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by awolf 16y ago
iPhone 4, if like me, you think user experience and ease of use are the most important factors in a device you use 20-30 time a day while on the go. Droid 2 on verizon (out in about a month I believe) if you have philosophical objections to
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by awolf 16y ago
My eyes used to be my weakest link. Then I got a pair of Gunnar Optics computer glasses. They soften the contrast of bright screens with their yellow tint, cut glare, have a slight corrective factor, and reduce airflow around my eyes keepin
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by awolf 16y ago
Seems a little dishonest.
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by awolf 16y ago
Nah, Tweetie (the iPhone Twitter client in the screenshots above) also has a built in email client for sending links. No need to leave the app. And yes in iOS 4 if you DID need to exit the app it would be in the state you left it when you r
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by awolf 16y ago
But... the results for "lose weight" and "how to lose weight" are not the same. Nor are the results for "earthquake" vs "what is an earthquake". In both cases if I'm after the latter then it is the more verbose query that yields the better
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by awolf 16y ago
>People who search in "how can i ..." type of questions are probably not a representative sample of the whole population. My guess is that they are less tech-savvy users on average. Hmm... I dunno. I search this way all the time. Mainly
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by awolf 16y ago
I have an extenral monitor, keyboard, and mouse with my laptop.
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by awolf 16y ago
I love The Economist. It's the only magazine I subscribe to. I think British culture is close enough to US culture to do a great job capturing the subtleties of American politics; at the same time they remain less biased since, for the most
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by awolf 16y ago
My rule of thumb as to when to use Python 3: once django is ported.
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BP's business model is based around taking calculated risks. Apple's is based around creating beautiful products with innovative new features. They have definitely done it again... but whether or not the external antenna feature in particul
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by awolf 16y ago
More like: it's a drawback. I have a hard time believing the shorting-the-antennas issue was unforeseen by Apple. I give a company that just pulled in a $63.5B year a little more credit.
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by awolf 16y ago
I'm finding the external antenna's advantage may out-weigh its drawbacks. Hands mess with cell phone reception. Every phone has an optimal way to be held so as to minimize this effect. The difference with the iPhone 4 is that the optimal ho
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by awolf 16y ago
There's a ton of sessions... can anyone recommend which are not to be missed?
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Have they added Undo Close Tab?
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by awolf 16y ago
Ah interesting. I'm a cynic: I assumed their motive for doing this was to make their iAd platform more compelling to advertisers.
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I'm impressed with 24% thinner. After holding an iPod touch for the first time I always wished my iPhone was less bulky.
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by awolf 16y ago
On the flip side of Mark's point, it seems that free-form questions are a great opportunity for the answerer to steer the course of the rest of the conversation. Next time I'm going into an important meeting like the ones Mark describes in
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by awolf 16y ago
I love screenshots from the iPad maps application imported into SketchBook or some other drawing app. Very useful for whipping up driving directions to forward to a friend.
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by awolf 16y ago
Could someone elaborate on how Android's multitasking is better than iPhone OS 4's? I was under the impression that the mechanics of each were nearly identical.
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by awolf 16y ago
The poor logic originates from the techcrunch headline... Not what Steve Jobs said. >“People seem to be liking the iPad,” Jobs said to laughs and applause. “We’ve sold one every three seconds since we launched it,” he added.
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by awolf 16y ago
Limiting by whether or not a user has spent 30 seconds creating a HN account seems pointless. Maybe only show emails to users with 25 karma or more?
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by awolf 16y ago
Worked fine in Firefox. Just not in Mac Safari 4.0.5.
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by awolf 16y ago
No. No confirmation, no error message. It just goes back to the Popular Code page.
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by awolf 16y ago
I've tried twice to submit something. It's not appearing in "Newest Code" or anywhere else. I'm attempting to use an existing gist. Perhaps that's the problem? http://gist.github.com/417955
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by awolf 16y ago
Marijuana is a gateway drug to other illegal drugs because it itself is illegal. In order to get marijuana you need to go see a guy that is ALSO selling other drugs (the kind that are actually dangerous). Legal marijuana makes it so that pe
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by awolf 16y ago
No Hulu? ... Then what's the point?
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"When you don’t have to worry about the development of a rendering engine then you can focus on the actual browser. Google understood this with Chrome and it is fast climbing up the charts. I know that WebKit development is essentially cont
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by awolf 16y ago
Daily exercise (biking, running, or swimming) has greatly increased my overall coding productivity. I'm able to work longer hours with a higher level of focus.
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by awolf 16y ago
Thanks for the input. If you don't mind me asking: what was the approximate monthly cost for your two person company?
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by awolf 16y ago
I have considered this as well as moving to Canada (I'm a dual US and Canadian citizen). In both cases this would be a lapse in my US coverage so there would be no going back to the way things were before moving.

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