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dfj225

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About dfj225

http://doug.pub

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    http://engineering.squarespace.com/?format=rss

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    Comment #5632808

    There are vim bindings. From the docs: Use the "Vim: Toggle vim mode" command from the command tab.

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    Comment #5417843

    It wasn't my intention to focus on economics or digital products. What I am really arguing is the more fundamental aspect of information and the ability to copy and transmit it wit…

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    Comment #5412845

    I'd argue that software and digital technology are different from everything that the legal system has legislated on in the past because this is the first time we've been able to m…

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    Comment #4723507

    Squarespace is one of the companies in that data center. See here for their story (and some photos): http://blog.squarespace.com/ http://status.squarespace.com/

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    The creator here. You can find the source at: https://github.com/dfjones/Feedback The app is built using NodeJS with express and socket.io. I hacked this together in a matter of ho…

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    I think there's an interesting distinction between real-time from the point of view of the user and the technology/systems providing data to the user. I agree that in the future, c…

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    This would be even better if it could display change over time. To support, for example, animate the change in wind direction for the past week.

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    Comment #3237028

    Sure, but there's nothing illegal about Apple kicking someone out of the App Store on a whim either. Doesn't matter if you are breaking the law or not, plenty of legal apps get rej…

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    Right, but I don't think anyone claimed that Cisco sold a system designed for surveillance or suppression. The claims seem to be that Cisco sold networking or other common hardware…

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    > How does "America" feel anything? I should have said the American Government.

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    Comment #2730533

    > Should companies be held accountable if foreign governments use their products for political suppression? How could a company be responsible for something like a computer, which …

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    > I don't understand what this "fret" is about. My perception is that they are worried that their existing knowledge (in .NET or any other MS dev tech) will not allow them to creat…

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    Thinking about it a little more, it really seems odd to combine two very different modes of operation -- one touch heavy and probably best for a tablet or some sort of mobile devic…

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    > How it will work when you're using it to do real work will be where the rubber meets the road... That's where I wonder how well received this new interface will be. I wonder if t…