dlss

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   by dlss 15y ago

   1. Not all mac apps can be copied by dragging folders out of the applications folder. 2. There are many many different backup solutions for windows -- many of which are far better than Time Machine for certain use cases (say, managing backu
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   by dlss 15y ago

   1. I accept your point that those with limited capital sometimes need to sacrifice their potential -- if you can't afford college then your annual income will be lower (though perhaps not lifetime income). 2. Diminishing marginal utility is
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   by dlss 15y ago

   You might consider reading http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/popper_falsification.htm... before making comments like this in the future.
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   by dlss 15y ago

   > to do
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   by dlss 15y ago

   No, you'd use EC2 servers to avoid doing your own maintenance, and you'd do so as a last resort because GUIs are useful and remote development is laggy. http://www.useit.com/papers/responsetime.html
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   by dlss 15y ago

   > implying that power users are the only ones who should think about performance. 1.0 second is about the limit for the user's flow of thought to stay uninterrupted. This turns out to make a big difference in productivity. See http://w
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   by dlss 15y ago

   Windows also has backup solutions. If you use one of those setup time is similarly decreased. Please google first next time.
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   by dlss 15y ago

   That was my point: you wouldn't on a MBA like computer. You would on a high-performance small formfactor laptop like the x220. See my other replies for more information
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   by dlss 15y ago

   First of all, the thing you are replying to isn't in reply to OP's article. It's in reply to a particularly stupid comment. Secondly, the HN crowd doesn't seem to consider that when selling to large corporations the Dell, Lenovo, etc. "over
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    by dlss 15y ago

    You download the CD image from digitalriver, then put that on a USB stick See http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/14709-Windows-7-Dig...
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    by dlss 15y ago

    Okay, last reply and then I leave you guys to the fate of irrational happiness paying more for worse hardware. re 2: It takes an hour to reinstall windows. If you swap out the hard drive (so a vertex 3 in a MBP), this is something you have
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    by dlss 15y ago

    Thanks for the reply. It cleared up my misunderstanding -- I think HN readers don't do a good job thinking when it comes to Apple stories. (for those curious here is the breakdown of why pbreit is wrong: 1. The guy I was replying to is by
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    by dlss 15y ago

    That's just it: with a vertex 3 and a maxed out CPU the x220 doesn't perform like a thin and light -- I'm getting the same IO performance as a vertex 3 in a desktop, and although I could get a CPU boost with a desktop processor I'd have to
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    by dlss 15y ago

    If I could make a 100x profit on my time doing it, you bet. To put more forcefully: if I needed to maintain one of those room sized refrigerators, and could save $10,000 for a couple hours of messing with a compressor the decision is a no b
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    by dlss 15y ago

    What an odd way to decide which machine you'll use every day for the next year or more. A clean install is really easy -- maybe one hour if you sit and watch it, fifteen minutes if you use your old laptop while it's going... why would you l
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    by dlss 15y ago

    > I just feel that you would have to be Steve Jobs to judge whether something was right or wrong and I'm no Steve Jobs This quote made by day, thanks.
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    by dlss 15y ago

    > Tim Cook is weak and Apple is doomed Sarcasm aside, that's probably true (ignoring your hypothetical person doing poor inference). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_class_forecasting
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    by dlss 15y ago

    Apple relents? There's no way this would have happened on Steve Jobs's watch
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    by dlss 15y ago

    Look on the bright side: in the future the cranks might cite you as well
20. 530.▲
    by dlss 15y ago

    > Because there are MAJORITY of people that give money to well advertised products FTFY :p
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    by dlss 15y ago

    So notch was talking about piracy and his own game (minecraft). He basically says publishers should approach piracy as part of a game's marketing plan -- kinda like the free version you talk about here. As for piracy killing your game... bu
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    by dlss 15y ago

    http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1121596044/how-piracy-works
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    by dlss 15y ago

    being 100% sure is 100% impossible
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    by dlss 15y ago

    Button text is still broken for Windows Chrome 13.0.782.107
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    by dlss 15y ago

    "I have heard other lawyers compare leaving your wifi open to leaving a loaded gun lying around."
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    by dlss 15y ago

    Anyone have direct experience with how sharp NSA guys are? Versus an average quant? Versus an average googler?
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    by dlss 15y ago

    What's wrong with recruiters? I'm assuming you wouldn't have a problem if someone mentioned that their employer was hiring (ie. non-primary posting in general)
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    by dlss 15y ago

    You said roughly "other people have more money on the line, so YC should let them do it" This is wrong in far more than 5 ways, but we will start with 5. 1. Your model of "money on the line" doesn't seem to account for diminishing marginal
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    by dlss 15y ago

    And benefit from downplaying the risks of renting / putting a property up for rent
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    by dlss 15y ago

    sounds like the 1 M on his own is over paying...