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Comment #39963674
that's a technology, not a feature. A how not a what
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Comment #39959620
what would you do differently than the others?
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Comment #39958477
There is definitely potential for something like this but the symbols seemtoo simplistic - with software they don't need to be easy to draw.
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Comment #39958095
no login needed
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Comment #39958076
It's using pictograms and ideograms to tell a story, implicitly using a language. This can and should be extended to a general purpose language.
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Comment #39957765
Unfortunately it looks like this hasn't taken off. An international pictographic language is a great idea tho. This is a better approach imo: https://artreview.com/ara-springsummer…
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Comment #13686781
Most fountain pens have the nib and feed as one glued unit (confusingly, informally called the 'nib'), so you can't adjust the flow. Compare the 'nibs' at the top and bottom of thi…
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Comment #13686494
1. Noodler's fountain pens. These are 'Hacker-friendly' pens. With most pens the nib and feed are glued in, but in the Noodlers pens they are push fit, so can be adjusted. You can …
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Comment #13617773
Seconded. Premature design is worse than premature optimisation. http://wiki.c2.com/?YouArentGonnaNeedIt
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Comment #13551628
I'd be happy to answer any questions, or take any complaints, suggestions, or compliments.
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Comment #13549584
Cool, but most users won't know what CSS3 or hybrid applications are. Maybe just put "should work with all modern browsers".
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Comment #13549526
The about section says that it's not a CSS framework, but it seems that it is. If you mean it's better than other CSS frameworks, you should just say so.
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Comment #13549275
This was why I flagged it 'OT', which means "Off Topic", i.e. irrelevant. Different forums have different conventions, and judging by the downvotes even flagged OT is not OK here. …
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Comment #13545093
Any deviation from the norms of English calls attention to itself, and distracts from the meaning. This can be done by great writers, but always with reason. Good writing reveals s…
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Comment #13543090
True, however cooperation and coöperation are not.
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Comment #13543064
I'm well aware it's a diaeresis, and that it's part of their house style. That's exactly what I'm objecting to. The diaeresis is obsolete modern English (with rare exceptions) and …
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Comment #13541543
OT, but it's annoying the way The New Yorker writes cooperation 'coöperation' (ditto 'reëlect'). There's zero justification for this, etymologically or orthographically, it's just …
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Comment #9817947
Thanks for posting this. The TL;DR version of this article is: > I was asked for my advice, there was a clear cut right answer, that would have been good for the company and good f…
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Comment #9674742
Pascal, except for syntax, is similar to C. They are both JAVA (Just Another Version of Algol) languages. One difference is that Pascal has much better type-safety, which makes it …
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Comment #9674705
> - No hidden volumes. Actually it not only supports hidden volumes, but unlimited nested ones, while TrueCrypt supports a maximum of one hidden volume, see: https://github.com/t-d…
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Comment #9674325
It is entirely possible to trojan a system with an encrypted OS partition, by using a bootkit. For extra security, you should boot off a removable medium. Even this can be attacked…
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Comment #9674291
It is, and this is stated in the FAQ: https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md#... Sadly, the FreeOTFE licence means I had to change the name.