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grumpyfart

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About grumpyfart

I'm a grumpy old fart who loves to shout people about usability and some other stuff: http://grumpyoldfart.posterous.com/

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    Comment #1415362

    What is a good alternative to Google Code and Sourceforge? Some platform which doesn't do discrimination? And why so many open source application just suck this up? Has anyone seen…

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    Comment #1405248

    If president wanted to get rid of Google Groups he'd just sue and get it closed as they've done to Youtube. I'm pretty sure they don't need to come up with some genius plan to clos…

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    Comment #1405219

    I wish I could believe this, but this is totally bullshit. Can you explain what your job is? Situation in Turkey is just smaller version of China's Big Firewall that's it. It's not…

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    Comment #1326957

    That's the kind of research and work that you need to do before applying any job. Not just sending you resume to 50 potential employees.

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    Comment #1258662

    A letter to "a letter to Steve Jobs" letters Yeah new policy sucks, Steve won't change it even if you send thousand of letters, sometime he might bother to answer, but it'll be the…

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    Comment #1253210

    Even though it's insane all developers will suck it up as Apple has the power (boat load of users) and developers want to make money. They'll suck it up and keep developing what th…

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    Comment #1253196

    "It is perhaps reasonable to specify the nature of the programs that can be sold in the AppStore. It is not reasonable to specify how developers create those programs so long as th…

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    Comment #1215341

    It's quite funny how author analyzed the response, it's obvious that he's classic fanboy. All I get out of this conversation is Steve Jobs is a jackass, yes being a public jackass …

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    Comment #1160132

    Why the hell one opens a website to choose password and serve it over clear-text (HTTP)? Isn't that ironic? Trying to make something secure by actually making it totally insecure? …

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    Comment #1156861

    So how long did it take for crack to come out? He mentions 2-3 months but he never says the actual time, or have I missed it? Because he says they bypassed in a different way maybe…

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    Comment #1156718

    What a load of bollocks. - If you don't like the person don't help, don't talk, walk away. Save your time. - If you are not going to execute the idea give it to someone else so at …

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    Comment #1154356

    I can't edit it any more, I think because of it's been a while. Anyway I'm sure people will figure out.

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    Comment #1153941

    Sounds nice, I'll look into that.

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    Comment #1153930

    you are right, edited.

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    Comment #1153909

    No todolist, is that even possible to ship a good and profitable software like that? (assuming not everyone is a cofounder)

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    Comment #1153804

    Maybe not everyone is aware so I want to point out these issues: 1. Don't use it if the page is over SSL (it'll include external JS over HTTP which means that you are vulnerable to…

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    Comment #1152676

    Simply put: Happy Thanksgiving

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    Comment #1150322

    Many reasons: Look at the sales of PC games and console games. It's clear that PC games are going down. Many companies don't even release PC versions any more. PC gaming is more ex…

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    Comment #1150320

    I guess you can't understand difference between hundred thousand games and a hundred games.

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    Comment #1147444

    It doesn't matter how Steam is cross-platform as soon as no one bothers to develop games for other platforms. BTW about 10 years later none-console gaming will be such a niche we'l…

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    Comment #1145803

    You got a good point, let me retry: We need all kind of technical bloggers not only Joels and Jeffs :)

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    Comment #1145791

    If you are developer and doing TDD or some sort of automated testing (which you should!) and if you are not writing automated tests for bugs, you are doing it wrong anyway! If the …

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