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flamingbuffaloon How Big Technical Changes Happen at Slack

if you've "not used it" how can you say it's "worse" and "slow"?

flamingbuffaloon 15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete

Wyoming gets 2 senators, same as California - which means their residents get massively MORE representation at the federal level.

flamingbuffaloon Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids

This argument is really flawed. How is it different from: "I only take one road to and from work, why should I pay for roads other people take?"

flamingbuffaloon The Perks Are Great, Just Don’t Ask What We Do

reminds me of this: https://deardesignstudent.com/in-praise-of-the-ak-47-a24cc8a...

flamingbuffaloon Lockitron: Keyless entry using your phone

I think all the new Dodge models (even base trim) have keyless these days as well. Hopefully it it catches on for all makes, it's a pretty nice feature.

flamingbuffaloon "Gangbang Interviews" and "Bikini Shots": Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem

also, don't they have marketing teams that might want to protect an image they work so hard to build.

flamingbuffaloon The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can’t Build iPads in the US

People in Detroit would love the chance to work these jobs.

flamingbuffaloon How to stop SOPA: Don't build it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott

(agreed that it is very rare they work though)

flamingbuffaloon Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot

very good point - and probably even more true when it's something emotional like this.

flamingbuffaloon Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot

"I like to think that in the run-up to his final keynote, Steve made time for a long, peaceful walk. Somewhere beautiful, where there are no footpaths and the grass grows thick. Hand-in-hand with his wife and family, the sun warm on their backs, smiles on their faces, love in their hearts, at peace with their fate."

Beautifully written.

And I'm glad it took Gruber some time to post this after the news broke yesterday, it would make me glad to know that he didn't have it ready and waiting to be published.

flamingbuffaloon Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

There are over a hundred million "Apple Fanboys"?

flamingbuffaloon Air Battery Would Last 2.5s on Machine with 1990's Efficiency

exactly. I've posted this before, but: "if a person can't produce something on an ipad that's a reflection of the user, not the device."

flamingbuffaloon Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process

yeah: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/media-gets-its-facts-wron...

flamingbuffaloon Jobs has lighted our way

if a person can't produce something on an ipad that's a reflection of the user, not the device.

flamingbuffaloon How To Become A Better Programmer By Not Programming

the aesthetics

flamingbuffaloon I don't know how to IE6

"Now’s the time. Someone needs to start the ball rolling and just say no."

Lots of us say no to supporting IE6 whenever we can, the problem is the person paying our salaries says we will.

But regardless of that, the sad truth is that developers aren't the ones preventing a full scale cutoff of IE6, it's our users. If the people you are making things for use IE6 then you have to support them.

flamingbuffaloon Nintendo: Apple's Latest Prey

it's probably also worth noting that every time there are new apple tv rumors they're about it including its own app store - if that ever happens it will be very interesting to see what people go for.

flamingbuffaloon Progressive Internet Explorer

Even though I agree - this would be VERY helpful in a situation where a manager doesn't understand that it's ok for a site to look different between browsers.

I've had times where I've explained how a site will look different in older browsers, had that approved and build the site, but when it was time to look at the final product one person cant understand/accept that buttons "don't look 3D" in their browser of choice.

flamingbuffaloon OS X Lion: Macs' beginner-friendly days are over

according to the siracusa review, lion works more like iOS, in that the OS can reclaim resources from 'open' apps, and sometimes leaves processes open for a short time after they are closed. I think this is what was meant about not quitting apps, the concept is still there, but not really needed like it was previously.

flamingbuffaloon Faster than jQuery(document).ready() - Wait Until Exists

some UI stuff could benefit from this: things like turning a list into an accordion. (Normally there is at least a little work to be done to ensure you don't get a flash of unstyled/unscripted content, if this fires fast enough you could avoid that)

flamingbuffaloon If you're not famous, joining Twitter is painful

that's the benefit of being able to quickly (and silently) unfollow someone. Personally, I use a "3 tweets in a row that are annoying = unfollow" rule. It works well for me. And anyways, you'll often be surprised at how someone you respect professionally can be ver entertaining in their personal life.

flamingbuffaloon Redditor Explains Why Apple Continue Making Frail Power Cables

well, that still wouldn't satisfy the designers because now they have a "flimsy" plastic tube on their adapter.

(not saying it's not a good idea, my pile of broken cables is evidence of that!)

flamingbuffaloon For Google, iCloud Is Annoying; For Microsoft, It's A Humiliation

Seems like this just is echoing Gruber from earlier this week:

"But Google’s vision is about software you run in a web browser. Apple’s is about native apps you run on devices. Apple is as committed to native apps — on the desktop, tablet, and handheld — as it has ever been."

http://daringfireball.net/2011/06/demoted

flamingbuffaloon Coming soon: make your phone your wallet

and, even if iphone5 has nfs, it's probably unlikely that apple would support google wallet instead of creating their own solution.

flamingbuffaloon Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold

so, does it come with a free copy of Textmate 2, or do I have to buy that separate?

flamingbuffaloon IPhone share of phone market: 5% volumes, 20% revenues, 55% profit

using that logic: wasn't a palm pilot just a smaller newton?

flamingbuffaloon Slaying the Cable Monster: Why HDMI Brands Don't Matter

I've always been partial to blue jeans cables (http://www.bluejeanscable.com/) ever since I read their response when monster tried to scare them into a settlement over bogus patent claims.

flamingbuffaloon Living in the zone

"Muses have no respect for deadlines"

This phrase is wonderful.

flamingbuffaloon Opera launches Opera Mail web app

when you sign up the welcome email gives imap info