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The dude's comment history is hilariously shilly.

How about the bravado of the startup "code ninja rockstars" fresh out of school - simply a brave face in a macho subculture, or is it the Dunning Kruger effect at play, because the…

It is pretty sweet on mobile. On the desktop it offends my sensibilities as much as, say, using HTTP GET to affect state.

It was useful when you were expecting a data call and you hear your aunt on the other end saying HELLO? WHAT IS THIS BEEPING? HELLO?

Starting with Windows 95, Windows had an objective advantage over Macintosh. The operating system supported preemptive multitasking, the hardware was considerably more powerful, an…

My G+ feed isn't very active, but the signal to noise ratio is higher. That's fine by me.

The paranoid SEO articles really put me off.

The nightmare never ends.

Or he'd copy and paste your mail and rip you a new one on his site.

"I think most people should be much more questionable about groklaw. I am big open source and FSF advocate, but I'm not above thinking that groklaw is controlled/funded by a much l…

Does the Excel web app support VBA? I was under the impression that the 365 apps offer a subset of the functionality of their desktop counterparts.

What part did you use the scripting engine for? I was able to do something very similar, but purely with spreadsheet rules.

Totally creepy. I've seen a few articles trawled from stuff like that. If you work for a trendy company, you might want to watch your back and pay attention to what audience with w…

I see it as risk avoidance. The learning curve with the basic WMs is steep but a one-time cost. With richer WMs, You pay a tax with your time and productivity every time the UI des…

Google accounts don't require CC numbers.

Ugh, that widget really stresses me out!

Heh, I always use Google instead of most site's internal search engines. Have you ever tried using MSDN search before? Even with the advanced filter options, the results are awful,…

Duck duck go, go go?

Native Client is BSD-licensed.

"Does this mean that Google has given up completely on net neutrality? This is a very bad notion." Wow, break out the tinfoil hats.

I totally had this idea 1 month ago. I was trying to get myself excited enough to go through with the implementation. And here it is...! A bittersweet moment indeed. :) I'm going t…

Not just Reddit, HN derives tremendous value from quality commenting. Commenting with zero accountability (authenticated accounts, voting, flagging, whatever) is basically doomed t…

This woman is obsessed with weddings (especially her own.) She's a Miss Havisham.