structAnkit

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by structAnkit 9y ago
This article is conflating whistleblowing with leaking internal product information. The latter should not be done and Google seems to have implemented a means to curb it. Now if the system is actually being used to curb whistleblowing as w
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by structAnkit 11y ago
Misleading headline aside, I doubt he will have much impact in terms of revamping Google's social platform. 4chan became a thing because of the community it attracted (and then evolved into), combined with the preservation of anonymity
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by structAnkit 11y ago
I don't believe we really use cordless phones in the 900MHz anymore and I believe the consortiums determine which spectrums are sufficiently unused before targeting them. Verizon and T-Mobile have some LTE spectrum in the 700MHz range
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by structAnkit 11y ago
I don't see an issue with having more available options, especially in the fast moving JS world. I think it's more important to consider the support behind a technology vital to your stack so you can expect to regularly integrate
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by structAnkit 11y ago
Spotify has used Greco-Roman Pantheon names in its technology stack. I don't know all of the exact details for Apollo in this context but I assume similarities to existing tech is coincidental.
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by structAnkit 11y ago
We already have the "specialized device used in software development": the laptop (read: MacBook). No longer do we need to be tethered to wires and the grid in order to get meaningful work done as laptop battery efficiency, proces
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by structAnkit 14y ago
In my eyes the two biggest CSS frameworks would be Bootstrap (obviously) and to a much lesser degree Foundation. Fortunately these two are almost exactly the same in terms of what they achieve and how you integrate them into your app. The d
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by structAnkit 14y ago
Neither side is flush on the 4/4S. By making only one side flush on the 5 it's easier to tell which side you grabbed as you pull it out of your pocket/purse/bag so you know to flip it the correct orientation before you ready the device in f
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by structAnkit 14y ago
I do sort of agree with the try/catch criticism. I know what it achieves and why we need it but I don't agree that it's the best or even most intuitive error handling mechanism. I personally prefer returning error messages in place of or al
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by structAnkit 14y ago
One of the most important things for any technologist should be to try anything and everything. You never know what great things you are missing out on by buying into any one ecosystem. PHP has its merits for sure, but so does Python, Ruby,
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by structAnkit 14y ago
While third-party browsers won't be able to compete with Safari on iOS due to the technical limitations, I still prefer Chrome on my iPhone because it ties in with my Google account, syncing everything for me. The loss in per-page performan
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by structAnkit 14y ago
Pocket also tweeted that they are having issues due to Amazon's issues. https://twitter.com/pocket/status/213481664670732288