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qx24b

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    Comment #3131770

    I believe the flag is actually set in the same place you enable locking of the phone.

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    Comment #3123685

    The only problem I have had with this (on iphone) is that the api they use is throttled (because hackernews will ban ips who use the site too much (see: http://news.ycombinator.com…

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    Comment #3123554

    It really depends on the person and how they use that technology. People like I assume Gibson use tech as a means to an end, he hasn't bought a new app because he is comfortable wi…

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    Comment #3122955

    That seems to be exactly what haskell is suited for solving, math problems. Which is great and wonderful when you are doing math related problems or things that are heavy in math b…

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    Comment #3117656

    I don't think being British or drunk has anything justification with acting the way he/they did. See (Twitter Screenshots): 1) http://i.imgur.com/OrFOh.jpg 2) http://i.imgur.com/kt…

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    Comment #3088605

    You can go to http://news.ycombinator.com/changepw to change your password when you are logged in. The link is available through your profile, 4th from the bottom.

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    Comment #3086629

    Heh I actually don't mind that picture and I like the author photos. I am still on a kindle 2 and if I were going to upgrade it would be to the keyboard 3g without ads but for now …

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    Comment #3084645

    The scary learning curve isn't really a bad thing, I was never turned off by it, the main turn off for any programming language for me is going to be resources which is why I chose…

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    Comment #3081545

    Basically in the same boat. Gnome 3 left me with no equivilent to what gnome2 was and now I'm stuck with xfce or an ubuntu LTS/debian until they get upgraded.

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    Comment #3080199

    http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=d8niel http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Skeletor Skeletor does have an email address.

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    Comment #3067545

    It really depends on the type of side projects a developer does. If it has something to do with their main business (say something to manage their server commands easily) or is int…

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    Comment #3063108

    Only so long as facebook doesn't use flash cookies as those are cross browser. (Or you constantly delete flash cookies)

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    Comment #3057998

    W3 Total Cache, from his page source.

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    Comment #3057164

    I think it is a pretty interesting way to look at hiring. Gabriel has mad something that people want to contribute to and I'm sure none of them are volunteering their time with exp…

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    Comment #3050026

    As long as you don't really need to interact with windows more than a shared folder I'd go with virtualbox headless. Since it is a laptop you can set it up to have one network card…

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    Comment #3046605

    Yes and you are likely to have some ramifications for breaking said contract. Most of the comments here are along the lines of not agreeing with marco's sentiment of we won't fault…

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    Comment #3031874

    I have a Samsung qx410 which is somewhat similarly built and has a great keyboard but absolutely sucks for linux in the touchpad department. I think you should look at thinkpads, e…

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    Comment #3010955

    The most probable situation here (if it actually occurred) is that South Korea owns a certificate authority that is accepted by browsers and did a MITM attack with their own google…

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    Comment #3005150

    The reason I bought a ps3 instead of an xbox was because of the exclusive titles (mainly mgs4).

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    Comment #3003008

    For those just wanting to see the comic [PDF]: http://www.jodyculkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/arduino...

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    Comment #2971669

    It depends mostly on the habits from where you live, I personally leave things unlocked at home half the time because I only have 5 neighbors in a few mile radius but when I go to …

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    Comment #2970296

    Not the person you asked but I've used namecheap for 3 years now and haven't had any issues, the whoisgaurd they offer is cheap when it comes up for renewal and you don't have to h…

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    Comment #2963121

    https://github.com/bryanbibat/rails-3_0-tutorial/blob/master...