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   by ecspike 14y ago

   You can also upgrade the Acer to a SSD and you might be able to upgrade its RAM.
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   I've had the machine since December and crouton since early February after trying Chrubuntu and Bodhi Linux. It has worked fairly well. I haven't had the Wi-Fi problems besides not wanting to connect to my cell via Wi-Fi tether. And every m
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   The new crop of macs always go through a six month's cycle when they aren't supported because Apple decided to use new nonstandard hardware.
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   $249 ARM Samsung. I'm using crouton for a chrooted Ubuntu when I need to do things in non-ChromeOS land. I code HTML5 and Go stuff on it. Also a Series 5. I've coded and presented at confs from it.
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   Self-host.
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   For me personally, it's not a environment I'd want to develop in 100% but it's nice for vacations or conferences. 2.5lbs vs 6lbs when you are in and out of a couple of airports and train stations is a big deal. I've not been able to duplica
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   I agree that we should take it with a grain of salt. Remember that at the RT launch, MSFT employees had to line up to get their free RTs. Also lots of reports are stating that some stores received low single digit quantities (including the
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   10 minutes by air but the on-ground transit time difference from SFO and SJC to the Googleplex is significant.
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   by ecspike 14y ago

   New opportunities come in the multitudes. The Valley is also very small. There is always a new company starting where the CTO is a former co-worker of your roommate's cousin or something like that and needs a guy/gal he can trust. Six degre
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    2 years isn't such a short time in the Valley. At some places, those are the old-timers.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    One manufacturer ending a product line does not a category killer make.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Perhaps I'm missing something. How is this different from WikiTravel?
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Different mediums touch people in different ways. It was a labor of love to produce the work no doubt.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    I was a fan of Pop-Up Video so I enjoy the aesthetic.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    I concur with this. I ordered my original Ultra from Fit bit but purchased the Aria from Amazon. There was a negligible difference in price.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Maybe you should get the Zip. Only $60 but less features than the One.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Microsoft has already pulled it. Please point me to a native version of Office running on any Linux distro...oh that's right, doesn't exist. Bing Maps does exist.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    The Humble Bundle Linux version usually sells well.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    I've been using Todo.txt for about 8 months now. I don't think it's a question of what makes it better that another product but what makes it right for you. I like the CLI properties of it and the ability to extend it with new features in a
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    "In the end, social media got to the answer of who Ryan Lanza is much more quickly than a dozen local reporters would have done. But social media also creates a world in which we are watching the investigation — and reporting — unfold in re
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    This type of thing is precisely why, after seeing what happened to Richard Jewell after the '96 Olympics bombing, when a tragedy like this happens, I try to stay clear of anything that mentions the killer's name/motivations/etc for a couple
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    I want him to stop making hideous iPhone accessories with the JooJoo tablet guy. We can't always get what we want.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    The GNex camera isn't awesome but it isn't awful. Several folks have commented on improved quality of the photos I've taken post JB.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Came here to say hi and congrats Mitchell. Was fun hanging out in CZ, we should do it again, this time, stateside.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    I agree. You can make unitaskers like sprite packer/unpackers image quick editors/resizers and the like but anything comprehensive is going to be hard.
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Chrome Packaged Apps are essentially a Chrome extension with some extra features that can run outside a browser instance. As such, scripting would be limited to languages that can run in JS. So if he allows plugins, it would be JS, CoffeeSc
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Using Chrome packaged apps makes compilation problematic if not impossible as well as running command-line functions. The file model for Chrome packaged apps is similar to the Mac App Store in that you can access files but you have to get e
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    Tell us what you believe is infringing about the application: Application is using our G+ logo and also our GOOGLE+ name as the application name. Seems pretty legit. If it didn't use the official logo and a name like Publisher for Google+,
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    I'm not sure why this is HN worthy news. Every company that has (PRODUCT) Red products donate when you buy them. The whole range is here: http://www.joinred.com/
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    by ecspike 14y ago

    My answers are more general to your growth as a programmer and not as a means to an end for help to make that desktop app. Google Code-in starts next https://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2012/index.html . "The tasks are grouped into the