remember things like which volume
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by rufo 18y ago
Not that I'm necessarily advocating this post - but quite a few hacker communities (Slashdot, chiefly) had much discussion about Columbine due to the popular image in the media of them being bullied, outcast nerdy types. In some areas, ther
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by rufo 18y ago
Heck, I know quite a few US ISPs that do that - as well as some WiFi hotspots. Usually it's just a block on outbound connections on port 25, and you can get around it by using a different port (587 typically works, and is semi-standard).
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Get Satisfaction: Help us review a new page design(blog.getsatisfaction.com)
36 points by rufo 18y ago|34 comments
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by rufo 18y ago
I'm rather surprised they don't support Gears' built-in Wifi geolocation support. But yes, right now it's incredibly hit or miss. I'm sitting in a Starbucks in Rochester, NY and it pegged my location as San Jose.
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by rufo 18y ago
I'm not sure how they compare, but I know I've seen StuffBak labels in stores for years - essentially the same concept.
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by rufo 18y ago
Forgive me as I'm unfamiliar with lower-level details like this, but isn't this exactly what Ruby Enterprise Edition is meant to solve?
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by rufo 18y ago
Yet, there's nothing in the license keeping you from downloading it, removing the license code yourself, and running it registration-free. (Your personal sense of morality may differ, I suppose.) For curiosity's sake, what would be the lega
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by rufo 18y ago
Just for the record, in case anyone looks back: I meant this only as pointing out there are men who derive inspiration from other men, and not as any sort of slam or slant.
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by rufo 18y ago
...or gay.
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by rufo 18y ago
As far as massively overloaded shared hosts go, they're not bad. Support for almost everything you could ever want, reasonably decent customer-support (as long as you don't mind their rather foot-in-mouth snarky approach - which I honestly
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by rufo 18y ago
There is a distinct lack of data, but to answer one of your points: Wellesley is a women's college, so I'd have to assume 100% female.
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by rufo 18y ago
Same thing on Safari 3.2.1 here. Works fine with WebKit, though.
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by rufo 18y ago
In addition, there's now an option when you dial your Google Voice number to just dial directly - the "Place Calls" video at https://www.google.com/voice/about demos it.
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by rufo 18y ago
https://www.google.com/voice/about has a bunch of videos showing off the new features. I must say, the new interface looks like a nice improvement over GC - although I'd love to see integration with my Gmail Inbox (Gmail Labs, anyone?)
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by rufo 18y ago
I find this odd coming from someone who is known for highlighting profanity in presentations - which seems at least as much of a gimmick as a LOLcat. Not that I care - I enjoy Rails and generally find DHH a fine speaker when I've seen him a
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by rufo 18y ago
What's wrong with the Silverlight player? Runs fine on my Mac, except for a strange interaction between it and the NVidia chipsets that causes it to tear video (apparently it doesn't happen on ATI-based Macs.) There's a workaround you can u
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by rufo 18y ago
I don't know how you're getting that from this first chapter. It fairly clearly states that it's only talking about the underlying OS, and the Mojo Application Framework overview is in the next two chapters. Granted, what they're talking ab
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by rufo 18y ago
If you're using Safari, you can just hit Command-Option-A, look for the googlevideo link (or .flv/.mp4 file) and double-click to download.
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by rufo 18y ago
Engadget had a really great analysis of both companies' patent portfolio... their conclusion was Apple has a handful that may put a squeeze on Palm, but with a bare minimum of research into Palm's portfolio they came up with four that the i
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Drobo: Its Part In My Downfall(speirs.org)
3 points by rufo 18y ago|0 comments
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by rufo 18y ago
You may be online everywhere you go, but believe me, wi-fi is not everywhere yet, and often where it is, it's slow and/or broken. I, for one, welcome our new offline e-mail overlords. :-)

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