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itafroma

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About itafroma

Senior principal software engineer at Acquia.

More info: https://marktrapp.com/about

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    Yes: { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "type": "object", "properties": { "price": { "type": "number", "multipleOf": 0.01, "minimum": 0 }, "currency": { "type"…

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    Comment #15549754

    > i'd also like to see "don't deliver to my house option", meaning i'll come and pick it up from a depot the same day. This almost exists in Portland, OR at least: many items have …

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    Comment #15414342

    I would highly recommend James Felici's The Complete Manual of Typography . Goes through all the core concepts of typography and why they matter, and provides a number of guideline…

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    Comment #12551312

    > Have they finally updated packages like php and ruby? PHP: > ▶ /usr/bin/php -v > PHP 5.6.24 (cli) (built: Aug 8 2016 16:58:37) > Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group > Zend Engi…

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    Comment #12545425

    > It has fallback to SMS functionality, but SMS apps are rejected from the Apple App store. Which guideline are you thinking of? My search for "SMS" only found two unrelated guidel…

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    Comment #11233594

    The purpose of the signature is to establish legal solemnity, not identity or authority. It's why you can sign with just an X, and why really important contracts still need to nota…

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    Comment #10794901

    1. Yes, they are allowed to do that, assuming you're an at will employee with no contract that specifies otherwise. 2. I'd give notice, citing the change in performance review and …

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    Comment #10791805

    The NEWS file defines what the pragma actually is,[1], but you'd use it like so: # frozen_string_literal: true str = 'foo' str This will now produce an error: # main.rb:3:in ` ': c…

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    Comment #10634741

    > Anyone know if they're supposed to be banned or not? They are prohibited by App Store review guidelines 5.5 and 5.6:[1] > 5.5 Apps that use Push Notifications to send unsolicited…

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    Comment #10634706

    The board outlined their side in a press release shortly after Zimmer's termination: http://ir.menswearhouse.com/press-releases/detail/12/mens-we...

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    Comment #10634697

    It seems he had a few bouts with the board about various issues and lost: http://ir.menswearhouse.com/press-releases/detail/12/mens-we...

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    Comment #10616937

    Official announcement on the Android Dev blog: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/11/android-studi...

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    Comment #10263593

    > Correction, this is chapter 11 bankruptcy. This isn't the same as standard bankruptcy. This is the same kind of bankruptcy that 50 Cent is going through. It doesn't mean you have…

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    Comment #10181536

    > Meanwhile, DOTA2 is a thing... After an IP battle that was settled out of court.[1] Valve also does not use any of Blizzard's assets in Dota 2. [1]: http://www.engadget.com/2012/…

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    Comment #10001087

    > will this create an expectation in Kickstarter backers that they'll always get either the product or their money back, thus creating some sort of reputational debt-slavery for th…

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    Comment #10000818

    > Will other projects feel pressure to refund if they don't pan out? They should as it's one of the remedies Kickstarter requires projects to pursue should they be unable to comple…

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    Comment #9365663

    For those confused about the codename, it's explained in this post by Linus: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.g... > .. after extensive statistical analys…

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    Comment #9335594

    The one person I saw using it, at least when it was relatively new, was Matt Cutts to organize the questions asked for the daily Google Webmasters videos. Though those seemed to ha…

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    Comment #9274696

    > A lot? Please stop spreading wrong info. In the words of an internal developer, You may disagree with me saying "a lot", and that's fair, but I don't think it's fair to say it's …

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    Comment #9273014

    > Maybe there seem to be some alternatives? This is not meant to be an endorsement of this method, but PHP Like a lot of extant PHP, there's no real reason it was done this way: it…