EnderMB

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by EnderMB 16y ago
As most of your comments focus on the same subjects I'll address them with one reply. When I work I simply tally up the time it will take me to do things, add a bit more time for delays, some small scope creep and a bit extra for time to po
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by EnderMB 16y ago
> A Mechanic does not fix you car based on a total cost, they charge a hourly labor rate + parts. A lawyer bills for his services by the hour. Both will provide a best guess at what they think it will take, but if you add some work or t
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by EnderMB 16y ago
Sadly, I think you're right, although all of the MLS online video content that already exists is available to me, so I typically get my fix from there or from Reddit.
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The issue with these kind of statements is that leagues are judged on the ability of their top teams. La Liga, for example, sports the likes of Barcelona, Valencia, Real Madrid, Athletico Madrid and co, but also contains a large number of s
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by EnderMB 16y ago
As a football (soccer) fan from the UK it surprises me that MLS hasn't jumped down Google's throats looking for a similar online solution for fans. It's a fantastic league that most Americans don't appreciate because it's perceived to be of
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by EnderMB 16y ago
It took me three clicks, and a billion intrusive ads, but here's the page where the information originated from. http://www.andriasang.com/e/topics/2011/02/23/flying_get/
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by EnderMB 16y ago
For this kind of work I wouldn't recommend charging an hourly rate, because when projects like this overrun (and if it's HTML5/JavaScript the chance of it happening is likely) the employer will feel cheated if paying for longer than they ex
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by EnderMB 16y ago
To my knowledge most developers aren't exactly earning a mint from either platform. There are success stories on each platform, although as the iPhone at one time had more users it seemed only logical to go for that market. Android is now a
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by EnderMB 16y ago
> Winmo has been a complete failure so far. I don't expect WP7 to immediately take the market by storm. If anything, Microsoft showed what they do with the Zune; they don't care for market dominance, just a share of that market will do
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by EnderMB 16y ago
Absolutely. In a way the most shocking aspect of all this is that Google hasn't jumped at the opportunity to bring established app developers over to their platform. If Google continues to wait around and not refine their tools I can see Mi
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by EnderMB 16y ago
As bad as this sounds, I think that those who wish to get in bed with Apple deserve what they get. There are plenty of other platforms that can make money, and after my post on the lack HN thread regarding why people don't move over to Andr
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by EnderMB 16y ago
Really? A few work clients of mine have recently moved towards developing apps for Android (funnily, after having their academia app rejected multiple times by Apple) and from what I've heard it is far easier to train people to write Androi
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by EnderMB 16y ago
This may be a stupid comment to make, but one I feel should be added to the conversation. Why are people so willing to develop for Apple when Android is now the larger platform, and has a far easier barrier to entry?
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by EnderMB 16y ago
It's hard to deny his influence when I was able to picture the same woman almost perfectly.
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by EnderMB 16y ago
If I'm perfectly honest, the reason I haven't applied to companies like Google is because their process scares me. I studied at a modest university and achieved a good degree, but the kind of horror stories I hear make me firmly believe tha
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by EnderMB 16y ago
I go to Starbucks at least twice a week, and I've yet to see one there. The only places I've seen them is at a graduation party and a few days ago at Wagamama (asian restaurant). In contrast I see a Kindle nearly every single day on the bus
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by EnderMB 16y ago
For the vast majority of those uses I would say that an iPad is overkill, although in a warehouse where a friend of mind works they use Android phones for inventory tracking. Don't get me wrong, I think that given time tablet computers will
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by EnderMB 16y ago
Bristol, although I do travel to Birmingham and Manchester quite a bit. I've not seen a single iPad in any of those places (except at the Apple Stores). I think the iPad was always going to struggle because when compared to the iPhone it is
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by EnderMB 16y ago
> The iPad has replaced a laptop or desktop for all casual browsing (I typed this comment on mine) and a lot of media consumption. It's great for technical books. And I play games on it. I live in a large city in the UK, and throughout
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by EnderMB 16y ago
This reminds me of a recent Charlie Brooker article in The Guardian regarding the Kindle and eBooks. His articles are always worth a read, and his comments on the Kindle being a "safe" way to read a book in front others definitely hit home
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by EnderMB 16y ago
I had always contemplated the idea of asking questions that already appear on EE on Stack Overflow, simply so that their answers can be expanded upon and eventually overtake EE's results on Google.
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by EnderMB 16y ago
I'd be interested in seeing these studies, as all I have to go on is personal experience and experience with the GAOSP, MustyMod and the popular custom builds on Android forums. So, you buy a new Android phone, try to download the Twitter a
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by EnderMB 16y ago
People don't care about different drivers, but they care when they want to download the Twitter app, only to realise that their new phone is on 1.6 and that they require 2.1, and Samsung will not upgrade their phone. A lot of open-source pr
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by EnderMB 16y ago
One of the big problems with Android at the moment is phone manufacturers not playing ball with its customers. Samsung have repeatedly neglected their phones in favour of releasing more new Android phones. At the moment, HTC is probably the
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by EnderMB 16y ago
The biggest argument for mobile apps tends to be their ability to interact with the phone. For example, my Gmail app will tell me in my notification bar that I have a new email, and Tweetdeck will tell me when someone replies to one of my t
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by EnderMB 16y ago
As an owner of an original Samsung Galaxy (i7500) I can safely say that I'm not surprised. Samsung's approach to Android has been to quickly release poor-quality phones with broken firmware and little thought in regard to the actual user-ex
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Ever since Samsung released the original Galaxy i7500 they have had a terrible reputation from those who have had to live with their purchases. Samsung have shown that they are in the business of selling hardware, and that has been shown th
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I would be sold on the Kindle if I could read technical books easily. Over the past few years I have built quiet a collection of (legal) books in PDF format, only for them to be unreadable on my Kindle and impossible to convert to another f
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by EnderMB 16y ago
An old professor of mine used to go on huge country walks for a lot of the day. He is one of the top figures in his field of AI and attributes most of his success to being able to just walk out of the campus and into a huge field. He is at
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by EnderMB 16y ago
While Calibre is a brilliant application for basic document management and conversion it should be mentioned that it is highly unlikely that it will convert a PDF eBook perfectly. I've got a bunch of free CS books I've collected over the ye

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