greyman

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by greyman 16y ago
Can you specify in more details what you think is the scale of Julian's impact? From media coverage it looks like the impact has been huge, but is it really? I am not against Julian, I would not object if they selected him instead of Mark,
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by greyman 16y ago
If FSF is right and Mark really "set a terrible precedent for our future", then something like that is exactly what makes a candidate for a "Time's Person of the Year". They basically admit that the choice was reasonable. If we are talking
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by greyman 16y ago
Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could compete with iOS or Android. Nokia is a good company, especially in the area of dumb
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by greyman 16y ago
Yes I too am interested about that extension.
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by greyman 16y ago
Fail. Kill a product which used to be best in its own niche and which provided valuable data for free... I just don't understand...
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by greyman 16y ago
You are right that it's a lot of work to beat Google in its own game, but what I realized recently is that Google as a text search service is not that essential for me as it used to be like 5 years ago. For example, now when I am searching
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by greyman 16y ago
Why you mean by "quit your friends"? About 50% of my friends are not on the Facebook, and I communicate with them using phone, email, or directly meet them. The same with the folks who are on FB...I usually reach them by other means, anyway
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by greyman 16y ago
Conclusion of the article: I don't know what will kill Facebook.
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by greyman 16y ago
Paul and why do you actually think so?
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by greyman 16y ago
But they also imply, and that I find a bit worrying, that the organic local search results might not be sorted primarily by relevance, as Google always claimed to be so. Ok, it might be just a coincidence, that the 7 most relevant results f
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by greyman 16y ago
Actually, posterous does have a paid product - you can have custom domain with posterous blog and register that domain through them for $25/year.
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by greyman 16y ago
Don't be so harsh, I think Eric is onto something. Or do you think it is normal, that for the "NY Chiropractor" search, first 7 "organic" results are listed in Places, while all the rest are not? That's clearly a bias and now we see the sea
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by greyman 16y ago
I am probably one of such users. I would need something like Evernote, but more lightweight. I tried ResophNotes, which basically maintains a list of plain text notes, but that was already too lightweight, since I realized that I need at le
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by greyman 16y ago
Yes, but in my opinion, an ability to perform mindful practice is part of what we call talent. The person you described here is exactly someone who has passion for something, but is not that much talented. BTW, I wonder, is this some new In
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by greyman 16y ago
What about speed? On my machines, startup time and rendering time are both noticeably shorter in Chrome. That was my primary reason I switched.
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by greyman 16y ago
Why? Can't you use browser's print button?
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by greyman 16y ago
I find this interesting, but we would also need such leaks from other countries embassies, not just U.S. ones. This will probably create embarrassment for U.S., but on the other hand, isn't it a job of a diplomat to truthfully describe the
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by greyman 16y ago
I still prefer to download a standalone client and connect to FICS and choose time controls, opponents, etc...
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by greyman 16y ago
I agree with you. Moreover, by creating one's own UI, something other will break. For example, I can't close my Better HN for Chrome extension on this page, because the upper bar (with search box) over-drawn the upper part of the extension
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by greyman 16y ago
Where I work, if one doesn't want to be a manager, he can go up by being Architect and then Senior architect. Those roles doesn't require leadership experience...simply, the best engineers who doesn't want to manage people will become archi
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by greyman 16y ago
I program in C++ and not C, but in my opinion, unless we are talking about a very small project, it is even wrong to have a global variable, not to mention naming it maxphysaddr! If it is some utility with 50 lines of code, then ok, but oth
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by greyman 16y ago
Seems like kreci just discovered a new way of making money: 1. find some easy to implement iPhone app 2. rewrite it to Android 3. profit!
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by greyman 16y ago
Did you read Engadget or Gizmodo? They often break stories and provide their own gadget reviews, it's something completely different as what was described in the article.
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Andrey Ternovskiy on the future of Chatroulette(newyorker.com)
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by greyman 16y ago
But I would also like to use it for web/email. If I want tablet only for reading, then I can buy Kindle instead.
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by greyman 16y ago
I want to ask: do you guys in U.S. really do have that much WiFi coverage so you don't need a 3G? Here in Europe I can't imagine to buy such a thing without 3G... or do you do WiFi tethering through your phone or carry a WiFi hotspot device
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by greyman 16y ago
You are right, but the question was if such an Android tablet exist. Maybe someone would choose tab due its more portable size.
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by greyman 16y ago
No, there aren't. Nor the iPad size, nor any other size (not counting smartphones ;-)). The first good one is Galaxy Tab.
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by greyman 16y ago
There is also a good summary of the leak in this Spiegel article -> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-72402... (in English). It's quite revealing just how brutal the war in Iraq has been, with all parties willing
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by greyman 16y ago
> the "just works" experience of Linux I am sorry to say that, but I never had such an experience (and i had to use Linux quite a lot in the past).

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