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bwr

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    Comment #6601135

    This app looks pretty neat. I'm working on something similar for Android but focused on note taking and diagramming instead of drawing. I think of it as a kind of handwritten wiki.…

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    Comment #5830494

    Not related to finance, but for people who enjoy Ledger and need a calendar application, there is remind[1] which works a lot like Ledger. I just have remind run from my bashrc to …

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    Comment #4608166

    The Japanese layout version of the HHKB looks really nice: http://www.pfu.co.jp/hhkeyboard/lineup/pdkb420w.html Not sure where you can buy one though. Edit: Looking at it again, so…

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    Comment #4369152

    I'm guessing there is a lot of data that never gets sent to earth. Do they send thumbnails of the images to determine what is interesting? Is there a software tool available that c…

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    Comment #1512832

    I'm happy to see a conference near me.

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    Comment #1447965

    This was a while back, but they may still need new people? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1309097

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    Comment #1431075

    This is silly, but I think I am less likely to slack off if I wear shoes while sitting at my desk.

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    Comment #1376493

    This is old but seems relevant: http://xkcd.com/378/

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    Comment #1376487

    Ah, nice find. Windows only though.

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    Comment #1376462

    MiniMap is an interesting feature. I'm a VIM user and it looks like we don't have it.

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    Comment #1375895

    I might be a member of this shadow group.

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    Comment #1372815

    Looks like two people have already produced firefox addons for this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161940/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161941/

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    Comment #1370206

    I thought Google usually publishes an update image that you can flash yourself if you don't want to wait for your turn in the roll out?

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    Comment #1368964

    I've been using Caps Lock as Escape for an easy to access escape in vim. I am so used to this now that it is one of the first things I have to change when setting up a machine befo…

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    Comment #1366269

    According to http://www.webmproject.org/about/faq/ "WebM support in Android is expected in the Gingerbread release (currently planned for Q4, 2010)."

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    Comment #1346095

    Just thought I'd mention that when I hit "sign up", Firefox prompts me with the "open with/save file" dialog. I am using Firefox 3.5.9 on Ubuntu 9.10

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    Comment #1344093

    I'm also in the US and I can see carriers removing this feature. I guess when I say standard android build I mean before the carriers mess with it. I feel pretty safe with the nexu…

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    Comment #1343695

    If this is true, it will remove the only reason I would deviate from the standard android build.

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    Comment #1318092

    It is free. I just thought it would be a fun experiment while learning the android SDK. It ended up being more difficult than I thought it would due to how the camera preview works…

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    Comment #1316601

    Self promotion: "Edge Finder" applies an edge detection algorithm on the camera preview. Falls into the useless (but neat in my opinion) category. Also source is available :)

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    Comment #1313394

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6411024/desktop.jpg