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Microsoft releases Kinect SDK 2.0 and new adapter kit(blogs.microsoft.com)
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Microsoft cloud, adds stream processing to its big-data features(venturebeat.com)
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by vmarsy 12y ago
Developers that force you to upgrade to the next iOS is indeed annoying, but > I don't criticize Apple so much for creating new iOS versions that require greater processor power I think you'd be in the right to criticize this
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by vmarsy 12y ago
That's a fair point. powershell ships by default though, it should be the default instead of cmd.exe
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by vmarsy 12y ago
"Powershell ISE" does
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by vmarsy 12y ago
maybe because serious Windows developers shouldn't be using command prompt? Powershell and Powershell ISE is available for almost a decade now?
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by vmarsy 12y ago
Weren't the calls already free on Google Voice for years?
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by vmarsy 12y ago
That's true for the 1-star ratings, but the angriest are always the loudest. I don't use it on iPhone so I can't really comment on that, but my friends using it on iPhone don't seem unhappy. I agree about your view on Zy
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by vmarsy 12y ago
>I think Facebook knows full well that nobody likes Facebook Messenger, the newsfeed ... That may be true for you and your social circle, but I think this doesn't represent all people's opinion. Facebook messenger is the replac
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by vmarsy 12y ago
so your plan is basically Uber but transporting goods instead of people? Interesting idea, the "milk run" has the advantage of being energy/cost efficient for UPS, but if you have Uber-like drivers that are willing to put a p
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by vmarsy 12y ago
Typing 'sea' brought me Seattle-Tacoma as the first of the list. But I agree, something like google "I'm feeling lucky" that would : when you type a 3 letter code, redirects you directly to that airport or when you
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by vmarsy 12y ago
It's an exciting technology but isn't a silver bullet for all connected objects either: from Sigfox website > On SIGFOX you can send between 0 and 140 messages per day and each message can be up to 12 bytes of actual payload da
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by vmarsy 13y ago
If you're interested in the deployment process at Facebook, look at the link of a Facebook engineers paper I submitted in my other comment in this thread : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7648802 "The deploye
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by vmarsy 13y ago
You're welcome! I really liked the 'push karma' too. I liked this idea too : "all engineers who contributed code must be available online during the push. The release system verifies this by contacting them automatically
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by vmarsy 13y ago
I cited this interesting paper from Facebook engineers(2013) in another comment : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7648802 In 2011 they had 10 millions LoC, up to 500 commits a day, but if we asssume the plots keeps goi
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by vmarsy 13y ago
Indeed the process of facebook code deployment is pretty complex: https://www.facebook.com/publications/514128035341603/ And I assume they have extra requirements for interns to push code.
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by vmarsy 13y ago
I'm wondering what would happen if, without paying for the office 365 subscription, I try to edit a document stored in the cloud. Will it open a Safari tab with the free office.com online Word/Excel/Powerpoint ? In other word
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Every Gmail Message You Send Will Now Be Protected by Encryption(gizmodo.com)
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by vmarsy 13y ago
Same problem here, it says 1547 x 870 whereas my real screen size is 3200 x 1800.
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by vmarsy 13y ago
I'm not sure how to interpret this chart: For an average annual hours of 2000, how can we know if that person works 40 hours a week during 50 weeks or 66 hours during 30 weeks ? Also what jobs are represented here ? For instance for fi
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by vmarsy 13y ago
I think Tombone5 meant Saturation and not Hue. There are only 4 colors in that chart, the Saturation represent the density of population. It's true that if you don't pay attention to the caption, you might think that the lighter a
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by vmarsy 13y ago
Do you see a lot of agents using Photosynth to give 3D tours ? It has been out for 4 years. Sure with embedded in a smartphone would be more convenient, but I'm sure agents have some cameras when they get in houses.
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by vmarsy 13y ago
This would explain why it is barely used in France : http://ymuchomas.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/global-reach-of... Unlimited texts come with every mobile plan which cost more than 20€, even when it's not un
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by vmarsy 13y ago
I was thinking the same thing, this would be a great feature. You could get a few percentage of the karma of the original poster when the question/answer gets upvoted in the language you wrote it (And the original poster would get the
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by vmarsy 13y ago
The best way to get good apps on a Windows phone is to get an app (developed by Microsoft!) that warns you when new & popular apps are here. The fact that this app exists tells there's a problem with the Windows store search. But a
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by vmarsy 13y ago
What about this ? http://dlmf.nist.gov/LaTeXML/ Having some XML output seems to make it easier to add CSS rules ?
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by vmarsy 13y ago
Isn't what socialist countries do ? Tax more the richest to be able to tax less the poorest so that overall the poorest are more happy ?
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by vmarsy 13y ago
In short : There's 11 players on the field, the fans represent the 12th player.
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by vmarsy 13y ago
As mmastrac said, if there's a way to add hints to the translator on how to translate small sentences (for a mobile app for instance) I'll definitely use your product! For me, having a native translator seems a must have, I hope y
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by vmarsy 13y ago
I didn't know the product by itself, I'm not commenting about the API. Seems a really good idea, however I looked at: http://news.unbabel.co/fr/fobo-est-presente-a-san-francisco-... Vs. http://tech

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