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by dpcan 15y ago
This patent thing has to come to a head. Something has to happen. It's not just big companies that are involved here. Guys like me. A family man in the northwest just trying to make a living doing pretty obvious things with technology is
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by dpcan 15y ago
Sorry, I didn't know that was karma whoring because I never think about it, I was just confused because I was down to -2 with no replies and I wasn't sure what it was people weren't agreeing with. I'm on HN for the conversations, not the p
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by dpcan 15y ago
That's not the solution. The fleet manager should have seen the condition their driver was in and found a way to get another driver out there ASAP.
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by dpcan 15y ago
> It isn't trucks who are menace on the road, it is flipping off jerks in cars. The article states: - The driver may be "numb". - He is in emotional distress. - He has skipped meals - He has been driving the better half of 14 hours. THI
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by dpcan 15y ago
Who flips someone off because they had to slow down? This was my point. This article was written by a fleet manager protecting the reputation of his drivers, but I am trying to say that there must be more to the story and usually people get
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by dpcan 15y ago
It only takes one moment where your entire family almost dies because of a truck driver to jade your opinion of all of them - or at least to be nervous every single time one comes within a 100 feet of you. I don't flip off truck drivers, b
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by dpcan 15y ago
If a truck driver (or anyone on the road) gets flipped off, it is usually because they are driving a huge vehicle too aggressively and dangerously. If his sister died, or he's getting paid peanuts, he still has to drive respectfully and saf
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by dpcan 15y ago
This IS how most non-developers "try" :) I had an associate who would usually work with me to bring his web-based ideas to life. He decided to see if he could create one of his web-app ideas himself, and after realizing that it meant spend
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by dpcan 15y ago
This poll should have so many more options. Every day it changes. Some days I'll read only 3 articles all day, but in full. Tomorrow, I'll read about 20% of 5 articles. Last week, maybe I read about 50% of 30 articles. It's based on the co
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by dpcan 15y ago
You are being sarcastic, right?
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by dpcan 15y ago
Exactly, which is why I made the 1985 remark. It feels like the helmets all over again. Why not have Max Headroom do an ad for the 3DS and we're all good.
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by dpcan 15y ago
I buy the kids $20 gift cards for their birthdays now and they end up buying 10-15 games.
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by dpcan 15y ago
Why not develop for iOS in Flash/Air too and have one code base? I personally think the Air download requirement on Android is a still a pretty big deterrent for most users. I really wish Adobe could have found a way to build Android apps
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by dpcan 15y ago
Just a word of advice on Android, polish your app really well before launch. The Android Market comment system is relentless. If you don't have a smashingly nice app out of the gate, you'll probably get a couple 1-star "sucks"/"rubbish" r
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by dpcan 15y ago
Exactly. This article was completely one-sided. He also failed to see the huge amount of community support there is for Android developers too. There's so much information inside multiple forums you would almost never be unable to find an
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by dpcan 15y ago
My Kids have DS's. But for Christmas, I bought each of them and my wife an iPod touch. The concept was simple, I spend about $70 more per device, but instead of buying $500 worth of games over the next 2 years, I will probably spend $50.
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by dpcan 15y ago
Do they do this? I thought there was a free version and a paid version, and in the paid version, don't you get all the levels?
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by dpcan 15y ago
Where is the updated response? This article just says there has been an updated response.
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by dpcan 15y ago
Let's just stop the import of all computers and phones over Patent rulings. HTC and Apple should stick to their guns and deny imports of their products. Once nobody can buy computers or phones in the U.S. anymore THEN, just MAYBE, Congress
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by dpcan 15y ago
ADD: No, I just never think about it. I usually hit the site, and there are 4 or 5 stories that interest me. I check them out, comment, and then by that time my mind has moved on to something else. Too bad I can't display HN in 2 columns,
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by dpcan 15y ago
Well, say the patent goes to court and Rovio begins to argue that they did not violate the patent, what would they say? This is my question, what specifically is violating? If they have to prove that they are not violating, what will they
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by dpcan 15y ago
But what did they do that infringed? Everybody always replies the same way, "it's broad", "there's prior art", etc, but does anybody ACTUALLY know how a game like Angry Birds specifically infringed on these patents in such a way that they w
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by dpcan 15y ago
Does anyone know how the patents were violated? As in, what is actually being done that was "invented" by Lodsys so that other developers can either avoid it altogether, or know if they need to license something.
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by dpcan 15y ago
IMO, the current price of a first-class domestic stamp should be right on the homepage. On Google, in the suggested search box, if you type: "how much is" The first option to come up is "how much is a stamp" I've performed this search mysel
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by dpcan 15y ago
I hate to be "that guy" here, ESPECIALLY on hacker news, but someone has to say it, and I'm probably not the only one with my head in the gutter, but the little cross-hairs on the rockets in your screenshots turn your rockets into penises.
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by dpcan 15y ago
The equivalent to your analogy is the "My Pictures" folder we all have on our private computers. Google is not this. They are a giant corporation letting you store your photos with them for free and they have documented that tagging is sha
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by dpcan 15y ago
Yes, my taxes in April were pretty heavy, but I put a lot aside because I saw it coming. I'd say most of the income came in over a 6-7 month period of really amazing sales.
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by dpcan 15y ago
Beats me. It's a cool project, my guess is there's a lot more money to be made there.
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by dpcan 15y ago
Over $100k so far (after google fees, but before taxes and expenses) I don't like publishing which games they are because there's already a lot of competition in their genres, no reason to extend it. However, for each, I was actually one of
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by dpcan 15y ago
My android games, hands down.

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