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sinaiman

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    Comment #2987568

    I have come across a need for this many times, often there's a simple trick you can do to get by it (i.e. setting an image as a background of an input element, rather than overlayi…

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    Comment #2790759

    This is a big flaw with a hopefully simple fix. Such a small thing ruined an otherwise pleasant experience. Great job, there is definitely a need for this and it works pretty well.…

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    Comment #2712706

    Damn but I really like their new designs though, very clean! They've got a lot of good people there doing big things and Hangouts looks cool. +1

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    Comment #2706650

    The problem with Facebook is that your network is too small and constricted, people want to expand and reach many many people, not stay limited within their circle. Think about it,…

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    Comment #2498353

    Slow as in I didn't wait around to see the results, like >1 minute.

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    Comment #2498350

    It is going quite slow for me. All three tools. Usually ajaxwhois.com and instantdomainsearch.com are completely instantaneous when I use those tools.

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    Comment #2495708

    I answered no, but sometimes I drink alcohol during marathon coding sessions to make sure I don't stay up all night and also for fun. It always seems to help me program actually.

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    Comment #2486682

    Looked like one of those fake ad landing pages at first glance. I think the reason for this is that there is a lot of whitespace (maybe off-white would work better) and the header …

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    Comment #2469197

    Couldn't quite figure out how to use the tool, but it did manage to create a pretty rad 3D version of my site (using the "Both" setting and varying font sizes on each). I'll probab…

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    Comment #2461154

    Great news, my suggestion: ditch the "time calculated" info on Wolfram results. I personally don't care that something was "Computed by Wolfram|Alpha at Mon Apr 18 2011 19:31:47 GM…

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    Comment #2451994

    I've never had a problem with Gmail search and I'm surprised the article writes about 20+ second search times as if it's a common and widespread issue.

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    Comment #2445731

    Bummer! I'm assuming you didn't set up any "one-click" option, and if that's the case they should go the Amazon route and only enable One-click if you say so first.

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    Comment #2436074

    Hopefully it's separate. I'm not sure how accurate compete.com is, but here are the stats for clubbing.com: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/clubbing.com/ They were pulling over 1 …

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    Comment #2435370

    For anyone that can't tell what the site is about at first glance: it's a collection of word-based games (think text twist) and every time you guess/figure out some word correctly,…

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    Comment #2435219

    Microsoft inflates their search share statistics with sites like this: http://www.clubbing.com Where they bribe people to play games that "search" on Bing in exchange for points th…

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    Comment #2387963

    Todo list: -Allow for URL entry -Option for putting the separate CSS directly into the head of the HTML document -Add a link href to the stylesheet in the HTML (and temporarily hos…

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    Comment #2387936

    It's mostly explained in the "about", but I have a habit of making most of my CSS changes inline in my HTML, so I use a lot of style attributes. This is usually "bad form", and I a…

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    Comment #2355523

    I observe orphaned (unkillable) child processes on a regular basis (once a month or so) that prevent me from updating Chrome until I restart my computer sometimes. Additionally, wh…

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    Comment #2354661

    Firefox is much more viable of a browser now that the Mozilla team has addressed memory and performance issues, additionally the new "Firefox button" view gives the browser the sli…