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by woebtz 13y ago
Ouch. Does that imply that finishing in the top 80% of your class then put you somewhere near the bottom 33% of developers?
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by woebtz 13y ago
Hey phest! Great looking game! It has got a really unique style. Is the music/sound procedurally generated too? What is the process like for creating the soundtrack for the trailer or effects for the game? What's the squiggly blac
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by woebtz 13y ago
MacBook, Air or Pro? I've noticed a slight physical difference in the feel of the keyboards in the stores. I don't know if it's how they're attached to the frame or an actual mechanical difference in the switches (or may
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by woebtz 13y ago
Thanks for the reminder. I decided to eliminate some of the mental noise and just add w3schools to Chrome's Personal Blocklist extension.
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by woebtz 13y ago
Whoa, unless I'm completely reading this the wrong way, this sounds like a classic Jerry Seinfeld anecdote: a guy eating at a restaurant notices Jerry Seinfeld sitting at a table across the way with a woman and some children. Being a f
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by woebtz 13y ago
Google's WebSpeech API looks pretty good: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html CMU Sphinx and Julius both also have options for continuous speech recognition, but it's quite
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by woebtz 13y ago
I don't get it. If Linux or Windows is the end goal, why not start with a Surface Pro (2)? The startup popup is annoying, but that's at most a one-off per day. It's the pixel's trackpad, mushy keyboard, and weak screen h
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by woebtz 13y ago
When my friend's mother opened her restaurant in Koreatown, they received, amongst other welcome-to-the-neighborhoods: phantom Yelp reviews (describing tickets and events that never occurred) and a string of big table reservations (no
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by woebtz 13y ago
My test presented the non-BeeReader passage before the BeeReader version, so there's definitely some randomization going on. Perhaps the aggregate A/B numbers make a more compelling case for using BeeReader? I wonder if the color
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by woebtz 13y ago
I recently played through Journey as well (my first time), but only learned that there was a multiplayer component after watching the making of/commentary video. It was a pretty game and I enjoyed it, but I struggled to find the impact
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by woebtz 13y ago
How much of that theoretical nest egg would you risk to investments? 70%? 30%? Inflation chipping away your savings is a given, but investments that match or beat inflation have no guarantees. How much of the savings would remain after 15 y
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by woebtz 14y ago
The actual "complaining" may be attributed to a few people (non-iOS or not), but from its reliability alone, Apple's iOS6 Maps is certainly not my first choice when I need directions to a new location that I have little familiarity with. An
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by woebtz 15y ago
As hard as I try, I can't seem to get used to the prettier Finder replacements. Some additions: * MuCommander (Norton Commander-style file manager) * ShiftIt (window management/"Aero Snap"/Moom alternative) * Isolator (widow focus i
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by woebtz 15y ago
I left feedback, but it got stuck "Submitting..." The short version: + The graphics are great. + The usability can be improved. + Add a graphical button to access the shortcut/hotkey guide. + Add tooltips for any non-conventional icons (sec
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by woebtz 15y ago
Matt Mullenweg's talk has some great starting advice. Max Levchin's talk shouldn't be missed.