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NickHolt

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    Comment #16165498

    > Apple Do you have specific examples? I don't usually see instances of Apple being more than price-gougers who do a decent job with privacy, and I'm interested in learning more.

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    Comment #15845152

    Could you expand on why you feel that Sapiens is water cooler philosophy?

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    Comment #15452217

    > For persons who don't benefit from such therapy, mindfulness could mean re-focusing away from the abstract thinking that solves problems or invents or creates. Many people delive…

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    Comment #12925987

    Yes - a fact that most people seem to be forgetting. People will be less apt to complain when they realize they don't have to replace their entire adapter when they wear down the c…

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    Comment #12459978

    The "committed to wrong branch" case is also a little overly complex. I'd just do: git checkout correct-branch git cherry-pick wrong-branch git checkout wrong-branch git reset --ha…

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    Comment #12459952

    It was also a bit pointless to checkout a new branch just to switch back. The whole thing should be git branch some-new-branch-name git reset --hard origin/master git checkout some…

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    Comment #8692393

    I believe his assistants help him articulate his thoughts. The article implies that he writes everything meticulously himself, but that isn't true. As far as interviews go, intervi…

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    Comment #7564719

    There's a few style guides up the path for those interested: http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

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    Comment #7452845

    At the risk of sounding negative, I thought the majority of these ideas were absolutely awful. Even if one of these did inspire someone to put the work in, I doubt it would get the…

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    Comment #6759071

    I loved the 3-D plotting, that definitely sold me on entertainment value at least. I think at this stage its uses are fairly limited, but it's likely meant to be somewhat of a proo…