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sordidfellow

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About sordidfellow

Software Developer in Austin, TX.

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    Comment #12456329

    It says it checks if those folders are available - which could mean checking if the name is not already taken, and then creating the path for itself to use.

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    Comment #12447144

    Thanks for that! I was hoping something like this existed so I could do the car audio aux + gps + charging.

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    Comment #12398196

    So we finally get validation of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5300492

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    Comment #9808020

    Yet another (hilarious?) false match: https://logo.clearbit.com/exxon.com

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    Comment #8302867

    I don't know about you, but I can't bring myself to punch my ID into a random website.

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    Comment #8028521

    Reddit has a lot of pictures of various setups, though maybe not specifically for "home office" purposes... http://www.reddit.com/r/battlestations

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    Comment #5372882

    Indeed - I stopped short for exactly the same reason. Can't imagine why I'd want a reader app to mess with my contacts in any way.

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    Comment #5305977

    It's something I'd like to tinker with.. I plan on using it as a frontend for my media center with the raspBMC software. http://www.raspbmc.com/

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    Comment #5305790

    I ordered from Allied, and I'm also in the US. I'm tempted to cancel and place the order elsewhere...

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    Comment #5305674

    The Raspberry Pi sounds great, but like many others I've been waiting for weeks since my order with no feedback at all on when it might ship. There's certainly a bias in the shippi…

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    Comment #5302492

    Those look exactly like the phishing emails I received on my dropbox-specific email address

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    Comment #5301472

    Thank you! I was wary of this thread showing up on HN because I felt I was a bit unkind when posting in that thread, but Chris' comment towards me seemed completely unjustified. An…

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    Comment #5301343

    I'm just relieved that they realized the moderator[s] were being dismissive. I'm not sure that it's a new breach, but it does look like something is going on...

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    Comment #5214224

    Found a newer source than the wikipedia citiations: http://www.hypable.com/2013/02/12/kinect-sales-reach-24-mill... 24 Million Kinects and 76 million XBoxes!

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    Comment #4647700

    When I saw folks flagging this story, the soda/sugar/teeth story was exactly what I thought of. This story has far more to do with tech than basic dentistry writeups.

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    Comment #4532018

    The whois shows that it previously expired in April 2012. I thought most registrations were for 1 year increments, so this would be a strange time for a expiration.

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