RyanDScott

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by RyanDScott 15y ago
I'm just connecting fictitious dots here, but it seems a rather crafty move to launch a hotel search site in the midst of the Airbnb debacle. "Oh, I was going to use Airbnb, then I heard about so-and-so's experience with them and decided to
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What happened to global warming?(content.usatoday.com)
2 points by RyanDScott 15y ago|0 comments
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by RyanDScott 15y ago
I doubt it. Based on the number of sessions at Google IO this year for GWT (many) and the number of sessions for Closure (one?), I would say they were outwardly pushing GWT much more than Closure. I wish they would come out with more JavaSc
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
>That doesn't extrapolate to better products or better anything. Agreed. So maybe we should be asking how Apple is growing faster than Nokia with fewer resources?
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
Perhaps he's refuting the claim that one bad apple will spoil the bunch :P
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
Couldn't this be used as a replacement for Flash? I know one of your selling points is that you can do some rather amazing visual imagery without needing any programming skills; but what if you coupled a basic image/video/animation editor w
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
Reasons you might consider using Closure instead of something like jQuery, plain-old-js: 1. Your javascript file is getting huge and you want to break things out into manageable pieces. 2. You find yourself needing namespaces that are easy
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
I like the Google Closure documentation. It has a nice search functionality. http://closure-library.googlecode.com/svn/docs/index.html
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Ask HN: Do you work at a standing desk 7+ hours a day?
2 points by RyanDScott 16y ago|0 comments
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
> Google behaves as though everybody using Gmail uses the web interface And what is up with them including free imap/pop support? Seriously, Google, get it together.
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
maybe they had you on an old cluster of commodore 64s they had repurposed for serving gmail?
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by RyanDScott 16y ago
The Render Engine also has a nice demo up--I prefer its nifty particle explosions and rocket exhaust. I believe this uses the HTML5 Canvas. http://renderengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/spaceroid...
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by RyanDScott 17y ago
This could easily be re-branded as carpal tunnel wars.
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by RyanDScott 17y ago
I know I'm greatly generalizing here, but when it comes to privacy there are two types of people: good people with legitimate things to hide and bad people with bad things to hide. Knowledge is everything. If I know the government is loggin
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by RyanDScott 17y ago
"Emacs can do whatever you want. If it doesn't, it can be added...." Um no. But if so, then someone better start busting a lisp to get emacs to make cute little bubbles. I'd love to see that.
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by RyanDScott 17y ago
Reminds me of The Alliance by Gerald Lund. Pretty soon we'll all be implanted with these things to inhibit bad behavior like over-eating, unsightly public acts of nasal cleansing, or being stupid.