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pwim
3,546karma·511submissions·September 4, 2008
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Founder of https://www.tokyodev.com/
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Keyword terms are most common on advertisements in trains, where it wouldn't be polite to use your phone to scan a QR code (and difficult to do to because of the position of the ads). QR Codes are use…
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QR Codes are already common place in Japan. Every Japanese mobile comes with a QR code reader, and it is common to see them on print advertisements, coupons, and so on.
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Japan doesn't normally dub movies, but it doesn't score well. On the other hand, it does have a strong domestic film industry, so perhaps that is part of the reason.
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Judges face bureaucratic pressure to maintain high conviction rates. According to the following paper, it can have negative effects on a Judge's career if he appears to be lenient: http://www.rasmuse…
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They're good at their jobs, too: The clearance rate for murder in 2010 was an unbelievable 98.2 percent, according to West—so unbelievable that some attribute it to underreporting. High clearance ra…
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If you're just going to host static files, just host them directly through Rack as described here:
http://mwhuss.com/2009/12/13/static-sites-on-heroku-in-two-l... Also, make sure you are using http …
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I never considered it when choosing my apartment, but living on the first floor has been quite advantageousness over the last week.
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Count me in.
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Tests detected low levels of radioactivity on 17 U.S. Navy helicopter crew members when they returned to the USS Ronald Reagan These were members of a rescue crew, who were most likely far closer to…
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From the post, I'm assuming one of the victims is limedaring who just a week ago launched her site http://www.weddinginvitelove.com/ , which was covered in this item with almost 500 points: http://n…
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Your hourly rate should depend on your skills, not the job for the client, so it really depends on how skilled a developer you are.
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Is twitter the only way to get in contact with you? I don't see any contact page (or really anything besides the articles themselves).
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It sounds like the issue is with how you are writing you tests. For instance, you state "refactoring breaks a lot of test cases". As the normal TDD cycle is test-code-refactor, refactoring shouldn't b…
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Except that isn't always simple to do. When a domain name we wanted was taken by a squatter, we tried to get in contact with the owner, but never received any response.