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New comment by sevenproxies in "_Application.Run(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object"

sevenproxies — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:37:33 +0000

Another example is Java's java.util.Map.of. It's a convenient method to construct a map in a single statement.

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base...

New comment by sevenproxies in "Winamp source code leak"

sevenproxies — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:47:32 +0000

VLC doesn't have gapless audio playback.

New comment by sevenproxies in "Z3 approach to discover that “q_rsqrt” is in Copilot's slur list"

sevenproxies — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 11:38:13 +0000

A guide for reading this Twitter page.

1. Start at the bottom of the posts by the author (just above the "More Tweets" section).

2. Find the post that mentions q_rsqrt.

3. work you're way up the page, and though the "Show this thread" buttons to try and gleam some semi-chorological sense of context

Anyone got a better method?

New comment by sevenproxies in "Apple Lightning"

sevenproxies — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:53:57 +0000

I've damaged two magsafe connectors in the last two years. The rubbery plastic protection near the charge point (with the orange/green LED) splits. Then it's super easy to make worse since the split ends catch on things. Like https://i.imgur.com/l2uS8pv.jpg.

I'm pretty sure it's from heat damage from the power. Not mechanical strain. The heat slowly weakens the rubber material to the point of failure.

New comment by sevenproxies in "MySQL 5.7.6 is out"

sevenproxies — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:17:26 +0000

>why can't "select A,B from foo" be served directly from the index

mysql supports that with covering indexes.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IagfgRiKWd4C&lpg=PA178&v...

New comment by sevenproxies in "Kickstarter switches to Stripe"

sevenproxies — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:24:19 +0000

From what I'm aware, authorization times are subject to the issuing banks. Some are valid for up to 30 days.

New comment by sevenproxies in "Hey Paypal, why do you need access to my microphone, camera and photos?"

sevenproxies — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:16:15 +0000

Device fingerprinting is a big boon to fraud prevention. The more data sources that can help uniquely identify a device the better. I know some fraud prevention companies require merchants to include an image (png), javascript and flash file on the checkout pages to profile a customer. Flash can access your microphone, camera and local storage (flash cookies).

Fraud is a big deal for Paypal, although I'm do not know if such permissions are needed in device fingerprinting on apps.

Interestingly from a privacy point of view, more granular permissions to device features might not necessary equate to greater anonymity. If most device users do not care or know about the privacy implications and accept the app's permission request, those who don't accept become the minority.

New comment by sevenproxies in "Show HN: Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titles"

sevenproxies — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:51:47 +0000

>A Hacker's Replacement for Gmail users

http://dbpmail.net/essays/2013-06-29-hackers-replacement-for...

    Show HN: I spent 2 years ago. I had no idea what that means.

New comment by sevenproxies in "PHP in a Tweet"

sevenproxies — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:57:32 +0000

In PHP

   array_sum([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

New comment by sevenproxies in "Google Trends - Hot Searches"

sevenproxies — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:13:52 +0000

The colours just look to iterate through Red, Yellow, Green, Blue for each search term per box.

New comment by sevenproxies in "Government Digital Service Design Principles"

sevenproxies — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:28:09 +0000

Related link about some of the technologies used on gov.uk.

http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govuk-launch-colophon/

New comment by sevenproxies in "Show HN: Morning, a minimal dashboard app for iPad"

sevenproxies — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:19 +0000

I hate not having any other comment to make but I think you would benefit from trying to optimise the size of the main banner image [1]. It's currently clocking in at just under 800KB, and loading it was like downloading an image on dial-up on my very reasonable 30Mbps. Even after reloading a few times it took me 16.8 seconds to download.

Good luck with your app and congratulations on shipping.

[1] http://images.tamper.io/morning/img/largebg.png

New comment by sevenproxies in "Instagram Django site admin"

sevenproxies — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:57:19 +0000

Simple browser-side CSS does the trick. I use Stylish[1] for Chromium. I believe there is also a Firefox version.

[1] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish/fjnbnpbmke...

New comment by sevenproxies in "Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes?"

sevenproxies — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:26:20 +0000

In general aviation the term "takeoff/go-around" or "TOGA" is used, with the go-around phase used for aborting landings.

New comment by sevenproxies in "More $99 HP Tablets"

sevenproxies — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:02:48 +0000

>and with HP still undecided on the fate of WebOS I’m not going to spend my money on a potential brick

This sounds like a misnomer. Can a device that is primary focused around web-browsers be considered a brick?

New comment by sevenproxies in "I Don't Understand What Anyone Is Saying Anymore"

sevenproxies — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:26:17 +0000

Except I imagine like the author like meant using like out of like, you-know, thingie... context.

I live with someone who uses like far to often it's almost a speech impediment. Of course, he doesn't notice it and I'm learning to ignore it. However on the flip side, when I can't think of what I want to say next (and that is also often) I just go silent, frequently leaving my conversation partner puzzled and sometimes they ask to repeat what I said.

edit: grammar.

New comment by sevenproxies in "Linus Torvalds creates G+ page for Linux release announcements"

sevenproxies — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:13:32 +0000

That is a typical troll post on 4chan /g/, quoting parts RMS

New comment by sevenproxies in "iPhone 4S First Weekend Sales Top Four Million"

sevenproxies — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:24:31 +0000

>crazy slow speed

What is wrong with the iphone 3G?

New comment by sevenproxies in "How I live on $7,000 per year"

sevenproxies — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:09:49 +0000

>We buy a MacBook Pro each year and an iPad or iPhone each year as needed

I don't understand this. You could be saving you self at least ~$1,300 a year, all for what? A slightly improved OS or hardware you don't really need. I'm earning ~$20,000 a year, saving ~$900 a month and I still consider those purchases excessive. I almost purchased an iPad last month but once I really though about it, I realise it would have just been an impulse buy (most of my higher earning colleagues own Macbooks and iPads). Plus, the Amazon Fire was announced around that time, so I will wait for that to be released in the UK before looking at tablets again.

I use approximations as I live in England.

New comment by sevenproxies in "Donatello, a pure CSS drawing library"

sevenproxies — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:49:42 +0000

Its pure CSS in the same way most pure 'HTML5' demos are