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It *is* a known bug: Bug 215055 Native widgets only support 16-bit coordinate space. The solution is to remove the use of them, which requires roc's Compositor, which is a massive code overhaul. The scope of the changes required for the Compositor mak… more »

Some years ago, I wrote an article which essentially tried to explain to new users that Linux was different from Windows, that this was intentional, and that they should be prepared to be novices again when starting out with it, no matter how good a comp… more »

Another of those "So I won't forget" posts. When you want to replace a website with a completely new version, the best thing to do is to take down the whole site and put up a holding page - a simple page that tells people updates are happening and ask… more »

Playing around with PHP as much as I am lately, the biggest annoyance is that if you try to load a PHP page that has, say, one curly-bracket too many in it, the script doesn't get so far and stop: It just presents you with a blank page, so you get no poi… more »

When I first came out to LA a couple months ago, there were posters on some of the bus stop seats saying "For humans only", which I found odd. Even for America ;o) It was an ad for District 9, of course. And I have to say, it was one of the more intel… more »