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parbo

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    Comment #7006644

    He suggests that it might scale logarithmically, not linearly.

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    Comment #6867017

    The Korg Volca Beats is pretty cheap, $150 iirc. The whole Volca series is very inspired by the Roland TR series.

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    Comment #6865721

    As a European, the need for this baffles me.

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    Comment #6339993

    Offices often have caching proxies, right?

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    Comment #6321537

    I use cmd for meta, there is an option for that: (setq mac-option-modifier nil mac-command-modifier 'meta)

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    Comment #6057560

    You can make it so that F-keys are F-keys by default, and the other actions require Fn. It's in the settings.

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    Comment #5768538

    At Spotify, we have a lot of team-rooms which seat 8-10 people. They all have a lounge area with whiteboard walls as well as a small conference room for design discussions, 1-1:s e…

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    Comment #5693542

    Have you tried Rust?

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    Comment #5582095

    I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on an old LG F1 Express Dual. Everything works, including repeated sleep. Sleep did not work on it with 12.10. It also has two finger scroll with inertia, …

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    Comment #5504170

    Like this? http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd.aspx

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    Comment #5503190

    Dell XPS 13

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    Comment #5373341

    Because of Visual Studio?

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    Comment #5369741

    Hmm, I'm pretty sure we've had these features in Scandinavia since Netflix launched here.

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    Comment #5203164

    Shouldn't it be possible to make the linux kernel behave like this with the swap partition on SSD, to get this benefit for all programs?

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    Comment #5150971

    The Gothenburg office is also hiring, if you prefer the west coast of Sweden!

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    Comment #5053818

    If you regularly write in multiple languages, Swiftkey3 is the way to go.

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    Comment #4876115

    For recommendations, we use our own algorithms. For radio, we use Echonest in some cases, but mostly our own stuff.

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    Comment #4869660

    Spotify does not use Echonest for recommendations.

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    Comment #4609314

    The 3.7" 858x480 (240 ppi) 16:9 screen of my Motorola Defy pretty much hits the sweet spot for me.

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    Comment #4463066

    What's your city and postcode? I can forward it to the devs responsible for the signup page.

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    Comment #4461941

    Actually, it is now possible to sign up with only email. Not sure if it applies to all markets, but in the US you can.

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    Comment #4438076

    How about sugar from soda?

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    Comment #4343983

    It's never to late to start. If you love it'll work out anyway. I started "programming" at 10, didn't do anything useful until 16-17. I didn't program for real until I was 25, and …

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    Comment #4334933

    I assume it's patented.

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    Comment #4333430

    Wrapp does this, but with gift certificates. Multiple friends can chip in to the same gift certificate. https://www.wrapp.com/