ConstantineXVI

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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I'm a recent convert to Remember the Milk[0], can't recommend it enough (the apparent stable business model is a plus as well, I recall using them back in the Blackberry era) [0] http://rememberthemilk.com
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Be aware, Noir is deprecated: http://blog.raynes.me/blog/2012/12/13/moving-away-from-noir/
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I'm led to believe the issues with Clojure (and other JVM languages) on Android are due to Dalvik not being as friendly to other languages as the Sun JVM. I don't blame Google, but it's unfortunate.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
It's never been a secret that Google crawls your data, and it's not hard to find people up in arms about it. And personally, I'm fine with Google doing so when they're actually doing something for my benefit with it (like Now).
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I seem to remember hearing this is based on Quickoffice (which Google acquired)
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Office Web actually handles the files server-side, as does Google's own Docs/Drive. This is a purely client-side extension.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
The same reasons [0] are why I have a Chromebook. CrOS is limited, sure, but the limits make the thing bloody near invincible (and amazingly productive). [0] Hangouts are luckily the VoIP of choice for most I work with
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I just append ☎ to my signature. (I know it's a rotary phone. But it existed pre-emoji so renders most anywhere, where U+1F4F1 [📱] doesn't.)
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
A note: if you're on VZW, their (sadly hideous) Messenger app replicates Voice's cross-device SMS(/MMS!) on your VZ number.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
APK size takes a small hit, and there's extra work to bring in Java libraries. That's all I've found. I've actually been using their guides when working on ordinary Java-based Android code; their docs are well-written and their SDK maps nea
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Think how exactly the alerts happen is up to the OEM, beyond 'loud noise'. The iPhone uses something similar to the EBS tone in 1s bursts (it was 1AM when mine fired, so I can't say with certainty if it was the same tone or not). I've heard
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Most current (~2012) cellphones do in the US, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Mobile_Alert_System (I'm unclear on how these are delivered within the network, seems to be SMS but I can't source that)
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I'd argue Excel _is_ a reactive programming environment: just not a conventional one.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
They've been known to be using BOSS for a while, see http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216399-s...
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Taking it out of USD and changing the units around (even though it's just dropping a decimal point) mentally disassociates 'Amazon Coins' from USD. Microsoft goes even further on the Xbox, 1 USD (+ local sales tax) buys 80 MSP; so it takes
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
If I had to guess, the fact that HTTP and JSON are CouchDB's native tongue (removing the need for a middleman in front of the DB) was likely a factor.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Insight Cable (recently acquired by TWC, sigh) has been installing a plain modem + cheap Belkin router for years now. Amusingly, they always set the SSID to 'insight_wifi_XXXX' and their formula for WPA keys is `firstname[0] + lastname + ho
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Dark Ages would imply that progress was set back significantly by some catastrophic event (ie: the fall of Netscape). Renaissance would be a more apt term, given the rapid advances we're going through.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Most of these are bound to a language: choose a language first (and my answer to that question is "whichever one you're happiest working in and can get the job done"), then figure out which backend to use. You can fret over the framework mo
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I'll take the software bloat over the network bloat from the extra requests sending every keystroke over the wire.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Steam doesn't use bare WebKit but Chromium, presuming they stay up to date (my install registers as Chromium 18, so doubtful) and don't switch, they'll be running Blink instead. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_F.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
You've got this problem (wether this behavior is an actual problem or a benefit to the user is open for debate) no matter what if you rely on being a default Intent in any way. What do you expect them to do, never update again?
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Both are based on id Tech 3 (fka the Quake 3 engine); id didn't touch Direct3D until 4/Doom 3
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Why not a JS implementation of a SQL database?
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I'm not aware of any similar arguments being tested in court, so this is all conjecture. That said, barring an explicit definition of 'Internet service' in your service contract, it's commonly understood that requesting a page from example.
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
"knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer without authorization, or exceeds authorized access, and by means of such conduct furthers the intended fraud and obtains anything of value, unless the object of the fraud
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Google pays Mozilla to push Google Search, not to develop a browser (which Google can do just fine on their own). It doesn't really mean much that they're teaming with Samsung for Servo, other than Samsung's taken an interest in using Servo
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
Developer mode's designed[0] to avoid using it to bypass CrOS's security. The relevant points: * the 5-minute wipe both hinders access to the owner's data and makes it unlikely the OS can be replaced with a malicious variant without being c
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
I'm still perplexed by the Pixel, but I'm in love with my ARM Chromebook as an 'away' computer for it's simplicity. It's not a full PC, but 90% of the time browser + SSH is all I need away from the desk anyway, and it does both very well (n
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by ConstantineXVI 13y ago
No doubt. But they're likely to get plenty of Teslas on the road in the meantime, which is all they need: awareness that Tesla exists, and (theoretically) satisfied customers. Presumably Musk is anticipating that most buyers will like the M

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