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by ergo98 16y ago
Those jackasses don't buy anything. It's all sent to them for free.
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by ergo98 16y ago
>There's conflicting evidence on this issue. Once I set my battery profile by draining it completely then recharging it with the power off, my battery life has been just fine. This has been my experience with three prior HTC devices: Or
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by ergo98 16y ago
>I've never understood the argument that capping data plans will improve the "experience" for the non-heavy users. It isn't a difficult concept. A very small number of people contribute significantly to the network load. Yeah, ideally t
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by ergo98 16y ago
Sure would be mighty good of you to clear this up for us then. I look forward to it. I know enough about the iPhone SDK to know it is very physical pixel-centric. Contrast this to the Android SDK that is very pixel agnostic (which is how it
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by ergo98 16y ago
>I'm sure Apple has evaluated that tech, but chooses not to use it for some reason The reason is almost certainly limited supply. If you want to sell millions upon millions of a device, and the premium part has limited supply, you simpl
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by ergo98 16y ago
Performance, battery life, display quality, weight, etc. The iPhone 4 is the new front-runner, but it isn't in a very significant lead.
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by ergo98 16y ago
>the argument that the iPad didn't have as good a DPI as an Evo and people didn't complain then is a straw man. The iPad display was widely regarded as gorgeous, and suitable for a great eReader where DPI really matters most. It has 130
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by ergo98 16y ago
>It did not happen, because it simply couldn't Sure it could. I think a lot of people expected Apple to pull a rabbit out of hat (because they've done that time and time again), but instead it's just a relatively minor (compared to the
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by ergo98 16y ago
>I've heard this 256MB limit that you see on all the smartphones now is because the ARM A8 architecture they are based on only has 256MB of RAM on the die Possible, though the Evo 4G, Nexus One, HTC Dream, among a variety of other Andro
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by ergo98 16y ago
>I have to say that I'll be very disappointed if the iPhone 4 comes with only 256MB of RAM Be disappointed. They built the A4 SoC with 256MB of RAM, and that's what they're delivering. >I think the author is quite wrong in thinking
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by ergo98 16y ago
A balanced read. One surprising thing about the iPhone (and about the iPad) is that it still only comes with 256MB of RAM. They seem to accomplish a heck of a lot with that, yet still that is very constricted once you start talking about mu
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by ergo98 16y ago
Isn't he a little old to be scrounging for the YC chump change?
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by ergo98 16y ago
Perhaps, but the description essentially said that there is a custom python layer that aggregates the data, and they punt it into MongoDB with some SQL extraction pattern simply to store it into that silo. e.g. If I run a query for NAME LIK
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by ergo98 16y ago
They don't give much details, but it sounds like a very superficial need that could be accommodated by Redis, Memcached, AppFabric, and on and on. Kind of surprised that they chose MongaDB as it's far from the fastest competitor.
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by ergo98 16y ago
They use it as a trivial caching system of pre-aggregated data.
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by ergo98 16y ago
They seem to mean "because it's so much faster, it will make the slower ones looks worse", which is an odd idea for compatibility breakage. I suppose it means apps might start doing that much more, thus performing so bad on old devices that
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by ergo98 16y ago
>I used to be a big offender in this area, but am a true convert that if you can say something on the phone or face to face, then you should do it. Only use email to communicate when you need some kind of record, or cannot deal with it
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by ergo98 16y ago
Second that. I loved their pizzas, and was disappointed when they disappeared.
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by ergo98 16y ago
_Checks Watch_ Is it 1989 again? We've had these horribly boring CISC versus RISC arguments since back in the late 80s/early 90s. Your arguments for why x86 keeps winning are ridiculous. As to RISC versus CISC, in some ways the former is li
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by ergo98 16y ago
>Ahh voting, what is it good for. Given that the Conservatives, at least you can be comforted in knowing that it won't pass Parliament. Right?
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by ergo98 16y ago
>SQL Server is (was) Sybase Way back at SQL Server 7 it had dramatically diverged from its roots. SQL Server 6.5 was really the only Sybase-like version.
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by ergo98 16y ago
That's some cutting sarcasm there. You must be a grizzled internet vet. Only it's asinine given that what we're talking about is CHARGING, not running ads. Meaning "To use Hacker News you need to buy a $5/month subscription". I look forward
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by ergo98 16y ago
>There are millions of websites, making very decent profits Millions? I highly doubt it. Those that make a profit do it largely on the backs of ads, which isn't what is being discussed. We're talking about actually charging for a web pr
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by ergo98 16y ago
In the internet world it is hugely rebellious.
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by ergo98 16y ago
>While it is plausible that the involvement was for PR reasons backtrack a bit- >The guy from the State Department is a long-time member of Metafilter in good standing This is like your friend with the pick-up truck hearing you migh
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by ergo98 16y ago
All the time? Not really. The fact that there's a trail system doesn't mean people do it. Driving across the country is a pretty huge undertaking, much less walking across it. The Bruce Trail essentially cuts through my back yard. It is 800
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by ergo98 16y ago
Can also be read as: "VCs and angels, please notice me!" Also: "I was there!"
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by ergo98 16y ago
>I actually understand Steve's point about cross-platform GUIs being the lowest common denominator Sure. iTunes on Windows. >I don't know if it's true or not but there's certainly smoke All of the smoke emanating from a single nobod
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by ergo98 16y ago
No. This is insanity. There's the growing theme that Apple and Microsoft are pals in their fight against Google. This is positively insane. Apple is absolutely devastating Microsoft's core foundation in a way that some shitty online spreads
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by ergo98 16y ago
> I think you're upset about something else related to Cassandra that perhaps you read recently Huh? No, I love Cassandra. She's a beaut. tlack didn't say "it would make more sense to compare an in-memory data store to another in-memory

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