growtofill

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Waze now lets you send directions from your computer to your phone(theverge.com)
1 points by growtofill 6y ago|0 comments
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by growtofill 7y ago
Neither the Institution of Civil Engineers :)
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by growtofill 7y ago
That was LA.
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by growtofill 7y ago
> some potential buyers were dubious of anything that wasn’t Microsoft Windows. They wanted students to learn an interface they’d be using for the rest of their lives Haven’t found a screenshot of Sugar OS in the article, but I assume it
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by growtofill 7y ago
Any particular APIs you have in mind? I find App Engine’s ‘getting started’ examples quite sane while they are ‘hello world’.
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by growtofill 7y ago
Source on your claim? It was about 50% on last year’s State of JS: https://2018.stateofjs.com/javascript-flavors/overview/
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by growtofill 7y ago
But that's about copyright, not trademarks.
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by growtofill 7y ago
Source on your claim? The best I was able to find is this: > Go attempts to combine the development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++. https:/&#x
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by growtofill 7y ago
What’s wrong with either of those?
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by growtofill 7y ago
Have you also tried non-qwerty layouts, e.g. Norman? They may help with RSI as well.
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by growtofill 7y ago
Thanks for the references! I see that all three of the above favor split-hand design alongside with vertical staggering.
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by growtofill 7y ago
There used to be notebooks with slightly curved keyboards, can’t recall the vendor (HP? Dell?). I really wish Microsoft (and Apple) would re-set this trend.
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by growtofill 7y ago
Is vertical staggered the same as ortholinear? Haven’t encountered the term before. Agree that default physical layout + qwerty as status quo is disappointing, though.
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by growtofill 7y ago
Given that decolonization ended more than 40 years ago, "the Europeans who have been plundering the continent for centuries" are either dead or retired. How is African countries reaching an agreement would be horrible to anyone, i
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by growtofill 7y ago
Otherwise you are subjective to survivorship bias: if people were silently quitting social media the ones who remain wouldn’t be aware there’s anything wrong with those social media.
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by growtofill 7y ago
That’s the point. Advertise the hazards of smoking in the places where people smoke.
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by growtofill 7y ago
‘We’ being?
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by growtofill 7y ago
Valid point, thank you. I wonder who would govern a truly international TLD then. UN? New body?
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by growtofill 7y ago
What’s wrong with .com/.net/.org?
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by growtofill 7y ago
I wondered the same. From the article (conversion to metric mine): > this one was only — “only” — about 10 feet (3 m) long: a juvenile, in a species that can grow to nearly 40 feet (12 m)
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by growtofill 7y ago
Just enough to buy the monitor stand.
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by growtofill 7y ago
The title is a mock of “Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know”[0], although these are (a) limited to a popular, yet not exclusive platform, (b) subjective to change at any moment. [0]: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu&#x2F
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by growtofill 7y ago
Joel’s conclusions were based on a single data point. There were successful rewrites as well: https://medium.com/@herbcaudill/lessons-from-6-software-rewr... In particular, Basecamp successful rewrite seems more applic
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by growtofill 7y ago
Arguably May is the best time of the year to visit Kyiv. This chestnut bloom!
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by growtofill 7y ago
What you create today creates a liability for tomorrow. Maybe they wouldn’t have to do this if Windows 7/10 were free updates with a smooth upgrade experience?
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by growtofill 7y ago
Not trying to defense the writing style, but is says 'opinion' right on top.
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Sift’s ‘news therapy’ app aims to promote understanding, not anxiety(techcrunch.com)
1 points by growtofill 7y ago|0 comments
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by growtofill 7y ago
> Even after 30 years in industry I still fall back on this formula with great results. Isn't this Parkinson's law in action, i.e. work expands to fill the time available for its completion? That would mean you overestimate up
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by growtofill 7y ago
Wow, what a horribly designed website. Here’s the direct link to the pdf: https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02089889/document
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by growtofill 8y ago
I didn’t think about segregation on planning phase, thanks for the insight. Answering your question: yes, I believe not being able to afford housing categorizes a person as poor. “Provide everyone fairly” is a touchy subject and depends on

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