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JackWebbHeller

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    Comment #12741986

    It actually seems to be code to change/rename database fields within Drupal 7... https://gist.github.com/rangnekarsuhel/e0402c9f93c5cda66a02

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    Comment #11503166

    Chris, you say Gmail tightened up their spam filters... Did this take place in the last ~6 weeks or so? I've noticed the spam filter on Gmail for Google Apps has gotten significant…

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    Comment #10069258

    Which conference is this? I tried Googling "!!Con" and obviously the exclamation marks don't count as part of the search term. Apparently Google doesn't know what I mean by "exclam…

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    Comment #9883475

    The update process is horrendous. Redirect to Adobe's website, follow a 3-step 'wizard' - where Step 2 is a placebo 10-second loading bar saying it is "initialising" - and Step 3 i…

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    Comment #9793619

    So what's going to happen to the astronauts aboard the ISS - this was a resupply mission. How much longer can they stay up there with their current supplies?

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    Comment #9524073

    Although they may seem redundant, buttons on pedestrian crossings are vital for disabled people to know when it is safe to cross. Most UK crossings beep when it's safe to cross (fo…

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    Comment #9392856

    https://wikileaks.org/sony/emails/emailid/139607 So it would seem Scott Forstall (of Apple) is now an advisor to Snapchat, and owns 0.11% of the stock... I'd been wondering what he…

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    Comment #7877438

    Actually it follows the same fare rate as the taxis themselves, plus 5% extra to Uber for the convenience of the service. Fare info: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modes/taxis-and-minicabs/…

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    Comment #7877259

    > "We recognise the unique heritage and value of traditional black cabs when it comes to getting around. UberTAXI is another way of using technology to offer more choice, making li…

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    Comment #7836687

    Is Z-Wave the same thing as a Zigbee mesh network? I know that's what Philips Hue uses.

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    Comment #6845826

    Why is the funnel intake octagonal? Making it circular would be more aesthetically pleasing, or is there a technical reason why having 8 'separate' entrances is required? Secondly,…

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    Comment #6652630

    ... Internet Pod? For an offline music player?

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    Ask HN: What would you recommend to put on a web development team's IT budget?

    If you had an 'unlimited' budget (you can have anything, as long as you can justify the cost as being useful to the team and the business), what would you recommend? What tools, so…

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    Comment #6198324

    This was generated with frak - https://github.com/noprompt/frak "frak transforms collections of strings into regular expressions for matching those strings. The primary goal of thi…

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    Comment #6118180

    Imagine if this was actually created by the NSA (I mean, naming it Prism seems too obvious to be true), and we're all just falling into it's aesthetically-pleasing honeytrap.

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    Comment #6108473

    I'm not sure if it affects all carriers or not. But you can opt-out, you just have to go through an age-verification process - usually providing a credit card number to confirm you…

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    Comment #5904500

    (Assuming this was meant as a reply to my comment) - I do understand that, I pretty much just bought a single share to say I had one, and see how it would perform, more as an exper…

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    Comment #5904397

    I bought my first ever share - a single share in Tesla - two weeks ago. I saw the headline and my heart sank. But if you have to deliver bad news, that is how you do it - proactive…

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    Comment #5584597

    > "Its a strange situation where it is legal to do something to a human that is illegal to do to a computer" What is illegal to do to a computer, in this case...?

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    Comment #5584560

    "Someone should make an app that tells me how much pizza i am" Well, I know what I'm doing for my weekend project!

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    Comment #5565391

    Whoops, I understand now! Thanks.

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    Comment #5565111

    Also, there's really no reason for this to be a special device. It easily be a blob on your computer's hard drive Uh... If it was on your computer's hard drive and your hard drive …

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    Comment #5565093

    Dropbox does this too. I think I read somewhere that they md5 your file and see if matches one already on the network, if so, they just replicate a 'link' to that file in your acco…

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    Comment #5238636

    People are bashing this for being 'pointless', but hey, so is the next great to-do list app you made in 48 hours. This is a fun little experiment. I can see an actual use for this.…