sidawson

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by sidawson 9y ago
You have now. That's -exactly- why I use the onscreen accessibility menu. I figure, given how many times a day I use the home button, if I can half that, I double the lifespan of the device (over my previous iDevice, on which the home
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by sidawson 10y ago
I agree. MS's recent anti-malware offerings are definitely up there. Their efforts in the area have been paying off. The major issue is identical executables being operable across platforms makes for much easier transmissability. Eg, h
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by sidawson 10y ago
First immediate thought: Can you get virus/malware scanners for XBox? Otherwise, it seems an immediate easy target for a new botnet.
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by sidawson 11y ago
Doesn't linking to a paywalled site somewhat restrict open discussion on the subject? Perhaps HN could flag/ignore these WSJ submissions.
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by sidawson 11y ago
For future reference - gender neutral pronouns are super easy to use and don't detract from the reading flow at all. In this case: "...that gives them a huge advantage." (and "their" for his/her)
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by sidawson 13y ago
They have pretty comprehensive notifications settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/notifications (you have to be logged in, obviously). Just untick everything. Super simple (unlike, say, Facebook).
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by sidawson 14y ago
And while this doesn't dispute your opinion as a general rule, there is always an amusing exception: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCouCYjYUA (death doesn't have to be a morbid depressing thing, despite the tendency in the west to view
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by sidawson 14y ago
Ha! No. Off hand, it'd require batching the users into groups of 100 and using an API call (/users/lookup) for each group. That gives you a user object each (which you don't care about), but also the latest tweet. The limit is 180/15 mins,
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by sidawson 14y ago
It would depend on app.net's data policies - how much (and how fast) we could get information out of them. Of course, they own the field, so they could change the rules at any time, thus (once again) killing the project. From a technical ba
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by sidawson 14y ago
The images are gone now. As per recommendations by other hn users above. The only links remaining are to directly pertinent or explanatory information.
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by sidawson 14y ago
[author here] The post was intended to be stand alone commentary Not a bulletproof thesis. All I'm saying is my opinions etc after a long stressful week. Ignore the links, they're just there to lighten the story.
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by sidawson 14y ago
[author here] sigh Yeah, you're both right. I'll move the images local. Not intending to leach. Just trying to lighten up an otherwise kinda depressing post. Seeing four years of work come crashing down. As pg says, running a startup is l
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by sidawson 16y ago
Think about boobs. Everyone prefers real to fake* ln -s real fake Now you will never forget. * Yes, I realise this isn't strictly true
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by sidawson 16y ago
I can totally relate to this. Having worked largely from home for the last decade, this is something I've had to battle a lot. Not being in an office, there's no-one else there to motivate me. Here's what's worked for me: 10 under 10: Eve
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by sidawson 17y ago
Ditto New Zealand. A decade or so ago they decided to thoroughly sort out the tax law. Most small businesses are able to fill out their own tax (I did for years). It's about a page of information - all nicely coloured & well explained.
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by sidawson 17y ago
Funniest thing is, it did make sense & I understood exactly what you meant. Translated to non-trader speak. The cable (British pound) breaks out (starts a significant upward movement) against the yen (Japanese Yen - ie, we're talk