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Sonicmouse

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About Sonicmouse

Been writing software since the old-days.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #9274698

    Why not remove all the line feeds and make it one line of code? Much more impressive then!

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    Comment #9239791

    Investing time and money into iOS is a risk. Period. This isn't new. Anyone who gets yanked out of the apple's walled garden knew it was a possibility before said investment took p…

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    Comment #9175560

    Mashable?! I know it's last in the list, but come on. I can't take your list seriously now. Mashable... Ha.

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    Comment #8909718

    I'm about over the term "internet of things" -- it's starting to irk me like "information super-highway" does.

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    Comment #8871216

    Whoever posted this is an asshole. Period. You link a page that explains what's going on and give a warning about clicking the link. You don't link the exploit directly so anyone u…

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    Comment #8857812

    Doesn't mean they aren't testing said feature.

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    Comment #8856784

    "14-year-old creates eco-battery with aluminum foil, old guitar strings, and club soda." Because aluminum foil, old guitar strings and club soda are so prominent in 3rd world count…

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    Comment #8837159

    After a few minutes of Googling, apparently she was in jail for violating a court order that stemmed from her stalking famous cartoonist John Kricfalusi. He kept getting harassed b…

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    Comment #8765915

    And it was an amazing phone executed so well that they couldn't keep it on the shelves. /s Seriously. Are you that dense?

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    Comment #8593572

    "The Kim Kardashian Game , Kim Kardashian: Hollywood – Has Made $43 Million in 3 Months" Yeah... No thanks to Blackberry. http://nypost.com/2014/10/28/kim-kardashian-loves-her-blac…

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    Comment #8564726

    Thanks for the link as the linked article is paywalled. The 500$ cartridges are the ET carts. All the other ones are about 50$ I think the ET carts are the most expensive since tha…

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    Comment #8564699

    Exactly ... Back to basics. Just learn how to use the terminal in its default form. We've been doing it for years efficiently.

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    Comment #8559378

    I don't get it? He didn't initialize a struct properly, results in errors... Conclusion: C is evil?

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    Comment #8548378

    If it were a celebrity or any other high-profile citizen, you know they would bring out the SWAT team and the criminals would be locked up for 20 years. But, when it's a "nobody im…

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    Comment #8546741

    Absolutely not true. My iPad was unplugged by my kid during an update and the iPad shut off. 2 weeks later I had my iPad back from he Apple Store after it was bricked. What I'm say…

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    Comment #8545692

    What happens if you power off an iPad (or any other device, for that matter) in the middle of a system update? Atleast his mistake didn't brick it and Windows was smart enough to m…

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    Comment #8528082

    This is just the beginning. Anyone who has account information stored in their care should pull it now.

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    Comment #8503770

    Because chat rooms from 1998 are such a novel concept. Damn you, facebook!

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    Comment #8469094

    It's a shit business model to rely on Google or apple got your pay check via the App Store. I've said it 1000 times. There is a story like this once a month where an entire company…

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    Comment #8452131

    As privacy is a major issue with my livelihood and my business, I think I'll avoid anything with Dropbox. Especially when it's baked in.

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    Comment #8390822

    If that's actually the case, then use KDE. What does your comment contribute? It's about as useful as the apple/Samsung "my wiener was longer first!" Argument. Who cares.

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    Comment #8389480

    I don't get why people vear from "Courier New" It's the greatest fixed-length font yet created for writing code! Period!

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    Comment #8380282

    This is what happenes when you write apps for a walled garden. It's a risky business. This is a good lesson for investors as well. When you have a sole company deciding your fate, …

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    Comment #8314071

    Did apple claim to invent it? I think their claim to fame was that they were the first to popularize the PC. The first to build an empire based around the PC.

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    Comment #8313769

    This article sums up the very definition of "First World Problems"