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by ajg1977 16y ago
Gmail's threading and search are awesome, but it's hardly like email clients are "broken" without them.
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by ajg1977 16y ago
So when everyone was expecting them to compete with Gmail, they've gone and imitated... Goggle Wave?
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Indeed, and Apple are masters of the "hint, announce, release" process. With the right timing, and a rabid fanbase, the same product can easily dominate the news three times in a year.
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Since they've just released a new client, and people always eagerly scan the plist's looking for nuggets of information, I think it's safe to assume that it won't be anything client related (sorry, no WiFi syncing or cloud storage). So it's
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I wonder how much of their funding they spent on the domain name. I kind of like the idea, and the world is becoming ripe for a simpler Facebook, but christ - I can only imagine the difficult conversations about why I didn't reciprocate whe
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by ajg1977 16y ago
"The company will also announce that it has raised $800,000 in venture capital, the first step in moving along the path from building an app to running a profitable business." Funny, I would have thought the first step would be not to start
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Something about this bothers me a little. For me, at least 80% of the value of HN comes from the discussions in the comments. There are some incredibly smart people here with extremely diverse backgrounds. I've benefited greatly not only fr
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GPU Data Paging for Mobile Games(media.armadilloaerospace.com)
5 points by ajg1977 16y ago|0 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I will be really interested to see this, because as it stands Facebook's messaging interface is barely any better than 2001's Hotmail (you do get a pretty picture with address autocomplete though). Going from where they are now to anywhere
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Because, a) the 'best developers tend to love beating challenges so see it as a fun exercise to do one evening, and b) good developers want to work with good developers and seeing the screening process is a benefit. Good developers of a cer
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by ajg1977 16y ago
This article (and all the other web commentary) is silly. In any competent company employees are be valued not by their skills, but by the value they bring to the table. For all we know this guy is a proven contributor and $3.5m is a bargai
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Trivia: DXT compression (the texture compression used in virtually all modern games) uses a 5:6:5 format for end channels giving the green channel the extra bit of precision, for exactly this reason.
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Apple cancel iOS Airprinting via PC/Mac?(macstories.net)
2 points by ajg1977 16y ago|0 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
That's a real shame, I was thinking of building something on it too. I wish there was a way to get HN pages in simple JSON/XML.
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by ajg1977 16y ago
In the early days of the AppStore you could drop your price to $0, then switch to paid, and retain your ranking. Apple quickly quashed this, so perhaps these apps are looking to benefit from word of mouth, or to gain a number of reviews. As
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by ajg1977 16y ago
So two things - You're conflating a medium (the web) with an action (selling). An excess of crappy websites do not compete with a subscription to Dropbox for example, and there are not hundreds of Basecamp alternatives. A more accurate phra
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I would recommend you do two things: 1) Create one app to throw-away - something that's simple, useful to you, and which you are confident you can create. Don't worry about there being hundreds of similar apps. This is your Learner app. Get
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I don't know what to think about stories such as these to be honest. My inner entrepreneur says "Wow, great job guys! I wish you every success". My inner software developer winces, and fears, both professionally and personally, that the eve
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Pixar doesn't use Azure. Pixar demonstrated a proof of concept that involved using Azure instances as virtual processors for a cloud-based Renderman farm that MIGHT be attractive for CG shops that can't afford, or don't need, a fulltime ren
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by ajg1977 16y ago
It will get 'a web browser', but the experience will depend on the hardware and how it's been adapted to the larger screen. E.g - Is it just the stock Android browser scaled up? - Does it support tabs, how many? - HTML5 video? - How is the
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Only showing non-working mockups and a "look but don't touch" demo unit at the press event for a device that's supposed to ship on Nov 19th makes me highly suspicious. For this thing to succeed it needs a killer web browser, and I suspect i
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I've never understood why Digg required so many staff (~80) while competitors such as Reddit have < 10 people. Bringing their numbers down to a level more appropriate for their product (and revenue opportunity) can only be a good thing.
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I think you're over thinking things. Worry about it if/when it becomes an issue. And if it is already an issue, providing more details about the type and quantity of emails you are sending, and the blocking you are experiencing, will help y
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by ajg1977 16y ago
If you really do want to be a professional game programmer then I'd recommend biting the bullet and starting with C. It's a fundamental requirement for programmer at any game studio, and it's absolutely the closest interface you can get to
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Amazon to add "lending" feature to Kindle(amazon.com)
143 points by ajg1977 16y ago|85 comments
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Windows Phone simulated in Facebook(apps.facebook.com)
2 points by ajg1977 16y ago|0 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
When a computer running an older version of XP can't find any of its "favorite" wireless networks, it will automatically create an ad hoc network with the same name as the last one it connected to -- in this case, "Free Public WiFi." Other
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by ajg1977 16y ago
They say Windows Mobile 7 launch is premature. The documentation is not complete and many things are not at all described and have to be asked to a marketing person, who asks a tech guy, etc This is not unusual when working on a new or un
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Windows 98 was the first MSFT OS with native USB support Windows 95 OSR2 supported USB (and FAT32) and IIRC was released in 1997, before the iMac. Another popular historical tale about the iMac is how it did away with floppy drives - howe
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Difficulty of porting to WP7 has little to do with the lack of OpenGL ES, particularly for a game like Angry Birds which in terms of hardware dependence basically just renders sprites. Assuming similar hardware capabilities and a sensible a

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