I will continue to use, "P, as in pterodactyl."

True, but using both lanes all the way to the merge will in no way magically fully alleviate all traffic ever, like these models always show.

I don't have much by way of side projects, but that is because after 9 hours in the office writing code, and then another 3-4 hours at home working on a freelance project, I'm done writing code for the day. Doesn't make me a lesser programmer, just means that my code is currently owned by either my current employer or…

I'd also like to add that I feel like no matter how you merge, if you have W cars driving on X road in a time period of Y minutes, the total time to complete the drive will be Z minutes.

Sorry, but I can make an animated GIF that shows that keeping tightly together is faster. Until it is proven in the wild I consider this no more than a "theory." And yes, I want an experiment done with more cars than that road can handle at a given time trying both methods, and see which one takes longer to get the…

I made a small music box three Christmases ago, played four songs and flashed lights to the beat. Not the most impressive thing ever, but it was my first jump into hardware development. I've had a few ideas for projects since then, but not the time to complete them.

My dad an I build a 2-car carport, which was intended to be enclosed into a full garage in the next summer. Fully shingled wood roof and everything. We finished it, feeling pretty good about ourselves and what we accomplished. A few months passed and the weathermen were forecasting a big storm in the mid-atlantic.…

I'm with you. My wife and I spend about $250 a month on food, and that includes weekly trips to our favorite restaurant/bar, if we cut those out we could spend closer to $125-$150. But...their burgers are so good, and they have 60+ different kinds of rum!

Even if you could install new apps on your old phone, you'd be screwed because half of the iOS7+ apps would crash since you are missing required frameworks.

So...a blurry player can't play a DVD...since when?

Which is exactly what the store wants when a gift card is purchased. A $50 gift card really means $60+ in revenue for them.

I detail semi-professionally and won't use anything other than Prima products. They are top notch, without breaking the budget.

Because "better" platforms are better for at home use. I can't take my PS4 with me on the road, or to work, or to my in-laws. But, I can take a vita along for the ride, day, or visit respectively. So in this case, the Vita would be considered the "better" platform. Different needs have different solutions. I often…

Does it matter if the games are available on other systems? Does that invalidate that the game exists? If so, then I'm sure that EA is royally effed since their games are available on every platform, therefore, none of their games count.

Many kitchen scales have a capacity limit for a reason. They use cheap sensors that are only accurate at a specific range. Most between 500g and about 3000g, sure, it can work past 3000g, but you are also likely to not get a very accurate reading at that point. You'll be better off simply measuring to the max, putting…

I always back in, because I can't see well out of the back of my car (convertible). I'd rather not be able to see the stationary cars as I back in, then hope there aren't any moving cars (or pedestrians) that I can't see when I back out.

"and is what's usually used on keyboards designed for Apple products". Fixed it for you. Command is taken from OS X, not something randomly brought about for iOS.

You don't need to unlock the screen to sync an iPhone.

Uhh, what do you define as "real work"? I will be working from home in Maryland full-time starting in a couple of weeks as a web developer for a New York based company. Does web development not count as "real work", because if not, it's pretty impressive what fake work as done to change the world over the past 20…

Jim, I am a PHP developer looking to expand into freelancing. Shoot me an email if you'd like to discuss. j.curcio <at> me <dot> com