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PCheese

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    Comment #7593957

    The site just emailed me my password in cleartext when I used the "forgot password" option, so they must not be hashing them on their side. Seems like a terrible security practice.…

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    Comment #6519584

    Then you would just disable the "wave" function in the software, requiring a button press to hush the alarm.

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    Comment #4672412

    Really? If you want these plugins, just do the one-time install when you first encounter the Missing Plug-In message, and then everything will "just work" again. (Well, perhaps you…

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    Comment #4496847

    It's not just startups. Why does Google get away with this with their "Name Here wants to chat" invite emails? I have an address that at this point must have received hundreds of t…

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    Comment #4386889

    You do not necessarily need a Facebook account to post on the comments plugin. See the "other login providers" section on the docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/p…

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    Comment #4016147

    The guy in the desktop video would be more convincing if only he would stop shaking his head "no".

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    Comment #2932285

    Mockingbird - https://gomockingbird.com/ Maybe it's just because I love web apps done with Cappuccino.

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    Comment #2889560

    Did you read the contents in your standard web browser, like I did? What if it sent back a different set of commands if the user agent matched that of cURL?

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    Comment #2724478

    It’s probably nicer to schedule this with iCal instead of crontab. Create a new iCal event, and add an alert for that event that runs your script. You can easily and visually confi…

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    Comment #2256304

    Sorry, you're right, I just confirmed that it no longer works. I'm pretty sure that method worked just a few weeks ago though. =\ The changes are probably related to the test user …

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    Comment #2256263

    EDIT: I just confirmed this no longer works. =( I think all you need to do is disassociate your account from the Developer Test Accounts network via your profile settings page: htt…

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    Comment #2151262

    There seem to be more instances of bugs/gaming/easter eggs: http://translate.google.com/#fr|en|Je%20m%27appelle%20Sam.%2... Translates to "ANNIE" (but only if you include the final…

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    Comment #2149083

    I keep a copy of The Unarchiver around for those odd formats and password-protected archives, but I still leave most things to Archive Utility. I find The Unarchiver is still too b…

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    Comment #2148981

    If you don't mind using the mouse, you can bring a single window to the foreground by right-clicking the corresponding application's Dock icon and selecting it from the list. Anoth…

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    Comment #2127883

    Original article: http://addyosmani.com/blog/jquery-performance-tips-2011/

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    Comment #1925665

    Can you clarify what it is you're missing? Both walking directions and street view work well in Maps on my iPhone.

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    Comment #1821761

    I also can’t add words, so the only way to get iOS to remember an unknown word is to add it to the address book That is false, and this should be a good tip if you were unaware of …

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    Comment #1664828

    How does one "flag as spam"? I don't see any such links on either the article discussion page or the user page. Example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1652503

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    Comment #1257666

    WebKit nightly r57408: 137/160

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    Comment #1076808

    1. Buy a domain and point it to Google 2. Spread rumors to get lots of people to link to it 3. Point the domain back to your own site 4. ??? 5. Profit!