theak

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by theak 3y ago
Had a similar experience. Came in to college with very little programming background and wasn't sure if CS was right for me. Truly enjoyed CS61A and how simply it worked up from primitives to explain more complex concepts over time in
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by theak 8y ago
Honestly as someone who used to use a Hackintosh as my daily driver, I can't recommend building one to anyone. Everything from getting drivers to work, to handling updates, is a major pain. The whole point of the mac is that just works
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by theak 8y ago
http://neverhttps.com is my go-to. Looks like there are plenty of other good suggestions as well :)
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by theak 9y ago
I've also found the new 2017 MacBook w/ Touchbar keyboard to be extremely problematic. Many of the time the keys that I press don't work and I have to press them again. Tried compressed air, but to no avail :( Meanwhile my 20
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by theak 9y ago
My experience directly booking from hotel websites has been really bad. I usually end up using a service like Booking/Priceline/Kayak/Google, just because the UI is nicer than booking directly from hotels, even if it means ha
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by theak 9y ago
I'm a pretty big fan of Vox. If you're looking for a stripped down iTunes/Foobar2000-like player for Mac it's a good option. In addition to local media, there's even Soundcloud integration if you get your tracks fro
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Apple refuses to enable iPhone emergency settings that could save lives(thenextweb.com)
1 points by theak 9y ago|0 comments
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by theak 9y ago
It seems like all the animations in this article are GIFs, not actual animated SVGs :( I wonder why he chose to export them as GIFs after going through all the work to create SVGs. They also seem to be pretty choppy as a result. Maybe whate
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by theak 9y ago
Agreed. In my case at least, Lyft works really well but the Uber app has issues. Phone calls in Uber to drivers have also never gone through, and their support is always unhelpful, so I've been a loyal Lyft user just because their app
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by theak 9y ago
Having to work a lot across timezones, I created a web app to track time and weather around the world and quickly find a good time to meet across multiple zones: https://www.iwantthetime.com
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Android launches new feature to improve emergency location(googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com)
1 points by theak 10y ago|0 comments
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Introducing Nearby: A new way to discover the things around you(android.googleblog.com)
3 points by theak 10y ago|1 comments
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Google Launches Nearby APIs for Android and iOS(googledevelopers.blogspot.com)
17 points by theak 11y ago|2 comments
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Google Tone – Send with Sound Using Chrome(g.co)
6 points by theak 11y ago|1 comments
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Justbeamit.com - file transfers made easy(justbeamit.com)
9 points by theak 15y ago|5 comments