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by ewolf 14y ago
I think you misinterpret "being left alone". In the sense of being able to do something on your own without anyone being able to see what you're doing — yes. But the reception of unwanted messages, while annoying, does not seem to interfere
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Show HN: Updatified — a sleek way to keep tabs on your online life(updatified.com)
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by ewolf 14y ago
Very nice, clean overview! Please add an RSS/Atom feed so I can add you to my Google Reader :)
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by ewolf 14y ago
That's a very narrow-minded way of looking at success. The success of a state is much more than just attaining wealth — it's about serving the people and giving them all possible opportunities to pursue their dreams and live a happy life. M
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by ewolf 14y ago
While Singapore may not foster a startup culture as it can be found in many parts of the USA, a population of 5 million (with 1/3 immigrants) is certainly hard to compare to 308 million.
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by ewolf 14y ago
True, the article certainly leaves out a lot there. I would, however, attribute Singapore's success to their own good leadership. The Brits certainly were not the ones who developed it to what it is today.
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by ewolf 14y ago
This is a very simplified view of the education system in Singapore. Of course education should be important, but it can also go too far. I've been in Singapore for 1 year as an exchange student. While I managed to cope well, many slightly
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by ewolf 14y ago
It is a productive purpose, but a very obvious one — designing a 3D object requires 3D display. We keep seeing impressive 3D interfaces for regular everyday tasks in sci-fi movies, so I was just wondering whether this way of displaying info
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by ewolf 14y ago
I agree that market share is important, but I think Microsoft will face some serious issues turning market share into profit. Both Apple and Amazon skim the profits off their huge ecosystem here, but Microsoft doesn't have any equivalent.
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by ewolf 14y ago
Certainly a cool demo — but has anyone already seen a use of 3D in CSS/WebGL for a productive purpose? I'd be really interested in that; showing the atoms/molecules in 3D, as it is the suggested in one of the comments in the link @mmahemoff
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by ewolf 14y ago
My thoughts exactly — Microsofts didn't invent the PC, the GUI, the internet, etc. but neither did Apple. Ideas don't matter, execution does. The Surface, while not as perfect as it perhaps should have been, certainly is a promising device,
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by ewolf 14y ago
What would be the exact reason that less cars would be needed? Are you referring to multiple cars in one household becoming superfluous? This would, of course, only be the case if driverless driving would be permitted entirely — I can very
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by ewolf 14y ago
I currently see Google taking the lead in the development of driverless cars, so I suppose car makers will be left with no choice.
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by ewolf 14y ago
I noticed the issue with the GitHub icon — it seems that my hoster is caching something. I'll fix it asap. Thanks :)
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by ewolf 14y ago
Unfortunately, almost no website has a push API for notifications (or anything else). In the app I mentioned below, I'm gathering notifications from Facebook, Forrst, StackExchange and unread emails from Gmail — I have to poll for every one
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by ewolf 14y ago
Finally! I've been waiting for this :) In case anyone of you likes to get notified about new issues, issue comments etc. on his homepage (like I do), you might want to have a look at http://updatified.com/ ;)
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by ewolf 14y ago
I love how number 1, 2, and 4 are Singaporean :D Nerd country!
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by ewolf 14y ago
That's one awful lot of parantheses for a hello world.
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by ewolf 14y ago
I agree on some points, yet I believe the author exaggerates during most of his article. PushState, for example, is not a bandaid, and for those not-so-modern browsers there are hashtags (let's be frank: 99.9% of users don't care about how
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by ewolf 14y ago
Those data are "calibrated against a baseline score of 1,000 (which is the score of a single-processor Power Mac G5 @ 1.6GHz)".
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by ewolf 14y ago
The score of 629 for the iPhone 4S and 766 for the iPad is "calibrated against a baseline score of 1,000 (which is the score of a single-processor Power Mac G5 @ 1.6GHz)" (see http://browser.primatelabs.com/ios-benchmarks ) — not that big
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by ewolf 14y ago
They certainly contributed to the web, even if part of their contribution was rather counter-productive (IE, we're looking at you!). But you have to admit that it's quite embarrassing for a company as well-known and large as Microsoft to fi
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by ewolf 14y ago
"A collaboration with Internet Explorer" and everything's jaggy on a big screen — can't deny the irony. When will Microsoft finally learn how to properly use web technology? Regarding the link copy issue: They could've just added an automat
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by ewolf 14y ago
Schopenhauer is not entirely ironic about the unrelatedness of truth and argument. It is true that usually, both parties believe to know it and therefore, it is unknown most of the time. It is also true that, just because you are not able t
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by ewolf 14y ago
It's somewhat sarcastic because Schopenhauer states that there is no relationship between the art of debate/convincing and the truth or seeking the truth. His advice, however, is perfectly valid and can be used and, to some extent, is used