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Freemanic Paracusia (134)
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Shared by Aashay (4) adrian (2) Aga (12) AJ (0) Alejandro-S (19) Alex Kapranoff (15) Alix (8) Andrew (0) AndrewK (5) angelchrys (4) Aracnus (29) Army of Gnomes (14) Arraine (91) Ashe (3) BC (0) Benjamin Golub (12) BiSScuiTT (17) BJ (0) Blaenk Denum (17) Blaise (34) Brad 2.0 (4) Brad Greer (1) Brandy Jefferys (2) brice (11) CannonGod (190) Carl (0) Chris (1) Chris (1) Chris Fried (4) Chris R. (0) Chynna (2) Clay (40) Dan (8) Dan (10) Dave C (4) David (12) David (4) Denny (3) dk (15) Dominic Hopton (0) einstein (9) EJ (0) elijah.wright (5) Emily (13) Eric (2) Eric Atkins (6) Eva (0) everyone loves a wee sombrero (64) fern (12) Fernando (12) fričko (2) fyc (14) Godlesswanderer (2) Greg Tidwell (0) Harish (3) Ishai (4) Jade (8) James (18) James Whatley (21) Jared Cherup (1) Jay (44) JBu92 (25) Jeanne (6) Jessica (0) John-Michael Oswalt (5) Jon (7) Jordan Bouvier (3) Josh Hipple (2) karabatov (5) Kaye (16) kmohr25 (16) Kris (9) L (1) Larry (9) Lauren (0) Lauro (6) Lee (6) Lilian (1) Lisa (0) Lisa (8) lucky13cxc (0) m0d (5) maccman (4) mace (5) Marco Gomes (10) maria (1) Mark (7) Mark (16) Matt (14) Matt (2) Mike (8) Mike (0) mrshl (9) Nate (0) Nicholas (0) Niranjan Tulpule (1) Oliver Boryszewski (13) Orri Ganel (3) ovpaul (7) Paulo (13) Paweł Krupiński (10) phillprice (11) Phonkmeister (17) Pramod (21) prattmic (9) rad (21) Raleigh (2) Rantan (17) Rebecca (7) Rialtus (6) Robert J (8) Rogel (5) Roy (11) Ruben Llibre (9) Sam (0) Sam Woodfin (18) Scott (2) Scotty (0) Sean Victory (23) Si (0) slyness (0) Steinkirch (82) Tamas (7) terry (1) Thiago (3) Tor Erling (69) Traut (6) udim (1) Vince (7) vinoaj (1) Warren (2) Whitney (0) Will (10) Zim (3)Explore read 12 notes- Dan said: When XKCD nails it, it's nailed
- Chynna said: I think Shane suffers from this.
- Niranjan Tulpule said: Morgan Freeman's voice has started getting on my nerves, especially with the demented Olympic ads.
- Scotty said: great, I'm going to do this from now on....Thanks XKCD
- EJ said: Everytime I think of Morgan Freeman, I will think of this cartoon and chuckle. Hilarious.
- Ashe said: Morgan Freeman is my favorite. And now he is moreso.
- Mark said: Oh wow. This is gold. This strip has found a way to maintain a helluva lot of funny.
- Godlesswanderer said: I wish I had Freemanic Paracusia...
- vinoaj said: everything should be read out by Morgan Freeman
- fričko said: i ja, i ja! ale nemusí to byť práve freemanov hlas
- maria said: I'm glad this doesn't happen because even Morgan Freeman must be tired of his own voice by now.
- Brad Greer said: This is exactly why I don't trust myself to judge whether Morgan Freeman is *actually* voicing something.
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The Dream Customer (44)
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"It's the strangest thing — I can't connect to the wireless anymore. I can still use the Microsoft but not the email." The Microsoft was a key phrase that let Jay L. know that the woman on the line wasn't exactly what you'd call a power user. "I'll be happy to help. First, can you tell me what router you're connecting to? "..." "Miss?" "I'm not having a problem with anything other than the wireless." ...Shared by aargre (0) Aga (12) AJ (0) Alan (0) Alex Siemes (0) Anthony (26) Ashwin (0) Babychen Mathew (236) Bill (2) Bill Blaney (0) Chad (118) chimeric (12) Chris Locke (7) CJ (76) crazyjaf (41) Dave C (4) DavideB (5) Eric (1) Gary Gifford Jr (0) GraveHeart (4) Harish (3) Herbal Lemon (5) HokieGeek (16) Ingo (4) lena (0) Les (5) LouCypher (33) Michael Jervis (16) mosymuis (1) Nitro (0) njsf (2) Ondrej Bechyne (3) Pickles (7) PsychoPenguin (4) pt9386 (21) rkj (3) Rob De Almeida (0) Robert Accettura (11) Scott (4) serhii (0) splett (10) Steve (11) Stingray (61) Zhasper (43)Explore read four notes- Ingo said: LOL
- AJ said: If you've ever lived in a crowded apartment building you've seen your share of default SSIDs: linksys, wireless, wlan, 2wire... Or, if you've ever lived near Alex, "alexsprivatenetworkbiotch."
- CJ said: Ahh, more tech support flashbacks.
- Michael Jervis said: This one is an absolute classic!
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Avoiding tolls (11)
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This week we've added an 'Avoid tolls' option to Google Maps driving directions. When you are getting directions, click the 'Show options' link in the left panel of the screen and you'll see a new option to avoid tolls: When half your wallet is already going toward gas, it's nice if you can save some money for ice cream instead of dumping it all off at the toll booth.Posted by Dave Barth, Product ManagerShared by atul (70) broepke (0) cgsheldon (112) Chung (111) Darnell Clayton (1) Dave C (4) Dave E. (3) Dean (1) Jared Cherup (1) Nirav (10) Voyagerfan5761 (15)- Jared Cherup said: Google Maps is more powerful than any human!
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Coding Without Comments (128)
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If peppering your code with lots of comments is good, then having zillions of comments in your code must be great, right? Not quite. Excess is one way good comments go bad: '************************************************* ' Name: CopyString ' ' Purpose: This routine copies a string from the source ' string (source) to the target string (target). ' ' Algorithm: It gets the length of "source" and then copies each ' character, one at a time, into ...Shared by 100rabh™ (8) 4r1f (6) abhi (2) adastra (1) Alan (9) Alan Kelon Oliveira de Moraes (5) Alcides Fonseca (12) Alex (4) Alex C (28) Alexandru Savu (31) Anand Sharma (6) Andrei (16) Andy Wibbels (11) Anthony (26) Appu (17) Aranittara (7) Bahadır (5) Baobin (4) Ben (3) Benk (15) BlueCockatoo (33) Bojan (7) Brit (23) Cade (3) Chandoo (9) CMS (3) Compuwizard123 (16) D. Lambert (2) Dave C (4) David Arcos (26) DeadRinga (32) Denis Gobo (18) Dennis (16) Dennis Laumen (10) Dominic Hopton (0) Douglas F Silva (2) drewenut (0) elmarco (5) EricAppel (2) Felipe Plets (3) finalcut (3) Florin (3) Frank Sons (10) gizmo (9) grant (13) Guillermo Salas (0) iamnoah (0) Ionut (9) Isaac (3) James Dorminey (6) Jamie R (8) Jannik (1) Jeff (10) Jeff (31) jerobins (14) John (7) Jon Erickson (7) Jonas (16) Joshua Wilde (1) Justin Yost (42) kebernet (73) Kenneth LeFebvre (0) Khaos (2) Lance Fisher (1) LaptopHeaven (5) LiquidLag (2) LouCypher (33) Magnus (0) ManiacD (18) marshall (0) Matt (1) Migs (3) Mike (0) Morton Fox (42) Mrinal (1) Nathan Chase (1) Nathaniel Dean (5) Nicholas (0) Nick Campbell (5) Nikki (43) npike (5) oguzdag (1) peysal (0) Piku (2) Powera (5) pt9386 (21) ritesh (9) Riyaz Mohammed Ibrahim (0) robby (0) Roberto (9) Ron (8) Russ (3) Sakib (15) sanatgersappa (0) Saul (14) sczizzo (5) Sérgio Rebelo (1) Shaun (8) Shine (3) shivanand (4) smuggyuk (2) spoon16 (27) Stephen (6) Steve (6) Steve (4) sugree (41) tarmo888 (3) Ted (5) terababy (3) Thomas Amberg (34) Tim (16) timbednar (0) TiTi (80) Todd (0) Tony Ruscoe (13) tripp (0) turker (6) Vahid (92) Vashira (1) Vipul (34) Wahid Tanner (0) Walter Rodrigo de Sá Cruz (20) wasatch/wizard (0) yojibee (8) yth (12) Yusuf (3) Zane Shelby (0) zapnap (18)Explore read 11 notes- Saul said: Jeff and I, well, we're thinking on the same wavelength.
- CMS said: Sometimes developers abuse of comments, good code almost self-explains, bad quality code with a large amount of comments is unmaintainable... I've seen lot of code written with this conventions Lol: http://tinyurl.com/2jqn75
- Isaac said: when I grow up I want to be jeff atwood. I wish I could write like that.
- James Dorminey said: Nice explanation, it seems I always run across one or the other (over commented v under commented).
- Steve said: Interesting take on the subject. I find myself agreeing, even though it means I've been writing some bad code. :)
- Walter Rodrigo de Sá Cruz said: sou totalmente culpado pela falta de comentário nos meus códigos.
- John said: Not sure I was coding long enough to make this transition. I have melted my boss' brain with a seven-para. e-mail, though; the world's *full* of bad writers.
- abhi said: code commenting
- Nicholas said: "You should always write your code as if comments didn't exist."
- Steve said: Comments are useful to explain the 'why' and to outline any assumptions about parameters etc. I see plenty of bad ones
- BlueCockatoo said: I love producing beautiful code. And beautiful usually means self-documenting.
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Force Gmail to Always Use Secure Connection (90)
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Gmail rolls out a new option that lets you set the https version as default. If you go to the Settings and select "always use https", Gmail will automatically redirect to the secure version. Until now, you had to manually type https://mail.goog... in the address bar, bookmark the address or use a Greasemonkey script."If you sign in to Gmail via a non-secure Internet connection, like a public wireless or non-encrypted network, your Google account may ...Shared by (``-_-´´) (33) (jeff)isageek (48) a48 (10) Aaron Brazell (3) Adam (5) Ahmed (53) Alvin A. (19) anand (1) Andrew Mitry (21) andy moon (0) Angela (0) badpazzword (0) Bill (0) Brian (1) CB (12) Cogo (4) Compuwizard123 (16) Daniel Dočekal (1) Dave C (4) Dedalus (16) dobata (281) Dobi (6) Eater (20) ehu4ever (70) etlund (5) Francesco (2) francly (1) Garci (1) giacomo (0) gisc (3) Greg (6) guercheLE (5) HBreda (0) James Dorminey (6) James Forbes Keir (5) JC (6) Jean (8) Jean-Baptiste (0) Jérôme Flipo (0) John (12) John (1) Joshua (6) Jupega (12) juzcoim (2) Konstantin (15) macbeach (1) meatwaddancin (0) Mike F (338) Mithrill (2) Moderated AppSec Feed - OWASP Foundation (0) MrMatt57 (18) Mrs S (5) naovouporai (0) netklon (11) nizu (0) Ovidiu Scarlat (0) Patrick (14) Paul (16) paul (2) Peter (1) Phil (10) Philip Spohn (14) Philou (6) Pickles (7) ppalli (19) Quasidot (20) Razzu (11) Reza (20) ricardo (0) Rich (2) Rob (1) Robert Birming (32) Robert H (1) Russ (11) Scott (14) Shankar Ganesh (37) SharonG (36) Steve (12) Sweevo (3) swined (6) symtym (11) TheUnixGuy (14) usrbingeek (4) Vahid (92) wellmobile (15) xrx (23) YuSuPh (0) Zac (3) Zahra HB (58) 攻疼新一 (199)Explore read 10 notes- francly said: Very important, it can secure you mail traffic
- andy moon said: tos moravaku porad chtel ne:) uz to ve svym gmailu vidim
- Jérôme Flipo said: this is a big improvement for my private internets. thanks the google.
- Brian said: I always use the https version
- Adam said: This isn't available yet on my account (our custom domain accounts will get it soon, I hear) - just make sure you enable this once it's available...it is SOOO easy to capture an unencrypted password sent over the web.
- Robert Birming said: Trevligt, med detta och flytande signatur som standardalternativ kan man nu slopa Firefox-tillägget "Better Gmail 2".
- James Dorminey said: Good addition. I currently use the "Customize Google" Firefox extension to force https on all of my Google services that support it, but I will definetly turn this on.
- Garci said: importante
- Bill said: Turned it on. It's about time.
- MrMatt57 said: bout time.
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Graphics in Select Boxes (7)
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You can emulate selection boxes using HTML layers, but you may also want to provide a traditional HTML form selection box using the <select> element. If you do so, how can you spice up that form element anyway? There's a couple of things you can do. The <optgroup> element groups together and labels as set of items. A style applied to an <option> can add colors. And then there's some nice Unicode symbols, like stars ...Shared by Dave C (4) Fabrice Epelboin (3) gisc (3) JS (17) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (21) Paul (16) Tech For Novices (0)- JS said: že mě to nenapadlo dřív, vždyť je to tak jasný :-)
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ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 Preview 1 (1)
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First of all, this is an interesting change in Microsoft naming convention for its products. Previously they were using Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the early product versions but recently they’ve switched to simple Preview name which is better and more understandable. After ASP.NET MVC Previews, now it’s ASP.NET AJAX’s turn to come in with its Previews. As Bertrand Le Roy has written on his blog, ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 Preview 1 is out and public ...Shared by Dave C (4)Contribute comment -
How to Hack a Technical Job Interview (96)
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Job interview master Vj Vijai describes how make the best impression at a technical interview using people skills (versus technical skills). His talk, which happened at O'Reilly's awesome Ignite event, is informative, funny, and short. Vijai also has a web site outlining the principles, linked below. The next Ignite will happen in NYC on 7/29. Thanks, Brady! Hacking the Technical InterviewShared by 10p (12) Adam (5) adang001 (6) Alex Dumitru (208) aliencam (1) Anthony (0) Army of Gnomes (14) Avi (436) Bene (3) buxx (0) Camtron 9000 (0) CED (0) Chad (4) Christian (0) Christophe Poucet (0) Creeva (25) Crysti the Great (6) Curt (11) D4V (4) Dave C (4) Dave Fleet (5) David (0) Derick Valadao (12) Dobi (6) Donnie Berkholz (5) Duane (16) Dustin McLaughlin (0) Enoch (1) Eric Eisenhart (0) Erik J. Heels (27) FINiK (0) Frank (12) Fred Schechter (53) Fuad (0) Guru Panguji (0) Hargurnaz (0) hhMahadev (9) Holden Caulfield (0) Ivan Žužak (2) J.R. (2) Jan Vazquez (4) Jason David Pelker (8) Jen (27) Jérôme Flipo (0) John (2) Karl (10) Keith (3) Ken Rossi - Liquid NY (5) Kevin Hamer (9) KnarG (0) Kris (9) Liam Byrnes (2) looprock (0) Lucas (15) Marcel (0) Marcel (5) Mark Whiting (12) martian (11) Matt Hall (4) Morbuto (9) Nathan (3) neal (352) Nelson (8) NeonDemon (39) Nikki (43) Nocky100 (1) npike (5) Paul Holbrook (2) Richard (3) Robert Birming (32) Roy (0) sapereaude17 (0) Scott (2) Seb (10) Setu (4) shrutes (7) Simon (2) Skrud (3) sri (16) Stacy (36) stantont (6) Stelian Iancu (2) Steve (4) StevieB (37) Tad M (0) Tim (8) TO-Double-D (6) Trey (4) Uzair (121) vim (72) voidfiles (8) Votis (11) yojibee (8) Zach (15) Zach (43) zSAPping (22)Explore read five notes- 10p said: NLP is hilarious, all the same.
- Derick Valadao said: May be useful.
- Marcel said: funny, inspiring and even practical
- Ken Rossi - Liquid NY said: This for all it's technical b.s.... is quite funny...
- Chad said: This is a great video about a technical interview but could be used in a regular interview. Note: There is one sexual reference.
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Find Who Has Access to Your Gmail Account (21)
onAfter years of testing, Gmail has finally added a very useful security feature: tracking open sessions. If you log in to Gmail from more than one computer and you forget to sign out, you'll be able to see the list of locations where your account can still be accessed. Until now, the only solution when you forgot to log out from Gmail after using a public computer was to change your password. Otherwise, anyone could ...Shared by Carlos Pinto (5) Dale (1) Dave C (4) druqbar (3) einstein (9) Fredrik Wennberg (3) Gergő (10) Ian (14) igormoreno (13) Jeremy Hylton (7) John Ager (4) Jonna (1) Lescoste (0) maqchang (0) Parag (0) senpi (2) sooraj (0) talataydın (14) vanerj (2) Will Brown (3) Wind (1)Contribute comment
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And You Thought The Next Generation Video Standards Battle Was Over? (4)
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If you thought the questions about what technology standard we'd be using to watch movies was settled when Blu-ray won the next generation DVD standards battle, then you're in for a bit of a surprise. In taking nearly half a decade to decide which standard would make it, the DVD camps left open plenty of opportunity for online competitors to start making their moves. The technology for delivering movies online has been rapidly improving. But, ...Contribute comment -
Why MPG is a Stupid Measurement (11)
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We tend to have bad measurement systems here in the US. We've got a temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 (it's zero and 100 for the rest of the world.) And none of our measurements are compatible with our base10 numbering system. Twelve inches in a foot? 5280 feet in a mile? I mean...come on... So it should come as no surprise to you that measuring vehicle efficiency in ...Shared by Adrian Bacon (0) chrishathaway (0) Clarke (0) Dave C (4) Erik C. Thauvin (19) Geoff (0) iamnoah (0) Shannon (7) simplynutty (0) terry (1) Tim Bertram (2)- Clarke said: Obvious once you look at it.
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DeepNote Guitar Hero robot will rock your face off (4)
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Filed under: Tech stuff, VideoOther than "amazing," you may also call the above contraption DeepNote. It's a working robot that can totally destroy you in Guitar Hero. Using a pair of "eyes," it watches the action on-screen, then playing those very notes in real-time. It's all done via a series of photodiodes, which pick up the changes in light from the screen in up to eight nanoseconds. As evidenced by the video above, this thing ...Contribute comment -
FriendFeed vibe compared to Twitter (3)
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First, I apologize for writing a post with a title that has both FriendFeed and Twitter in it. I understand that most people will hit delete as soon as they can as they are sick of hearing about them. However, I feel like writing this so I will. I have dabbled in FriendFeed, but although I thought I should really like it, I never got into it and stayed in Twitter land. It took me ...Contribute comment - beat the boss in Madden today. i hope that doesn't push me from his good graces :-) (1)
