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The dude's comment history is hilariously shilly.

How about the bravado of the startup "code ninja rockstars" fresh out of school - simply a brave face in a macho subculture, or is it the Dunning Kruger effect at play, because they haven't had the chance to work alongside experienced colleagues that make them realize they have more to learn?

It is pretty sweet on mobile. On the desktop it offends my sensibilities as much as, say, using HTTP GET to affect state.

It was useful when you were expecting a data call and you hear your aunt on the other end saying HELLO? WHAT IS THIS BEEPING? HELLO?

Starting with Windows 95, Windows had an objective advantage over Macintosh. The operating system supported preemptive multitasking, the hardware was considerably more powerful, and the software base was huge.

With iOS vs. Android, from the consumer's perspective, the differences are really subtle. The major issue at hand with developer freedom is hidden from view for most people.

My G+ feed isn't very active, but the signal to noise ratio is higher. That's fine by me.

The paranoid SEO articles really put me off.

The nightmare never ends.

Or he'd copy and paste your mail and rip you a new one on his site.

"I think most people should be much more questionable about groklaw. I am big open source and FSF advocate, but I'm not above thinking that groklaw is controlled/funded by a much larger power."

I've heard this before, and it is usually the shills that spout that line.

Does the Excel web app support VBA? I was under the impression that the 365 apps offer a subset of the functionality of their desktop counterparts.

What part did you use the scripting engine for? I was able to do something very similar, but purely with spreadsheet rules.

Totally creepy. I've seen a few articles trawled from stuff like that. If you work for a trendy company, you might want to watch your back and pay attention to what audience with whom you are sharing.

e.g. http://thenextweb.com/la/2011/12/10/meet-isabel-this-23-year...

I see it as risk avoidance. The learning curve with the basic WMs is steep but a one-time cost. With richer WMs, You pay a tax with your time and productivity every time the UI designers f* with your s*. It seems like UI designers these days are about making BOLD MOVES without apologies.

Google accounts don't require CC numbers.

Ugh, that widget really stresses me out!

Heh, I always use Google instead of most site's internal search engines. Have you ever tried using MSDN search before? Even with the advanced filter options, the results are awful, awful, awful compared to what Google pulls up.

Duck duck go, go go?

Native Client is BSD-licensed.

"Does this mean that Google has given up completely on net neutrality? This is a very bad notion."

Wow, break out the tinfoil hats.

I totally had this idea 1 month ago. I was trying to get myself excited enough to go through with the implementation. And here it is...! A bittersweet moment indeed. :)

I'm going to keep this on for a while. My inlaws are visiting from abroad, so I need all the help I can get.

Not just Reddit, HN derives tremendous value from quality commenting.

Commenting with zero accountability (authenticated accounts, voting, flagging, whatever) is basically doomed to be awful and a net negative to the service.

This woman is obsessed with weddings (especially her own.) She's a Miss Havisham.

Too much effing dubstep. When a kid comes in and starts spinning that garbage, the fans fly away.

Hooray, <h1>, <h2>, <h3> tags, now for your mobile phone!

And the nice thing is that the trilogy gives you a view into the lives of multiple successive generations of space colonists. Those books were beautiful.

There seem to be more than just a few pro-Oracle people on this thread. Why?

The price of the metals is based on Earth's supplies. If the expedition was successful, the supply would increase dramatically and the equilibrium would shift.