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by whacker 11y ago
wikitravel co-opted the community content, and started showing ads. Hence the community moved to the wikimedia foundation as wikivoyage.org. Does not make sense to encourage this kind of behaviour.
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by whacker 11y ago
You can add methods on a type you don't control, without casting/subclassing that type. - the original interface does not have to even know that your interface exists.
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by whacker 11y ago
The 1.5 build requires you to have a go1.4.2 build which is used as the bootstrapping compiler.
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by whacker 11y ago
well, if it can create new address space mappings, it can simply create a new text mapping and execute the call from there. If anything, the place to implement it statically could be either a virtual machine jit, or at the compilation stage
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by whacker 11y ago
How is this different from the build service provided by registry.hub.docker.com?
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by whacker 11y ago
I think the argument is that users are more likely to be happy with software updating itself if the updates are un-noticeably tiny.
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by whacker 11y ago
Nice Job. How do you accept new entries? Do you have/plan to build an installer app like the f-droid project? That app itself could use a modern design like you have done :-)
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by whacker 11y ago
I think s/he has the British monarchy in mind. They either are fine people or they have awesome PR.
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by whacker 11y ago
Well, for one thing and a major enabler for the green revolution is nitrate fertilizers - which is a petroleum product. Without it, our population would be limited to a much lower number. Also, without the food security that these fertilize
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by whacker 12y ago
I work with both sides of the spectrum. Sometimes I feel like I am the stupid guy in the room. However - I must remember that I might see myself as stupid, but remember, they still hired me, against intense competition. - I have realised th
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by whacker 12y ago
I did not expect any state to have /software developer/ as the most common job.
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by whacker 12y ago
Apache Cordova/ Phonegap
43.
by whacker 12y ago
about 10, avatars of Vishnu. OTOH, Vishnu himself has a thousand names (Vishnu-Sahasra-nama)! I'd say you are in fairly good shape.
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by whacker 12y ago
it will create a market where only the rich can get patents - precisely the opposite of what I presume you hope to achieve.
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by whacker 12y ago
I think it might just be that, while they want the app to be used, its not meant for general consumption yet. So publishing only the apk selects those users who can tolerate semi-broken software. Or Google Play could provide a 'beta&#x
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by whacker 12y ago
free offline maps on android! This takes away one of the big unique things Windows Phone had going for it.
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by whacker 12y ago
I was/am listening to Car talk right now - when I saw this post. We are going to miss him.
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by whacker 12y ago
I think we are very good as individuals, but we fail collectively. That is why even the poorest Indian home will be clean, but the wealthiest public street could be dirty.
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by whacker 12y ago
Band of Brothers! Yay!
50.
by whacker 12y ago
I am sure other browsers will be supported in future. Why would a developer spend time testing other browsers if the project is not even known to succeed?
51.
by whacker 13y ago
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by whacker 13y ago
This is so transparently a fluff piece for the startup referenced in the latter falf of the article. See pg's the submarine
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by whacker 13y ago
free-pop-email.com in case you were being facetious.
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by whacker 13y ago
Its W. Edwards Deming.
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by whacker 13y ago
paste -sd+|bc
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by whacker 13y ago
why isn't this treated as a serious security issue?
57.
by whacker 14y ago
That must be the profit margin. $5 isn't enough to cover costs and living I think.
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by whacker 14y ago
Its not for liking of machines. I am in favour of gun control, but that does not stop me from admiring nice weapons, and watching people enjoy themselves shooting. But that does not mean I will buy a gun for myself. I think cars have come t
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by whacker 14y ago
Not such a great idea to post phone numbers like this. I think you should remove it now that some arrangements appear to have been made.
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by whacker 14y ago
This is pretty much the equivalent of the Berlin Wall. We know how that worked out.

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