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by Toshio 14y ago
Would Kara Swisher please openly admit she has a grudge against Yahoo? And I thought HN wouldn't promote such blatantly passive-aggressive articles to the front page. I thought this is a place for intelligent, well-reasoned debate. Oh well,
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by Toshio 14y ago
I just realized I physically can't read this post, the pink background hurts my brain. I'll try to find a browser add-on to mitigate that disaster.
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by Toshio 14y ago
I'm in the process of building software to detect fake positive sentiment related to tech products. There are a few comments in this section right here that are carefully worded but the software flagged them as fake anyway. It's the type of
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Windows 8 – Part 3: As seen through the eyes of a desktop user(blogs.gartner.com)
1 points by Toshio 14y ago|0 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
We certainly hope it will be powered by a Linux kernel.
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by Toshio 14y ago
It's an opinion piece. Why does everything have to be subject to a body of evidence like in a court of law?
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New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is no Sorkin hero(cringely.com)
1 points by Toshio 14y ago|0 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
No Linux means we're going "oh well" and going back to meetings.io and G. hangouts.
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by Toshio 14y ago
That is circular logic at its finest. eBay didn't cut any price by $50.
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by Toshio 14y ago
> "Non-subsidized price was 400 USD. Now it's 350 USD." Citation needed. AFAIK, the price-per-unit AT&T is paying to Nokia is a trade secret.
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Desperation forces Nokia to cut Lumia price in half(semiaccurate.com)
8 points by Toshio 14y ago|10 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
I keep reading the word "analysts", but how trustworthy are those analysts. How do we know they are neither in microsoft's nor in Apple's pockets? Those analysts certainly wouldn't disclose their affiliations because of NDAs. So I suggest h
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Agile is a process
1 points by Toshio 14y ago|1 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
Hey Nielsen, we don't care who's paying you, windowsphone will NEVER be the third ecosystem.
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by Toshio 14y ago
I think we all understand how selective memory works, but thanks for the reminder. Let me restate that the pro-microsoft trolls were the reason I left Digg in disgust .
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by Toshio 14y ago
> Really? Yes, REALLY My memory seems to function better than yours.
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by Toshio 14y ago
I also used to read Digg all the time, but over time it became a cesspool of pro-microsoft trolling, and I left in disgust. Imagine being attacked every time you expressed legitimate disappointment with vista. I expect we are going to witne
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How many Lumia phones were sold in the US?(asymco.com)
4 points by Toshio 14y ago|1 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
How about "You Suck At Photoshop", the Webby Award winning tutorial series by Donnie Hoyle. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD19BCF9D57320E03
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by Toshio 14y ago
The majority of people in windowsland can't upgrade to 10 because they're holding on for dear life to XP. 10 being a better browser than 6 isn't going to persuade those people to upgrade their OS. They'll just switch to Firefox and Chrome t
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by Toshio 14y ago
I thankfully haven't been required to touch the monstrosity in a long while, but the overwhelming consensus in my community of web professionals is that ie's javascript engine will never be on par with V8.
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Why Did Ballmer Throw Nokia Now Under the Bus?(communities-dominate.blogs.com)
22 points by Toshio 14y ago|22 comments
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PC Sales Are Flat-Lining(asymco.com)
4 points by Toshio 14y ago|1 comments
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Windows 8 is unlikely to benefit from enterprise market in short term(digitimes.com)
3 points by Toshio 14y ago|0 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
Stop blaming the main culprit for blocking technological progress over the last decade? I say those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Never forget IE6 nazism.
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by Toshio 14y ago
This one sounds like a bug report / feature request, how about turning it into one?
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by Toshio 14y ago
Have you given thought to issues with legal liability that your prospective startup would get themselves into should they take you on board?
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by Toshio 14y ago
>> [...] Microsoft directly helps startups by giving them free software through its BizSpark program [...] Seattle isn't ready to challenge Silicon Valley [...] I see the two as somehow related. Silicon Valley's strength comes from
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Microsoft Surface chassis suffers low yields(digitimes.com)
1 points by Toshio 14y ago|0 comments
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by Toshio 14y ago
To summarize, a dead-end OS's last best hope is stealing market share from another dead-end OS. Welcome to technologyland.

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