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nathos

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About nathos

web dude from Rochester, NY, now in Brooklyn. more about me at http://nathos.com

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    Comment #44730903

    Obligatory https://xkcd.com/1053/

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    Comment #40779105

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    Comment #32144687

    It was probably Newton Works: https://www.newted.org/download/manuals/0306284ANWWPUM.PDF (PDF User manual)

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    Comment #18926703

    They recently announced that table support is coming: https://mailchi.mp/shinyfrog/bear-sneak-peek-2019?e=61b84ce0...

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    Comment #17016616

    The Checks API is available for all GitHub Apps (the next-generation of GitHub integrations, see: https://developer.github.com/apps/ ), not just apps on the Marketplace. That said,…

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    Comment #15349720

    Obligatory link to https://twitter.com/shit_rbtc_says

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    Comment #12956078

    Another free/open source/easily deployable to Heroku alternative is Hookable: https://github.com/kdaigle/hookable

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    Comment #11390775

    To be more accurate, your Mac isn't Linux, it's BSD. Luckily that *NIX underpinning is often enough to make it a solid development platform even when deploying to Linux.

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    Comment #10801568

    A "reasonable approach" using technology that doesn't work: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/airport-security-price...

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    Comment #10226501

    In this case, we're dealing with malicious stupidity. Edge of the razor?

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    Comment #8122919

    Web & Android are both listed as "Coming Soon" at http://www.timeful.com

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    Comment #8115841

    I think it comes down to the old "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product" idea. We like to think that if we're paying (anything) for something, then we are the c…

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    Comment #8087201

    Which is soon followed by the inevitable "but I was already taxed on this money!" wealthy investor complaint.

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    Comment #8075331

    This really isn't what Foursquare is anymore. It's become a rather good location database & discovery platform. I never used it when it was "hot" (~2012), but in the past few month…

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    Comment #8075316

    Foursquare is the one you want then. Swarm is where the check-ins, friend-finder, and plan-making functionality is.

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    Comment #7912057

    The $27/month via AT&T Next doesn't lock you into a 2-year service contract. Actually, the current AT&T Next offering isn't bad, they simply take the full price of the phone and di…

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    Comment #7873002

    Because your homepage doesn't attract many TB of traffic?

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    Comment #7782065

    Photoshop export (yes, even Save for Web) is notoriously inefficient. As others have mentioned here, ImageOptim (and the various command line tools it uses) can make your images si…

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    Comment #7589805

    Personally, I prefer Acorn to Pixelmator. It's on sale for a limited time: http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/

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    Comment #7579030

    Las Vegas casino hostesses (the ones that bring you "free" drinks while you gamble) work exclusively for tips.

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    Comment #7579024

    Of course in reality, if that server doesn't make at least minimum wage in tips and tries to claim it from their employer, they'll simply get fired.

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    Comment #7579005

    Despite your personal anecdote, I found Porter's 6-part series last summer on tipping in the restaurant industry quite fascinating and enlightening: http://jayporter.com/dispatches…

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    Comment #7394373

    Lightworks seems promising, and they announced they would be going open-source over 3 years ago. Sadly, it still hasn't happened. Last I heard, they said it would happen after a Ma…

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    Comment #7344818

    Additional coverage at Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/3/5467718/broderbund-museum-of... They did a nice feature on ICHEG (the International Center for the History of Electr…