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Stormcaller

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    Comment #12201580

    I had some minor "issues" after I installed ShellStatus and its dependency StatusMessage using package manager. These may be true for rest of the packages as well, luckily they are…

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    Comment #10166977

    Literally the first example on that page: > Math.floor( 45.95); // 45 > Math.floor(-45.95); // -46 Its not like its hidden or anything... Its in the center of the page on my 1920x1…

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    Comment #10165804

    It is not much worse than using it in javascript. People do this in js because it saves a few keystrokes and its faster, not that it matters. Its a small thing. Its dirtier, for su…

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    Comment #10165309

    It exists in other languages, too, like PHP.

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    Comment #10165189

    Its because they don't do the same thing Math.floor() favors the number equal to/less than the parameter, Math.floor(-15.5) is -16 while (-15.5 | 0) is -15 Also because the returne…

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    Comment #10087545

    I wonder if there was an idea of a "strict mode" at any point? When making sure every site works surely you guys will have to render invalid code "correctly", I assume. For example…

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    Comment #9975214

    also these text contain double-quotes so I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't even considered few examples: Its mission statement from the outset was "to organize the world's inf…

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    Comment #9975124

    Ok, I think this doesn't mean much and is a flawed experiment. The test url is: https://devx.lt/en/node/9 which contains ALL the content used in this experiment. All 9 tests are do…

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    Comment #9965424

    I'm not sure how much views get lost, but I wonder is it worth it? There is a short video as introduction which doesn't tell much, I'd much prefer a random video from the series. N…

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    Comment #9941480

    Because max value should be "mt_getrandmax()" instead of "PHP_INT_MAX", it just gets a 32 bit number then scales it up. see: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php Under cau…

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    Comment #9241209

    I agree. Its just they could add a class to css, and instead of setting font tag to each element, just add the class. But of course, since they are generated in a loop anyway, ther…

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    Comment #9239744

    , I don't think there's an excuse. we know for sure that it is not out of incompetence but it was probably easier to write at the time and nobody bothered to fix it because it does…

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    Comment #9107901

    you'd lose the case, on the left it says "stable when pushing"

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    Comment #9020920

    Well the data sent is "window.innerHeight" so if 1920x1080 is a popular screen resolution, some people will be using windows XP which will have 30 px taskbar size, and some people …

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    Comment #8728240

    Btw, can someone explain to me how they can have ads? I mean, if US is willing to go far enough that they seem to have obvious influence on other countries and these countries puni…

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    Comment #8531654

    sorry about off-topic but anyone knows the song name in background?

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    Comment #8451847

    No, they dont, as of yet at least. See: http://btc.blockr.io/address/info/1Fw7QqUgzbns7yWHH32UnmMxmM...

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    Comment #8451779

    why is hotmail so popular in this list? I thought gmail was the most used and even yahoo seems to go on par with gmail here. May it be because they didn't actually hack dropbox but…

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    Comment #8338549

    This can be easily done with "Faker", see: https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker It can create fake names, locations, account info, credit cards and so on...

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    Comment #8321668

    Not sure if considered bug or "feature" but after first level, on levels that require you to go to your starting point, i.e.: draw a heart or circle, you can click on your starting…

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    Comment #8232148

    he can still love her while thinking some acts of her are stupid and knowing that she is not, actually, perfect.