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New Google Go Release(groups.google.com)
51 points by amackera 16y ago|11 comments
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by amackera 16y ago
I'm confused, are you implying that Google does not design their various products?
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by amackera 16y ago
But they had a screenshot! </sarcasm>
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by amackera 16y ago
Except for a few edge cases this is the best way to make money on the App Store that I'm aware of (contracting to other companies).
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by amackera 16y ago
This is unrelated, but something that always struck me as odd about people who fear the singularity due to an impending machine attack: What's so bad about that? Maybe machines are a natural evolution of our culture. They are created by us,
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by amackera 16y ago
Perhaps programming doesn't resemble your perception of the maths you've been exposed to, but honestly all of maths is grouping together actions in a logical way. Programming is very much a certain kind of mathematics (though if it helps to
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by amackera 16y ago
I lol'd @ 'PI': 3.2
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by amackera 16y ago
Did all the financial institutions in the States get together to come up with the most ridiculous sounding names?
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by amackera 16y ago
The Tao of Backup: http://www.taobackup.com/
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by amackera 16y ago
I'd love a link to your work, if you don't mind!
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by amackera 16y ago
Linked in the article is a metafilter post which I found very interesting: http://www.metafilter.com/98385/Board-diversity-by-the-basic...
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by amackera 16y ago
Do you know of any resources where I could learn about Skype's network structure? I'm very interested in distributed systems, especially ones with the scope of Skype's network.
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by amackera 16y ago
I find that regulating my free time with something like the pomodoro technique to be very helpful. When I'm in a pomodoro, I am in my own world of code, but when the buzzer rings I make coffee, read a book, or take a walk. Just having the s
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Avoiding Burnout in a Software Startup(tophatmonocle.com)
63 points by amackera 16y ago|12 comments
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by amackera 16y ago
When I was in first year I went through my father's old university physics textbook and compared it to mine (we both studied engineering). His was a quarter of the physical area of mine, but covered essentially all the same topics. The writ
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by amackera 16y ago
Well, in Canada at least, there's pretty immovable legislation preventing them from rolling it out.
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by amackera 16y ago
In my opinion the driving model of Forza is not nearly at the level of GT5. Methinks this is highly subjective though.
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by amackera 16y ago
Everyone knows the best language is Modula-2...
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Interpol call for arrest of Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) for alleged sex crimes(nytimes.com)
1 points by amackera 16y ago|0 comments
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Screwed up incentives in higher education(tophatmonocle.com)
51 points by amackera 16y ago|60 comments
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by amackera 16y ago
Reminded me of pg's "How Not to Die" http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html
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by amackera 16y ago
What additional security does relocating the admin login buy?
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by amackera 16y ago
Seconded. This also gives you a good model to emulate for class structure/app design.
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by amackera 16y ago
In my mind, Electrical Engineering is closer to hardware engineering. I went through Comp Eng, and did many a hardware design internship, but I am quite a low-level fellow. Many of my colleagues were EE, not CE.
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by amackera 16y ago
I understand your argument, and it makes sense; however, I disagree. The user clicks the image in order to see it full-size. The lightbox overlays the page that the user is on . The user is not conscious that they are navigating to a new p
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by amackera 16y ago
Steps to reproduce broken button: 1) Open the demo page 2) Click image 3) Click 'X' in top left of image 4) Click different image 5) Click the 'X' in the top left of image 6) Click browser's 'back' button 7) Observe how you'
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by amackera 16y ago
It's a little remarkable that a virtually-real auction house (WoW AH) has better auxiliary tools than a real(ish) auction house (eBay). If only I could hover my mouse over items around my house to discover what they are worth on eBay!
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by amackera 16y ago
Wouldn't the situation be avoided (mostly) if they had just paid him the additional money after he contacted them?
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by amackera 16y ago
Don't worry fellas, I think it's just a trial to see if it makes the quality of comments/submissions any better. Just keep on using the HN like you normally do, write insightful comments, provide utility for your fellow hackers.
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by amackera 16y ago
I guess it comes down to what you mean by "quality", but Canada has pretty good health care provided by the government (we call it "universal" here, but I suppose we should precise our definitions).

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