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varaon
17y ago
Ironically, Flash is the main reason I'm using Chrome. Firefox is plenty fast, but tab isolation means that my browser crashes less often.
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17y ago
Follow the instructions here to watch the video: http://ohryan.ca/blog/2009/08/15/how-to-watch-comedy-central... Needs Firefox in order to install the Modify Headers extension.
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varaon
17y ago
Were it possible, a laser sniper rifle would be an intermediary step. Of course, in both these cases, deniability is difficult when you're the only one with the technology.
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varaon
17y ago
It might also inspire unrest à la reddit when the HD-DVD keys were posted to the site.
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varaon
17y ago
I've read through your blog posts, and while I agree with your "crippling" of the free version, I don't agree with how it was done. With Hearts Solo, are there not better ways to make a trial version of a game than to randomly interrupt a m
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17y ago
If you're still a student, check it out from the library and see if it suits you.
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17y ago
>"This chip is mean, man — it's like a ticking time bomb if you don't do something right," Tarnovsky said. I'd be interested in hearing more about this.
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17y ago
Note: the gold star next to the post means that the reddit moderators have verified the claims/identity of the interviewee.
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17y ago
It would be interesting to see the ComScore data for this.
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17y ago
We are much more shielded on Earth.
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varaon
17y ago
I think you're referring to StackOverflow's points and badges; is there a deeper dynamic that you'd like to explain?
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17y ago
> Desktop computing is pretty much a solved problem. Incremental improvement is all we're going to see from here on. I agree that we're just going to see incremental improvement with the current UI paradigms. Maybe this is just a sci-f
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17y ago
Note: This user has worked for Facebook for two years.
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varaon
17y ago
LTH, as in LTHforum.com?
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17y ago
Which distro/OS, out of curiousity? The bane of my experience with low-memory VMs has been finding the lowest-memory server OS.
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varaon
17y ago
Why Firewire, specifically?
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17y ago
In this case, I think, that it was replaced even though it wasn't covered by the extended warranty.
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17y ago
Carmack was able to grasp it with enough studying.
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17y ago
http://www.broodwarai.com/index.php
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17y ago
Not to mention that they may not look kindly upon you exporting data without their knowledge (they might suspect or consider it to be data theft). My last employer had a good IT department, but also a strict security policy. USB keys were
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17y ago
As a guiding principle, it's concise, clear and light-hearted. It exists moreso to cause employees to pause and consider whether their actions violate this principle. An ethics document would obviously be more detailed, but those three sim
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17y ago
Yes. When I'm studying math, I work best if I just dive right into the practice problems, then go back and review the notes as needed. Once I find a challenge and get hooked on a problem that I can't quite answer, I'm fully focused. I focu
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17y ago
I can't answer that question, but I find that simple breathing exercises can help. http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/pranayama/complete.asp -Sit comfortably, either on a chair or on the floor. Close your eyes. -Lengthen your spine up towards th
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17y ago
Not that these solve the problem, but here are some tips to help mitigate negative effects: 1. Audit your Gmail access history. In the footer, there is a a message "Last account activity...Details". Click the "Details" link to view recent
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17y ago
The problem is that Mint already has a head start, is well-designed, and actively developed. Intuit had nothing like Mint, which made it easier for them to compete. Any Mint competitor will have to outdo them and/or fill a different niche
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17y ago
Here's blog post that runs down about a dozen services: http://m.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/html_css_services/
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17y ago
Out of curiosity, how does Yahoo benefit/profit from BOSS?
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17y ago
Maybe it'd be better to just print one or two really good replies and bring them to the interview.
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17y ago
I wonder if more permissive licensing for libraries, allowing them to be redistributed more easily, would have an impact. (This is pure, uninformed speculation.) MS tried making DirectX 10 a Vista exclusive in order to draw in gamers, but I
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17y ago
If you're someone who has karma coming out of their ears from helping people, it's almost worth mentioning on a resume. Having more official awards beyond medals for a certain tier of users might provide some value. It would have to be to
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