whimsy

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by whimsy 14y ago
Nah, this turned out to be interpretation error; the Street View driver acted ethically. See other comments on this page.
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by whimsy 14y ago
No, they got bought by Match.com in 2011
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by whimsy 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains
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by whimsy 14y ago
Wow; I remember this game. This game was pretty awesome when I was 7. I'm not surprised to hear that it was a full conversion of another game.
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by whimsy 14y ago
Check out f.lux http://stereopsis.com/flux/
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by whimsy 14y ago
https://github.com/yeoman/yeoman/wiki/Manual-Install There is a manual installation process provided on the front page; Yeoman itself appears to be a Node.js module in the node package manager npm.
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by whimsy 14y ago
Hey, you spelled prgmr.com wrong. (You got it right in the <a> tag though.)
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by whimsy 14y ago
You're right, I should be using these. How's the learning curve? Should I find a tutorial? Which should I choose, and why?
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by whimsy 14y ago
LastPass is free, you know...
40.
by whimsy 14y ago
But didn't programmers do it because they didn't trust "the suits"? Is it really ironic that they STILL don't trust them?
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by whimsy 14y ago
Perhaps, but he's no English major - didn't support his thesis.
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by whimsy 14y ago
Actually, billing is pretty automated, but shutting down your account is not.
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by whimsy 14y ago
lsc owns buyvm, too? I don't think that's true.
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by whimsy 15y ago
Yeah, Paul Vixie is kind of a badass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vixie
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by whimsy 15y ago
Got invites for HNers?
46.
by whimsy 15y ago
Doesn't 1) contradict 3)? If freeing memory is expensive, and memory is full, then there is certainly a cost of having full memory.
47.
by whimsy 15y ago
Do you have a source you can cite for this? I'm keenly interested in how this works.
48.
by whimsy 15y ago
I don't understand why this was downvoted. This is an excellent question.
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by whimsy 15y ago
Very cool! Based on the site, it looks like the public release is slated for the end of January. I'll definitely be trying it out.
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by whimsy 15y ago
Oh, man... this alone makes me want to get a Kindle/iPad. EDIT: Looks like it doesn't work with a regular ol' computer. Is there another site that has more multi-device support?
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by whimsy 15y ago
>I've only just this minute taken a mere six steps to get from Jack Lemmon to Samuel Pepys I wonder how often a path between two pages on Wikipedia is unique once its length is known. (You know, assuming no cycles were abused inbetween.
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by whimsy 15y ago
I think there's something to be said for starting out with this sort of confidence, especially when you're self-taught. That sort of confidence can provide some incredible motivation. If we realized how much it work it would take to become
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by whimsy 15y ago
Might I suggest you watch the 2D version? I don't get queasy; I would love a 3D version of this movie.
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by whimsy 15y ago
The bar is a "transfer accelerator facilitator." Really, it's just something to help you sit down in the slide.
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by whimsy 15y ago
Yes, but the fact that we can exploit that - and that we use the same physics for read heads as those we use for calculating flight - is pretty impressive, is it not?
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by whimsy 15y ago
Windows desktop apps.
57.
by whimsy 15y ago
I have some modest experience. None the less, I'm interested. How much do you hope to teach in eight weeks? What should a Junior Rails Developer be able to do?
58.
by whimsy 15y ago
Go ahead.
59.
by whimsy 15y ago
How much does it cost? I saw no mention of that during my three scans. When will you offer a payment processor that isn't Paypal?
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by whimsy 15y ago
$35

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