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twinwingon Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

Anecdata: My Yahoo and Hotmail address are still up and running.

twinwingon Amazon Accused of Cheating Customers Through Shipping Costs

If their delivery time is off from their stated delivery time (what you get in your email), you can get an extra month of Prime out of that[1].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...

twinwingon Google set to face Intellectual Ventures in landmark patent trial

Groklaw had a clear bias and that could be corrected for. Their clear explanation of legal minutiae such that even a layman could understand it, and their attention to detail is why I follower their coverage.

I do not believe there is a completely unbiased source of news, No true Scotsman and all that...

twinwingon Microsoft Surface vs. iPad and Linode

> Word doesn't have autosave anymore? It's had it since like Office 95!

The last Microsoft Word version with Autosave is 97[1], from 2000 onwards it was changed to Autorecover (from crash)[2].

[1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/77535 [2] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/107686

twinwingon Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

You don't need an account, you can just use PayPal as a CC processor.

twinwingon Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper

Have you been able to make good use of the space underneath? 10' - 12' length is about 50%-80% longer than a floor futon or an inflatable bed.

twinwingon Google docs for android

I was not logged in to my Google account. Good to know it works that way too.

twinwingon Google docs for android

Never noticed how much I used Google goggles until I reached for my phone to scan the (nonexisting) qr code from the page.

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I don't know if it was reverse psychology, but I had a hard time not clicking on the Ruby on Rails add when told not to.

twinwingon Introducing Nexus S with Gingerbread

Next Success?

twinwingon Oracle Files Motion to Strike Google's Answer, Some Counterclaims

Heartfelt though, and with the exposure Groklaw articles have, it's certain (?) to reach someone in Oracle.

I sincerely doubt that it'll make a difference, but it shouldn't be because no one told them differently.

twinwingon Humor on the web and how to stop it

om nom nom nom

twinwingon Why do the Japanese draw themselves as white?

If for any reason you've got safe search off, you've been warned.

twinwingon Users report 'fault' on iPhone 4

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/new-iphone-4-anten...

Ars Technica usually know what they're talking about. I tend to trust them

twinwingon Officially our best-ever cease and desist

There is already an established market for "White Meat" and ThinkGeek is just breaking into it. It's not their fault Pork has created a binary market. It would be akin to Bing entering the search eng... Ah fudge it, it's Unicorn Meat!

twinwingon iPadkneesup.com

Like... your knees?

twinwingon Get Your Fucking Feet Off The Table

Who said putting your feet up is bad manners?

A sizable* chunk of society? We're talking about "social conducts or rules defined by society" here. They may make no sense, you may not like them, but you still have to live in a human and social world.

It may be overly casual, familiar, or informal

And I'm fine with that, just as long as you also understand it's unhygienic and, after being brought up to your attention, selfish (I'm comfortable) and inconsiderate (live with it).

*I do not have exact numbers, but judging from this thread, >15%?

twinwingon The almost-magical "content aware fill" plugin from a few days ago...on gimp.

http://o3.tumblr.com/post/470608946/photoshops-caf-content-a...

Same pictures as the Video. Gimp actually does better here.

twinwingon Linux Game Publishing introduces DRM - Ubi take note

I think that their target audience is already educated, and there's no way of generating trust from those who do not wish to pay.

For many - myself included in my high school years - Linux is all about free as in beer.

twinwingon I was the one who came forward about the Macbook Air

I just had a 40 minute bike shed moment thanks to this question.

How else would you indicate strong disagreement with a comment given the HN culture of well thought out replies and a zero cost binary device for weighing in on an issue, when you have nothing else to contribute other than "I disagree"/"I do not like your post"?

twinwingon We love xkcd

It's originally a camping song called "I love the mountains"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ExQGwF0Z3g

*edit: fixed link

twinwingon Microsoft Patent Application for 'sudo'?

Historically, It was the site to go to for day to day coverage of SCO V. Novell.

Personally, I go for the very well researched, though strongly biased, articles on issues pertaining to FOSS and licensing.

Particularly telling is the link on the left hand side of the site labeled "About Groklaw" where it states "It is Pamela Jones personal Creation" and "The information on Groklaw has been prepared as a service to the FOSS community in particular and the general public. It is not intended to constitute legal advice. PJ is a paralegal, not a lawyer."

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Go Bang works