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by jarcoal 14y ago
I'm not really sure this post provides any useful information.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
"Stuck with Apple" has been the story of my computing life. If another company can come along and provide a similar experience, I'll move over, but at this point no one is even close.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
It was just an example, but what this means is that they are switching to semantic naming, rather than style naming.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Couldn't agree with this more, but I'm not sure it's a valid argument in most people's eyes. The Clackamas shooting was a perfect example of an incident that gun control likely would've prevented. It was not premeditated, it was a bad kid
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by jarcoal 14y ago
By usability I meant ease-of-use.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Seconded. Apple may have set the bar really low for data, but they set it really high for interface and usability.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I think it's highly usable, just not useful :)
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Nope, Google doesn't give them out. If you're an investor, don't worry, they're "huge" -_-
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I feel like the Slashdot and /r/technology crowd have infected this place. So much negativity it's shocking.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
That's a good example, thanks for sharing. Are there any others that you benefit from?
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Completely agree! The OS is just an app launcher, and for some reason everyone here forgets that. Keeping it the same is to the consumer's benefit.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I don't think they do at all. Most of Google's core services are built on top of standards like SMTP, IMAP, CalDAV, Jabber, etc, so they can be consumed by any device. Apple is the one writing most of the extra code here because they want
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Yeah, that'll win over those iPad users! :)
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Yes, there are definitely some kinds of content that won't be doable on a tablet, such as your Photoshop example. The OP just stated that word processing was harder on an iPad, which as we both know is simply an opinion.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
No other PC, just his iPad. And he uses the keyboard and thinks it works great, so you are wrong in saying that it is bad for generating content. That's your opinion, not a fact.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
No, not by our definition. But for many people email, web browsing, and writing the occasional text document is their professional life. The iPad is well equipped to do those things (most of those handful bought a keyboard as well).
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by jarcoal 14y ago
This statement is just as inaccurate! You've completely dismissed the fact it might be happening based on no evidence at all. My brother just tossed his laptop for an iPad and he loves it. There's one person who has, so you're already wro
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I know a handful of people that have completely left the PC market for the tablet market (read: iPad), but you know what they say about anecdotal evidence. Sidenote: they are thrilled with the transition.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I really think these tile widgets are not useful or easy to understand for an average user. Apple has it right: iOS is just an app launcher, and there is just one tier of apps, none of this widget-y stuff. I will note that small read-only c
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by jarcoal 14y ago
It's about the same price as a domain unless you're doing wildcard certs.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I came here to post just this. IMO it's one of the best tech blogs on the net right now. It also seems like it would be a really cool place to work.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Looks great on my iPhone. Thanks for the nice lib!
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Maybe I misunderstood your question. If you're looking for reasons to pick one over another, then it's whichever language you know best. Web frameworks really only differ in philosophy, and in this case, both are batteries-included, monoli
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Rails is written in Ruby, and Django in Python. That's by far the biggest (and maybe only) difference.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
This is definitely a good point that people seem to forget all of the time. That said, can you blame investors/buyers for being upset that Google is showing off such a nice piece of hardware but doing such a bad job of selling it? It certa
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by jarcoal 14y ago
I would also like to see one. I think we know the profit margin is probably slim (low price + small batch), but exact figures would be nice to see.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
By "problem" the OP didn't just mean a bug or ambiguous situation, they meant plugins, addons, etc, that the community has contributed. EDIT: Reading his post again, maybe he didn't mean that, but the point is still valid.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
That interface looks like MapQuest ten years ago. Completely unacceptable.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
As long as they read the rumor mills they had 6-8 month notice. Still might not be long enough, I'm not sure how much development time it takes for an app like that.
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by jarcoal 14y ago
Yeah I'm aware, but that list is not comprehensive, and doesn't do much to spark the imagination.

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