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vsync

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About vsync

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    Comment #12601205

    > According to wikipedia CVS has been around for 26 years. Not to mention SCCS for 44 years, and RCS for 34.

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    Comment #11273627

    You mean how they're removing encryption support from all their firmwares?

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    Comment #11101556

    > Unless I missed your sarcasm? Ohh yes. Nowadays I work in medical devices. It's nice because you're actually legally required to spend 5 minutes making sure your product does wha…

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    Comment #11092657

    Q...A? It sounds like you want those to be steps that come after each other, like some sort of waterfall. If you want to get with the times, you, the developer, should write a unit…

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    Comment #11092648

    Not in today's Agile world. Really the problem is just there wasn't a user story saying: As a user having a directory .AAAAA When I run an Adobe application The directory should st…

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    Comment #10963210

    On the other hand, the long list of terms and conditions on the Toys R Us gift card actually makes it feel more legit somehow. ("Ahh, there's the catch"?) Maybe have the front page…

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    Comment #10963201

    Yeah the giant table of "win this! win that!" seems enormously scammy. Maybe because scam ads just display something so similar. And, key thing with yours and theirs, no context an…

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    Comment #10820311

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10804082

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    Comment #10790499

    > Actually, after thinking about it, I'd use a GET Why? Using it to change state seems precisely wrong. PUT seems more appropriate.

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    Comment #10709176

    I'll always call the ISA "amd64".

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    Comment #10683375

    Just don't force the background to bright white please.

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    Comment #10683373

    > I have seen this sort of styling on several sites which excel in material provided. Maybe it's not a coincidence.

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    Comment #10642550

    I have no idea what you're on about with what decade it looks like it belongs in. Cookie manager works fine for me. For the development stuff, I use Firebug.

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    Comment #10497480

    He works in a university. Maybe he can tell me how to get a chemistry degree without any test-tube bullshittery, or a biology degree without any microscope bullshittery.

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    Comment #10121098

    > In a lawsuit dismissed in March, Access Funding accused Blumenfeld of interference with business practices and unjust enrichment. Wow.

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    Comment #10121064

    > And really, the Emacs bindings aren't any harder than the CUA bindings; they're just different, and can be easily gleaned Not only that, they're older (i.e., Emacs was there firs…

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    Comment #10041898

    Do you have separate (client- and server-side) user accounts or browser profiles?

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    Comment #9990641

    Paper doesn't shine into your eyes. We also try to avoid staring into the sun, for the same reason.

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    Comment #9944149

    I hope SeaMonkey will still work normally.

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    Comment #9920116

    These are the minimum questions.

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    Comment #9920112

    That someone would be "taken aback" by someone asking whether the air castles you're painting pictures of are literally worthless says a lot about this whole scene. > The candidate…

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    Comment #9920098

    > The company didn't grow fast enough. Even with everyone working through Christmas?!

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    Comment #9802315

    Well, programmers historically have tended to stereotypically prefer a dimmer milieu. Not to mention there are a number of simple physical injuries that can cause photophobia: http…

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    Comment #9794929

    > Interesting read, but I don't like the fact that I am a mercenary if I go elsewhere. There are plenty of reasons for moving to another company, money could be one aspect. There's…