deadcyclo

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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I must admit that I preferred the "old" new one. Really can't put my finger on why. I'm interested in the impact on users when one changes things several times quickly like this. Anybody here that has knowledge/experience that would like to
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I completely agree with you. On the other hand, good knowledge and understanding of them can be very useful when formulating ones own arguments. But running around telling people their argument is invalid because it is X, simply makes one l
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I think you are missing the point. The apple guidelines do not state that a program can only consist of an executable. That would not make any sense. Rather they state that any application can only consist of a single executable in addition
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Well you obviously weren't careful enough. Nowhere in the article does he talk about a 4 GB binary or binaries. To quote him:"A 4GB Tex distribution dependant on over a 100 binaries" He is talking about the _whole_ distribution not a single
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Don't think that is the case. It was limited to merchants in a few countries, but it was not limited to US customers. I once purchased a computer from UK using Google checkout, and I live in Norway.
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
How ironic. They talk about providing the best user experience on the web, yet their site offers a sub par experience on my phone. The text doesn't scale when zooming, so basically it's unreadable on the phone.
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
This article on its own simply makes no sense. First he talks about the launch of GNNS and apple including support for glonass, without mentioning any of the benefits (if producers include chipsets for multiple location estimation methods e
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Yeah. I read that. But I'm mainly into academia. So I'm not really referring to my professional life when I call my self a programmer, though I do program in my professional life as well. Just like I call my self I write when referring to m
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I have much the same history as you. Started out in basic, but turbo pascal was what really got me going. I must admit that sometimes I really miss those days. But then I remember the horrible feeling when the diskette and the backup disket
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Hmm. Nibbles.bas and gorillas.bas are probably the main reason why I'm a programmer today.
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
AFAIK, based on the last talk by RMS I attended he condoned copyright on works of fiction only, not on works of fact. So no copyright on manuals, textbooks, scientific articles, etc.
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I hear you. I too cringe each time I see a post about RMS here. I know I "have" to read it, at the same time as I know I will get angry and extremely disillusioned about mankind doing so. Personally I'm not a huge fan of RMS. I agree with a
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
But it has further use as well. You can have your own personal identity on your gmail address and your official corporate identity on apps. Mixing roles is never a good idea and g+ on apps makes it easier to avoid.
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Not quite sure about this comparison. AFAIK Ghandi is famous for living by example. I have never heard or read about RMS saying anything about living by his example. I have however, heard him talk about that he lives by his own principles
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
This blog post is just silly, and in my own opinion nothing more than failed linkbait. In no way, shape, or form is this hypocritical. By borrowing a phone, RMS is not making the person he is borrowing it from more trackable. They already m
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
You can't blame that on Stallman. He has always been completely clear and up front about what he will and will not speak about. And he always agrees on the topic ahead of time with who ever is arranging the event. In other words. Who ever a
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Here in Europe I have seen lots of smart use of QR codes in advertising lately: - Scan the QR code to receive a rebate coupon for the product advertised - Scan the QR code to receive a two for one deal on tickets for what ever event adverti
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Try attacking it from a different angle: The first thing he does is post a link to a google blog post that clearly states that they are releasing a new and changed version of google reader, and later on talks about changes to the API can ru
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Try looking at it again: It's posted in "Friends of the Unofficial Google Reader API" and he says: "I realize that we're using an unofficial API, so we have no right to complain about any changes to it (instead we should be thankful to hav
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Hmm... To me it seems like the similarity is simply that both use a typical 3 column layout. Mountains of molehills?
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
The title here is misleading. The guy is asking if the unofficial google reader API is being retired, not if google reader is being retired. (Google reader is getting an overhaul to fit googles new design and some of the social bits are bei
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
At least here in Norway, most banks provide multiple ways of easily transferring with a phone: SMS, Android and/or iPhone apps and mobile web pages. My bank has all of these options. All four options in addition offer transferring between o
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
So you signed up for community testing a product, and you don't bother to report problems? That just seems wrong to me (but I know, it's probably a rather common thing to do). That sort of seems like modifying FOSS and not bothering to cont
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I completely agree. This would be the one killer feature that would take g+ over the top. This would simply render g+ superior to all other social networks.
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I'll turn it around. The only features of office I really like is the spell/grammar checker. I really wish MS would sell it as an independent application that can be used with any text application. Also, excell is OK, but other than that I
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I'm very uncertain of the usefulness of this. Do people really do this type of research on their phones? I could see myself using something like this on a computer, but not on my phone. I would think my notes on the phone would be more of "
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
I'm with you all the way, though I'm neither your typical user. I'm most definitely getting the N9 as soon as I can, and I really hope Meego survives. If nothing else I hope the community steps up and keeps it alive, while Nokia (or somebod
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
That's my beef with them too. I prefer text emails, since I do a lot of my email reading on the CLI. It's true, and annoying, that a fair amount don't include multipart/alternative sections. For me it's not a huge problem as I have plugins
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
It's really interesting how the article reads as a reply to (most of) the comments here on hackernews and not the other way around. I have a feeling that a lot of people commenting here simply read the title and nothing more. Otherwise, why
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by deadcyclo 15y ago
Exactly my experience as well

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