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rob_mccann
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Comment #29383696
Downdetector is showing people having trouble. Looks like it's intermittent right now.
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Wikipedia Is Down [edit: back online]
Wikipedia isn't loading incl status page. Looks like it's affecting different language subdomains too. https://en.wikipedia.org/
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Comment #9307914
Schibsted Products & Technology - London, Oslo, Stockholm, Barcelona Come and join us at the greatest tech company you've never heard of. - Javascript/Front-end/NodeJS Engineers - …
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Comment #8652208
I'm having some trouble logging in. First time I got redirected back from Github (to http://www.workshape.io/api/0/session/connect/github/callbac... ), I got {}, second time I trie…
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Comment #8081165
I tried signing up but it seems like it only accepts US phone numbers :(
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Comment #7826572
Doesnt seem to work on chrome for Android. As soon as I type a letter, the text area seems to lose focus and the on screen keyboard disappears. Nothing appears in the search box.
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Comment #7552373
I had a very similar (albeit less-complete) hack a while back: https://github.com/rob-mccann/Pi-Voice
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Comment #7276924
I noticed this a while back - I'm fairly sure they are scanning your mobile phone contact list via their mobile app. I promptly uninstalled it.
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Comment #6520040
Measured reading, maths & problem solving. What about, creativity, critical thinking and arts? Harder to quantify, but just as important.
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Comment #6382653
Reminds me of building views in Java...
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Comment #6381520
Why does it do away with using for buttons?
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Comment #6326439
What if someone has a list of tracks that's the same as a Ministry compilation CD, then adds one track - does that make it a different playlist? I would add this track (silence) to…
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Comment #6322769
You're confusing semantic markup for using for layout. In around because display:inline-block wasn't supported.
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Comment #6321384
Creating complex animations and graphics is what he's talking about when he says 'painting with tags'. Things that canvas and SVG were designed to do. It's not hard to make good qu…
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Comment #6320968
He wasn't arguing against elements. He was arguing against using wrong elements. is fine for layouts. It's not fine for labels.
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Comment #6296276
I'm no lawyer, but from my understanding of UK regulartions at least, it depends whether your domain is likely to cause misunderstanding or confusion between the trademark and your…
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Comment #6295149
We have a service in the UK called TPS which is voluntary to adhere to. Companies use it as a telephone directory here too.
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Comment #6192979
:checked isn't supported in oldie
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Comment #6082747
Worst != Worse
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Comment #6005842
Here's an API for police data http://data.police.uk/docs/
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Comment #5946209
TLDR: This is nothing like Prism. Prism (illegally) accesses private data, NDEU legally accesses data made public.
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Comment #5551463
python's nltk, I've not yet looked into it but do plan to.