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by alex_c 16y ago
>so close to getting ready to take the plunge, get off my ass, and start How close is that again? :p
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by alex_c 16y ago
It's the teeth, I think... I can't trust anything that's showing so many teeth at once... :p
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by alex_c 16y ago
It's easy to feel down when reading the news, but then something like this comes along and... the future's going to be so cool! :) I don't care if it even only works 20% of the time right now. The rest is elbow grease and faster hardware -
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by alex_c 16y ago
3-4 years ago MacBooks were already very popular among developers in the Valley, before the iPhone was a factor. Part of it is being fashionable, I'm sure, but part of it is the whole Unix thing without the headache of Linux, and part of i
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by alex_c 16y ago
The other predictors may not feel fair, but they're much more difficult to abuse or misuse than this scheme. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who uses this app should probably have their insurance raised much more than any individual drivers
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Kinect sex has arrived(news.cnet.com)
5 points by alex_c 16y ago|2 comments
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by alex_c 16y ago
It was an entertaining episode, but I can guarantee you can get that reaction in pretty much any country if you try hard enough (in many countries you'll likely end up in a far worse situation).
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Database shows how bees see world in UV(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by alex_c 16y ago|0 comments
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by alex_c 16y ago
Personally, I find it refreshing to read a blog post that isn't - either directly or indirectly - about how amazing the author is. Programming blogging has a strong culture of focusing on the newest, shiniest, and cleverest; the only negati
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by alex_c 16y ago
>Changing that equation such that average battery life is on the scale of weeks instead of a day or hours is quite significant, enabling people to use smartphones in new ways they would not have before. At which point battery life will
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by alex_c 16y ago
That can be debated, but from the perspective of the decision makers at Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal - who would presumably be the ones saying "we don't negotiate with terrorists" - the terrorist is obviously Anonymous.
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by alex_c 16y ago
I agree that definitions are important, but most people's definitions of terrorism involve something going boom. I'm not as interested in coming up with my own definition as I am in using the terms and definitions that are least likely to
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by alex_c 16y ago
I never thought I'd be having this discussion on HN, but by that definition Fox News (and to a lesser extent other networks and/or "commentators") would qualify as a terrorist organization. As much as I dislike Fox News, actually extending
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by alex_c 16y ago
I am surprised you stuck around, to be honest. I'm not sure I would have, and I'm sure many don't. Could be argued that's the point, but it doesn't feel quite right.
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by alex_c 16y ago
I found that matches my experience fairly well. I haven't found Apple's documentation to be significantly worse than Android. Parts of the documentation are sparse at best (the Cocoa layer is great, lower-level stuff less so), but overall
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by alex_c 16y ago
I'm satisfied that we at least understand each other's points - it's gratifying to have an Internet discussion where the two parties aren't simply talking past each other. I am not arguing that option 3 will magically solve everything - it'
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by alex_c 16y ago
>But if you're saying that you have become the arbiter of what causes harm or not, you are taking on yourself something that you have no right to do, whether you're alex or some WL guy. >Does that make sense? More than you may think
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by alex_c 16y ago
Daniel, I respect your opinions, and I certainly respect the strength of your conviction about WikiLeaks. Most people seem to be taking a white-or-black stance on this, but I'm stuck somewhere in the gray. Regarding the leaked cables (at l
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by alex_c 16y ago
I can't quite articulate why, but it bothers me that passing a new law was necessary for this.
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by alex_c 16y ago
I'm a very casual Twitter user, but I have a question for the power users who are following thousands of people (Vincent, for example, is following close to 5,000 people). Is that level of information even remotely manageable? How much of
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by alex_c 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer
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by alex_c 16y ago
Interesting. I stick with default backgrounds (white, usually) but I tend to turn my screen brightness way way down when I'm working... which ends up looking indistinguishable from your screenshot.
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by alex_c 16y ago
Because it's... hacker... news...? :-/ This is what the flag button is for, IMO.
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by alex_c 16y ago
There's a difference between creating and putting out fires, though. I enjoy creating, but I can also set it aside long enough to spend some time with someone. I DON'T enjoy putting out fires, but it is usually a necessary evil towards a
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by alex_c 16y ago
But that's exactly the point of patents. If there's evil here, it's because of using offensively a patent that should not have been granted, not because other platforms are also involved.
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by alex_c 16y ago
What you call the "daft laddie" approach would be how I would handle it, rather than piling on enough sugar to give everyone in the room a toothache. "What are the budget and staffing constraints for this project?" I KNOW the project is do
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by alex_c 16y ago
I don't want to defend RIM, because I don't know anything about the lawsuit (other than it's likely to be a software patent for something relatively obvious). But I don't see this as significantly more evil than "just removing them from the
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by alex_c 16y ago
Why not wait until you learn a few more details than a vague "RIM sues Kik for something" post before you decide to boycott a company?
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by alex_c 16y ago
If an idea seems obvious, and people keep failing at making that obvious idea work, then you better have a damn clear idea of why all those other people failed and what you'll do differently to succeed. That's usually the non-obvious part
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by alex_c 16y ago
Life is very, very short. Given the choice between not building anything at all and building a "Craigslist killer" that no one will use, I absolutely agree - go for it! Given the choice between building a cliche project and something a bit

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