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damiongrimfield

Re:Show HN: Codewars on Thursday February 06, 2014 @10:22AM (#7190777)
The site looks great! I only have one comment: it'd be nice to get an idea of which solution is the most efficient, and it'd be REALLY nice to be able to sort solutions by speed.
> Google: 32 countries

Where did you get this info? I'm not doubting you; I just find it crazy that they have offices in over 40 countries[1], but only allow app submissions from developers in 32 countries.

[1]:http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations

Re:Show HN: Linux server monitoring web dashboard on Sunday January 26, 2014 @03:14PM (#7126634)
"The risk is just too great to ignore."

Can you elaborate on this? I'm looking for you to clarify which other dynamic languages would be considered less risky in this specific application and why.

Re:Why Berlin should not look up to the Valley on Thursday October 17, 2013 @07:39AM (#6564692)
electricty? 'solved' in 1646. automobiles? 'solved' in 1769. space travel? 'solved' in 1961.
Re:The 10 commandments for happiness and success on Saturday September 07, 2013 @09:35PM (#6347444)
i think some of these points can help me. and the css block in the document head is priceless.
im starting to get really fed up with sites that require a facebook account to do anything.
Re:Swift: Scripting Language for Many-Task Computing on Thursday May 31, 2012 @06:53AM (#4047375)
does this qualify as a name collision with the php email library swift mailer?

http://swiftmailer.org/

Re:The salesman and the developer on Friday May 11, 2012 @07:02AM (#3958610)
my father used to watch that movie at least once a month, usually with a bourbon in his hand, and alway a shit-eating grin on his face. i'm positive he wishes he could have been a mountain man when he 'grew up'.
Re:JQAPI - Alternative jQuery Documentation on Thursday February 23, 2012 @12:48PM (#3625882)
any chance you could avoid using the XHR to load content for the downloadable version?

i get this error in chrome: XMLHttpRequest cannot load file://localhost/Users/damion/Downloads/jqapi-latest/navigation.html. Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.

in the meantime i've been using chrome as my browser, and safari as my dedicated jqapi renderer.

Re:White House responds to Patent Petition on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @12:00PM (#3182665)
am i the only one that thinks its funny the white house office of science & technology doesn't have html entities under control yet?

Quentin Palfrey is Senior Advisor to CTO for Jobs and Competitiveness at the White House Office of Science amp; Technology Policy

Re:I want to pay for TextMate 2 on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @06:07PM (#3045463)
What are all the features that everyone wants? Why all the hype?

I gave up on TM2 a long time ago, but that doesn't mean I switched to another editor; I still use TM1 everyday. However, when I purchased TM1, I was promised TM2 for free, and therefore I'll have it for free.