bockris

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by bockris 16y ago
Just curious, how many apps do you have installed? I spend maybe 5 minutes every other week doing the updates.
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by bockris 16y ago
I'm waiting for an good Android tablet. I'm waiting for a regular ChromeOS computer for parents/in-laws.
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by bockris 16y ago
I started to write this exact comment this morning and then got distracted. Upvote for you. Luckily, my current side project has someone offering feedback and is interested in turning into a real product. That is the motivation to handle
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by bockris 16y ago
Bzzt! Django 1.1.2 released. Very odd timing of this blog post since the actual 1.2 is expected today.
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Google admitting defeat in 'direct to consumer' model phone sales(googleblog.blogspot.com)
79 points by bockris 16y ago|81 comments
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by bockris 16y ago
That is hilarious. I just checked the dictionary at my desk (American Heritage Dictionary I got from a used bookstore) and it's wrong also.
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by bockris 16y ago
Oops. I missed the dup here. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1321591
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Google Chrome Speed Test Final(youtube.com)
3 points by bockris 16y ago|1 comments
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by bockris 16y ago
I have pointed several people to the book 'Code' by Charles Petzold. It starts from nothing and eventually leads you to a CPU. I have also heard about but not read 'From NAND to Tetris in 12 steps'
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by bockris 16y ago
My guess is that this is destined for a Android/ChromeOS tablet but it could also be a patent play. (I don't know if Bumptop has any patents but they have been around a while.)
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by bockris 16y ago
Seems to rely on old data and guesses.
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by bockris 16y ago
Replying to self. Lots of pictures here. http://www.corestore.org/36.htm
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by bockris 16y ago
One of my college jobs was night operator for a bank which ran on a IBM S/36 (model 5360) and our backup was two magazines of 10 8in floppy disks in each. The 5360 had an auto loading mechanism and I could gauge how close the backup was to
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by bockris 16y ago
Most of my apps are tiny in comparison to the actual amount of data (map tiles, images, youtube vids, web pages, etc) that I download. Streaming music is another big drain. I don't think the apps are even a rounding error in the whole ban
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by bockris 16y ago
Many gyms have lots of TV's in front of the bank of bikes/treadmills etc. Each one tuned to a different channel and a FM radio frequency below it. This allows you to listen to the sound from the show you are watching.
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by bockris 16y ago
Replying to self, sorry. Maybe the issue is with the 'overlay' apps for android. (Sense, MotoBlur, etc). Both phones I have run the generic Android interface and I prefer it. My wife's phone has the Sense UI and she likes it. But she al
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by bockris 16y ago
In the linked to article, he doesn't say what device he was using. I never used voice input on my G1 because it didn't work that great and wasn't available until the later builds (cupcake and donut). However, it works great on my Droid wi
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by bockris 17y ago
Also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1221668
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by bockris 17y ago
Nexus One not Droid.
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by bockris 17y ago
You mean besides lock-in?
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A Turing Machine in the Classic Style(aturingmachine.com)
96 points by bockris 17y ago|24 comments
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by bockris 17y ago
I also remember this article from Wired last year. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?curr...
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by bockris 17y ago
Instacalc is another good one. http://instacalc.com/
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by bockris 17y ago
OT: Thank you for reminding me about this calculator. I had it installed on my old laptop and I forgot to install it on my new one. By the time I missed it, my old laptop was re-imaged and re-deployed. I could not remember its name and
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by bockris 17y ago
By the same guy that made the secret knock detector. http://grathio.com/2009/11/secret-knock-detecting-door-lock....
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Rock Paper Scissors Playing Glove(grathio.com)
21 points by bockris 17y ago|5 comments
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by bockris 17y ago
It's been on several times under different URLS. http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:http://news.ycombin...
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by bockris 17y ago
The talk was FANTASTIC. Hopefully the video will be up soon.
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by bockris 17y ago
Comment further down on this page http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1112969
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by bockris 17y ago
Even though the author hates XKCD and I can't help but point out the irony in this particular comic http://xkcd.com/386/ describing his aversion almost completely.

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