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by underwater 16y ago
Take a look at the Wiki article on symlinks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link If you're a Windows user think of a more hardcode version of shortcuts. You can create them in Windows Vista / 7 from the command line through the `mk
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by underwater 16y ago
8 bit PNG supports alpha transparency. It's just Adobe have chosen not to implement it in Photoshop. See here http://blogs.sitepoint.com/png8-the-clear-winner/ .
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by underwater 16y ago
After watching the presentation I agree that CSS has major issues with reusability and code cleanliness. Though I don't think it's as bad as she makes out; I don't know any developer who refuses to use classes. I think the approach she take
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by underwater 16y ago
Google have a special case for vanity / people searches. I don't think that searching for yourself would given an accurate representation of the two search engines.
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by underwater 16y ago
Duck Duck Go gets a bit of love in the sample applications. There is a sample app that talks to their API. Interesting to see how they've shoehorned an editor into the touch screen interface. As an end user its nice to have a little more co
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by underwater 16y ago
Creator here. That's been on my todo list for a while. MDC might be a good replacement.
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by underwater 16y ago
As others have said, you're not supposed to replace the memory card for WP7 mobiles. I have a LG Optimus and I've never had any slowness issues. I was concerned about the lack of upgradable memory before the purchase but it's nice to not ha
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by underwater 16y ago
The font resource is obviously taking a while to load. I opened the page in Chrome and page with just the fixed width fonts until the font finally loaded 30 seconds later. I was wondering if it was some kind meta-joke about blank pages. A
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by underwater 16y ago
For anyone looking at his app be warned that it spams your Facebook wall without asking for permission.
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by underwater 16y ago
The image checking service is probably http://www.tineye.com/
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by underwater 16y ago
Sounds like an umbrella company ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_company ). Almost all contracting in the UK is through umbrella companies or a single member LLC's rather than directly between the employee and employer.
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by underwater 16y ago
Memorization is an implementation detail and shouldn't be part of the arguments list.
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by underwater 16y ago
If you have a non .com name then you are forcing users to remember two things. Will someone exposed to the domain be able to remember 24 hours later whether it was "roller.it", "roller.to", "roller.us" or "roller.at"?
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by underwater 16y ago
There is a lot of money in what RapidShare do. I was working for a company in the same field which was doing maybe a tenth of the traffic RapidShare and we got a cash offer well into eight figures. This was a company with four employees a
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by underwater 16y ago
"Any laptop that doesn't have a separate middle-click button (hint: made by a fruit company laptops) likely provides some multi-touch method for middle-clicking." Middle click is good because it is consistent with the open-in-new tab, howev
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by underwater 16y ago
I use three methods for protecting my email address: * Spamgourmet for websites I don't trust. some_random_text.underwater@spamgourmet.com will forward six emails to my real address. * A some_random_text@my-domain.com address with a catch-a
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by underwater 16y ago
It's worth noting that Kevin Rudd lives in Brisbane. And he ended up in hospital after wading through the waters with cuts on his feet.
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by underwater 16y ago
Those have to be some of the most confusing controls I've ever used. A shoot button which changes depending on direction of travel.
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by underwater 16y ago
I was pretty much in the same boat as you, having seven years of experience but no hard CS qualifications. I was recently contacted by a Facebook engineer who'd seen my blog and who encouraged me to apply. The team I interviewed for was les