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chocks··on Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate
This is exciting, trying out now.. installer seems pretty smooth
chocks··on Visual Studio for Mac Preview
Just an FYI.. The download button doesn't seem to work. Seems some files on this page has a CORS policy violation: "Access to Font at 'https://c.s-microsoft.com/static/fonts/segoe-ui/west-europea... from origin 'https://c.s-microsoft.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: The 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header has a value 'https://www.microsoft.com' that is not equal to the supplied origin. Origin 'https://www.visualstudio.com' is therefore not allowed access."
chocks··on Visual Studio for Mac
cool. Thanks!
chocks··on Visual Studio for Mac
link seems to be down - "We're sorry, the page you requested cannot be found"
chocks··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)
was getting a error for the Apply at link - noticed a typo - missing one f? --> https://www.staffjoy.com/careers/
chocks··on [dead]
Sandisk official press release link: https://www.sandisk.com/about/media-center/press-releases/20...
chocks··on Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B
On a side note: Last year John Chambers the then CEO of Cisco made a prediction about IT consolidation in the future, wonder if this might be first pieces of that puzzle: http://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-ceo-brutal-times-for-it...
chocks··on Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B
Here's the official press release: http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/secure/2015-10-12-de...
chocks··on Support for 100MB APKs on Google Play
Just curious how does large apps like Microsoft Word for Android gets packaged? The size on Play Store is 105 MB, and in App Info, it shows: Total - 152 MB, Application - 66.92 MB. Is there a way to look at APK sizes on these apps?
chocks··on How Hacker News and FreshDesk led me to quit my job and launch my own startup
Nice post, congratulations and all the very best for your venture. I'm from Chennai too and at some point plan on starting a company there, it was nice to read through the planning, experience etc. Thanks for sharing!
chocks··on [dead]
Still down here in midwest
chocks··on Inside the iPhone 6s
Wonder why they have multiple power management/amplifier modules ? : 1. Apple/Dialog 338S00120 Power Management IC 2. Qualcomm PMD9635 Power Management IC 3. Texas Instruments 65730AOP Power Management IC 4. Avago ACPM 7714 Multimode Power Amplifier 5. Avago AFEM-8030 Power Amplifier Module 6. Skyworks SKY77357 Power Amplifier Module (likely an iteration of the SKY77354) 7. Skyworks SKY77812 Power Amplifier Module
chocks··on Rejuvenating the Microsoft C/C++ Compiler
I get this when I open up on mobile chrome..
chocks··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2015)
Location: Wichita, KS

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: C/C++, Perl, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Java

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/echockalingam

Email: chocks@outlook.com

chocks··on DHS Extends Eligibility for Employment to Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses
This is really good news for a lot of folks who were unable to work previously due to the H4 restriction even with years of experience behind them.
chocks··on Introducing Pebble Time
Awesome! The first thing I noticed was the battery life - 7 days (like the original). I'm buying it :).

In the video, Eric makes a very good point - most smart-watches are trying to replace the phone, but instead should focus on what's critical to a watch - Time.

chocks··on What's It Like to Live Without Electricity? Ask an Indian Villager
Interesting post, reminds me of a book that I read recently on similar topic - "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope" (http://amzn.com/0061730335)
chocks··on India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archive.Org, Pastebin
Why block sites like gihub instead of issuing DMCA takedown notices? doesn't make sense.
chocks··on My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job
Wonderful idea!
chocks··on Amazon Fire TV
curious if it'll support YouTube, didn't see on the list.
chocks··on [dead]
outlook.com is back up
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