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Comment #44271204
The description says that this GUI is based on the rendering algorithm of Clay. What, exactly, is Clay, in this context?
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Comment #41506815
Redox. Probably worth doing regardless of brouhaha or not. Different design choices, etc!
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Comment #33062116
Lifting weights, kettlebells. Very important to do face pulls, in my opinion, given how much time we spent at a desk and over a computer.
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Comment #25189865
1. Yes, the approach is right. You don't need to start a company, particularly if the project could be open source. Even talking about the project in local meetups (assuming there …
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Comment #21404105
The JetBrains IDEs are implemented using Java. Is there Java available for iOS?
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Comment #17970389
It does seem obvious that short of having your own copy of something purchased (in this case, a movie), this will happen. Purchasing the right to see a movie, listen to a song, on …
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Comment #8828136
All too often premature optimization is brought up as the antidote to carefully think about what you're implementing prior to actually opening up the IDE and start coding tests mad…
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Comment #8571277
At least one form of Roman concrete was better than anything we moderns had been able to come up with until we rediscovered the formula a few years ago. Link: http://borepatch.blog…
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Comment #8139496
What do you do today about parents who sell their food stamps for liquor or other drugs? This is, of course, the huge problem with this plan. Not that this isn't the right thing to…
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Comment #8093024
That's why they want a union. Raise the minimum wage and reduce or eliminate the risk of the job being eliminated.
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Comment #7508677
I second this. I'm beginning to hear more an more of this problem, and while this is anecdotal, it does seem to be increasing.
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Comment #7392613
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/10/the-ille... But those are not hip tech entrepreneurs...
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Comment #7028484
Basically, if you accept that your first 10 games will suck, and you don't try to make your first game fantastic, then your first 10 games will suck. Worse, you might get good at d…
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Comment #6889680
I am curious: are documents in Google Sheet scanned by Google's software bots to determine stuff about me? I can't seem to find a Privacy Policy document specific to documents in G…
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Comment #6310637
Because you'll come out of the experience a MUCH better programmer; MUCH, MUCH better. In fact, until you've written a low level device driver and understood the complexities invol…
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Comment #5674632
I use Apple's Numbers to track weight, blood pressure, intensity of workout (number of meters rowed, time, number of push-ups and pull-ups). I have tried apps from time to time but…
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Comment #5674383
Since you're comparing gun crimes to all crimes, doesn't that mean that non-gun crime rates are also falling lower than crime in general (includes with or without firearms)? Public…
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Comment #5318861
I have 2 27" monitors (an iMac and an Apple display) next to each other, and it's fantastic for programming. One display has Xcode using up almost all of the screen; the other disp…
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Comment #5305508
How does he get to use those logos before he paid for them? Sounds like multiple copyright violations per contest to me. I understanding that the artist may not be in a position to…
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Comment #4684111
While I agree that this effect probably shouldn't be used for a general webpage, it could be quite effective and appropriate for a game. In any case, a neat concept. Works great on…
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Comment #4477815
Remember when you used to ask people for directions and comedians told jokes about how as soon as they heard the directions, they forgot them? In a few years we'll think about hail…
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Question about Git and branches for experiments
Following up on a prior discussion about Git tutorials vs. workflows, here's a question about Git workflow in a particular situation: I am working on a project that involves evalua…
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Comment #4200264
I sympathize. What is really necessary are not tutorials on how to use Git--it isn't that hard, after all, for most of us--but more of a description of actual workflow. Not HOW you…
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Comment #3352740
The implicit assumption here is that judging your credit score using your social graph will give the wrong answer: as in either claim you are a deadbeat when you're not, or claim y…