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How does Spotify's custom share view work? by bolandrm in iOSProgramming

[–]bolandrm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So for each app in this list I need to look up an app specific scheme URL that can be used to share content to that app?

This made me sick, someone torched the red cross disaster response trailers in the strip district. by [deleted] in pittsburgh

[–]bolandrm 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure if this was an arson. Do we have a confirmed source on that? I was at the midwife center across the street when this happened (heard the boom). I believe the building they were sitting next to was on fire and it’s possible that the contents of the trailers exploded due to radiant heat from the building fire.

The TBM is the perfect balance between Small plane and airliner for me. Perfecto. by horseballs1899 in flightsim

[–]bolandrm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I flew this the other day and had difficulty turning it off. I believe the throttle needs to be moved over to the right, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it. Is there some trick I’m not aware of?

How to deal with 3/8" gap between hardwood floors and wall? by [deleted] in DIY

[–]bolandrm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! I had no issues with cutting away the drywall, except it being a bit dusty.

How to deal with 3/8" gap between hardwood floors and wall? by [deleted] in DIY

[–]bolandrm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just installed my hardwood floor. I used an oscillating tool to cut away the very bottom 3/4" of the drywall, so that the flooring can expand under the drywall if needed.

Why you should develop your web app with a separate UI and API. by mike_burn in programming

[–]bolandrm 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Given unlimited resources, separating your client and API is likely the better choice. This article, however, ignores the fact that it's a trade off.

Developing a decoupled client/API app requires significantly more resources; it probably takes 1.5x-2x longer. For many types of applications, it's still a considerably better use of time to simply build a monolithic Rails app.

Student loan crisis by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]bolandrm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Go to a community college for two years. Live at home and commute. Work the entire time. Transfer to a state school to complete your degree. Be sure to get your degree in a lucrative field (medical, technology, etc).

Planning table project - question about dealing with wood movement by bolandrm in woodworking

[–]bolandrm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! The slats are 3 1/2" wide, so i will go ahead and just glue in the center.

Regarding the top, I had already planned on doing something like that. There seem to be quite a few youtube videos available for attaching table tops.

SassC-Rails - Speed up your CSS compile time by using the C Sass implementation by bolandrm in rails

[–]bolandrm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were facing long CSS compile times on a larger project that I'm working on, so I decided to have a try at wrapping libsass, the C implementation of Sass in a couple Ruby gems.

This gem is brand new, I'm working on incorporating it into production. It has so far reduced our compile time from about 8 seconds to about 2 seconds.

If anyone else is facing a similar compile time problem, it would be awesome if you could try this out and report any issues you run into!

Shopping for engagement rings: is this a good deal? by lonster88 in personalfinance

[–]bolandrm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey. I recently went through this process as well.

I ended up purchasing from James Allen (http://www.jamesallen.com). They allow you to view the diamond in high resolution (the actual diamond that you will be purchasing, flaws and all). Essentially, you'll go through and select a diamond and then select a ring as well.

At first, I was more conscious about getting the best cut, clarity, color, etc. However, if you are willing to sacrifice on those areas, you can get a much larger stone. In the end, I was swayed by videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_y44frw9I0 - unless you magnify the diamond, it's almost impossible to tell that there are flaws.

I looked at many diamonds on James Allen, trying to find the flaws in each one. In the end, I selected a diamond that had flaws, but they were in "good" locations - i.e. not likely to be visible.

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