Comment Options three and six overlap (Score 2) 437
Isn't
Will get fruit, religious pamphlets or other non-candy
essentially the same as
Will probably egg or otherwise vandalize my house.
Comment Validation? (Score 1) 90
Now do the validation suite for it. That's really the hard part.
Comment Re:Good wording. (Score 1) 225
For you fix that there did.
Comment The most effective the you can do to be anonymous (Score 1) 323
Pay in cash whenever practical. It's amazing how many databases this will keep you out of.
Comment Oh dear (Score 1) 228
Two girls / one squirrel, anyone?
Comment Donated to entertainment. (Score 2, Funny) 793
When I die I want my body to be donated to entertainment.
Seriously, I want to play Yorick.
Comment Two things that help me (Score 1) 601
Remove the browser icon from your desktop - make sure you can't just do a quick twitch to your favorite distraction.
Play loud, repetitive music through wired headphones. This cuts distractions, gives you something to do during compiles, and tethers you to your desk all at once. I'm partial to Philip Glass and VNV Nation.
Telling Fact From Fantasy In the World of Apple Rumors 91
Harry writes "In recent years, fact-based reporting about Apple and its products has been almost completely overwhelmed by gossip, predictions, and speculation — an amazing percentage of which is embarrassingly wrong. I've put together a guide to figuring out which scuttlebutt is almost certainly fiction, and which has a shot at jibing with reality."
Comment My own experience (Score 1) 763
I haven't found any research on it, but I have found two things that help me with eyestrain:
Set your monitor's color temperature low. I like it around 6000.
Set your background color to off-white. #FCFCF9 works well for me. A minor change here makes a very big difference.
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