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    Comment #40918813

    I believe this is the point, rather than being mundane. Other video conference tools are not able to offer this debugging option - which you have pointed out is useful.

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    Comment #36287941

    I was part of this test - I've refused to install the app for years (I prefer websites and the option to open tabs for later browsing). It was extremely annoying for a site I've us…

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    Comment #28893039

    Not sure where you got this from, but this is entirely incorrect.

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    Comment #7651834

    What happens if/when another country (China? India?) introduces a similar law, requiring a company that operates there to make data on u.s citizens available even if its stored out…

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    Comment #6696176

    Forgetting Buzz?

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    Comment #5779370

    Unfortunately most of the issues come from WordPress being written for a web that existed 10 years ago. Static pages with little dynamic content. This doesn't really work on a more…

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    Comment #5779348

    Thats a scary thought.. :) But also yes, some hope.

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    Comment #5776056

    I can appreciate what wordpress has achieved over the years, and what it has helped to create. But the current wordpress code base is a nightmare to work with, and doesn't scale we…

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    Comment #5043993

    Those banners (in most cases) are not you turning on or off cookies. The bbc sets cookies immediately (they do allow you to unset some here http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/cookies/man…

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    Comment #4963080

    No, they just have to remove anns access to any team based information, same as she was prior to joining?

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    Comment #4900554

    Would be nice to be able to sign up and submit feedback without having to submit a site, there doesn't appear to be any way to do that at present?

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    Comment #4821868

    Looks great, quick question someone may be able to answer: in the license he says "[free to use in] any personal or commercial work...Do not redistribute or sell", which is fair en…

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    Comment #4611824

    It was discussed during the webcast of the last launch, they said to save fuel. Presumably there's a more technical discussion around it, but that seems to be the gist of it. http:…

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    Comment #4553349

    As I mentioned above, I believe he's referring to the 400 year history of map making which Apple appears to have ignored, in part at least.

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    Comment #4553338

    I believe the 400 years is referring to Apple failing on basic principles of map making which have been around for a long time. Possibly a reference to "Nova totius Terrarum Orbis"…

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    Comment #4499766

    We used something similar for our support requests, a helpful piece to add may ad block. You can check if ad block is on by trying to load some js on a path with usual ad block tri…

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    Comment #4387094

    Dublin bikes is a huge success, but is heavily subsidised by a private firm in return for advertising space around the city, along with some local government investment.

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    Comment #4293397

    Just my 2 cents, but I did not/do not know what gittip is. The above link invites me to sign in using github, I'm extremely cautious of logging in using github anywhere as my perso…

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    Comment #4183445

    Seems this will be fixed in some manner. From Wil Wheatons post on the same topic - +Vic Gundotra says "We are doing exactly what you requested. We should have contemplated and ant…

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    Comment #4172532

    Maybe tweak volume on video? (cant hear it)

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    Comment #4073748

    Interestingly, linkedin did just that whe the gawker list was leaked (iirc).

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    Comment #4049050

    Not done by spacex, they made this vid to demonstration the idea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE I dont know of any ship that has the ability to land like that, except…

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    Comment #3860952

    "without Space-X, NASA would never have had a reference to work off", this works both ways.

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    Comment #3858084

    If its part of the license agreement, they would have no choice (clearly, IANAL).