brlewis

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by brlewis 15y ago
Why do you expect investors to be stupid? The article we're commenting on is an investor excited that software patents will stop holding up profits.
1922.
by brlewis 15y ago
I saw the web in 1991. It didn't look ready to become adopted as a standard. The fancy graphics of NCSA Mosaic helped propel it forward. The img element was created without a standards process.
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by brlewis 15y ago
I think your comment is fully on topic. We're talking about how Instagram grew to be worth $1B. Its appeal or lack thereof to you individually is part of the conversation.
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by brlewis 15y ago
There's a lot in there about specifically what they did, with repeated cautions not to overcomplicate a scaling solution. For most of us on HN, though, I think only these slides are needed: 180 don't over-optimize or expect to know ahead of
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by brlewis 15y ago
I've got idiot-proof iPhone, iPad and desktop viewing. Print ordering is not idiot-proof yet.
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by brlewis 15y ago
Your comment seemed to imply that Paul had not looked closely at deals with Facebook: "But I suppose if you do have trust in Zuck you do not have to look too closely at the details of deals like this."
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by brlewis 15y ago
r4vik's solution makes it foolproof for her. As far as making it automatic for you, please check out OurDoings Dropbox integration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93TDJeZyI&context=C4a04... OurDoings has RSS better than Flickr.
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by brlewis 15y ago
Paul has additional credentials besides being a shareholder. See his profile.
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by brlewis 15y ago
Can you tell more about your mother's situation? Is there wifi where she lives?
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by brlewis 15y ago
I've got the photos-that-get-better-with-time problem nailed, but I don't think it can be as viral as daily-nothing apps. Nostalgia tends to be more individual; daily-nothing is entirely social.
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by brlewis 15y ago
Which one are you using?
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by brlewis 15y ago
The API already only gives access to 612x612 images with limited metadata. All Facebook has to do is keep them from improving the API.
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by brlewis 15y ago
FriendFeed wasn't taken out back and shot either -- it's still running, albeit with some broken features. It doesn't hurt Facebook to leave a service running. With Instagram, I think it's a case of user acquisition trumping product strateg
1934.
by brlewis 15y ago
I think it's cool and bold that he's sharing specific features of Instagram that they plan to preserve. It's bold because it increases the PR cost of changing those plans.
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by brlewis 15y ago
Benson's patent was for a particular algorithm, not an abstract concept, yet it was found invalid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottschalk_v._Benson The RSA patent didn't make it through the patent system by claiming a particular algorith
1936.
by brlewis 15y ago
Just for fun, next time a patent lawyer tells you that, ask them to explain how such a patent is distinguished from Flook's patent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_v._Flook
1937.
by brlewis 15y ago
It's likely that Oracle Windows Java 7.0 Enterprise Server has an ODBC driver. So DrRacket is all set: http://planet.racket-lang.org/package-source/ryanc/db.plt/1/...
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by brlewis 15y ago
In the Bilski case, the Supreme Court reminded us that Benson, Flook and Diehr are still good precedent. So patenting the idea of running the algorithm on a computer is also not upheld by current precedent. Oh, they also said to ignore
1939.
by brlewis 15y ago
In theory, a mathematical formula is not patentable. In theory, a patent that precludes every practical use of a mathematical formula is invalid. In theory, a patent is required to be specific enough that a person of ordinary skill in the
1940.
by brlewis 15y ago
Do you have in mind a particular integration with the real world that is language-specific, but where DrScheme would not help a professional programmer ramp up familiarity with a Schemey way of doing it? I think I disagree with you, but hav
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by brlewis 15y ago
Quote: By policy, LISP has never really catered to mere mortals. I would think that by 2007 Larry Wall would have seen DrScheme (now DrRacket). You can't get a better onramp than that.
1942.
by brlewis 15y ago
If you presume that it's OK to rely on compiler errors rather than attempt to exercise all code paths, then yes, Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl, and bash will be more perilous than C, C++, C#, Java, ML and
1943.
by brlewis 15y ago
Don't think of it as an app for you personally to share your photos. It's a photo-based social network that just stopped being exclusively iOS.
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by brlewis 15y ago
List was inaccurate and has been deleted.
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Flying Bird Man Admits Flying Bird Man Is Fake(gizmodo.com)
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by brlewis 15y ago
An answer to the "How difficult is that?" question can only come from counting how many newbies do/don't stumble over the issue this change seeks to address. If you weren't looking for an answer, and were just asking a rhetorical question,
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by brlewis 15y ago
Yes, they can. The title is misleading; the song itself is copyrighted. Read the article for a more thorough treatment of what is/isn't copyrighted.
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by brlewis 15y ago
I also took 6.001 in the '80s and loved it, although the hardware was totally inadequate for Scheme. Code ran painfully slow. I adopted C and programmed in it for 12 years before coming back around to Scheme. I just pushed some new Scheme
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by brlewis 15y ago
Do you control the Mac Mini with an Apple Remote, or with a keyboard?
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by brlewis 15y ago
To learn more about HNers' experience with Apple TV, Boxee, Roku, etc I created a poll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3713059

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