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by mcdillon 14y ago
So have you heard of www.mail-pilot.com?
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by mcdillon 14y ago
This is pretty awesome and its a great way to spark off additional analysis, such as triggering precise twitter feed filters for a specific topic.
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by mcdillon 14y ago
There was an episode of Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe was recording the narratives in a hotel room by simply going under the blanket of his bed with the microphone. I'm sure there was additional tweaking production value, but this is good advi
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by mcdillon 14y ago
In addition to your points; I'm not a fan of sensationalist blog posts that start off with whining about how something is hard even though the 'about me' section states how awesome they are at writing code. This seriously just screams hey c
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by mcdillon 14y ago
That just brought me back to McBryde 226 where I took OS, thanks for the good read!
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Upgrading NodeJS on a BeagleBone (Arm Processor)(michaeldillon.us)
1 points by mcdillon 14y ago|0 comments
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by mcdillon 14y ago
Its definitely not sold out yet (academic tickets are gone though). As someone else mentioned it looks like they are releasing the tickets in batches. Edit: it is sold out now: https://developers.google.com/events/io/register
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by mcdillon 14y ago
I've hit the 'no available tickets page' twice so far, 10:03 and 10:07est. Are they really already sold out?
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by mcdillon 15y ago
His results seem to suggest that the video wasn't CGI'ed, correct?
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by mcdillon 15y ago
His take off speed and the angle of attack for his wings looks suspect. As much as I want this to be real it looks like he is in a stall the moment his feet lift off the ground. I am looking at this from a traditional fixed wing aircraft vi
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by mcdillon 15y ago
Damn it edw519, lets drink already! Seriously though, that is the mindset you have to take (there are exceptions) otherwise you'll gradually start to resent everything you've worked for.
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by mcdillon 15y ago
Designed bugs are still bugs.
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Google IO Input\Output game has resolution bug(plus.google.com)
2 points by mcdillon 15y ago|0 comments
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by mcdillon 15y ago
I have a similar experience where my roommate's computer (windows)just became a bloated mess and he asked me how he could try something new. Aside from getting iTunes to run on his new Ubuntu install it was a smooth and easy transition. He
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by mcdillon 15y ago
Good points there, I completely forgot about Lexmark printers because the last one I bought wouldn't work on Mac OS X or Linux and I returned it; haven't bought Lexmark again. That's not to say that people shouldn't buy them, just explainin
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I’m calling it: Ubuntu is finally ready for the world.(tjwebb.wordpress.com)
76 points by mcdillon 15y ago|104 comments
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by mcdillon 15y ago
The people who are shocked and offended don't understand that they aren't the user of these "free" social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc). They / we are in fact the product and once it's realized that your data is being sold to
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by mcdillon 15y ago
Very nice work!
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by mcdillon 15y ago
More on shitty services... I have an hbo account through verizon fios, and typically watch shows through hbo go. Its hbo's streaming answer to being able to view the content you already pay for. The service is terrible, it constantly stops
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by mcdillon 15y ago
Thanks for the link; the Forbes article (while factually interesting) has some seriously distracting prose in it. I don't understand the write-a-news-article-off-the-cuff mentality at all.
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by mcdillon 15y ago
"When he was pressed by NASA the night before the liftoff to sign a written recommendation approving the launch, he refused, and later argued late into the night for a launch cancellation. When McDonald later disclosed the secret debate to