varaon

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by varaon 15y ago
(Canadian here, but the ads are similar and we get lots of US channels.) >At most, they would say "our fuel consumption is X lower than the nearest competitor". This is what usually happens. It's only when a competitor is so well-regard
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by varaon 16y ago
My head is more often buried in code than in the product's UI. Our QA team has a better nose for when interaction or UI details are off than I do. In general, they spend more time using the application, and have a better instinct for wh
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by varaon 16y ago
"Someone" might be Adobe: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/preview-of-the-edge-p...
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by varaon 16y ago
Yes, and MS already has something similar to Classic mode. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC#Windows_XP_M...
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by varaon 16y ago
They may read it but not speak it.
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by varaon 16y ago
Simple retort: Really? Why do you close the bathroom door?
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by varaon 16y ago
You could use a single-site browser like Fluid: http://fluidapp.com/
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by varaon 16y ago
A second point would be that the time you spend automating tasks has other payoffs, in the form of learning and inspiration. For instance, I suspect that part of the inspiration for Appointment Reminder came from Patrick's own realization o
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by varaon 16y ago
Nice, but you'd be much better off with "Good men and women wanted for hazardous journey." There may be statistically fewer women in tech, but you'll never hear from them with a title like that!
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by varaon 16y ago
http://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/Fitness#WeightGain In addition: -Figure out your current calorie intake using http://www.fitday.com/ You may be undereating and be unaware of it.
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by varaon 16y ago
It would be interesting to see if there are any cases where hackers bribe a software company's employee to disclose information on vulnerabilities.
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by varaon 16y ago
http://www.directrelief.org/ Medical help, and they do it themselves.
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by varaon 16y ago
A good way to review a dojo is to search for it online, particularly on bullshido.net: e.g. site:bullshido.net dojo_name_here
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by varaon 16y ago
Reddit employees receive Conde benefits such as health insurance. Real estate is also taken care of. They've also admitted that they might be able to pull a higher salary at a different company, but they're passionate about reddit.
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by varaon 16y ago
> Emails were supposed used Mailhide, its a Django filter, which broke, and which renders things in plaintext on failing. People shouldn't be angry at you for "exposing [their] email addresses" if you can parse "A at B dot com."
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by varaon 16y ago
>hundreds of employees Thousands, even. 1400+, according to Wikipedia.
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by varaon 16y ago
> I think anyone who starts their own company doesnt have the time to get jaded. Just beware the investors! The less you own, the less control you have.
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by varaon 16y ago
This lets smileys be (more easily) understood by screen readers as well.
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by varaon 16y ago
I was trying to point out that successful poker players might be a part of the same group they're "preying on" - those with gambling addictions. Of course, as you said, they're successful, so the addiction might not be considered a problem
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by varaon 16y ago
>Your job becomes preying on people with gambling problems Or perhaps you have a gambling problem, but are successful enough to deny it. FTA: > "Looking back, what I've figured out," he says, "is that no matter the amount of money p
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by varaon 16y ago
>They refused to help because of the questions Medical nature. Even when I told them it was just personal FYI and I wasn't actually taking the medicine (a lie, but i thought it might work) I suspect that this is a liability issue.
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by varaon 16y ago
It's an older dataset, so that link may not be in the latest revision.
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by varaon 16y ago
His plans start at $49/mo. He's in a different league from even Wordpress.com premium.
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by varaon 16y ago
RIM is also leveraging their QNX acquisition for the OS here, so it seems like its a primary part of their game plan, and not a spin-off product.
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by varaon 16y ago
They don't show a physical product in the mockup. I suspect you're right - we won't know for certain until someone does a hands on. In particular, I'm skeptical of Flash's performance, unless they've done some neat HW acceleration.
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by varaon 16y ago
>8000 words, but very much worth the read. Thanks for putting in the effort!
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by varaon 16y ago
218 virtual processors Actual numbers: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1454369 25 c1.xlarge 26 m1.large 22 m1.xlarge
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by varaon 16y ago
Interesting extension, but Chrome gives an ominous "This extension needs access to your data on all sites." I assume this is necessary to be able to read the targets of forms.
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by varaon 16y ago
>"You have to make a choice - you can be somebody or you can do something." Can you clarify what this means? Both "I'm going to be a somebody" and "I'm going to do something about it" seem affirmative.
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by varaon 16y ago
For those reading the comments before the article, this is an HTML 5 drawing app.

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