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by alixr 13y ago
I'll always hold respect for him, despite what people say he was just as much a part of the home computer revolution as Gates and Woz.
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by alixr 13y ago
Was WhatsApp really that successful? I can't imagine it caught on with many young adults or older who have no trouble paying for SMS given the convenience. Is their demographic comprised of kids?
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Show HN: Bitcoin Lottery(coinlottery.herokuapp.com)
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by alixr 13y ago
Agree and disagree. The touch screen is the most important aspect of a touchscreen device. Observable lag affects the user experience when they're moving faster than the device will allow. It is a big deal but I don't think the
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by alixr 13y ago
Still waiting on that PS Vita support they promised.
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by alixr 13y ago
I know you said you don't trust digital storage, but discs remain the best way to backup files for me. I purchased a blu-ray burner a couple years back and I've hardly made it through my first stack of discs. The blu-ray discs sho
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by alixr 13y ago
I tried to get tickets to the show in Mountain View, completely sold out almost immediately save for a few "accessible" seats. I considered showing up with crutches or a wheelchair. I hope Netflix picks him up for a new season of
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by alixr 13y ago
You shouldn't render your blog's contents with JS.
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by alixr 13y ago
As someone who's just started with Ruby/Rails what are the benefits of switching to Elixir?
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by alixr 13y ago
Skeuocard http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/
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by alixr 13y ago
I guess you miss a lot when JS is disabled by default :P
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by alixr 13y ago
Even more amazing was the little yellow square about the size of a surface mount resistor was highlighted as 2GB of flash. I couldn't even spot the cyan square for 512MB of ram.
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by alixr 13y ago
While most BMW's are expensive, I would consider the 7-series line "luxury".
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by alixr 13y ago
I could say you're part of the greater fool theory anytime you get paid in or sell something for fiat money. It only has value as long as people are willing to accept it, same thing applies to Bitcoin. But Bitcoin is also an incredibly
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by alixr 13y ago
Transactions in person and Bitcoin ATM's will be the bread-and-butter of exchanging fiat money for BTC as it gains widespread adaptation.
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by alixr 13y ago
Don't get greedy.
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by alixr 13y ago
He could have used carbon fiber and spent less with a better outcome.
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by alixr 13y ago
Are you serious? He runs an online business, if that is his source of income it can be managed anywhere. If I had to choose between prison and becoming a refugee the answer should be obvious. All over the world, people flee similar situatio
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by alixr 13y ago
This is great, I've been wanting to get into aviation for some time but the barrier of entry is steep. Using their plans as a guideline for building an ultralight instead of a light sport aircraft would reduce the cost dramatically. Ul
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by alixr 13y ago
I've never been a fan of JS and this is why I have it disabled by default in Chromium. Just whitelist the domains you make use of and the rest of the internet is smooth sailing.
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by alixr 13y ago
Efficient use of tablets could make them an invaluable educational tool but something tells me they wouldn't bother going through the tedious process of acquiring digital versions of textbooks, assignments, reports, etc.
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by alixr 13y ago
I've never been a fan of bootstrap, namely because nobody modifies it and all websites end up looking the same. But I will say its nice that they're going Flat. Much easier on the eyes, and much simpler to creative a responsive la