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by hobbs 18y ago
I wonder how many of the downloaders were simply kicking the tires to see how well it would run on their paltry 2007 vintage hardware. Seriously though, to play god's advocate: check out this article from the CEO of Stardock games: http://
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by hobbs 18y ago
That probably explains why most humans prefer to walk, once they've developed the necessary motor skills. It's a much more efficient way to move and puts a lot less strain on the wrists and knees. (Just in case someone mistakes this for ser
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by hobbs 18y ago
I've been looking for some part-time freelance income. Has anyone has ever used these contests to supplement income, or to make valuable contacts? I've participated in TopCoder a couple times a while back, but didn't see much benefit in pra
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by hobbs 18y ago
I can't now, since my statement would then be false. :) Seriously though, I thought about it, but then I realized that I would probably have to replace the entire paragraph, since it seems to be a key step in the original author's explana
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by hobbs 18y ago
The article has one point wrong. The statement "If this sentence is true, then Santa Claus exists." is not equivalent to "If this sentence is false, then Santa Claus doesn't exist." It is equivalent to "If Santa Claus doesn't exist, then
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by hobbs 18y ago
Don't get me wrong, I completely agree with the original author. Warren's logic is circular and seems to be preying on people's inability to conceive of very large numbers. I'd fully expect DJIA to continue growing at roughly the same pace
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by hobbs 18y ago
Who says you have to invest in Dow Jones' market during the 21st century? I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to get a 5.3% return in a more emerging market like, say, India or China.
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by hobbs 18y ago
Best advice ever: Put a single paragraph of content on each web page! You can increase your ad impressions 10-fold!
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by hobbs 18y ago
In IT, I've found that the degree only has any influence on your first job. After that, future employers only care about your work history - no one cares anymore about your degree, your GPA, or the school. So if instead of going to college,
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by hobbs 18y ago
Expensive oil is more likely to spur telecommuting and telepresence than to destroy suburbia. (not to mention the immense pressure it creates to research alternative fuels, which may turn out to be very much cheaper than oil in the long run
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by hobbs 18y ago
Just remember WWAPD: What Would Austin Powers Do?
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by hobbs 18y ago
Shoot, I thought he might have been referring to Candygram: http://candygram.sourceforge.net (not to toot my own horn) It isn't maintained anymore, though. But the LGPL'ed source is always available.
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by hobbs 18y ago
The author suggests that techies may migrate back to Slashdot. I, for one, never left. Their editorial selection for front-page news cannot be beat. The commentary is still drivel, though. My philosophy: go to Slashdot for the news, come to
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by hobbs 18y ago
True enough. Though if it weren't for Flashblock, it would be a whole different situation. (I'm often surprised to find out how much I'm "missing" when forced to use IE)
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by hobbs 18y ago
Why I hate Flash: outside of youtube, 95% of all Flash content is just advertisement - including flashy corporate home pages. Very little actually affords any utility to me . Flashblock is by far the most valuable Firefox extension that
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by hobbs 19y ago
Actually, yes, that's exactly what I was getting at. You'd have to make the square cover sqrt(2) times wider than the hole, but you could still prevent it from ever falling in. (Granted, it's not a very efficient solution, though.)
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by hobbs 19y ago
You can make a cover of any shape you want that won't fall in. It depends on how much the cover overlaps the hole. Even with a round cover, you can't have zero overlap or else the cover would fall in. Now back to the correct answer, which i
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by hobbs 19y ago
"An Application may not ... launch other executable code by any means" This wording, taken at face value, means that you can't deploy a Python app. Assuming that the CPython interpreter would be the "Application" that is written using the i
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by hobbs 19y ago
http://blog.mozilla.com/rob-sayre/2008/03/06/apple-bans-fire... "No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple's Published APIs and builtin interpreter(s)… An Applica
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by hobbs 19y ago
Interesting points. I think your comments help elucidate my point that evolution is not so simple as to be glibly thrown around as the reason for every human behavior. >> Taken to the extreme, why have we even developed arms, legs,
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by hobbs 19y ago
> ... - and I don't presume to know how it happened. Like I said, I only know enough to know that I can't comfortably refer to evolution to explain human nature. My point is that I doubt that most people who do reference evolution are f
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by hobbs 19y ago
but what does it mean to "have" a "boss"? ;)
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by hobbs 19y ago
A lazily-evaluated, infinitely-recursive generator function decided to become ambitious.
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by hobbs 19y ago
Considering that there are a billion times more copies of bacterial genes than any other, I'd say that "upwards" isn't a better way to propogate the gene: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_bacteria.html
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by hobbs 19y ago
Sorry. I over-simplified. (or under-simplified?) I have read it and its basic idea was, in fact, the basis of my statement.
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by hobbs 19y ago
Evolution is not quite as easy as everyone assumes it is. I don't know much about it myself, but I do know enough to know that I can't appeal to it to make arguments about human nature. Evolution, at its core, strives for only one thing: pr
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by hobbs 19y ago
No, I never did subscribe to Apple ideology, but I can see that you're quite indoctrinated. 1) You got me there. I was quite stupid to pay for an overpriced iPod when all I wanted to do was rip my CD's to an MP3 player. Unfortunately the pa
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by hobbs 19y ago
For me, that day is in the past. One of the most satisfying days in my life was when I installed Rockbox on my iPod and was able to eradicate iTunes from my PC. Slow, bloated, DRM-infested piece of uselessness if you ask me. Now, I can simp
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Ask HN: Is Apple becoming the next Sony?
3 points by hobbs 19y ago|2 comments
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by hobbs 19y ago
Sure, the RIAA get's $5/mo, then the MPAA will want $10/mo. Television isn't covered under RIAA or MPAA, so they'll need, say, a $5/mo surcharge as well. Naturally, the BSA will want $5/mo too. Next, comes the book publishers who will only

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