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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).