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Re:Xibalba – A WebGL Shooter and Making-Of Screencast on Monday July 28, 2014 @06:01PM (#8099592)
Nice! I love The Fountain references :)
Re:Carlypso (YC S14) could change everything about how we buy and sell... on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @07:14PM (#7913500)
At the time the only option available was "Carlypso Concierge".

Carlypso listed my car slightly under what kbb.com said it was worth, which was fine with me. I assume this was to speed up sales.

Re:Carlypso (YC S14) could change everything about how we buy and sell... on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @04:15PM (#7912555)
AFAIK the device is just a GPS transponder. On my Civic it was plugged into the same port that's used to test emissions.
Re:Carlypso (YC S14) could change everything about how we buy and sell... on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @04:12PM (#7912535)
I used Carlypso to sell my Honda Civic a few months ago. Everyone involved was helpful and professional. I ended up getting a lot more than I would if I traded it in to CarMax, and the steps involved were minimal. I'd definitely recommend them.
Re:New bill would prohibit FCC from reclassifying broadband as utility on Friday May 30, 2014 @01:32AM (#7820446)
I'm at a friend's house who has Comcast and I can't load any pages from pcworld.com, and http://www.isup.me/pcworld.com says it's just me. Hopefully that's just a coincidence...
Re:RegExr 2.0 on Saturday April 05, 2014 @01:59PM (#7537847)
https://www.debuggex.com/ is a nice alternative that is a little different from other regex sites I've seen.
Re:Why I'm Planning to Kill W3Schools on Saturday September 21, 2013 @09:31PM (#6425398)
This is fantastic, thanks for sharing. Now I just wish there were something like this for Python/Django...
Re:Quickly go back to a directory instead of typing cd ../../.. on Sunday September 01, 2013 @10:36AM (#6310518)
I have these two aliases in my .zshrc file:

  alias ..="cd .."
  alias ...="cd ../.."
For moving around to other directories I use autojump (https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump).
Re:How to stop Time Warner Cable sucking at Youtube on Monday February 25, 2013 @12:36PM (#5280206)
I'm on FiOS and have also been suffering through terribly slow speeds with YouTube and Twitch.tv. I found that discussion on Reddit about a week ago, and it did temporarily fix my problem. However, after a day or so I noticed my speeds went back down to a crawl.

I also experienced this temporary speed increase (from barely streaming 240p to getting smooth 1080p) if I switched locales (adding "&gl=CA" to the end of the URL) or switched to HTTPS.