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571.
by sambeau 13y ago
Although Asimov was actually trying to predict the future here, SF writers generally aren't in the prediction business—they are in the speculation business[1] (many modern SF writers claim the 'S' in SF would be for &#x
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by sambeau 13y ago
I confess, I'm one of those people who believes all salaries should be public within a company—compensation should be based on real worth rather than negotiation skill. That said, for it to work properly, the staff would need to watchi
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by sambeau 13y ago
A meetings clock that counts UP the price of a meeting based on the the salaries of the people in the room.
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Mozilla still has three big problems – and now it needs a new CEO(theguardian.com)
6 points by sambeau 13y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 13y ago
Apple stock isn't as high as it should be because Apple can't innovate any more because Apple are too busy fighting a legal battle with Samsung. Point one is probably true. Point two is probably false which by default makes poin
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by sambeau 13y ago
I'm pretty sure Ellen's selfie tweet cost Samsung more than $11,000.
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by sambeau 13y ago
I believe that what they are trying to say is that, if the correct libraries aren't installed, there would be a failure at the configure point wherein you would then spend some time with the system configuration manager and get the req
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HTML is almost 100% responsive out of the box(fluidity.sexy)
169 points by sambeau 13y ago|85 comments
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by sambeau 13y ago
How do we undo ?view=beta ?
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by sambeau 13y ago
A taxi driver once told me great story about an old man in his local bar. * pushes light gently to provide suitable on-boat ambiance * 'Gunner' McIntosh (or similar: this was Glasgow, Scotland) had been deaf since he operated
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by sambeau 13y ago
Which is why it is used medically with pregnant women and newborns.
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by sambeau 13y ago
Another misconception is that skimmed and semi-skimmed milk would be better for lactose intolerance—it isn't as there is a similar (if not slightly higher) concentration of lactose in skimmed and semi-skimmed milk http://www
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by sambeau 13y ago
Everyone knows what the audience wants from a game: fun . It's not easy to define fun nor to quantify and it plus it is extremely fragile in the face of money people and managers. Fun takes design, accidents and a lot of iteration.
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by sambeau 13y ago
The only reliable way to find out someone's gender is to ask them what gender they currently think they are. There are more than two genders and an individual's gender can change with time. A better strategy all-round would to be
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The upside to being let go by Nokia(bbc.co.uk)
78 points by sambeau 13y ago|51 comments
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by sambeau 13y ago
Duplo.
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by sambeau 13y ago
I wonder what 53 will make of Facebook's choice of App name? http://www.fiftythree.com/paper
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by sambeau 13y ago
the parent doesn't even live in the United States Nor did Benjamin Franklin for a large part of his life, too :) I won't ask how you know…
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by sambeau 13y ago
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." – Benjamin Franklin
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by sambeau 13y ago
What makes a 'real' gaming platform? What does a 'real' gamer look like? How often does a 'real' gamer game? All surveys of gamers over the last 5 years show that the average gamer is female, late twenties to t
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by sambeau 13y ago
"it's hard to imagine something less free than the app store" I would argue that if you are not safe you are not free. The vast majority of App Store users are non-technical and therefore open to scams, viruses and malware.
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by sambeau 13y ago
The Mini-DIN (the main connector on moist early Macs) wasn't proprietary. Isn't it still what PCs use to connect the mouse & keyboard? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DIN_connector Even the 128k Mac had
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Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing receives royal pardon(theguardian.com)
2 points by sambeau 13y ago|0 comments
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Apple signs iPhone deal with China Mobile(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sambeau 13y ago|0 comments
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by sambeau 13y ago
It's also illegal in the UK to reinvest your student loan. Update: I can't find a link to back this statement up and at least one UK Bank (Barclays) seems to encourage it. My evidence is therefore purely anecdotal — I remember i
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by sambeau 13y ago
SVG animation can be chanky on a mobile device
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by sambeau 13y ago
CSS will normally also get zipped: you are comparing compressed gif to uncompressed css
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by sambeau 13y ago
This is a modern updating of Decartes's Demon concept from 1641. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon
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by sambeau 13y ago
Add cards should have pride of place at the top. You don't want to scroll to find it.
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by sambeau 13y ago
I'd hate to re-design your app in an off-the-cuff remark… but… hey-ho!… My thinking was that editing columns would be a rare even - you'd set your board up once and then use it with perhaps an occasional decision to add or delete

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