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by trentmb 12y ago
Right - I can resize my browser so that the web page is most readable to me, because it defaults to full width. I can't resize my newspaper or magazine, so they don't default to full width.
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by trentmb 12y ago
> are laid out in columns. Because they can't be resized on the fly?
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by trentmb 12y ago
> I fail to see how you could write an algorithm if you don't know how to code. You never followed directions until you learned how to program? I learned addition, multiplication and division algorithms before I even got a computer.
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by trentmb 12y ago
Yeah, I was expecting some sort of addiction support app or something.
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by trentmb 12y ago
I just used it without lag. Consider making a bug report instead of a snarky comment on HN?
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by trentmb 12y ago
Why doesn't the European Union and the UK just adopt the US dollar?
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by trentmb 12y ago
> So, not a very useful thing to have back then Sure, if 1975 was the same as Idiocracy. Otherwise, you'd have a bunch of brilliant people going to this man from the future and his fancy gadgets and trying to figure how they worked
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by trentmb 12y ago
> there is a lot the games industry could learn from the Unionization of Hollywood. That they can't use the keyboard, cuz the union says only the typists can use the keyboard?
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by trentmb 12y ago
> One thing that people are trying is to just pick people to answer questions. Had a professor for my analysis class that stated he'd never seen regular class attendance drop as quick as when he tried doing this. As a slower student
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by trentmb 12y ago
You can still have a web UI and produce a static website. I've written blogging software that did just that. Every time the author edited/added something in the web UI (which saved to a db), it just re-'compiled' the par
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by trentmb 12y ago
> they don't need external recognition when they have the internal one. If I may borrow a phrase from the Geto Boys: "Real gangsta-ass niggas don't flex nuts, cause real gangsta-ass niggas know they got em" It's
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by trentmb 12y ago
> but it came at a terrible price on human health. Could you elaborate please.
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by trentmb 12y ago
Eating two turds is worse than eating one turd. I'd rather not eat any turds at all.
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by trentmb 13y ago
> you suddenly realize that one detail which you had thought would be easy, is in fact going to force you to rip up a bunch of code? I make it a rule, at that moment, to stand up and go for a walk. I've found sobbing uncontrollably
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by trentmb 13y ago
If beer didn't have alcohol, I wouldn't drink it. It's the least awful alcoholic drink I've found.
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by trentmb 13y ago
Sorry to pick on you here: but why is being a felon considered a negative, as opposed to being convicted of something that isn't a felony? Does the IRS tax your business differently if you employ a felon? I mean, I get it: someone did
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by trentmb 13y ago
> Secure Connection Failed > An error occurred during a connection to www.eff.org. The OCSP server has no status for the certificate. (Error code: sec_error_ocsp_unknown_cert) Anybody else getting this?
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by trentmb 13y ago
I imagine it's the title of the article, which doesn't reflect the sex-linkage of depth perception discussed in the article, and instead implies malicious intent of Oculus.
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by trentmb 13y ago
Same here, a used x201 I got on eBay. Full disk encryption, almost instant backup with Wuala, and the good fortune that a $150 device being stolen won't be devastating to replace lets me leave my laptop unattended when I need to use th
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by trentmb 13y ago
I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to verify a bad review... they hated the experience enough to write about it, I can't imagine scanning a copy of a receipt would be too much additional effort.
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by trentmb 13y ago
I was always under the impression that 2 is shorthand for s(s(0)).
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by trentmb 13y ago
It seems similar to wealthy patrons commissioning works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, and such.
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by trentmb 13y ago
> But you still use it. Out of inertia. I'm 'decoupled' from GMail interface wise. Unfortunately, everyone knows my GMail address, but it's slowly getting transitioned to my personal domain.
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by trentmb 13y ago
GMail was awesome, but it got worse as time went on. I now just use IMAP so I don't have to inconvenience myself with the web interface anymore.
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by trentmb 13y ago
They were stale when I was 15 and reading /. in 2005, they're stale now too.
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by trentmb 13y ago
4chan.com was created in 2003. Does 'prior art' exist for trademarks?
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by trentmb 13y ago
> What prevented the authors of this article to spend $1000 to counterbalance Eich's contribution if they are so concerned? Outrage is cheaper and gets more attention. Kinda like when a toddler throws a tantrum.
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by trentmb 13y ago
Stephen Fry doesn't just curse. He curses well. He curses (most importantly) when appropriate. Unlike you, and unlike most of the rubbish that gets posted. > It's really only prudes and people who need to feel morally superior
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by trentmb 13y ago
It works for me =/ I know the www prefix doesn't work. Perhaps there's some sort of filtering being done at your location?
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by trentmb 13y ago
Sport or recreation I suppose. I don't own any firearms but I have gone out 'shooting' with friends that do and it's quite fun.

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