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by donaq 17y ago
That depends on the program, I suppose. Some programs require more engineering than others. I think you could make a very good argument for the programmers at Google being engineers.
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by donaq 17y ago
graphics processing units (GPUs) give desktop personal computers the same speed that supercomputers had ten years ago Huh? GPUs give our desktops their speed? O RLY?
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by donaq 17y ago
You mistake effect for cause. I internalized that mental model because that UI paradigm improved usability. To clarify, the improvement in usability stems from being able to not clutter my task bar with long-lived apps that I'm not active
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by donaq 17y ago
Brilliant. Such a shame he had to go.
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by donaq 17y ago
Huh? How can something that improves usability be bad design? I've grown accustomed to it because it helps me.
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by donaq 17y ago
Yes, that would be very nice.
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by donaq 17y ago
You’re in it more for yourself than your company. No shit, Sherlock. Is the company going to be in it for me? Quid pro quo.
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by donaq 17y ago
Oy, but I like being able to minimize my rhythmbox, tweetdeck and pidgin to the notification area. :( I'll suspend judgement till I actually use whatever they come up with though.
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by donaq 17y ago
Heh, nice troll.
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by donaq 17y ago
That's like saying that having sex without a condom is safe as long as you have certain 'usage patterns'. Erm. Sex with one partner who is not promiscuous and doesn't have a disease is pretty safe without a condom. That's a usage pattern,
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by donaq 17y ago
That's not really a good example. "Hello world" programs written in most languages run pretty much on every platform where a compiler/interpreter exists for it.
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by donaq 17y ago
Not only that, he has a point: it might be fun to have an evil empire for hackers to rally against once more. ;-)
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Binary search redux (part 1)(reprog.wordpress.com)
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by donaq 17y ago
It's like asking me to swim with one arm tied behind my back to see if I am a good swimmer I look at it more as an exercise akin to athletes running with weights. When compared with competition conditions, it is totally unrealistic, but i
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by donaq 17y ago
Sure, in his absence others may have stepped up to the job, but in this world, he did. We can sit and imagine all we want that with a different leader, FOSS would be better. But, that doesn't change the fact that we have him to thank for s
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by donaq 17y ago
Everybody you mentioned has already bought them lunch several times over, CamperBob. The problem is that they keep asking for more of our lunch money.
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by donaq 17y ago
Those are more like dialects than languages, IMO.
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by donaq 17y ago
Huh? I think you're making the wrong comparison. It worked well for Microsoft, the creator of Windows, not for PC manufacturers.
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by donaq 17y ago
It's just irritating because it makes no sense except when said in a sarcastic tone, which cannot be detected from text.
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by donaq 17y ago
the organization as a whole tends to be judged by its worst members. I would qualify that by pointing out that it's only true if the worst members are in positions of power. If the evil members of an organization are its janitors, our pro
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by donaq 17y ago
I agree. Many of my Chinese colleagues are exactly like you described. This piece is wishful thinking.
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by donaq 17y ago
Google's servers achieved sentience in 2002, traveled back in time and saved all the previous Usenet threads.
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by donaq 17y ago
1) You get to downvote when you have enough karma. 2) Humorous comments do get upvoted here, but they have to be a) funny and b) intelligent. Take, for example, this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1225654 I'm not saying that was ter
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by donaq 17y ago
World - Songs from independent labels will be available for purchase in EUR. Unfortunately, no major labels license songs on a world-wide basis. Countries not covered by the rest of the regional stores will use this store. Well, in that c
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by donaq 17y ago
Which is as it should be. :)
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by donaq 17y ago
Then again, as the OP has stated, some of the most disruptive technologies (such as Google and the iPod) did not set out to be disruptive. Their disruptiveness was merely a side effect of executing really well on incremental improvement. As
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by donaq 17y ago
You should totally charge more. Your portfolio is impressive!
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by donaq 17y ago
Well, I guess everyone is hoping that if the outcry is severe enough, Apple will take it out of the agreement. We can be pretty certain that if there is no backlash, the clause will definitely stay.
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by donaq 17y ago
Is iFart still there? If so, I call bullshit.
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by donaq 17y ago
Perhaps, but that's probably a good thing.

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