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by jblz 3y ago
I'm pretty sure Cable boxes all have HDMI these days, so that shouldn't be an issue. Monitors won't have an over-the-air tuner, so, you'd need to use an external device to watch broadcast TV.
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Parse.ly is now a core part of WordPress VIP’s platform(wpvip.com)
2 points by jblz 5y ago|0 comments
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by jblz 5y ago
Thanks for pointing that out -- I skipped over that first footnote. On my screen, it's on the previous page from the quote I posted (for what it's worth).
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by jblz 5y ago
From the dissent: "In the 1990s, Oracle created a programming language called Java..." Sun Microsystems was acquired in 2010... I guess I should give Thomas the benefit of the doubt that he intended the statement to apply to
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Automattic acquires analytics company Parse.ly(techcrunch.com)
4 points by jblz 6y ago|0 comments
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Better, smarter together: WPVIP welcomes Parse.ly, leading analytics platform(wpvip.com)
3 points by jblz 6y ago|0 comments
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by jblz 6y ago
Automattic | REMOTE | Full Time | Fully-distributed workforce (70+ countries & counting) We run WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, WordPress VIP, Jetpack, Longreads, Simplenote, Happy Tools, CrowdSignal, Gravatar, and more. Want to mak
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by jblz 7y ago
It's a great way to get started building a "modern web app" for folks who aren't comfortable rolling their own e.g. webpack / babel configs. If you ever want to have more control, you can "eject" & cus
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by jblz 7y ago
Fortran on Funicular :)
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by jblz 7y ago
> autonomous blockchains It just _has_ to be satire, though!
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by jblz 7y ago
> "android is awful!" ... "I bought a cheap one" Nothing like condemning the entirety of a thing based on a single limited intentionally-bottom-of-the-barrel experience!
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Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce Ventures(techcrunch.com)
234 points by jblz 7y ago|120 comments
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by jblz 8y ago
Here's a mirror: https://web.archive.org/web/20160530234212/https://www.speak... Original link worked for me, fwiw.
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by jblz 9y ago
This list linked at the bottom is pretty insightful for Google products & relevant mitigations: > You can learn more about mitigations that have been applied to Google’s infrastructure, products, and services here[1]. Confirms the `c
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by jblz 9y ago
The STTNG Episode "The Game"[1] comes to mind :) In the show, the device physically stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain to the point that players are highly addicted & easily manipulated. I interpret it as allegory to
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by jblz 9y ago
I don't think your criticism is very obvious. Can you elaborate? The Bartle Test is a pretty common tool / consideration in gaming psych & gamified interfaces.
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by jblz 9y ago
How is this licensed? Perhaps I'm missing it, but I can't seem to find mention of it on the site or in the repo: https://github.com/ionic-team/stencil
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by jblz 9y ago
Do everything you can to advance the "open web" (or publishing & distribution of content in general) and eschew "walled gardens" (corporate or otherwise).
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by jblz 9y ago
In case anyone is curious who Ricky is: http://trailerpark.wikia.com/wiki/Ricky
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by jblz 10y ago
+1 To add to this, part of the draw of Uber for me is its ubiquity (& Lyft, but it's less widespread). My consumer experience is maintained in different international & US markets. I don't have to worry about securing loca
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by jblz 10y ago
This is really well done. I'm fairly familiar with React & was able to pick this up around Section 3 "Core Components" [0] & feel like I could be decently productive with React Native. Thanks for sharing your work! [0
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by jblz 10y ago
This works for me as well. If there's no option to preorder, usually there's a pasta option that's passable.
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by jblz 10y ago
Nice! I figured it existed, but a cursory search didn't find it. Thanks.
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by jblz 10y ago
Someone needs to convert `capital_P_dangit` to a userscript :) https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/capital_P_dan...
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WordPress.com turns on HTTPS encryption for all websites(techcrunch.com)
447 points by jblz 10y ago|127 comments
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HTTPS Everywhere: Encryption for All WordPress.com Sites(en.blog.wordpress.com)
4 points by jblz 10y ago|0 comments
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by jblz 11y ago
Excellent news. I wonder what the radio components will do to overall power consumption of the board. It should be considerably lower than a USB combo wifi / bt device, anyhow, no?
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by jblz 11y ago
multiplier: You're trading adequate compensation for some potential upside.
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by jblz 11y ago
It's not a matter of me being offended (I'm not), I would just hope the company I worked for wouldn't stand for something as vulgar, primitive, and blatantly aggressive toward a competitor as this in a public, flagship produc
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by jblz 11y ago
One can only hope that if this was intentionally done by an employee, they would be punished and possibly let go. This sort of thing is childish, unnecessary, and has no place in a professional organization. Quasi-related: http:/&#x2F

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