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Re:Diagrams · Diagram as Code on Monday November 04, 2024 @05:57PM (#42046946)
How about music as code…Sonic-Pi would like to offer a counterpoint :)

https://sonic-pi.net/

Re:What is the best dumb TV? on Friday October 02, 2020 @08:39PM (#24668466)
About 700USD last time I checked. Model number is 43un700
Re:What is the best dumb TV? on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:57PM (#24668257)
Not sure how large you're looking for - however, I use a LG 43" 4K monitor as a TV. Lots of connectivity - Multiple HDMI, DVI and even USBC inputs.
Re:When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail on Sunday March 29, 2015 @07:09AM (#9284473)
Interesting way to look at it. You could look at it another way and say what whatever they were doing before worked and got them this far. However, will what they are doing work for their continued future?
Re:J002E3 on Friday August 01, 2014 @01:47PM (#8121750)
if 'fancy way of saying' means it has a specific chemical composition then sure, yes it's a way of saying it was white.
Re:Webkit.js on Saturday June 21, 2014 @05:06AM (#7924527)
Our entire modern day computing experience is built upon 'Layers upon layers of complexity, abstraction, technologies, etc.';Simple and easy doesn't necessarily mean less.
Re:Microsoft please clean your store of junk on Saturday February 01, 2014 @10:40AM (#7161878)
They (well, in this case Facebook) did request it:

http://www.wpcentral.com/facebook-windows-phone-store-tradem...

Re:Christ, I hate Blackboard on Saturday January 25, 2014 @08:34PM (#7123402)
Re:LogMeIn to discontinue free remote access product on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @10:24AM (#7095757)
Whilst I completely respect their decision to withdraw the LogMeIn Free product offering I found the notification period way too short and badly communicated. I received an email this morning saying there would no longer be a LogMeIn Free offering from today and a subscription would be required to continue using the service. Digging further it appears there's a 7 day grace period for existing users - although there's no mention of that in the email. It's a stellar product for sure so I now find myself asking if I want to do business with a company that communicates this badly with it's users.
Re:Don't Leak Interview Questions on Saturday November 09, 2013 @01:41PM (#6702580)
I have no sympathy here - interviewing is hard for both parties and isn't going to be solved by imposing rules like this; you won't get better hires by asking them not to prepare.

Also, (possibly off topic...) am I the only one that thought of the Kobayashi Maru after reading this?

Re:London’s Great Exodus on Monday October 14, 2013 @04:31AM (#6546041)
That last part is simply incorrect; Councils have a time limit on whether empty properties are exempt from council tax. Also, there's an extra 50% penalty if it's been empty/unfurnished for 2 years or more: https://www.gov.uk/council-tax/second-homes-and-empty-proper...
Re:London’s Great Exodus on Sunday October 13, 2013 @08:39PM (#6544763)
So you don't think it has anything to do with easy access to credit and loans?
Re:London’s Great Exodus on Sunday October 13, 2013 @08:25PM (#6544706)
It appears that sort of thinking puts one in the minority: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/22/multicu...
Re:My Streaming Data on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:13AM (#6537243)
Just curious, are you saying that if it wasn't "too much effort" for you then you would pirate music?
Re:This is Why You Spent All that Time Learning to Program on Monday October 07, 2013 @06:59AM (#6507428)
"You can fix things. You can make new and amazing things." This could and should apply equally to teams as well as individuals working alone (albeit taking different approaches to working).

What's interesting here is the comparison between achieving something as a team/in an organisation and working alone, which is ultimately what the author is advocating in order to gain certain freedoms. However, it seems to me that one can only achieve so much as an individual and this includes effecting change on a large scale because it takes many hands and cooperation to stir a big pot.

Chicken, chicken chicken, chicken chicken chicken; Chicken chicken chicken chicken. /Chicken

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Re:Apple’s Tim Cook: The Full D11 Interview [video] on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @05:38PM (#5789314)
I don't think it's weird at all. In fact, I think it's normal given their history of only embracing technology that is ready and able to provide (in their opinion) a great user experience; If they can't see a way to do it well, they won't do it.
Re:Creating Shazam in Java on Friday May 17, 2013 @09:10AM (#5724063)
What ever happened to the "patent infringement" issue?
"...If you’re not building a business, then what are you doing?”

Innovating, maybe?

Re:Pinode: Raspberry Pi in the Cloud on Saturday March 23, 2013 @04:05AM (#5427577)
Click the buy button then come back and rant some more.