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david_a_r_kemp

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    Comment #3987715

    Whilst I applaud the effort, I think there needs to be PCB layouts and the like before this can be considered open source. At the moment the source code is there, and probably enou…

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    Comment #3971117

    how do you get the labels back again? sometimes my browser or password manager fills in the wrong fields, and, once there's something in the fields, there's no labels.

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    Comment #3878695

    Does anyone have any idea how well this works with corporate enviroments where the typical workstation is a clone of all the others behind the same (NAT'es) address?

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    Comment #3697876

    You could have an obvious way to click the images and go to the big size (maybe in a lightbox?)

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    Comment #3620772

    I think the issues with Stack Overflow are: 1. People don't search properly before posting 2. There are a lot of "low quality" questions that could be answered by reading documenta…

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    Comment #3616597

    I really like the loosely coupled approach. However, I think that sprinkling andro.eventer all over the place is a stumbling block to me - it's essentially a global variable. I rea…

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    Comment #3602946

    my todo list: cat todo my done list: git log

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    Comment #3594918

    EMI Partnership Developer FAQ ---------------------------- What’s the elevator pitch? EMI is making some of its artists' content available via an API. Developers can work with the …

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    Comment #3594817

    Personally, feature-wise they're best of bread. IntelliJ is the best Java IDE I've ever used, and ReSharper makes Visual Studio brilliant. That said, they aren't always the fastest…

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    Comment #3594790

    See the little up arrow next to the original post? Use that please.

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    Comment #3594713

    Neither is neglecting to restrict the number of attempts to type the correct password.

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    Comment #3594708

    I use LastPass with the 2 factor-authentication. It doesn't have my email password in it (which also requires 2-factor authentication).

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    Comment #3594695

    But one can get a list of usernames from this site. One can then see which passwords are on a known password list, and then one has a list of usernames and passwords to try against…

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    Comment #3590009

    readable http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ makes a reasonable job of it, but it's clearly not built to be read.

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    Comment #3589882

    If someone committed any of that code to a repository I was working on, then I'd hang them up. It's 2011 and people are still using one and two letter variable names. An interestin…

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    Comment #3518131

    Please give us a cli linux client, so I can run it on my NAS

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    Comment #3517715

    You can't claim it's Open Hardware and then not publish the layout files.

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    Comment #3505225

    To this, this seems like a lot more unix-y way of doing things, and certain for someone like me who prefers to keep their hands on the keyboard, this is top-banana (yes, I know the…

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    Comment #3452770

    This looks like an ad for a load of iPhone apps. So much for innovation.

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    Comment #3373100

    How is this a CI Server? it looks like a hubot interface to Jenkins

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    Comment #3370051

    Simply put: The rules of web development still apply when building sites with new technologies. The original paper is based on use of `eval`, which people using NodeJs wouldn't do …

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    Comment #3367223

    At least Javascript isn't having problems with incompatible language versions

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    Comment #3367216

    __call__; __new__; __getattr__ and __getattribute__; and __metaclass__ - you can do some black magic in Python straight out of the box that takes a lot more work in statically type…

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    Comment #3329324

    To be honest, node.js isn't the kind of place for a complete beginner - it changes fast and there's a lot of outdated information available (which doesn't say which version it was …

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    Comment #3328601

    Marco - thanks, but your API still says it's BETA. If I want to develop an app - and provide integration with social networking sites - having a stable API for the core product is …