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by someone_here 16y ago
I have never had any website crash any device I have used. Ever. This sounds like a serious issue with your MacBook and not Scribd's problem.
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by someone_here 16y ago
Goog 411 was in Canada for 2 years. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/article692565...
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by someone_here 16y ago
Dur, I should have checked the job description.
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by someone_here 16y ago
I think he was basically saying that good design comes from hard work and a deep understanding of a large number of variables, while the Gap is just getting a million monkeys banging on typewriters and picking the best design.
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by someone_here 16y ago
I don't think you quite understand the sarcasm in the article (or perhaps I misread it...?)
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by someone_here 16y ago
Two is too many, I agree, but it will almost surely be 1 in the next coming months (assuming Microsoft supports WebM + VP8)
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by someone_here 16y ago
My "base" inspiron 640m bought in 2006 is still fast enough that I haven't felt the need to upgrade either. Displays 720p video, boots in 20 seconds, and I just purchased a replacement Inspiron 640m for 150$.
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by someone_here 16y ago
So, where are they located? I can't find it anywhere on the site. A whois says Westchester CA (which is probably just a whoisguard location), and a "site:indinero.com Westchester" search doesn't turn up any results. What gives? Edit: I foun
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by someone_here 16y ago
build something cool on your own time. It will get your juices flowing and you'll be your old self in no time. Of course, you'll want to work on your own project instead of your employer's, but that's another problem. Another problem that
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by someone_here 16y ago
Which model of SSD specifically? How much did you pay?
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by someone_here 16y ago
WinXP has a poor I/O implementation that can hang the mouse if the I/O takes too much CPU. Vista and later have that fixed, as well as OSX and Linux.
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by someone_here 16y ago
How does this compare to a linux-backed roll-your-own media center? Obviously it supports netflix, and you can't install your own applications, but what else?
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by someone_here 16y ago
It's not the money that matters to a hacker, it's the accomplishment of surpassing a tangible value that does.
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by someone_here 16y ago
Can you explain how one misplaces a comment? (I wasn't the downvoter, I voted you back up)
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by someone_here 16y ago
By comparison, Firefox 4.0 beta is 0.26% in the same survey.
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by someone_here 16y ago
Demoknight is practically a new class Huntsman + Jarate sniper is practically a new class Gunslinger + Fontier Justice (or wrangler) Engineer is practically a new class Dead Ringer Spy is almost a new class Many changes in balance and game
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by someone_here 16y ago
Nifty. I would have been 9 at the time :)
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by someone_here 16y ago
This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.co
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by someone_here 16y ago
Just keep turning up the dial every time you don't want to do the job. You'll make even more money, and have less jobs. The sky is the limit.
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by someone_here 16y ago
It's up now!
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RIM is pushing Flash for applications on it's new tablet(blog.digitalbackcountry.com)
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by someone_here 16y ago
The author is likely using a high gamma, which is common among designers.
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by someone_here 16y ago
Okay, so how about "Given a number generator that produces numbers for an infinite amount of time, it will produce Pi" This, of course, is impossible.
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by someone_here 16y ago
How much larger can Y Combinator get? 36 start ups is already a huge number.
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by someone_here 16y ago
Oh dear, DNS error on that link.
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by someone_here 16y ago
Opening up 2.4Ghz was done because of microwaves leaking from appliances.
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by someone_here 16y ago
I'm also finding many are [dead] as soon as they are submitted, for no reason that I can see. Then, a short while later, the [dead] is lifted. See my post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1659521
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by someone_here 16y ago
No, it's the new karma points.
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by someone_here 16y ago
No need for specialty fonts for chess since all chess pieces are in Unicode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode
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by someone_here 16y ago
No, you're right. When someone makes a bad decision let's hate on them for life; even if they do an about-face. Apple is a corporation , and isn't human. Don't be fooled; they are only responding to market pressure.

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