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cdonnellytx

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About cdonnellytx

Software developer. Updog expert.

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    Comment #10815955

    Anyone else having trouble viewing this page? I'm on iOS and every time I go to the link it redirects me to a page claiming I "won" a "reward" with an alert box that I can't dismis…

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    Comment #10311478

    The problem is even _root_ can't add the missing /usr/local, because SIP prevents even root from touching /usr. SIP doesn't block /opt; if it did, MacPorts would also have broken, …

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    Comment #7226931

    Interestingly it marks the infamous Zero Wing intro as grade 3 or 4, but considers the "correct" translation to be Grade 6 and complains about the "all of" they use. http://en.wiki…

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    Comment #6411316

    They even put the Decline button on the left, which goes against how virtually every other Windows installer (and wizards in general) are supposed to work.

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    Comment #6297245

    The problem here is that "the West" is one of the regions "from which the West gathers intelligence". The NSA and GCHQ are both spying on even other Western countries like Germany,…

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    Comment #6277406

    Looks like a clear case of the Scunthorpe problem: http://hashpix.herokuapp.com/s/scunthorpe (thanks @DjangoReinhardt!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem (EDIT: still…

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    Comment #6259278

    Too bad they couldn't even tell him what set it off, since he clearly did not remember: "I can’t think of anything. What does it say is triggering the alarm?" I asked. "I’m not goi…

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    Comment #3454422

    Maybe instead of "going dark" that should be what the homepage redirects to for that day. That way it raises awareness and provides reading material.

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    Comment #2896731

    Is this what you're referring to? http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=1329

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    Comment #2822206

    Unfortunately, they will take note of it as "run the government like a business", which tends to be how supply-side economists would prefer the government to be run anyway.

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    Comment #2808895

    One simple reason I switched back to old-style scrolling: I also use Windows, and would definitely have issues going back and forth with the different scrolling styles.

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    Comment #2538903

    What makes it really bad is that there is also this bug in mobile WebKit from four years ago that nobody has ever gotten around to fixing: http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2007/03/07/…

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    Comment #1984600

    The annoying thing is that the mklink command in Windows uses the opposite order, so you have to do mklink link_to link_from EDIT: formatting.

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    Comment #1343032

    Which is what makes it even worse: it's not that they can't do it on the iPhone, it's that they won't . And why not? It can't be a question of RAM: Java has had GC back when the av…

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    Comment #1309745

    It is a sub-standard app based on a cross-platform layer of software (Carbon) that has not been updated to take advantage of platform enhancements (i.e., Windows 7). Granted, it's …

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    Comment #1251286

    I have, and it has some significant bugs that make it difficult to use: - There is a bug with the compiler not properly counting references when assigning a variable that needs a r…