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codazoda
4,738karma·1,614submissions·March 24, 2014
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Software engineer, entrepreneur, serial hobbyist, and writer.
Over 500 technical articles on joeldare.com generating over 10k monthly views. Creator of Neat CSS, the minimalist CSS framework with over 700 stars on GitHub. Author of Write & Publish Your Book, rated 5-stars on Amazon.
Joel Dare
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In the real world, at least mine, once it works you get pressure to move on. Both my own mind saying, it works so it's good enough, and external pressure from a stake holder who says it looks goo…
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I've never installed Flash since it was an ad on (or maybe I just disable it, I can't remember). It's ONLY used for ads these days. I avoid the few video sites that use it.
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Although I have backups of my critical files, I don't want to try to rebuild from those files if I can help it. After learning that Digital Ocean does no backups of their own (even for critical h…
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I work on a site with a long history. I recently created a benchmark and found that I could make around 500 synchronous HTTP requests to our infrastructure per second (essentially localhost calls). If…
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I can't back it it with data but I suspect that many of the gun owners in California do not report their gun ownership, contributing to the low number.
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Have you seen the new Apple TV Remote? I haven't done a lot with it, but it's got a touch pad on it for gestures. Maybe these remote / trackpad devices would do the trick.
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I started with their $100 "gift", then moved to a paycheck, then to my annual salary. By the time I was in that deep I decided what the heck and got a second mortgage on my house. TIL I have…
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Pretty sure this would be illegal, but as a resident of a state where I cannot buy a lottery ticket, I'll buy.
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That is utter nonsense. I use a $20 safety razor from Amazon. It works better than any cheap disposable with off the shelf gel or foam. I don't use a brush and I don't lather any differently…
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+1 on the safety razor. Better shave (not to be confused with closer) for less money. People who have sensitive skin should definitely give it a try.
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OR "Dorco USA" is a small US based distributor that licenses their name from the other company and imports Dorco razors and sells them. Might even be owned by Dorco but is likely not Dorco.
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Without numbers, however, it reads like you're just making educated guesses.
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They didn't mention this in the article, which makes me wonder if they really understood it. Companies have specific tools they require you to use to file expense reports. You would have to get t…
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I've had a similar experience. I've never noticed a problem with Dropbox. Of course, I'm not running tools that show me battery consumption of apps and such on my Mac. Battery lasts lon…
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On the phone I once said, "In my opinion he is dishonest". I was sued in US District court. In total it cost me $3,000 and I got off easy. My attorney thought I might win the case but a sing…
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I recently read an article about the government wasting money on billion dollar jets that didn't work for front-line fighting. The author suggested the slower, cheaper, and more capable WWII airp…
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That is awesome. At first, I actually thought people around me were making the noise and speaking. I thought the audio sample had not yet started.
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This language looks pretty cool, but I do agree with your gut. The FAQ says: "Note that not all Ceylon modules are available for both platforms. A module might be cross-platform, it might by JVM-…
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This seems like saying, "Hey, lets ditch remote controls and put the controls right on the TV!"
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I think, at least for Chromecast, it's because they didn't implement Chromecast support in their app. Google makes the API's available so I think it's up to Amazon to add support f…
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I'm a maker. Tell me more about this $700 Shenzhen laser cutter? I googled it and I'm coming up with a few things, but only very small $400 units and very big expensive units.
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Glad it wasn't just me. For a minute there I thought that I had done something to get rate limited personally.
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I wonder if steam would be "green" today. I've got an electric steamer that I use as an alternative to ironing clothes. It probably takes a lot of electricity to turn water into steam b…
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"unlimited" means "not limited; unrestricted; unconfined". Speed limiting does not seem to fit that definition. It looks like they will avoid the rathe of the FCC because they were…
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T-Mobile throttles my "unlimited" family plan. The main number gets 3G and each additional gets 1G and then is throttled. Are they also on the radar or is it less of a problem for them becau…
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There's a comment there indicating that FF has done the same in the past with an H.264 blob. The conspiracist in me wonders why both these major browsers have downloaded and maybe executed binary…
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I wonder if a reminder would work in the same way. Set a recurring reminder on your phone. Dismissing it is your Placebo. The act of swiping that notification off your phone just might fix what ails y…
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The cheapest official retail option is the Mac Mini for $499. It's not a laptop but it will run the latest Xcode. Might be just the thing you need for that first app that makes you a bazillionair…
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I mostly agree with this article. Nitpicking a point, however, I don't consider a constant to be a "magic number". If you've given it a clear variable name, such as "defaultRe…
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If you put the const declaration just before you use it and then you or someone else uses it somewhere else, you are going to have an even harder time finding it. If it needs a const, declare it at th…