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11y ago
For a company that's building UIs their website in Firefox is unreadable due to the horrible font: http://imgur.com/8ANC4bH I don't hate thin fonts - for example in bigger sizes it looks good - but the thin an sma
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11y ago
Reminds me of AudioGL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-RCzeJQazA https://www.audiogl.com/en/audiogl There is a downloadable version of it, but sadly its development looks dead :(
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11y ago
For me, only the first page load is faster but the actual search is slower compared to the full version with AJAX for the instant search (around 400 ms for /custom vs. 80 ms ajax response).
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11y ago
"Critical points were that Mrs. Walsh needed a new garage door opener..." I'm surprised they only care about the electronic locks and didn't show how easy it is to pick most of the mechanical locks. Especially when the
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They say they don't burn anything. From their FAQ: Does it produce a smell? No. Because we're not actually burning the hair, it doesn't produce a burnt hair smell. Which sounds interesting, if it is not burning then what? J
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Oh, it's very easy: <img src="/an_existing_image.jpg?&ad_box_" onerror="alert('You are using adblock')"> How it's made: 1. Look into the most popular filter's used by adbloc
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11y ago
It looks like same happens with dental amalgam fillings too (which also contains mercury): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw94F94FZqA Most say it's safe (the FDA too) and that video just shows water vapor because mer
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11y ago
Yes, YouTube's audio quality is noticeable worse than a 320kbps MP3, for me the difference makes the music less enjoyable.
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11y ago
But the thing I don't understand is why they don't make it possible to run a full Windows on phones that already has the Intel Atom quad-core CPU which can run full Windows in tablets with good performance. For example the ASUS Ze
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In mobile devices the batteries has a lot of weight and it looks like the keyboard part has more batteries than the top part: http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Micr...
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11y ago
At least some Samsung TVs has an option to show information about the power consumption. I don't think it's directly measured because it doesn't change between light and dark scenes but it does change when picture settings ar
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Maybe Elon Musk is preparing it for Mars (with the positive pressure) and it will have a hidden "Launch to Mars" button :)
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How does Amazon Flex make this a bigger risk? The packages are already delivered by somebody who could do the same already.
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11y ago
Works great, I can start and use WebStorm faster on the server than locally on my old Core 2 Duo laptop (with SSD).
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11y ago
http://www.spreeder.com/
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11y ago
"built for all client platforms simultaneously" And that's why it's strange that the article focuses on Erlang: Are all of the client apps written in Erlang?
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11y ago
Photo and video sharing/storage apps with the problem of storing huge amounts of data + most of them includes the communication part too (comments). If I remember correctly WhatsApp doesn't even stores the text messages.
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11y ago
The installers cannot be downloaded because when I click the buttons I get this: {"stat": false, "dat": {"error": "canonical_read_file failed"}}
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11y ago
ASUS Transformer Books: http://www.amazon.com/Transformer-T300CHI-F1-DB-All-Aluminum...
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11y ago
I hope the result will not be bigger Flash ads :)
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11y ago
That's just means that it works with your video card(s), but it can still crash with other/older cards. For example on the ShaderToy website ( https://www.shadertoy.com/browse ) I can always easily find examples
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Can it render on the server-side (Node.js) without JSDOM?
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Yes, peoples can have different sensitivity to caffein: http://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-sensitivity
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaOeNUOdh8 Also somewhat related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwn1w7MJvk
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Where did you read "1000x cheaper"? And they say comparing to SSD and HDD it will not be cheaper but faster and comparing to RAM it will be cheaper but not faster.
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11y ago
Smart, but are you legally allowed to use people's photo in ads without their permission? (Not a big issue in this case and probably it would have worked even without the photo, but I'm curious.)
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11y ago
Yes it could happen (for around $10 per month): http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/8/8371131/youtube-paid-subscr...
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Post-PC sounds weird for me, because a smartphone is becoming a Personal Computer, especial if you attach it to a big display and keyboard, and if it will be able to run a full OS like hopefully the Windows 10 (which is technically very po
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There could be a heat-conducting layer too (but in practice it's probably not that easy).
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One notable difference is that ActionScript 3 is a strongly typed language, which can help with performance.
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