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franciscoap

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About franciscoap

me@f.rancis.co

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    Comment #5451520

    Well, they don't have a color scheme, but some currencies definitely have a color "identity". The Euro is yellow on blue, like the EU flag. When you think of the Dollar, you think …

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    Comment #5374348

    Thank you for supporting Meego!

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    Comment #5244454

    You can still sign up for Google Apps' free tier, Google is just hiding it deeper and deeper in the interface. Last time I did it was two weeks or so ago, and I had to sign up via …

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    Comment #5236018

    When this happens, just search google for cache:[url] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Awww.r...

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    Comment #5225471

    Deer in headlights.

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    Comment #5216601

    OK, speculation time. My view: Valve is retreating from building the Steambox in-house. Gamasutra mentions that the layouts might have affected the Android and Hardware divisions t…

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    Comment #5212424

    Indeed it is -- GP only mentioned he didn't know any example of a large amount of code being thrown out, so I provided one.

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    Comment #5212279

    Back in the day, Netscape did a full rewrite between major versions. There's a Spolsky blog post about it: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html Very interestin…

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    Comment #5194898

    Do note that this article dates from September 2011.

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    Comment #5030139

    The classic trick with such nonsensical passwords is to use a phrase as mnemonic. "I replied to Garbage on Hacker News on the ninth of January" becomes "IrtGoHNotnoJ".

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    Comment #4915019

    Hey, Mihir. Congratulations on your application(s). All: you can check out his website (containing a portfolio) here: http://www.mihirgarimella.com/ *TMAScan* TMAScan is a Matlab p…

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    Comment #4914676

    It was a joke re: THQ's precarious situation.

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    Comment #4914506

    95% charity (THQ included?), 5% Humble tip. http://twitter.com/Jason_Rubin/status/279014483085631488

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    Comment #4860916

    Hey, I thought about doing this 3 or 4 days ago (eerily similar -- I had even decided on Biwa Scheme as well). To avoid duplication of effort, I would rather contribute to your iSI…