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arvin

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About arvin

Arvin Baccay

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    Comment #33116802

    Casio already released a sort of successor to F91W, it's the W217H. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiQSYM_6-es

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    Comment #28861703

    The comma at the end of LoveFrom, has a different animation each time you reload the website.

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    Comment #25843847

    I think you're referring to Optimistic Rollups which is now live on Ethereum. It can help BAT in lowering the transaction fees and makes the it faster. Optimistic Rollups is one of…

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    Comment #15785227

    I think bitexploder is referring to the "Dunbar's number" which is 150. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number From the wiki: Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limi…

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    Comment #15667841

    Link to the Mythbusters episode snippet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4jdGf3RzCs

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    Comment #14039975

    Elon Musk personally cancels blogger's Tesla order after 'rude' post - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk...

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    Comment #13558038

    Me too, nearly two decades now. Started using it for Win32 apps also. Now we're using it for mobile apps.

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    Comment #13210684

    > First of all, the boss of the fund did not have the skills to judge who could write a trading strategy, and who couldn't. The Dunning–Kruger effect in action.

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    Comment #8714885

    Use HTTrack, this tool can grab a webpage and the links in that page. http://www.httrack.com

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    Comment #8566228

    In a big company such as Google with very complex systems, such a thing is likely to happen. Even with very detailed specification with rigid scrutiny, details like this will fall …

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    Comment #8549633

    For writing code, you can use nitrous.io or c9.io to use your tablet browser as a full IDE on the cloud. I've tried this use case before and it works ok.

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    Comment #8035165

    I can still fondly remember 11 years ago when I joined a startup and I was tasked to look for a database to use for our anti-spam product (Outlook plugin). SQLite was still very ne…

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    Comment #7998801

    Or the Org Mode of Emacs

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    Comment #7988057

    Google now makes it very easy to start with any of the 3 frameworks: Flask, Django or Bottle. https://console.developers.google.com/start/appengine

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    Comment #7987273

    This is a great resource and just the right timing since I'm planning on building a website on Google App Engine using Python with Flask.

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    Comment #7802642

    Google AppEngine, Amazon EC2

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    Comment #6706614

    I'm from Manila, now working in Singapore. I've read Cryptonomicon two times already and enjoyed it immensely.

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    Comment #6294052

    The subscribe to mailing list is not working, I tried in both Firefox and Chrome.

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    Comment #6235326

    I also love Google App Engine. I have a paid iOS app that uses GAE, and so far I get by with the free plan.

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    Comment #6232579

    I just downloaded the trial, but the app requires Mac OS X 10.8, I'm still on 10.7. I suggest to put something in the website that it requires 10.8.

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    Comment #6229721

    I agree, quite impressive. I'm thinking the reverse will also be impressive - calling node.js packages from within .NET code.

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    Comment #6005917

    This is similar to POP, I like POP so I was intrigued and installed Phototapper on my iPhone and iPad. The feature that stands out is the ability to draw! You can take a photo or j…

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    Comment #5361026

    > Regarding the antibiotics, it's not completely clear why giving them to animals makes them bigger From the 'Germs Are Us' article: "In August, Ilseung Cho, of the New York Univer…

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    Comment #5050911

    This is a great control! thanks for sharing.