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TeHCrAzYon Standalone sandboxed IE6, IE7, IE8 executables (Recovered after a takedown)

IETester also seems to use the OS's installed version of IE's script engine, and not the target browsers engine.

It's always irritated me that ForEach isn't available on IEnumerable<T>

Not sure if you were being a smart ass, but it would be much more readable without any of the comments, and simply with the new lines.

TeHCrAzYon Why you don't have any Gingerbread

http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010111.html

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebThe_NPD_Group/Android_sma...

TeHCrAzYon Counterfeit Game Sold on Apple's App Store

The title on the post is "Counterfeit Lugaru on Apple's App Store", which is slightly less inflammatory, and much more correct.

TeHCrAzYon What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft

I wasn't aware that fair use was superseded in any way by the DMCA. Cant you explain how that works?

TeHCrAzYon JQuery 1.5 Released

I don't see why its relevant how fast it can render templates: Wouldn't anything more than once or twice a second be sufficient for general needs?

Edit: I also want to point out that the linked page above is user editable, and allows remotely hosted javascript (by design). Beware :/

TeHCrAzYon Poll: Where do you work?

I fall into that category: I work for a medium size company earning a fairly high wage, and simply enjoy the huge amount of knowledge that can be gained from here.

TeHCrAzYon Java finally getting closures, method handles and traits in JDK 8

Do you really rewrite working and tested code just to use new or more convenient features of the language? I don't see that being a good option, nor one that most developers would take.

TeHCrAzYon Smyface.com - the status emoticon is back, updated, and fun

Annoying to have to dig the link out of the twitter section.

TeHCrAzYon I Can Crack Your App With Just A Shell (And How To Stop Me)

I was under the impression that hashes were there to protect against download/disk errors, or generic viruses/trojans etc.

TeHCrAzYon GET vs POST in terms of security

Because links are links, and you are setting the wrong expectation by changing state via one.

TeHCrAzYon I got a bad review from TechCrunch, lessons learned

You are relying a great deal on paypal approving you. I hope you have a backup plan.

TeHCrAzYon Silly Rabbits: Google is for Spam not for Search

I doubt they are failing at spam, at least not in the common sense. My gmail account received 1000's of spam emails a week, and it's a rare for one to pass the filter, and even rarer for a genuine email to not.

It most likely a much simpler explanation: web results with content explicitly generated for a specific target search string is simply getting closer and closer to being actual genuine content, and thus harder and harder to differentiate and filter.

TeHCrAzYon Microsoft is Dead

From a package viewpoint, generally you can use the same .net dll built on windows in mono and vice versa.

There are some considerations to make when writing code for both platforms, just to ensure you won't use features not yet implemented in mono.

TeHCrAzYon Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fall

I've only noticed this past the new year. Perhaps some of the "learnt" filtering has an expiry of some sort?

TeHCrAzYon Technical job post tips for the desperate

They never said the ping pong balls had to stay as ping pong balls.

I'd be thinking about filling the tires with liquid ping pong balls too, but maybe I'd be missing the spirit of the question...

TeHCrAzYon Quantifying The Value Of A College Degree (By Major)

We are also very lucky here that we don't take out student loans, and make repayments (we get HECS[1], and the repayments are automatic, like tax, once you cross a certain income threshold), so I'm guessing there wouldn't be a large enough number of people interested to make Australian centric data profitable.

[1] http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/Quickfind/PayingForYourStu...

TeHCrAzYon Windows 8 to support ARM, System on a chip, architectures

Would the opposite be easier? It might make sense to offer comparability for Windows|ARM executables on Windows|x86, so if you want to hit both platforms, you'd be doing it in ARM.

I can see ARM being great for corporate desktops: .net LOB apps work, IE will work, Office will work etc.

TeHCrAzYon How secure is my password?

Well, somewhat less time, now that you have entered it into a random page on the internet :)

TeHCrAzYon Yesterday I had this crazy idea: People pay me $15, I make them a web design

Just use a slice service like http://codingheads.com/. Then, if you like a design, total cost is $170, and if you don't, you're only down $15 instead.

TeHCrAzYon Zediva Streams Movies From Physical DVD Players, Argues It’s Legal

It's also more difficult, and drastically more expensive than BitTorrent.

TeHCrAzYon Facebook Tries To Silence Lamebook: Removes Its Page, Blocks Links And Likes

They have turned over the company to business people and lawyers.

TeHCrAzYon Ask HN/PG : Why are comments ordered like this?

I want to point out that I have never looked at arc the language before, and yet the snippet above is very easy to quickly understand.

TeHCrAzYon Reddit’s Astonishing Altruism

I can't believe that a place of religious worship is created with the prime motivation to spread goodwill. It's purely to extend and expand or fortify their religion.

Edit: To clarify my point further: If the aim was to spread goodwill, it would be more efficient to open a center directly focused on such.

TeHCrAzYon Microsoft ask for Internet Explorer to be removed from Spoon Browser Sandbox

I think there is a caveat with IETester: It seems to use the currently installed IE's javascript engine not matter what rendering engine it uses, so testing mileage may vary.

TeHCrAzYon Microsoft ask for Internet Explorer to be removed from Spoon Browser Sandbox

Or perhaps you are attributing company culture to an under educated call center worker?

TeHCrAzYon Reddit’s Astonishing Altruism

I'm pretty sure churches are not founded to spread goodwill in a community.

TeHCrAzYon Rejected by YC? Get your product ready & apply to present at SuperConf

Start eating a whole lot more ramen :)

Seriously, if you can't see the utility of getting 17k in your pocket, you're probably not the target of the conference?

TeHCrAzYon Ask HN: Experience with pen names or aliases?

It's an aside, but I hope they were paying you a huge amount of money to restrict your activities so severely, for such a long time.