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by brianpan 15y ago
I included the screen size, because it's a proxy for working distance, and thus pixel density per viewing angle. http://punchingin.com/chasing-the-6-4-megapixel-unicorn/ http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/welcome-to-the-post...
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by brianpan 15y ago
How is he "throwing around" this term? He's specifically talking about the iPad 3. Apple uses this marketing term to signal to the purchaser that they are going to get a certain pixel density. I see retina display, I know I will get a "g
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by brianpan 15y ago
This is a very cool idea and I definitely see the problem that it solves, but it also has the downside of not being a metaphor for something physical. It's a little strange to see these controls which are currently very anchored in the corn
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by brianpan 15y ago
Windows 8 is not an over-the-air type of automatic update. It's something a user decides to go to buy and install. This is the type of thing where you _do_ want it to look at least a little different, otherwise the user will have the feel
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by brianpan 15y ago
Getting off-topic (although, I think we're already there)- I have been finding HN discussions harder to navigate lately. I still miss seeing the post voting scores. I don't remember if how the comment thread display has changed, but it's g
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by brianpan 15y ago
Coke outsells Pepsi in most areas of the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi#Rivalry_with_Coca-Cola I think some people might have a misconception that Pepsi does better due to the very popular Pepsi Challenge marketing campaign. But
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by brianpan 15y ago
Not yet.
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by brianpan 15y ago
Maybe not what the gp meant, but 20-80 lbs might make you better equipped. 10 years of "wisdom" hopefully helps too.
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by brianpan 15y ago
There's a 3 gig plan for $30 and he's being throttled at 2.1G. I think he makes a good point. Are 3 gig plan users also being throttled when they hit the "top 5%"?
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by brianpan 15y ago
Check out this series by Matt Bowen: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Inside-the-playbook.html... A number of posts have diagrams as well as a video. Some of the older posts point to videos that are broken now, but I was able to find
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by brianpan 15y ago
A bigger problem for me is not the visual separation, but that there are functional, but invisible, frames in the layout. The header doesn't scroll, while the left sidebar and the main content scroll separately. So, in the middle of the w
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by brianpan 15y ago
Um, yeah, I don't think we're going from broadcast/cable we have now to something like the web sites with RSS feeds. If by standardization, you mean open standard, that's not happening.
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by brianpan 15y ago
Standardization comes from the framework. Just like apps (mostly) have similar button elements, tab views, etc. "Channel apps" can also have similar UI elements, the same way to go back to "home", there can be a unified way to switch chann
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by brianpan 15y ago
I'm a camera newbie, but I see: 1. Shallow depth of field (close objects in focus, far objects out of focus). Doesn't necessarily mean poor quality, but webcams have wide DOF, so you might associate shallow DOF with good quality 2. JPEG co
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by brianpan 15y ago
He's calculating the cost of commuting vs not commuting. That's not a real comparison for most people. And even if you do calculate the real cost differential, I think for many people, living somewhere you really like is similar to taking
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by brianpan 15y ago
Will it support comment scores[1]? :D [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2568453
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by brianpan 15y ago
Thanks for this extension. A suggestion- I understand what you're trying to convey with the point range, but for usability I'd prefer always seeing one number there. I don't mind a best guess and marking the score as an approximate number.
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by brianpan 15y ago
I agree with this too. HN community has value. Points = harnessing that value.
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by brianpan 15y ago
Success (like getting a startup off the ground) takes a lot more than just personal skill/intelligence/hardwork- there's fortunate timing and circumstances, the hardwork and contributions of others, time and monetary investment of others, p
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by brianpan 15y ago
> help me feel its a legit login Inside a native app, that's all it would be. A feel good, since I could create the browsery chrome to look however I wanted (e.g. a URL bar that shows twitter.com when the page is mycredsharvest.com).
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by brianpan 15y ago
Agreed, it's bandwidth and the duration. In our household, we watch many 20-40 minute shows in a day. Probably a total of 2-10 hours depending on the day. We also watch lots of youtube videos, but it's 1-5 minute videos which amount to a
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by brianpan 15y ago
Apple's not the only company that uses "non-standard" screwheads to discourage opening hardware. Fewer people opening cases -> fewer warranty repairs for user error. That allows Apple to continue to be liberal with good warranty servi
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by brianpan 15y ago
It's the internet. I won't stop you. But, honestly, are you really calling this online resource of educational videos a bad thing....because they dared call it a university?! No one is saying, hey future students, good news! You don't ne
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by brianpan 15y ago
Wrong side of the bed? They didn't say it was an accredited university. Learning is learning. heads over to watch some videos
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by brianpan 15y ago
This is getting way off topic, but of course companies have ethics. Just like they have core values, goals, and ambitions... A company is made up of people and those people can choose to make ethical decisions and can have a history of acti
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by brianpan 15y ago
Light switches are just as confusing initially- why is up on and down off? Once the convention is established, it becomes more natural. Plus, since the action is a toggle, it matters less which is which. For the most part I don't care if
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by brianpan 15y ago
Yeah, I was fooled too for a couple of hours. It's very strange to translate pages so literally to the web.
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by brianpan 15y ago
It's about making excuses- if something didn't get done or failed, the reasons why don't matter anymore. Success and failure matter. I don't think it's about success at any cost. It's about focusing on the right things and taking responsi
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by brianpan 15y ago
I think russnewcomer was implying that if he was in a mansion, the Pakastani government must have known more about his whereabouts than they said they did. Which would potentially affect US-Pakastani diplomatic relations.
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by brianpan 15y ago
This series is breathtaking. I don't think I've experienced anything beyond what beer does- this is a fascinating experiment to see from the first frame to the last. Thanks for the link.

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