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by chucknelson 12y ago
When they talked about the WWDC app being written in Swift they also explicitly mentioned that Swift will run on iOS 7 and 8 as well as OS X Mavericks and Yosemite.
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by chucknelson 12y ago
> Maybe enough people have egg on their faces that we will do better in the future. But probably not. This definitely won't do anything to stem the unsubstantiated rumors. It's all about page views and entertainment. There is a
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by chucknelson 12y ago
I agree 4 GB is getting to be a little low for a modern laptop, but I'm curious as to how bad this "chugging" is considering swapping to SSD isn't too bad and is many times faster than any swapping that occurred on those
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Agreed on the specific permission to read a text from a certain source. This "access to all SMS" sounds crazy - next step is let an app peruse my email inbox I guess? Even though I'm sure that isn't too far fetched with
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by chucknelson 13y ago
> In Quake 1-3 I felt heavy/bulky... Quake 2...maybe. Quake 3 is anything but heavy/bulky, that game is 100% twitch and your character flies around (sometimes literally with those jump pads) like they're constantly sliding
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Just seems like billion is the new million when acquisitions are concerned, but yes, I guess it wasn't that small overall. Did not realize PA Semi was founded by a lead designer at DEC. Thanks for the info, and Wikipedia filled in th
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Pretty impressive that Apple is capable of such CPU disruption with just a few small acquisitions. Is PA Semi the main reason for this, or could Apple have been building up a CPU design team for years before that acquisition?
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Agreed - data-binding and "magic" automatic updates to the view when the model changes are key to what make Angular attractive. The focus on testing is nice too, though.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
> It shouldn't be my responsibility to try to get these movies legally Ignoring that statement, which is a nice way to excuse your obvious criminal act(s), despite the correctness of the situation, paying these fees is fine when it&
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Still a pretty small number (2-8 max?) compared to all of the PC configurations you have to worry about in DX and OpenGL land.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
I assume you're referencing this part of the video at 3:20? http://youtu.be/_GbYR5Aud4Y?t=3m20s
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by chucknelson 13y ago
If you use Sublime Text it looks pretty familiar in the context of ruby code.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Ah, made me think of the good ol' days => http://rubyquiz.com/ Although this is definitely more tutorial-ish.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
I know, pointless comment, but some syntax highlighting issues hardly seem worth a "fuck you". Article title would be much better without that.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Well you can kind of say that about the entire internet. Possibly "Evil" and/or compromised companies control everything, right?
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Overall I think there are a lot of factors, many that we the public are not privy to, that form the basis of these deals. All of this analysis and speculation is a form of entertainment. And that's fine I guess...
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Agreed - how do we know the value difference for a "user" of Zappos and a user of whatsapp (among other dimensions)? This graph is not very insightful, it's just visualizing the easy way to look at and quantify the purchase.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
I think the "within reach" angle makes more sense here because there is often a lack of choice for most Americans when they look at who offers cable/internet in their area (e.g., only Cox, Comcast, Time Warner, etc.). I think
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Does anyone have any real info on this? I don't think we have enough context or details to really know what this means, do we?
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by chucknelson 13y ago
> how big a market is the thermostat market... As has been expressed at various places on the web, the Nest acquisition was most likely about more than just thermostats and smoke detectors. It was probably about good consumer product des
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Any "insiders" have comments on this? Is this the Chrome team just trying to keep pushing forward, or are they technically sticking to the referenced compatibility guidelines they published? I'm just wondering if there has be
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Same here - I was expecting to see at least a picture of the tsunami debris they mention.
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by chucknelson 13y ago
I think it's highly dependent on the firm. In my experience, some of the larger ones will tolerate people at 3-6 months (or more) of "bench" time. I would think it's because of the size and they can't babysit everyo
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Not sure how this made the front page of HN. Maybe someone can explain to me how this is important/impactful/insightful?
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Anyone else find it strange that these slides are filled with some pretty hardcore technical jargon, yet on one of the slides they feel the need to clarify "GDDR5 is very high end graphics memory only found on PC graphics cards"?
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Seems OK - but is anyone going to trust this? One idea is a low-amount "test" fund to keep around a year or so? Anyone have ideas on how to feel better about actually using this for larger sums of money?
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by chucknelson 13y ago
I'm left wondering how long until we have mainstream video cards capable of driving games at these resolutions? Seems like we're a ways off...
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Definitely reaching there - you can't assume a large majority of people who ordered from Amazon are leaving reviews. You already know that people without a working console will no doubt go leave a review, so the sample is significantly
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by chucknelson 13y ago
A little skeptical of this, as others are. How was this tested? Just because it seems to "work" with responsiveness and items on the screen does not mean the info is correct. Not saying healthcare.gov is any better, but there is j
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by chucknelson 13y ago
Which also leads to crazy optimization against the stable hardware. Just look at what PS3 and Xbox 360 are pushing out with ~512 MB RAM and 7+ year old hardware. It's pretty incredible.

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