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by donaq 16y ago
Just like you can use Linux instead of Windows, you can choose Android instead of iOS. Did you read my comment at all? I was arguing that if iOS gained a large enough market share, using Android might become a choice with unrealistic cost
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by donaq 16y ago
We can - now. But what of the future? Imagine if the iPhone had an overwhelmingly dominant market share of mobile computing devices, say, 90%, and that mobile computing has become an integral part of life (which seems like what's going to h
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by donaq 16y ago
That should have been the best reason to switch. I'm pretty sure most early Linux adopters switched from whatever proprietary platform they were using for political reasons (i.e. freedom). I'd argue that without the people who switched fo
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by donaq 16y ago
I agree, but it wouldn't be a bad thing to make it more accessible to them. I started with mIRC scripts myself, and that was because it was just so easy to get to it.
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by donaq 16y ago
Really? No one's seen this? http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/then-a-mira... I'm not positive on this, but I think my comment's parent was actually referencing it.
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by donaq 16y ago
I agree. Deploy our Keanu Reeves immediately!
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by donaq 16y ago
2. And then a miracle happens.
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by donaq 16y ago
It's some way off from being a weapon, I think. The bricks didn't so much blow off as they fell off (from being blown off balance). Ok, I did not say that very clearly. Still, awesome experiment.
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by donaq 16y ago
What probability would you assign to that statement being true?
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by donaq 16y ago
if you genuinely understand something — really, truly understand it — then it doesn’t seem complicated and you can explain it rather simply Uh, no? Some things are inherently complex. Try explaining how the Y combinator works (not what it
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by donaq 16y ago
That's one way of looking at it, with which I disagree. I mean, which is more sociopathic: thinking you "can do better" while in a relationship, or valuing someone because she's here for you now ? I can't speak for other Linux/Android user
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by donaq 16y ago
I'd liken it more to A. Being jobless for 2+ years and then getting the perfect job. B. Having a job now that kinda sucks, but pays the bills. B for me. :)
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by donaq 16y ago
Ah, my prediction was wrong. But little do you know that I predicted that my prediction would be wrong because I knew that by openly anticipating my comment's downvoting, I would prompt you to upvote it. Dance, puppets, dance! How droll. No
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by donaq 16y ago
http://www.cracked.com/funny-3809-internet-argument-techniqu... I'll probably get more downvotes than you for this, and maybe even a "this belongs in Reddit" type comment, but you're obviously trying to pull "Winning by losing" on us. Bes
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by donaq 16y ago
That was a very interesting look into RMS' youth. Thanks for the link!
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by donaq 16y ago
I don't really understand the fuss. You can edit Clojure with any text editor, right? Syntax highlighting, auto-complete, auto-indent, etc are nice features to have, and I do use them, but not really necessary for learning a language . If
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by donaq 16y ago
Never played Farmville, but I'm guessing part of the stickiness of the game was the slight but not insignificant emotional pressure of seeing "<your friend> wants you to plough him/her" or whatever the notifications Farmville sends
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by donaq 16y ago
5 years seems way too optimistic for this stuff to appear in consumer products. I'm betting no.
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by donaq 16y ago
iPhone critics have seldom let facts get in their way. I found this observation coming from daringfireball rather ironic.
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by donaq 16y ago
“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory a
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by donaq 16y ago
Heh, similar, except it wasn't voluntary. The man had balls.
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by donaq 16y ago
For those who take issue with the author's claim that Android is immature, please read this comment first. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1397398 Disclaimer: I am an Android user and I love it as a consumer. As a developer not in the
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by donaq 16y ago
I don't think you understand. To sell apps in Google's app store, you need a Google Checkout seller's account. To get a Google Checkout seller's account, well, we'll let Google speak for itself. Supported locations for merchants Currently,
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by donaq 16y ago
It's a mature environment but not a mature market, because apparently anyone not living in the 9 countries approved by Google cannot sell their apps on the market.
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by donaq 16y ago
Ditto. When the G1 came to Singapore, I bought it within the first three days, then paid to register for a developer's account in the Market, only to find out that I couldn't sell apps. It was disappointing, to say the least. I still choose
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by donaq 16y ago
Maybe instead of putting the threads on the magazine, you could have a link to the discussion thread at the end of every article. That would probably save a bunch of trees in the print copy.
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by donaq 16y ago
It does seem like blatant promotion.
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by donaq 16y ago
Actually, I think that most of us would have become medicine men or shaman.
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by donaq 16y ago
Perhaps that's precisely why you can watch YouTube videos for a long time?
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by donaq 16y ago
Huh. I'm not sure whether to agree or disagree with this. On the one hand, I learned a lot of interesting CS stuff (algorithms, complexity theory, cryptography, parallel computing, compiler techniques, operating systems design, etc) while d

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