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nutjob123

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About nutjob123

Software engineer in NYC

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    Comment #15704888

    Who is resizing logos and artwork like this in photoshop? I would never resize a corporate logo like that. If I needed a .png in a specific size it would usually be rendered for we…

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    Comment #12655774

    Two factor authentication is a major improvement. Combined with a password manager is a pretty good combination.

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    Comment #12344957

    I agree. Its quite distracting. I didn't get through it.

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    Comment #10117786

    Results for “home” “ho” English: woman Direct match at start or end, potentially serious issue! 335 million native speakers, about 1.5 billion speakers in total.

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    Comment #9696344

    Are there any current games using unreal engine 4? It seems this has been hyped for a long time but no real games have come out.

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    Comment #9486026

    I don't agree with this argument. The sun doesn't shine at night, period. Any solar system which supplies energy after the sun is down relies on storing residual energy collected d…

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    Comment #9382736

    I appreciate this being open source but why on earth would you store this information in JSON rather than a relational DB?

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    Comment #9382735

    I appreciate this being open source but why on earth would you store this information in JSON rather than a relational DB?

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    Comment #9183976

    SMS and voice call codes should still work.

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    Comment #9127122

    Aren't you allowed to abstain from declaring race on college applications?

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    Comment #8758344

    Generally no

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    Comment #8750852

    Bill gates is strong, he's not Arnold but he is strong enough to maintain his health which allows him to focus on solving actual problems. Everyone you listed except for hawking wa…

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    Comment #8461247

    I dislike negativity as much as the other guy but fusion specifically has been "10 years away" for the last 60 years. I'm not convinced, especially without any specifics about what…

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    Comment #8460606

    4:3 aspect ratio on an andriod tablet! This should be interesting.

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    Comment #8453669

    The fiber scanned display appears to be a strand of fiber, vibrated in one or two dimensions by a pizo-electric. The "pixels" are formed by the end of the fiber strand.

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    Comment #8278602

    I don't have as much knowledge to impart however I will piggyback. In my experience working for companies of different sizes and stages of growth can be eye opening. Seeing teams w…

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    Comment #8275279

    `"At this point one of the most experienced programmers in the team, one who had survived many years of development in the "good old days," decided to take matters into his own han…

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    Comment #8133930

    Same joke also works for new yorkers

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    Comment #8123731

    How is this economically efficient? It takes a massive amount of space in their manhattan building but only saves $50k per month?

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    Comment #8001772

    Heard this story many times. Never thought it was true. I always assumed vegas was a thin excuse for something illicit.

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    Comment #7981484

    Goldman has no process around sensitive emails so google should be responsible? Goldman should have to tell their customers and own up to their error.

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    Comment #7928349

    "[Nintendo] canned Star Fox 2 even though it was finished and used much of our code in Star Fox 64 without paying us a penny." Pretty serious allegations. Does not paint a pretty p…

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    Comment #7854933

    10.2 was a very pleasant surprise coming from windows or mac os 9. I don't think we will have that sort of jump in the future until things become 3 dimensional.

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    Comment #7806165

    My takeaway, the pie chart makes it look like %50 of Y Combinator companies from 05-09 were essentially failures. Either dying or selling for less than $5M. On the upside there wer…