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callum85

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About callum85

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    Comment #10295484

    That article is bullshit. You can't judge gov.uk by its homepage, because that's almost never where you land. Now that we have gov.uk, whenever I google something about doing my ta…

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    Comment #10265326

    "I guess I need to apologize to my parents, friends, and the staff at Chuck E. Cheese's for all the times I called the cops on them." — title text from today's XCKD http://xkcd.com…

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    Comment #10265308

    Not a lawyer, but here's how I see it: Lawsuit: "You approached me and gave me false information that has cost me money. Pay me to cover all my losses resulting from this false inf…

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    Comment #10252671

    It's a bit self conscious, but it's good natured and sincere, certainly not pretentious.

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    Comment #10234478

    Getting slightly off topic, but I'm confused about an aspect of server push (maybe you can help). Even on HTTP/1, the client typically only downloads assets on the first page load …

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    Comment #10230224

    I thought the above comment was funny and harmless. Why so harsh?

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    Comment #10193700

    Those are metaphors and metonyms. MS Word is not a word. MS Office is not an office. Facebook Messenger is literally a thing that carries messages. Apple Watch is literally a watch…

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    Comment #10184872

    But the £28 one comes with RAM, CPU, wifi sensor, camera, and it's two thirds of the price. Even if the other screen specs (brightness, viewing angle etc) are really terrible on th…

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    Comment #10184820

    Here's a good comment from a reader, which I think addresses a misunderstanding behind this article about what programming actually is: > The thing that takes time is humans unders…

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    Comment #10184724

    This is disappointing. This screen is 7" at 800x480, so its sharpness is about 133 PPI (pixels per inch). For comparison, my original Android G1 (several years ago) was 180 PPI, an…