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by chime 14y ago
iOS doesn't offer much in the realm of TTS either. Siri has such a good voice but there is no API to make your iPhone or iPad talk from your own app. OpenEars has made a decent TTS engine (based on flite) but it is far from the top of the l
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by chime 14y ago
If you want to secure WebSockets, use WSS. More info: http://blog.kaazing.com/2012/02/28/html5-websocket-security-...
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by chime 14y ago
1B hours / 30 days / 24 hours = 1.4m viewers per hour all day and night for a month. I wonder how they compare to Comcast, Verizon, Dish, DirectTV, and other TV providers.
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by chime 14y ago
The way they handled it was perfect. For over 20 minutes each, the presenters for CMS and Atlas explained their measurement capabilities, methods, recent improvements, and recorded measurements before stating their conclusion. They made sur
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by chime 14y ago
Peter Higgs just teared up. This is amazing.
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by chime 14y ago
Atlas is still presenting. So let's wait and see what they came up with. 4.9σ was just from CMS. Edit: It is worth noting that 125GeV fits well within Fermilab's recent announcement: http://news.discovery.com/space/tevatron-data-detects-hi
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by chime 14y ago
> Skype Skype solved a real problem for people with friends and families around the world. It was near impossible for regular users to make real-time audio/video conferencing work (NetMeeting, ICQ voice plugins) until Skype came along a
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by chime 14y ago
Email to support would be a great idea. Maybe you can show a confirmed/verified icon for apps that have been verified in this manner.
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by chime 14y ago
My portfolio looks different when I'm logged in vs. when I open up the URL in incognito window. That's ok (HN does it too) but you should give me some way of previewing the guest-view. E.g. https://kickfolio.com/chirag?preview or somethin
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by chime 14y ago
Does Facebook falls into one of these places? How about CVS website?
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by chime 14y ago
> There's not much extra effort that goes into these items. Special parking spots easily cost 1% more than regular parking spots because of the markings on ground and the metal signage. That fits into the excessive cost range that the o
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by chime 14y ago
> Ramps and stalls are standard on any construction nowadays, and there's nothing special about disabled parking spots - they're just the ones closest to the entrance with blue lines instead of yellow. You just proved my point. Making i
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by chime 14y ago
That was my point. Not the specific reason but just a good, respectful letter/email.
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by chime 14y ago
Everything you just said can also be said by Walmart or Applebees but they are required to build ramps, custom bathroom stalls, and special parking spots.
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by chime 14y ago
It would be nice if more startups did this. Just a nice letter saying "While your qualifications are outstanding, we regret to inform you that your expertise-in-X is not what we are looking for at this time." If someone takes the time to fi
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by chime 14y ago
Degradability is not a concern. Accessibility is, and client-side rendering does not mean no accessibility.
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by chime 14y ago
I found their use of Steps interesting. The syntax seems a bit unconventional but helps avoid nested callbacks.
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by chime 14y ago
Just because client-side rendering did not work well for Twitter for a variety of reasons, does not mean it is subpar to server-side rendering in all cases. Performance-wise, if server_json_generate + json_download + client_render_json_to_h
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by chime 14y ago
You're missing the 'x' that the gp implied. Every MacBook is the "Best MacBook Apple has ever built", every Air is the "Best Air Apple has ever built." In that line, the gp's comments make more sense.
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by chime 14y ago
It's not electricity. It's energy. Electricity is just a medium for transferring energy from source to destination. The amount of usable energy at our disposal is proportional to the level of technological advancement. See: http://en.wikip
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by chime 14y ago
You just need one line to change public opinion. I myself fell for the following line when I saw it last week: > "You sir, are a dumbass. I am doing what any sane individual would do." I saw it linked somewhere, briefly glanced at it, t
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by chime 14y ago
While I'm on the side of TheOatMeal on this one, I wouldn't be so quick to defend someone signing up as @Charles_Carreon on Twitter. That person impersonated the lawyer during a very sensitive time and negatively changed public view, even i
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by chime 14y ago
As I read points 1-3, I kept thinking "how do you fire someone very high up in the chain of command who is careful enough to never make a fireable offense and is also important enough that customers will raise eyebrows (e.g. CTO of a tech c
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by chime 14y ago
How is the performance when each row gets its own object instantiated, its own template loaded, and its own events attached? What happens when you have 1000+ rows in a scrollable/sortable/filterable table? I tried nested views approach but
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by chime 14y ago
I would like to print my own iPhone case instead of paying someone $50. The day I can go to reddit.com/r/3dmodels, download the CAD file for iPhone that someone created and shared with others, and print it at my home, will be the day 3D pri
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by chime 14y ago
Forgotten may be too harsh of a word. Less revered or idolized might be more like it. If SpaceX and Tesla continue on their path, Musk might join the likes of Carnegie and Gates.
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by chime 14y ago
If you want to make a new iOS app, it is not a big deal to learn ObjC + XCode etc. If you want to port your existing application to work on iOS while you are still managing the web, desktop, and other mobile/tablet development, it is diffic
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by chime 14y ago
I don't like false dichotomies like this. Why can't kids learn to do both well? Standardized tests are akin to FizzBuzz for college entrance. If you can't get 500/800 in the Math SATs, you will not be able to keep up in STEM majors with oth
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by chime 14y ago
This looks like a great project. Wish I would have known about the Kickstarter campaign for it sooner. Can't wait to try it out.
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by chime 14y ago
I felt HN crowd has just as much potential to make a difference in the world as HBS MBA students, and hence this seems pretty applicable here.

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