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by zevyoura 12y ago
You now actually need to specifically open the application with a right click to even have the option to open it, simply double clicking just says it's unsafe and closes. I think that safeguard probably has saved significant numbers of
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Funny how that roughly mirrors my experiences calling taxis the old fashioned way: about 1 in 4 won't show up.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by integration; are you proposing that the mapping app contain the complete map data, which is then occasionally updated as needed? There's a clear advantage to not storing several GB of dat
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Actually, Google Maps allow you to cache portions of maps for offline use: https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650377?hl=en There are other navigation apps that do store offline maps; the reason they're no
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Of course the companies knew about PRISM (though not under that name); they had to implement services for it. Other NSA more pervasive initiatives, like tapping into fiber, were not known.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
> Since when is it called a "hamburger menu"? I had no idea what it meant until actually reading the article. I haven't heard the phrase "hamburger menu" before, but the image is often referred to as a hamburger
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Welcome to the Fastlane(jointhefastlane.com)
11 points by zevyoura 12y ago|0 comments
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by zevyoura 12y ago
According to the article Ballmer has ~$20B. 10% is significant, but not exactly "destroy[ing] the value of his own net worth."
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by zevyoura 12y ago
A random ranking? Of all results? Are you kidding? The vast, vast majority of results for a typical query are tangentially relevant at best.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
The biggest obstacle is that it's an annoyance to update the number for any recurring charges you have set up.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
To be fair this was addressed in the linked post: > On the subscription payment idea, even if 10% of the userbase started paying a few bucks a month for extra Pro-level features, we’d still be coming up thousands of dollars short each mo
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by zevyoura 12y ago
>But I'm voluntarily visiting the place! Of course I'm using my resources doing that. You could say this about the in person advertising that Banksy describes too.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Tea, coffee, fruit juices, milk, and fermented products have all been around for much, much more than "a couple centuries."
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by zevyoura 12y ago
In addition to source maps, which have largely eased the pain of this issue, there's also the Dartium[0] build of Chrome, which has a proper Dart VM. [0] https://www.dartlang.org/tools/dartium/
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Buzkashi (NPR on Afghani Sport)(apps.npr.org)
1 points by zevyoura 12y ago|0 comments
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Manning was held in effective solitary confinement for 9 months.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Disconnect[0] is often touted as a more privacy conscious alternative. I haven't investigated it thoroughly, but it's open source so you can look into it yourself pretty easily. [0] https://disconnect.me
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Check out Scroll Reverser[0], it allows you to reverse just one input. [0] https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Actually, there's nothing in the rules that limits the competition to video games; I wouldn't be surprised if people had created print & play physical games for previous LDs.
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by zevyoura 12y ago
Game of Thrones (and all HBO shows) are not broadcast in the US with commercials; do they edit in commercial breaks in semi-random spots (or just pre/post-roll)? How much time do they add per hour?
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by zevyoura 13y ago
Planet Money has an excellent episode where they discuss this topic in more detail: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/02/12/171814201/episode-...
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by zevyoura 13y ago
I thought the implicit comparison was more to WhatsApp, which also directly charges users (SnapChat is, despite the name, not really a "chat" app).
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by zevyoura 13y ago
They bought Crucible and Bitbucket too, doesn't make them any less an Atlassian product.
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by zevyoura 13y ago
>doesn't make useless dodads or chat apps or whatever To be fair, Atlassian makes HipChat, and though it's not exactly the foundation of their valuation it is a pretty significant product.
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by zevyoura 13y ago
For what it's worth, I'm currently midway through the 30 day free trial of Fresh, and I got an email offering me one for free.
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by zevyoura 13y ago
They mean art in the sense of "high art"[0] [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_culture#High_art
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by zevyoura 13y ago
I've seen this feature touted before, but I don't get it. For 99% of my use, my iPhone is either face-up or in my pocket, making this useless since the camera LED is hidden. If it's face-up, I can already see the alert, inclu
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by zevyoura 13y ago
If your 401k was earning peanuts over the last year, you were doing something very wrong.
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by zevyoura 13y ago
While Norvig's argument is interesting and convincing, it has to be pointed out that it is far from a proof.
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by zevyoura 13y ago
It's worth noting that one of the goals listed for 2.0 in this post is increased modularity, which they imply will let you only load the pieces you're actually using.

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