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by bstar 15y ago
This appears to be a defensive maneuver in Apple's litigation with Lodesys. You obviously didn't read the article so I'll quote part of it here: "The idea is, in general, very similar to the Lodsys patent, however, it is much more specific
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by bstar 15y ago
I'm pretty sure the blur is radiation interference from the monitor.
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by bstar 15y ago
I bought one of these machines around that time for a design company I was interning at. It's an Intergraph, obviously I have no idea which model. These machines were built to order, so it could have anything in there. That multimedia ke
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by bstar 15y ago
Did you actually play with the url? It pulls in the dependencies in one file, in any order. The genius part is that it's creating cached custom dependencies for each page that could potentially be shared by other pages. This is the most
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by bstar 15y ago
Screw the layout, whoever came up with the dependency manager is a friggin' genius. <script src="/js/lib/rwd-images.js,lib/respond.min.js,lib/modernizr.custom.min.js,globe-define.js,globe-controller.js"></script>
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by bstar 15y ago
So yahoo.com is using jQuery now? There's like 10 references to YUI and zero for jQuery in the source... interesting algorithm.
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by bstar 15y ago
For me FB is better for prototypin code. You have the expanded console that allows me to write code quickly on pages that I may not have direct access to (like production pages). I feel like I'm using a text editor. Webkit debugger is mu
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by bstar 15y ago
They should have been working on these issues a long time ago. I think they are far more important than many of the new features that came with v5. The only thing holding many of us back from using FF is the memory issue. Good thing the F
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by bstar 15y ago
I also agree with every single one of the author's points. I've had an Android device since the day the G1 launched. Today I have the G2. First off, for both devices I needed to run cyanogen mod. The devices were completely unusable for m
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by bstar 15y ago
I think the new version has an updated section for the rails 3.1 assets engine... ...Oops, I thought this was Learn Ruby the Easy Way with an introduction by DHH and Ryan Bigg. Sorry.
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by bstar 15y ago
My brother, who is a novice programmer, picked up the rails basics in a couple weeks (with some help, of course). He was able to create the app he set out to, going from zero experience to a fully functioning app in 2 months. If you are ha
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by bstar 15y ago
I agree strongly with the Author's issues with presenting history in this manner. History is a living document of clues that are merely interpreted by us- very little is fact. I've been studying Egyptology for about 6 years now and it's ama
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by bstar 15y ago
Thanks zizzler, now I don't need to buy the book ;-)
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by bstar 15y ago
I've been having a ton of issues with Apple myself. I've had account issues where I keep getting denied access to many downloads in the dev center despite having paid the $99. Their support has been atrocious, it generally takes 2-3 weeks
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by bstar 15y ago
Professional is not a word I would use for Zed. Someone that's professional would not be as confrontational and antagonistic as Zed is. He seems to be that way, often to his own detriment. With that said, the aggressive side makes him a v
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by bstar 15y ago
I guess I was most amazed that in 1991 Apple's profits were greater than Microsoft's. I was playing Ultima 6 and King's Quest V back then... I didn't know anything existed but the IBM PC.
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by bstar 15y ago
At 55 seconds he says the Toll Booth "has the time our son was born". This man achieved a work of art that is far from sad. It's very obvious that this has tons of sentimental value, but it is also a wonderful work of art. I hope I can a
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by bstar 15y ago
What makes dropbox special is that I can access it on my home iMac, my work macbook, my linux netbook, my android phone, my iPad and the web interface when I feel so inclined. On top of that, I select different directories to sync on each
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by bstar 15y ago
I've been using rubular since it's inception. There are lots of sites/apps for building regex's, but rubular has always been my goto guy. To the developer, thanks for an awesome site!
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by bstar 15y ago
"She has this thing where she makes us do reviews that are about 10 questions and then she calls us up to the board to answer each question putting us on the spot." My 10th grade geometry/trig teacher did this to us. Confidence issues I ha
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by bstar 15y ago
I guess I'm just amazed that they (rails core) haven't learned from the RJS mistake. These 'fads' to get around JS syntax are terrible as standards. What is so wrong with writing idiomatic, unobtrusive JS? I personally don't care for JS sy
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by bstar 15y ago
I've actually been reading this book over the past few months. I just stumbled across it while looking for info on neural networks in Ruby. The book takes a very clinical approach, but the code samples are surprisingly accessible. I haven
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by bstar 15y ago
So what caused the massive Slashdot dropoff? I generally gravitate to where the most intellectual conversations are (and hacker news is that place), but Slashdot has been consistently decent for ages. I will say, Slashdot seems to be mostl
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by bstar 15y ago
Not only that, but the guy continues to use the same install of windows after discovering the issue. He then has more issues with the laptop and returns it for ANOTHER Samsung. First off, if I even remotely sense that there is malware on m
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by bstar 15y ago
So are we now encouraging mobile developers to try and develop many crap applications, the sum of which will give an impressive financial return? What happened to concept of developing a great product that actually takes some effort? It se
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by bstar 16y ago
I read an article a few years ago with the legitimate television manufacturers predicting this exact situation... Visio was using really cheap compoments (like knock off capacitors) and taking whatever shortcuts they could. They predicted
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by bstar 16y ago
Without a doubt, I would say all advice on my college education. The first bad advice I got was that I absolutely needed to go to a small school that would give me more personal time in the classroom. This ended up stressing me greatly in
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by bstar 16y ago
I love the scene at the end where Stallman is going on one of his gnu rants on stage, and linus brings his kids out completely upstaging him. This is one of my favorite documentaries, would definitely like to see a sequel.
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by bstar 16y ago
So why are most of you comparing rails docs to python and php? Rails is a web framework, not a language. Look at the ruby api for an apples to apples comparison.
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by bstar 16y ago
My feelings... If you told us you were the author of some amazing open source project that solves some impressively difficult problem in your area of expertise, then I'd believe the BS about how smart you think you are. You don't get into c

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