Zev

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541.
by Zev 16y ago
Huh. Didn't realize it was that much. I thought it was only equal to 1-1.5 cups of coffee/day. Thanks for doing the math!
542.
by Zev 16y ago
Not coffee, but, I had a similar experience with Coca Cola a few years back. I went from drinking 1.5-2L a day[1] to none[2]. Of course, I dropped caffeine and picked up sugar instead (turns out, its really cheap to grab a Brita filter and
543.
by Zev 16y ago
As long as its easy to hack up a script to parse the output of the discussion, what difference does it really make where the discussion happens?
544.
by Zev 16y ago
Flagged, mostly because I'm not quite sure what the point of this article was, after reading it twice. Is it supposed to be something other than a rant about a commercial?
545.
by Zev 16y ago
Ah. I (mistakenly, it seems) thought that VLC used the framework that Apple released awhile back for hardware accel as well. Whoops. Ouch, at -3 for that, though.
546.
by Zev 16y ago
VLC is already doing some of that (an area where Mac users can envy their Linux brothers a bit). You are aware that VLC does work on Mac, right?
547.
by Zev 16y ago
Merging is still a pain with git. Especially if you have to deal with xib or xcodeproj files (for iPhone/Mac dev). To the point where the usual process I see amounts to "don't touch this file -- I'm working with it (and don't want to lose
548.
by Zev 16y ago
As to apple. I've always wondered if the magic there will continue after Steve Jobs dies. Apple did just fine while Jobs was on medical leave for six months or so.
549.
by Zev 16y ago
...Check cashing via cell phone is pretty cool. FWIW, I can do this with Chase and an iPhone app that they offer. No API, but, I don't need one. Mint works fine with Yodlee.
550.
by Zev 16y ago
Between the Folds is one of my favorite documentaries. Its fun to watch. The people featured get incredibly into what they do and have a ton of energy. It reminds me of how I feel when I'm having a really good day and code just comes ou
551.
by Zev 16y ago
That makes perfect sense. And I would agree with that. But, a different UI paradigm doesn't necessarily mean rewriting the entire OS. But, I suppose that I'm nitpicking here.
552.
by Zev 16y ago
The sandboxing and codsigning stuff exists in Mac OS X as well. `man sandbox-exec` and `man codesign`. The latter is being pushed for use in Mac OS X by Apple as well; to provide easier keychain authentication for applications, for example.
553.
by Zev 16y ago
A dedicated OS written from the ground up for mobile devices and with a focused ecosystem. iOS and Mac OS X are both based on Darwin. The primary difference from a development POV is UIKit instead of AppKit -- UI stuff, not core, kernel s
554.
by Zev 16y ago
It just seems like it gets less love, because the iPod touch is updated 2-3 months after the iPhone is. Really, its just because the products were announced 2-3 months apart and thats how the release cycle works out.
555.
by Zev 16y ago
1. San Francisco, as a city, isn't that big. I don't think its worth focusing on having to be in one particular area of it, simply because everyone else is. You don't have to worry about traveling to/from the city until you're in Berkeley
556.
by Zev 16y ago
Making the .ipa should do the trick. You can test by renaming app.ipa to app.zip, unzipping it and looking in the .app bundle for embedded.mobileprovision. Also: you can see which UDIDs are valid for the profile (to make sure everyone who s
557.
by Zev 16y ago
In my defense, whenever I complain, its about the opposite ;) A class I signed up for three semesters ago was listed as "Theory of Programming Languages". Sounds like a great class, right? The syllabus said it would cover Common Lisp, Prolo
558.
by Zev 16y ago
So, thinking out loud here, is there a place for an academic hostel? A low-rent complex with dormitories... I'd say that cheap living, in exchange for lacking comforts (privacy, being able to cook your own meals, etc) is the sort of thing
559.
by Zev 16y ago
I use it on the muni/bart ride every day. Games, occasional video, reading a book or something saved on Instapaper. I think it suffices to say that it does what I wanted it to do when I bought one.
560.
by Zev 16y ago
And you're specifically allowed to use JavaScript since it comes with the system. Yes and no. In native applications, you can use JS, however its very limited; 10MB ram max, combined with 10s execution time before your code gets killed.
561.
by Zev 16y ago
There's a way to bundle your app with an embedded mobileprovision file, so that building a beta amounts to double clicking a file with an iTunes icon and hitting Sync. Makes adding an app feel like adding a song to their library and to thei
562.
by Zev 16y ago
Perhaps I missed something earlier on HN, but, what is this? The title says nothing and the page opens to a sign-up sheet without any description.
563.
by Zev 16y ago
Getting 700,000 users in one weekend is nothing to be ashamed of. And quite likely enough to pull the gap much closer, or reverse it to put the iPhone back at top.
564.
by Zev 16y ago
..maybe some car buff will realise that that model car wasn't out yet when the movie supposedly played.. This is pretty much the same scenario. The author even says as much in the article: Noticing little slips like this in movies can ha
565.
by Zev 16y ago
Tickets don't start at $0, and the average will never be $0.
566.
by Zev 16y ago
Maybe its because I've contributed to Mobile Colloquy (Rooms' competition), but, I can't bring myself to be pissed off here. The guy actively ignored his app for periods at a time. That his certs expired at some point isn't surprising. And
567.
by Zev 16y ago
Why not create the servers necessary to do that; to allow off-line IRC, and deliver via push? There are folks already using a similar scheme - bouncers - to do that with existing IRC clients and servers, after all. Package that and sell it
568.
by Zev 16y ago
As long as you don't need 3D acceleration, they are the best choice. That is a pretty big thing to be missing.
569.
by Zev 16y ago
Check out Alice ( http://www.alice.org ) or Kodu ( http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/ ). They're both very visually-oriented languages; great to teach the basics of coding, without having to introduce someone to technical te
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by Zev 16y ago
And that it caters to a specific niche.. and ..but I meant this more in terms of taking YC.. go against one another.

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