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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   1. For the list of web apps at the teams disposal, simply put a page of links on your internal wiki. Put another link next to each with the status page of each web app (e.g. http://status.aws.amazon.com/ ). 2. For accounts &
2. 272.▲
   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   That's one less script in my Greasemonkey.
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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   I just hope there's a setting to turn off all this translunacy[sp!].
4. 274.▲
   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   Alfred does a lot more than that. But yes, the inspiration is obvious (and Alfred itself was inspired by Quicksilver).
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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   This isn't the first time OS X has changed the looks of title bars[1]. Typically the transition is eased a lot by a) Cocoa works it out for you and b) an active developer community that is provided with early access. So by the time the
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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   That bothers me a bit too. Maybe because I still can't tell what bit of an IOS7 app is button and what isn't (even with the "accessibility" fix they're not all shown properly).
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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   I saved enough cash to last me for more than a year, took some time off to chill out, think and make plans, then work found me. You know all these times someone asks you if you can do this or that for them, and you had to say no because you
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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   I rather enjoy the much lower administrative overhead that comes with sole proprietorship (in the UK, this may differ elsewhere) compared to setting up a company and try to cling to it for as long as reasonable.
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   by sdfjkl 12y ago

   While I hate link baiting as much as the next guy, I find myself agreeing with most of the things he says about OpenGL.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    That's another thing my grandfather taught me - taking care of a forest means cutting down some trees. Although they were never chosen at random, but carefully selected, marked for their intended destination (furniture, planks or firew
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    Having planted some trees myself as a teenager (under the supervision of my grandfather, a forest warden), I can tell you it is very rewarding to do so[1]. It is also a lot of work. The young pines we planted (bought from a tree nursery) ne
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I use what's best suited to the task at hand. For me that's currently OS X for the UI, FreeBSD for servers and Windows for gaming.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    Obligatory mention of Brin's "Helvetian War": http://davidbrin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/will-worlds-middle-c...
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I manage cold calls by telling the caller never to call again and making a mental note never to do business with them. Oh, that's probably not what you meant, is it?
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    You're right, it was 4.1 - it's been a while :)
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I've used Pyglet[1] to experiment and learn OpenGL using Python, although it needed some hacking to open up the 4.3 API on OS X (which only arrived at that version with Mavericks, having been stuck in a sad state for many years). Also,
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    On the other hand AdBlock (edge of course, not the co-opted plus), saves quite a bit of network traffic. Nice if you're on metered (or slow) internet.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    You'll not only have to manufacture them, you'll also have to make sure the shipping isn't routed through any country with a creepy spy agenda.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    Unison is a under-appreciated gem of file synchronization. The author also published several papers on the subject: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/papers/index.shtml#File%2...
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    1 employee per 93 citizens? I don't have anything to compare it to, but it seems high.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I don't see a free trial there.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    The most surprising thing about all this is that a city council needed 15'000 PCs in the first place, implying a roughly equal number of users.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    Sysadmins get all the blame and none of the praise, no matter the job title. So it has been for times immemorial and so it will always be.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    This looks impressive. Sadly it wants to harvest my email address for the free trial, so I didn't bother as I find that overly intrusive. I'm also concerned about desktop software that requires a "login" for no good reas
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    Fast enough, most of the time.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I was thinking of the cleanup crews. People are always very inconsiderate of those when killing themselves :-/ Ever saw the mess it makes when somebody jumps in front of a train?
27. 297.▲
    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    Much more difficult to secure against accidental ejection though.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I've done that, but it doesn't cover all the things that are buttons.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I didn't mention that because it wasn't worth mentioning.
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    by sdfjkl 12y ago

    I made a Greasemonkey script that draws them (subtly) right on HN. Looks like this: http://cl.ly/image/0G001m393p3V/hn_poll.PNG Script here: https://gist.github.com/ingmar/5564603