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edmccaffrey
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About edmccaffrey
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Comment #2309847
No, it involves you and him telling the owner of the company how you have increased the amount of money he makes, and how keeping you will further increase what he makes.
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Comment #2211032
There is, of course, an Emacs module for this protocol: http://emarsden.chez.com/downloads/coffee.el
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Comment #2200507
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is 24 orders of magnitude more than 1. Reddit isn't near that traffic yet.
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Comment #2133307
Lots of people not understanding what this is. Perhaps you could put up a help page.
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Comment #2108446
Sorry for the snark. "no one gives a damn about my brilliant idea if I can't execute." Tentative Schedule: Jan-Feb: not executing Mar-Apr: not executing May-Jun: not executing Jul-…
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Comment #2099633
From his user settings page, the topcolor box.
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Comment #2084611
Stick your org-mode files in Dropbox and it syncs well. You can run Emacs from a flash drive, and Andriod and iOS devices have basic versions that sync multiple ways.
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Comment #2065542
Except that's not the same kind of multiplier at all. I don't understand why you would make a comment without doing any research. I guess you're not an economist.
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Comment #1749042
Neither the HHKB nor Realforce are mechanical, though. Topres are capacitive.
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Comment #1748964
There are plenty of split mechanical keyboards similarly adjustable as the M15 for a couple hundred dollars. Mechanical switches aren't the same as IBM's buckling spring. Maybe Uni…
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Comment #1622630
How can you say that the placebo effect doesn't work and then clam that water works, but only when it has a special label? From your link: The preparation is derived from duck live…
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Comment #1532306
How can they use that for authentication if they don't already have the data to see if your answer is right?
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Comment #1451458
I know that billboards and many other things already distract drivers, but another distraction that encourages them to get too close to be safe seems plain idiotic.
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Comment #1350935
And deploying it only requires someone who can import a library and follow instructions.
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Comment #1255368
You would expect something with a disambiguation page for your search, and a topic-specific page for what you are looking for would have relevant information on that topic, but: ht…
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Comment #1240901
Not for two years; and please provide your data showing they were losing money because of banning modders, and not because they were keeping the price below what it costs to develo…
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Comment #1135644
If you often use multiple computers for accessing various password-protected things (maybe as a system admin or just the occasional need of accessing something on another computer)…
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Comment #1000863
What an idiotic statement. A judge would look at the actual damages; launching the site for an extremely short time in a country that they are not allowed to operate in just couldn…
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Comment #909495
> Many of these phones that are being sold are the official, "Google branded" version. This is support for my post--they are pushing the experience that provides the best access to…
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Comment #909444
Google isn't doing it because of "anti-trust concerns." Android isn't a competitor to the iPhone, because Google does not sell Android operating systems. Google sells services and …
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Comment #893634
> Anybody sending you back your password in clear text is also storing it that way in their database Incredibly ignorant statement. If it's encrypted in a reversible format then it…
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Comment #876757
You'd be eating 25-100 cups of grapes to get the amount of resveratrol in that drink. Capsules would seem the cheapest if you believe the claims.
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Comment #870644
I couldn't find one that isn't widescreen on Dell's, HP's or Asus' website. Even the old Asus EEE PC 701 (the model that arguably started it all) is widescreen.