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biftek··on Biggest patent troll of 2014 gives up, drops appeal
How do you even enforce a hair style patent?

Do you go after the people who have the hair style, or the hair stylists?

biftek··on A new Siteleaf. Now fully Jekyll compatible
Siteleaf dev here. Feel free to ask questions!
biftek··on New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft
That's not flash, it's just video:

http://movies.apple.com/media/us/mac-pro/2013/16C1b6b5-1d91-...

biftek··on Amazon Flex
I'm really curious to see if Amazon will face similar local government push back like Uber has.
biftek··on Amazon Flex
They are already using bike messengers in Manhattan (maybe elsewhere) for Amazon Now's 1 hour delivery. I'm guessing they just hire out to LazerShip or some other currier service, and give them Amazon jackets.
biftek··on 14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School
lol if you think teachers have a "shorter work day/work year"

My girlfriend is a High School teacher in NY, and easily works more than I do. You have to factor in planning and grading which is all done after "work".

biftek··on We don’t trust drinking fountains anymore, and that’s bad for our health
We have plenty of bad things in Greenpoint but I'm not sure our tap water is one of them. At least it's not stopping me from drinking it right now.

Also, hello neighbors!

biftek··on Safari isn’t the problem, but the lack of browser choice in iOS is
It's as if the people buying Apple products actually like Apple's choice…
biftek··on Sublime Text packages are on GitHub
Sure about that? https://github.com/textmate/textmate/commits/master

Happy TextMate 2 user here.

biftek··on 1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat and AC
That sounds like bad air balancing, but that the control system is "working".
biftek··on Sony Terms with Spotify Uncovered in Contract
Nit, but pretty sure Oddisee is from DC.
biftek··on Node.js Foundation – Node.js and Io.js Convergence
“In season 2 of Javascript, Node.js and io.js attempt to set aside their differences, but will they succeed?”
biftek··on Announcing Rust 1.0
Congrats Rust team, and perfect timing, got some vacation next week and plan to build some things.
biftek··on Facebook PathPicker
Really late, but thanks! It works!
biftek··on Matrix HiFi – Blind testing high end full equipment
This is basically my set up too.

My advice to anyone looking to get started is to just buy the most expensive speakers you can afford (used market is good for this), pickup an older amp for peanuts on eBay that can power said speakers, and some bargain bin cables from RadioShack.

biftek··on Smart watches are dumb
Like OP this (mostly) just works for me, but it's not as "perfect" as they make it out.

The first message in a conversation will sometimes go to all my devices regardless. Once I respond on a device it figures things out and only notifies that device from then on. However, if I don't acknowledge or answer the message relatively quickly it will try the others again.

So maybe you aren't responding fast enough?

biftek··on Smart watches are dumb
Maybe I don't use my iPhone as much as others, but most of my time is spent reading NYTimes/Instapaper, checking the weather, time, and email/iMessage.

And aside from reading articles, the watch has replaced most of my phone functions. Calls have been answered; text messages have been dictated via Siri; weather, time, and calendar are all on the modular face and extended views are a tap away. Not to mention the the heath perks, like heart rate monitoring and activity goals.

If I could use the watch with out my phone tethered I would probably leave my phone behind in a lot of instances. It's lighter, less distracting, and the stuff I care about is more accessible.

biftek··on Facebook PathPicker
Unfortunately using tmux breaks that behavior.
biftek··on Go crypto: bridging the performance gap
I'm not sure what's involved with getting assembly working in Go (my experience has only been with servers/clients and CLI's), but could this not have been implemented as a stand alone package? What's the benefit of a fork in this case?
biftek··on Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background checks and more insurance
Apples and oranges?

When you hitch hike (or pick someone up) you and the other party are taking a mutual risk together.

But if money is exchanging hands I, and I'm going to bet most people, would want the risk factor removed.

biftek··on Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?
I thought the same thing, didn't even have to click on it to know that was swiss. The Vatican passport is pretty nice too, with only the gold emblem on black.
biftek··on Becoming Productive in Haskell
Pausing for an hour to think about and understand your problem is important in any language. Probably more important than testing honestly.
biftek··on Please consider the impacts of banning HTTP
Maybe because your tone was rude?
biftek··on Dear FCC: Thanks for Listening to Team Internet
Is this something Apple actually controls or is it tied in with the carriers? I seem to recall my old grandfathered unlimited plan on Verizon letting me download anything when ever.
biftek··on OS X Yosemite
Strange, I guess I'm an outlier but I always do clean installs for a new OS.
biftek··on Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations
Crown is watch nomenclature. Apple would have been ridiculed by the fashion/watch world if they didn't refer to it as a crown.
biftek··on Messenger Bag Process: From Sketch to Finished Product
Might just be the photos, but along the back, where it meets your hip and the straps attach, all I see is a single thin thread holding it all together, no reinforcement of any kind...
biftek··on ITerm2 2.0
I use it exclusively for the visor mode. Which I have set up to be like full screen mode on a laptop, but is limited to half the screen when I plug into an external monitor. It's also bound to show/hide on ctrl+`.

Unlike most others it seems, I don't utilize the tmux integration, despite using tmux heavily.

biftek··on Xiki: An amazing shell
I played with Acme the other day and was blown away. The everything as a command idea is really powerful. Definitely underrated, would be great if it got a modern reboot.

For the unfamiliar this video by Russ Cox covers it pretty well. http://research.swtch.com/acme

biftek··on Unix Tricks
zsh has a simple builtin `r` (which is just an alias for `fc -e -`). It lets you edit the previous command with search and replace. I use it for brew and git a lot.

  $ brew info rust
  $ r fo=stal
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