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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone
« Last post by wraith808 on March 18, 2013, 02:04 AM »
Huh? How did Google control the news flow? I'm the one who put the feeds I wanted to follow into Google Reader.
-Deozaan (March 18, 2013, 12:53 AM)

You set up the the feeds, but they controlled what came into them.  They could put a filter on it, and other than by someone else telling you there was something else on the site, you wouldn't know.  Sort of like their search now.  Unless you go somewhere else and search, you don't know that there's something missing.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Distinguish Enter and Numpad Enter Key c#.net
« Last post by wraith808 on March 17, 2013, 02:32 PM »
Enter and Return don't have the same value if you check the tostring.  

for example:

Code: C# [Select]
  1. switch (keyVariable.ToString())
  2. {
  3.   case "Enter":
  4.     // they pressed the numpad enter key
  5.     Console.WriteLine("Numpad Enter Key");
  6.     break;
  7.   case "Return":
  8.     // they pressed the keyboard enter key
  9.     Console.WriteLine("Keyboard Enter Key");
  10.     break;
  11. }

Don't take my word on which is which... I didn't check.  But the strings are different, so you can check for them is the point.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Distinguish Enter and Numpad Enter Key c#.net
« Last post by wraith808 on March 16, 2013, 04:37 PM »
Though the Keys enum has identical values for Enter and Return (it also has a number of other duplicates), ToString shows a different value.

If you run this linq expression in linqpad, you'll see what I mean.

Code: C# [Select]
  1. Enum.GetNames(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Keys))
  2.     .GroupBy(k => Enum.Parse(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Keys), k))
  3.     .Where(g => g.Count() > 1)
  4.     .Select(g => String.Join(", ", g.Select(k => k.ToString()).ToArray())).Dump();

Check for the tostring if you really need to know the difference.
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Living Room / The Evil Empire being sued by... a former-Lucas property?
« Last post by wraith808 on March 16, 2013, 11:49 AM »
THX sues Apple over speaker patent (via Engadget)

So, a former property of the creator of a fictional Evil Empire is suing an Evil Empire... love it!
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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone
« Last post by wraith808 on March 16, 2013, 09:45 AM »
Blogger's been sort of iffy on its feeds (serving things in batches sometimes, making it less than timely), so I wonder if that was the first step...
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Reader - Mini-Review
« Last post by wraith808 on March 16, 2013, 09:42 AM »
The interface looks cluttered, even worse than NewsBlur.
-Tuxman (March 16, 2013, 12:02 AM)

I think it's sort of like Onenote, where it has a variety of ways to break things (and the interface) apart, but you don't have to use all of them, i.e. the tabs at the top and sides and tags.  The extra toolbars are also of the tear away type.  So I think it's simpler than you're thinking.

Which interface?
-IainB (March 16, 2013, 01:25 AM)

I think he meant Omea Pro.  That's what my reply is based on :)
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Living Room / Re: NULL
« Last post by wraith808 on March 15, 2013, 06:24 PM »
Code: C# [Select]
  1. // Yes, I like The Neverending Story.
  2. public object SummonTheNothing()
  3. {
  4.    object theNothing = new StringBuilder();
  5.    (theNothing as StringBuilder).Append("I am here!");
  6.    return (theNothing as int?); // no you're not!
  7. }
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Reader - Mini-Review
« Last post by wraith808 on March 15, 2013, 03:41 PM »
I know all of this. Still, can't I miss it? Or must I take your attitude?
-J-Mac (March 15, 2013, 03:30 PM)

I wasn't trying to give attitude, just have a conversation.  :huh:
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Reader - Mini-Review
« Last post by wraith808 on March 15, 2013, 02:55 PM »
I guess it comes down to what's been said several times - if you're not paying, then you're the product, not the consumer.

Was Writely making money?  Not enough to support you and what you like over taking a payout.  In essence, you were their tester and their product.
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Living Room / Re: NULL
« Last post by wraith808 on March 15, 2013, 07:55 AM »
nowt
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Reader - Mini-Review
« Last post by wraith808 on March 15, 2013, 07:53 AM »
What's really a shame is that some of those "projects" were really excellent web apps that Google purchased and then killed off. So now we don’t have a Google version nor the original version.
-J-Mac (March 15, 2013, 12:34 AM)

Actually, in many cases we do.  For example, Writely is now basis for google docs editor.  Some cases they just killed them off, but in many cases they used that technology as the basis for another service (in many cases, just rebranded).
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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 08:18 PM »
Yet another choice: Omea
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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 04:26 PM »
I really don't want a dedicated app, truthfully- the smartphone view is good enough.  And I like the interface :)
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Living Room / The New Benefits of Kickstarter
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 04:25 PM »
An interesting take on the New Benefits of Kickstarter for creatives.  And this is the best part about crowdfunding to me, no matter how flawed- it takes the decisions out of the hands of big money, and puts it into the hands of the consumers, so that people that are more creative and have ideas can concentrate on that rather than convincing some people who lack that same drive and imagination to help.  There are flaws... but I definitely like it better than the alternative.
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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 04:17 PM »
Another self hosted one for consideration from ghacks is Selfoss, an open source solution with the source on github.
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Living Room / Re: SimCity - EA shows us all how to ruin a landmark game with DRM.
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 01:01 PM »
They’re peddlers and they’re meddlers
They buy and they sell
They destroyed your SimCity
They’ll destroy you as well
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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 12:52 PM »
I think I'm going with http://tt-rss.org/re...projects/tt-rss/wiki or http://www.feedafever.com/

Both are self hosted.
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Living Room / Re: /r/DonationCoder (Reddit)
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 12:44 PM »
Eh, I like it.  For different reasons than forums.  They serve different purposes. At least IMO.
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Reader - Mini-Review
« Last post by wraith808 on March 14, 2013, 07:09 AM »
I read about the Google Reader shutdown on ... Google Reader. Now what do I do!?
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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?
« Last post by wraith808 on March 13, 2013, 11:05 AM »
For me it's not enough to have a train scene or have the train be just another locked room gimmick. It has to be an integral element to the story. Von Ryan's Express for example. Or  The Great Train Robbery. In those, the train introduced unique elements that much of the plot depended on. 
-40hz (March 13, 2013, 11:01 AM)

Not sure if the Hunted's scene will satisfy you in that regard, then.  True, it's not a locked room gimmick- it's a flowing scene in a Japanese Bullet Train.  You have to see it... it doesn't really lend itself to words.
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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?
« Last post by wraith808 on March 13, 2013, 11:02 AM »
I saw a Jean-Claude Van Damme flick - or maybe it was Stephen Segal - same stuff, different name ---- it was on a train. Pretty bad movie. Good for 14 year old boys though.
-Renegade (March 13, 2013, 09:49 AM)

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - Steven Seagal.  It was pretty much a retread of the first one, which was good, but unlike Bruce Willis' ability to take Die Hard to different territories, this was a failure.  Not bad to me, just not good, and with a sense of deja vu thrown in for good measure.

Good Steven Seagal movies: Under Siege, Above the Law, Hard to Kill.  Bad ones... just about everything else.  Though  will say that he seems to have become more in touch with nature, and has done a couple of ones that benefit causes.  They're just too preachy though, as most of those types are.
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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?
« Last post by wraith808 on March 13, 2013, 09:47 AM »
Switching gears for a second, does anybody find movies that take place in subways or on trains (or in train stations) particularly enjoyable like I do?
-40hz (March 13, 2013, 01:04 AM)

Check out that movie The Hunted with Christopher Lambert and John Lone.  They have a train scene that might cure you of that...  It's a good movie.  But that train scene was really intense...
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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?
« Last post by wraith808 on March 12, 2013, 04:43 PM »
Really, what's not to like about Zardoz?
-mwb1100 (March 12, 2013, 04:09 PM)

Everything?  ;D
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Living Room / Re: Google Glasses BANNED!
« Last post by wraith808 on March 12, 2013, 04:42 PM »
:tellme: :tellme: :tellme:beep-beep-beep***basement alert***beep-beep-beep :tellme: :tellme: :tellme:
-40hz (March 12, 2013, 04:37 PM)

I think I pushed the wrong button...  ;D
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Living Room / Re: Linked In... too linked in?
« Last post by wraith808 on March 12, 2013, 02:20 PM »
Another, is that someone else may have given them access to their contact list, and you may be on it.

Initially, that person would be given the opportunity to add or invite you, first, but if they don't, you might be offered the opportunity, later on, to add them. The fact that there is a relationship between the 2 of you, has already been established through their email contact list, and the site now knows this.
-app103 (March 12, 2013, 11:43 AM)

Thanks!  I never thought of it that way... and yes, it's pretty underhanded.

And that's about as good as it gets if you're going to participate at all. I have the smallest web profile and presence (by design) of anybody I know. And even then, I wind up in things without my knowledge or consent.
-40hz (March 12, 2013, 02:15 PM)

Yeah, I know you're right.  But it's still pretty jarring.  Unfortunately, there are legitimate things that I want to do in my private life that require my real name, and that's where the cracks start to show.

*sigh*
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