tdavis

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by tdavis 17y ago
I expected someone to finally explain why my Mac sucks. Instead it is the usual anecdotal evidence from a faulty machine (or faulty user). How did this manage to get so high?
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by tdavis 17y ago
You missed the point entirely. The site owners’ claim that he doesn’t like the look of the CSS overlay is completely unacceptable - my browser, my computer, my ability to view the content in the manner of my choosing. How is it unacceptab
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by tdavis 17y ago
So, wait, let me get this straight: someone who is using a plugin to circumvent the intended operation of something is complaining that it is circumventing the intended operation of something? How do people come to the conclusion that it is
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by tdavis 17y ago
So by wearing a hacker t-shirt he is a "grade A" loser, but by reading and posting on Hacker News you are not? Your line seems arbitrary.
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by tdavis 17y ago
And technically speaking, that isn't even true. Try to allow smoking at your place of business in most states, for instance.
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by tdavis 18y ago
I am a huge proponent of writing as little code as possible. To that end, making use of third-party libraries, frameworks, and so on are marks of a great programmer (to me). Even still, a product should speak for itself; it should not have
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by tdavis 18y ago
If you're a novice, of course it is normal to consult outside resources a lot. With PHP it will require an obscene amount of memorization since there aren't really any strict naming or parameter conventions within the builtins lib. Plus, yo
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by tdavis 18y ago
It's a strength as far as it keeps me from making a fool of myself (most of the time) ;) The only thing I truly claim to know is that I know nothing. I have a feeling I'll die without truly knowing anything, but that's fine by me.
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by tdavis 18y ago
I feel the same to an extent; I wonder why that is. At the same time, I don't claim I could walk off the street and build a better house than a construction worker, or fix broken pipes better than a plumber. I couldn't even be a better poli
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by tdavis 18y ago
I found that quote interesting because I've always considered myself to feel exactly the opposite. Okay, I can create / run / manage every part of a website from the ground up, but people who really get Calculus make me feel retarded. What
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by tdavis 18y ago
Why is it that when someone tries to "cash in on death" in a negative or satirical way they are evil, but when they do it in a "good" way, say by creating "support our troops" magnets, nobody cares? They seem equivalent to me.
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by tdavis 18y ago
How about a link to the actual site instead of a blog post written in broken English? http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html
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by tdavis 18y ago
Come on, it's the flu . You can leave your house for god sakes. Especially in the U.S. where there have been barely any reported cases (wait, any?)! How about this idea for an iphone app: iPaperBag. You breathe into it to stop hyperventi
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by tdavis 18y ago
It is work if you're like me and instantly hate most of those people, have no interest in listening to their boring conversations, and would rather be doing anything else ;) "good time" and "nice people" are not phrases I'd use to describe
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by tdavis 18y ago
Here's my simple two-step process for not worrying about Swine Flu: 1. Realize you don't control it, so there is no reason to worry about it in the first place. 2. Realize that it is a "wimpier" flu strain than usual and unless you are a sm
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by tdavis 18y ago
I take on the role of all 4 parties along with various other ones; I have my entire career. I still think there's something to be said for having specific skill sets. A great designer will usually design a better site than me; a great front
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by tdavis 18y ago
Some of the nostalgic things about the "old web" have modern incantations, if you look for them. For instance, the awesome spinning "construction" icons have been replaced by "Beta" tags.
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by tdavis 18y ago
Well, first off, they already offer 100mbit lines. Which as far as I know, no current telco does. Secondly, the answer to your question should be obvious: if the private business is doing it better, switch back to them. There is no exclusiv
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by tdavis 18y ago
Straight from the latest HTML 4 spec: The META element can be used to identify properties of a document (e.g., author, expiration date, a list of key words, etc.) and assign values to those properties. No matter where you choose your sour
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by tdavis 18y ago
Twitter's goal should be "to properly use html tags/properties in a way that does not ruin search results". If Twitter provided no meta description, Google would be forced to create their own description, which you could then blame them for
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by tdavis 18y ago
There is a difference between "home air conditioning", i.e. central air, and independent A/C units. I live in Boston and would be insane to go the summer without A/C, but a few portable units strategically placed work fine. Even still, ther
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by tdavis 18y ago
They're not using it for its purpose. See: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_meta_name.asp Description: Defines a description of the document The "document" in this case is a specific tweet which can best be described with its content s
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by tdavis 18y ago
Normally I'd make some argument about how Big Government has no real motivation (i.e. money) to supply a better product and private enterprise is better qualified, but the current state of the telco companies make that argument impossible.
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by tdavis 18y ago
The fact that 50% of people still believe things like a TV, Microwave, and central A/C are "necessities" means we have a very long way to go. I guess I can be happy it dropped from 60%.
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by tdavis 18y ago
Pharmaceutical companies already employ ridiculous markup on everything simply because they can. You could argue, they need to recoup R&D, and that's fine. And companies are entitled to profiting from their hard work, but come on. Charg
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by tdavis 18y ago
I think 3M already has the Post-It market cornered. If there were no patent, a new-comer who just copied them wholesale would likely have a hard time making a significant dent in the market. Unless they priced them significantly lower, forc
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by tdavis 18y ago
I'm not sure there is such a thing as not "good enough to be patentable". There is a patent for de-boning a turkey, for god sakes. Oh, and a related patent for a "method of removing meat from a bone". We ran into our own patent issue when
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by tdavis 18y ago
The "turd" here was god, not the author thereof. You seem to be confusing the two. Or anthropomorphizing god. Or something. I like Brad as a person, but I don't think I've read his blog before. And he usually acts on par with an 11 year old
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by tdavis 18y ago
Now you're attacking Brad for attacking Tom when he never personally attacked him. Brad isn't a "wanna-be blogger", at least as far as I know the man. He sent me a link to the post and said "I hope he changes some of the wording" -- he just
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by tdavis 18y ago
Which part, exactly, is immature? Did I miss the part where he called Tom a "stupid fat head" or something? From what I read, the product does not work as advertised and in fact eventually causes itself to crash, yet the page begins with "m

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