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by andreyf 16y ago
I understood the point of the article, but I have trouble believing that Android manufacturers will be able to build something people will want to buy for $100 that Apple won't be willing to match.
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by andreyf 16y ago
I'll boil it down to one sentence: It's really hard to apply YAGNI and actually build an MVP. I never quite understood YAGNI, because it seems illogical to always take that stance. Sometimes, you're gunna need it. Say YAGNI to everything,
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by andreyf 16y ago
Just because the "programmer productivity" problem isn't one related to Computer Science doesn't mean society can't benefit from solving it... I find most people aren't all that interested in Computer Science, but rather in getting things
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by andreyf 16y ago
What I don't understand is why he just stands up and walks away. It seems impolite. Why not say, "I'm sorry, but I think that question is meant to manipulate your watchers, not inform them, so I won't be able to continue this interview". Or
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by andreyf 16y ago
Why is that so hard?
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by andreyf 16y ago
Aren't ISP's contractually obliged to stay somehow reasonably within the speeds they advertise?
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by andreyf 16y ago
That's silly. Many laws are meant to minimize people harming each other. For example, the point of laws that control whether a child may bring a dagger to school is for the safety of minors, who don't have the neurobiological facilities to
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by andreyf 16y ago
On some level it makes me feel better about handing over personal data when the company doesn't act asshole-ish. As well meaning as all of the employees at Google are, and as far as they'll go to do the right thing (far, in my experience)
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by andreyf 16y ago
Honestly, the way I think it'll play out, at least at first, is that now Hulu and YouTube and NetFlix will be able to guarantee the content owners that they can broadcast it uninterrupted by buffering problems (to the households that subscr
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by andreyf 16y ago
Also, http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/cause/#tnc
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by andreyf 16y ago
Arr, my mateys, the battle is ours!
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by andreyf 16y ago
Was it the original team that got acquired?
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Christmas Tree in 1k of JavaScript(js1k.com)
6 points by andreyf 16y ago|1 comments
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by andreyf 16y ago
That's all I meant. 8 type-able characters is pretty easy to break if you have a couple of grand to invest in GPU's.
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by andreyf 16y ago
I think the interaction between ideas is a little more intricate than that. For example, holding some ideas in high regard makes you more susceptible to other ideas and immune to others. The most infectious kind of idea is one transmitted t
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by andreyf 16y ago
"6ab$TRa?" has never been counting on the difficulty of hashing for security, and probably won't for some time. False.
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by andreyf 16y ago
What happens to all the Facebook connect accounts when Facebook goes bankrupt? Government bailout. Too big to fail.
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by andreyf 16y ago
Think of it as a self-organizing social p2p protocol. Do the right thing. If you feel it's ruining your life, you should probably go hang out with a different crowd.
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by andreyf 16y ago
Maybe google engineers figured out a way around the ad block I can't imagine Google engineers trying to get around AdBlock. That would be evil (and, ahem, trivial). :-P
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by andreyf 16y ago
I think what digitallogic is saying is that based on this heuristic, this article isn't worth reading or discussing.
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by andreyf 16y ago
Interesting, I never realized this connection: A NeXT Computer was used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN to develop the world's first web server software, CERN HTTPd, and also used to write the first web browser, WorldWideWeb. This workstation b
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by andreyf 16y ago
No, but a request time improvement from 150ms to 50ms could have a demonstrable impact on your bottom line.
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by andreyf 16y ago
There are very few places left unexplored by the human race on this planet. Actually, IIRC, most of our oceans are completely unexplored.
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by andreyf 16y ago
The product release landing page is here: http://www.google.com/nexus/ Quite a simple/beautiful HTML5 design, IMO.
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by andreyf 16y ago
I want to read more into the issue, but all I can think is that if they withdraw their consent, then we should leave immediately. When who withdraws their consent? The Pakistani people, or the (unelected) Pakistani military officials?
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by andreyf 16y ago
I think you just said the exact same thing as the person you were replying to, no?
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by andreyf 16y ago
Think about it: you hire someone to solve a problem. You pay them to figure it out and implement. Then they turn around and implement the same solution, which you paid them to think about, for someone else? That's perfectly fine, and happ
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by andreyf 16y ago
Gaaah, so many wasted vertical pixels! http://imgur.com/DwTik.png
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YouTube reports your ISP's average speed (and their competitors)(youtube.com)
3 points by andreyf 16y ago|0 comments
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by andreyf 16y ago
Hah, funny how such reason and logic didn't make it to the top of hacker news. Great link, thanks.

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