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Chrome 35 DirectWrite (on by default) breaks my site menu

Posted by Akhilan on Sunday June 15, 2014 @09:13AM
from the stackoverflow.com dept.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23842637/chrome-35-directwrite-on-by-default-breaks-my-site-menu

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Re:Introducing DirectWrite (2011) on Sunday June 15, 2014 @09:09AM (#7895149)

Chrome is finally rendering fonts with the advanced DirectWrite font rendering engine.

http://www.istartedsomething.com/20140412/google-chrome-35-b...

Introducing DirectWrite (2011)

Posted by Akhilan on Sunday June 15, 2014 @09:08AM
from the msdn.microsoft.com dept.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd371554%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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32 bit + 32 bit = 64 bit?

Posted by Akhilan on Saturday June 14, 2014 @08:46AM
from the social.technet.microsoft.com dept.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/efcd4783-e948-4f85-9659-7a6e9139a931/upgrading-from-windows-7-32bit-to-64bit

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Android's New Logo

Posted by Akhilan on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @06:01AM
from the androidean.com dept.

http://www.androidean.com/2014/06/google-androids-new-logo-2014.html

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Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” Cinnamon released

Posted by Akhilan on Saturday May 31, 2014 @10:32AM
from the blog.linuxmint.com dept.

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2626

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A Chartered Accountant firm in Mumbai, switches over to Linux

Posted by Akhilan on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @06:17AM
from the support.enjayworld.com dept.

http://support.enjayworld.com/support/solutions/articles/4000015006-enjay-tiguin-linux-chartered-accountant-in

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Re:Ask HN – Who does your hosting? on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @11:50PM (#7782003)

000webhost.com

Why learning to program is hard

Posted by Akhilan on Sunday May 18, 2014 @11:01PM
from the hostiledeveloper.com dept.

http://hostiledeveloper.com/2014/04/26/on-why-learning-to-program-is-hard.html

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Opera Mini has more active users than what Ipad has

Posted by Akhilan on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @01:33PM
from the alwaystwisted.com dept.

http://alwaystwisted.com/post.php?s=2014-01-01-rems-fallbacks-and-support

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Re:The Device that Runs the World's Biggest Election on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @04:49AM (#7703371)

But it cause someone can't invalidate his/her vote if he/she intended so. And introducing NOTA at the bottom seems to a good move.

Ts’o and Linus And The Impotent Rage Against systemd

Posted by Akhilan on Friday April 25, 2014 @01:30PM
from the https dept.

http://https://igurublog.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/tso-and-linus-and-the-impotent-rage-against-systemd/

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BitTorrent Sync

Posted by Akhilan on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @12:18AM
from the bittorrent.com dept.

http://www.bittorrent.com/sync

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Oligarchy, not democracy: Americans have ‘near-zero’ input on policy

Posted by Akhilan on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @08:49AM
from the rt.com dept.

http://rt.com/usa/us-democracy-oligarchy-policy-512/

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Fedora Release Name process ended

Posted by Akhilan on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @04:18AM
from the lists.fedoraproject.org dept.

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html

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Disabling web fonts in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome

Posted by Akhilan on Saturday July 13, 2013 @04:16AM
from the techpowerup.com dept.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2905965

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How to disable Visual Editor in Wikipedia

Posted by Akhilan on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:47AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matma_Rex/VE_killer.js

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Disable ULS in Wikipedia using AdBlock

Posted by Akhilan on Saturday July 06, 2013 @12:02AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29&diff=562972847&oldid=562970770

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Re:Save poddery.com, community run diaspora pod on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @04:35AM (#5860494)

https://www.gnu.org/software/social/

Re:Save poddery.com, community run diaspora pod on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @04:15AM (#5860418)

Diaspora* has more effects today when we have to struggle with surveillance programs like PRISM where privacy, one of the basic needs of man is simply neglected.