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BadCRC

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    Comment #5794336

    but then it's crappy

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    Comment #5792442

    it's not because of hardware acceleration at all. It's actively preventing the window to be captured (I believe iTunes does some similar). It uses a private API and an example is h…

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    Comment #5751879

    isn't this how Steam (the platform gamers love) already works?

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    Comment #5735658

    what do the AT&T vans connect to? I assume that there is no landline available for them to hook into, so how are they providing service? my guess is satellites or communicating wit…

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    Comment #5729820

    but the linked page doesn't prove that it is.

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    Comment #5723975

    he's still listed on LinkedIn as working there..

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    Comment #5722298

    did they isolate correlation from causation yet though..?

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    Comment #5718757

    where does it say that the phone will retail for $50? The author implies it and refers to the phone as though he was actually able to obtain one for about $50..

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    Comment #5704730

    couldn't they be using this to prevent/detect spam? edit: the article claims this can't be so because the page only does a HEAD request, though a HEAD request could be useful if yo…

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    Comment #5651737

    how would you watch the new season of Arrested Development?

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    Comment #5623879

    one I was given in an interview: You're working on the front-end development for a chatting website. Each conversation gets it's own 100x200px div and they are placed on the screen…

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    Comment #5614926

    two spaces after every period.

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    Comment #5601786

    > Strictly speaking, the supply is inflating continuously what about Bitcoins being lost? perhaps we should also consider coins that are not used in the past five years also "lost"…

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    Comment #5590069

    why not have a dynamic multiplier based on the weights? rather than just 100x

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    Comment #5584971

    so it's like Facebook but with less users and a less developed API?

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    Comment #5514944

    like worrying about twice as many hits to stylesheets (which are typically static content)

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    Comment #5513194

    > Everyone knows if you save starting in your early 20s compounding interest it will be worth a ton more in 10 years, 20 years, etc. How are you expecting to get a ton more after 2…

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    Comment #5475548

    I was able to find a FURNISHED bedroom from $1450/mth in the heart of the Mission. Prices has gone up but it seems like people have gotten worse at finding places or switched to us…

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    Comment #5471051

    it's actually better this way, it's harder to aim when you're double tapping but easy to swipe one area to the center.

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    Comment #5457262

    a red checkmark is bad to indicate failing, you should use a red X instead..

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    Comment #4392737

    learn to read: https://help.squareup.com/customer/portal/articles/11861-wha...

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    Comment #4212773

    These guidelines won't save you from some bullshit PHP "rules", such as: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5810168/php-foreach-by-re...

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    Comment #4091248

    The 30 minutes bit may be true but in this case, the cab driver would not be rushing as there would be no way the driver could return to the airport in time to beat the queue. The …

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    Comment #4090512

    The case you cited does not match what you claim. The round time from SFO to Mark Hopkins San Francisco hotel (where the couple was travelling) is at least 40 minutes and the cab d…