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by cpr 16y ago
Ah, memories. (Though I assiduously keep my beard off the lower reaches of my neck.) I did start programming back in the days of punched cards/early timesharing on IBM mainframes (late 70's), but my first microprocessor experience was at a
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by cpr 16y ago
While other companies could try to leapfrog Apple in the race to the "mature" tablet, they face a company that has been wizened by failure. The big difference between Apple today and the Apple that lost to Microsoft in the personal compute
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The iPad2 Rant (from Martian Craft)(iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com)
16 points by cpr 16y ago|0 comments
934.
by cpr 16y ago
One thing I've found works well (though you won't see this ;-) is to alias things like HN & Drudgereport & NYT to localhost, and only view them on an iPad. The fact that I have to physically shift my attention to another screen, one
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Tell HN: Why the iPad may be invulnerable
2 points by cpr 16y ago|2 comments
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by cpr 16y ago
The rumor mills have the iPad 3 out later this year.
937.
by cpr 16y ago
It's gotta be at least 512mb like the iPhome 4. Unfortunately, I don't think it'll have 1gb. Apple loves their margins too much, I think.
938.
by cpr 16y ago
See step 16 of iFixit's iPad teardown. Looks like both ram and flash are separate assemblies. Only the iPhone has the ram integrated with the CPU package.
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by cpr 16y ago
Other than instant startup, how does this differ from Phonebooth.com? We've been very happy with them, at $20/month unlimited calling.
940.
by cpr 16y ago
No hubs--it's a chaining protocol.
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Support for high-res monitors in Lion(macrumors.com)
4 points by cpr 16y ago|0 comments
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by cpr 16y ago
Though note that the server software is a custom install option; i.e., it's not there by default. Also note that Lion will be sold from the App Store, so physical discs (DVDs) are probably out. (They'll likely include one of those little fl
943.
by cpr 16y ago
Sorry, should have said signers of this blog entry.
944.
by cpr 16y ago
Is anyone else astounded that none of the team members seem to be from the original set of developers? Are they entirely gone or just not in the driver's seat any more?
945.
by cpr 16y ago
Funny, I have absolutely no desire to meet any of these folks.
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by cpr 16y ago
Yeah, with the government involved, there won't be any false incentives... </sarcasm>
947.
by cpr 16y ago
You probably ought to plan on Apple stealing your thunder with iOS 5.0, which purportedly includes http://siri.com/ , a voice-activated app that appears to cover what you're doing exactly.
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by cpr 16y ago
On our family visit to Rome in 2000 (10 people! the logistics! don't remind me ;-), we got a private tour of the Sistine chapel, since my brother knew someone who had pull at the museum. No rush. Fantastico.
949.
by cpr 16y ago
Did you read the article? All these speed gains are also coming with huge power reduction gains as well.
950.
by cpr 16y ago
Yes, thanks, that jives with what I've heard also works.
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Ask HN: How to handle small collections?
4 points by cpr 16y ago|4 comments
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Pervasive myths about older software developers(lessonsoffailure.com)
149 points by cpr 16y ago|68 comments
953.
by cpr 16y ago
No, I read it that apps only work for paid users (who only need pay once).
954.
by cpr 16y ago
As all the rumor sites (e.g., WSJ ;-) are predicting, it'll definitely have at least 512MB of RAM (can't imagine it having less than the iPhone 4). But that's still pretty anemic, as jonhohle noted: that's not enough to keep a lot of pages
955.
by cpr 16y ago
I didn't mean to say that what we're paying now is fair; rather, that metered billing is fair. I agree that current data costs are astronomical due to an oligopoly situation (no real competition).
956.
by cpr 16y ago
Sorry, guys, but there really ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Eventually we'll all be paying metered fees, broadband or wireless. It's really the only fair way, the same as we pay for water or electricity. Data is just another pipe/wir
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by cpr 16y ago
I know this is another "neckbeard" comment (love that term), but anyone who ever used the Tom Knight MIT-AI lab keyboards knows in his heart that those were the best keyboards ever made by mankind. Seriously. They were made by Microswitch (
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by cpr 16y ago
Gosh, I'm an Apple fanboy with the best of 'em, but I can't help reading Dilger like an autistic kid writing from his parents' basement: yes, much of what he's saying might be true (can't fact-check it all), but the spitefulness, anger and
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by cpr 16y ago
I don't own a start-up (my little software company is 21+ years old now), but I've had good luck with QuickBooks Online. Available anywhere you have a full browser (with weak iPhone/iPad mobile access), and has full payroll module (which I
960.
by cpr 16y ago
Good points. I don't think we can write them off yet. But it's pretty clear they lack the leadership at this point to move quickly to remedy their shortcomings. That wasn't true at the come-from-behind points in the past (Gates was still ar

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