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as_if

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  1. story
    Are there alternatives to ownCloud?

    I like the idea of heaving my own file hub for some stuff, but I don't like the URLs ownCloud generates, also it's PHP. Are there some good alternatives with custom URLs for shared…

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    Comment #6253927

    I know a few people (no programmers) who "container" their food at night. Which means they steal still eatable stuff from the trash containers of stores, so they don't have to pay …

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    Comment #6059349

    That's a two-edged sword. If I rely on an API, which abstracts everything, I benefit of every performance improvements they make "under the hood". If they are better with performan…

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    Comment #6046477

    Funny thing is, I use JavaScript libs like Ext JS because they don't impose HTML/CSS on me. I can write the whole application in JavaScript and I just have to mess with the DOM and…

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    Comment #5798711

    he's one of the people who partly (because he's still over 10 tabs) gets the current bookmark-systems in browsers. For most users the bookmarks seem to be broken/too complex. Never…

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    Comment #5665479

    That's the trick. You get the people to pay for all eternity ;)

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    Comment #5592773

    If you live in a (bigger) city you simply don't need a car... I can drive to the store by bike or even walk there if I want. I work in a different city than I live and travel to my…

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    Comment #5584613

    Cognitive load comes from "Cognitive Load Theory" (by Sweller), which is a specific field in Psychology. Psychologist told me, "Multimedia Learning" (by Mayer) is taken more seriou…

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    Comment #5573516

    They hate IE SO much, they even made the drop a new major release. This is what I call commitment.

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    Comment #5573436

    I heared they switched from LGPL to GPL suddently, which filled the devs with fear, I guess :\ But yes, I use it for corporate software, since my company pays the license. Also it'…

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    Comment #5573416

    I felt that ExtJS4s MVC concept was easier to grasp than Angular. But I had to replace parts of it with DeftJS to get it to do what I wanted.

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    Comment #5543304

    Also you can make the decision on your own. * read a book * extract what you think is good * throw the rest of information away

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    Comment #5527135

    lol yeah, but you could make such assumptions (who calls himself a scientist isn't one) in german too :D Biologen Mediziner Chemiker Mathematiker Informatiker Wirtschaftswisseschaf…

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    Comment #5502997

    I'm from Stuttgart, made my B.Sc. in 2011 and make about $5500 (~4220€) am month as a GUI-Dev. When I read the "IT-Payment" polls in the news I get the impression this isn't nearly…

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    Comment #5498082

    I still think learning shouldn't slowed down by stuff like this. If someone writes about quantum mechanics and is a sexist, but he's the only one who can write it in a manner that …

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    Comment #5498050

    In Germany there are plenty research-jobs, but most of them in civil service, so no CS-PhD want it. The industry just pays much better. Last year there was something in the news ab…

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    Comment #5488956

    Maybe about 2.000 people don't know jQuery IS JavaScript...

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    Comment #5432537

    My experience with parents was, that they became more serios about their career. But I can't say they became really good at their job. Probably they became better than they were be…