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gerdusvz

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About gerdusvz

Software programmer and recluse. Fights spiders and the man in spare time.

Application Developer of large .Net winform applications as well as extensive knowledge of Python and Javascript; Love and Experience in Web technologies. Fast learner and figure-stuff-outer.

work: http://www.smart-it.co.za/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #37092096

    Target market seems to be more VPN alternative in environments where VPN usage is prohibited/banned/tracked.

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    Comment #36911640

    resists an urge to throw an boomerang at it

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    Comment #36852793

    now if only we could teach humans to also not annotate when they have nothing to add

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    Comment #30889590

    now at long last we can be... better

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    Comment #23516458

    your mother was a SOAP request

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    Comment #22325467

    Schema's that reflects reality not the current specs. Flexibility is key. In my experience adding tables and migrating existing data to them is hard, adding columns easy. So spend …

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    Comment #20194633

    visual basic .net I like the more humane/natural syntax compared to c#. There are also some very nice programmer productivity features like XML literals.

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    Comment #16418704

    direct link via view source: http://content.cdntwrk.com/files/aT05NDQwMzEmdj0xJmlzc3VlTmF... To absolutely nobody's suprise native code is more efficient and thus allows lower spec…

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    Comment #14846111

    very cool. Any plans to open source the code?

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    Comment #13567335

    Firefox's best feature is that it is made by a non-profit organization.

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    Comment #11761387

    If you target mobile and your app/site can work on slow connections then the market is huge. For example South Africa has about 20 million users(out of 50 million) with some intern…

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    Comment #5427735

    I agree, there needs to be one open DRM specification that everybody can implement. There can then be discussion and debate about what level of DRM is reasonable; balancing rights …

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    Comment #4813209

    My suggestions: 1) Mention that it is Windows only and supports Windows 8 2) Take the screenshots with the DevExpress Metropolis skin if your app doesn't look too bad with it. It l…