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by javindo 13y ago
One of the main arguments for patents is just the fact that some things require a bit of capital to get going and what is to stop some venture capitalist from taking pitches, telling the person it's a rubbish idea then going off and fu
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by javindo 13y ago
As were the boxes on 9/11, but those were allegedly destroyed in the fire.
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by javindo 13y ago
Was going to say similar; it's quite ironic how a site advertising a "clear font" has a very blurry graphic right in the middle of the page demonstrating said clear font...
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by javindo 13y ago
The thing I'm most pissed off about is having this rubbish bundled in with Prime at a non-additional extra cost. As a current Prime customer, I will not be renewing next year. I generally respect Amazon, Bezos, most of what they do and
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by javindo 13y ago
"Everyone is using this one system" - you're still not fooling anyone Apple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_system...
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by javindo 13y ago
Honestly your best bet for this is bitcoin since almost every other crypto currency measures itself against BTC instead of USD, BTC is sort of a gateway crypto currency.
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by javindo 13y ago
Ah I actually ended up using that a few months ago when trying to determine cost of living between various European countries. I was pretty shocked and saddened (as a naive university student) when I realised the full extent of taxation in
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by javindo 13y ago
I have the 3 unlimited plan but also Spotify premium because it's just easier having offline synced playlists, especially for train journeys when signal is always spotty.
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by javindo 13y ago
It seems cool but I have a couple of concerns. Firstly, how exactly is it detecting when someone is nearby? The iPhone doesn't have NFC for example and GPS isn't exactly the most accurate thing in the world. Secondly, it seems as
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by javindo 13y ago
Slightly off topic but this line made me chuckle: iPhone 5s, the most forward-thinking smartphone in the world and iPhone 5c, the most colorful iPhone yet I guess that's a PR problem you have to deal with when you release
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by javindo 13y ago
[s]I may have misinterpreted this, but to me it seems as though all this provides is two things: 1) Netflix get some technology for free from which they can profit and 2) Netflix get to boast about using free/open software. I think ins
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by javindo 13y ago
Surprised Germany is so resistant, although I suppose there was that WiFi SSID collection scandal which caused tension.
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by javindo 13y ago
I was talking to my father in law (head of particle research for P&G) about particle simulation for research purposes and he was explaining the complex challenges with behaviour of interactions. It amazes me that even at the mathematica
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by javindo 13y ago
Doesn't necessarily have to be jargon, it's a fairly common phrasing "would you ask that of him?" / "the client had an ask which we fulfilled". I suppose it can sound a bit biz-buzz but nothing specific to
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by javindo 13y ago
Wow, just like that. This was amazingly sombre, sorry for your loss and thank you for your inspirational words.
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by javindo 13y ago
Such a shame; an amazing city with wonderful prospects, becoming almost entirely uninhabitable.
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by javindo 13y ago
Quite poor financial reporting from AJ to be honest. BTC is highly volatile but it has generally stuck around $1,000 for the past couple of weeks, the upward spike to $1,200 was just one of many fluctuations which has once again levelled of
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by javindo 13y ago
That looks cool and all but please get Swype on board. I find it an indispensable part of mobile use nowadays and any US without it is seriously missing out.
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by javindo 13y ago
Interesting anecdote: an alumni of my university was chatting with me recently about his work at Google, essentially he replaced what he described as a "large, complex machine learning pipeline" with a "simple bloom filter&qu
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by javindo 13y ago
I would make an argument for Bill Gates. I know on HN people might snub this, but I honestly believe that for better or worse, the future was reshaped by his business tenacity. I know that everyone involved in the entire PC movement equally
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by javindo 13y ago
With all due respect, I really hope HN doesn't end up turning into an Apple fanatic site as was the case on certain tech blogs a few years ago. Also 2mm thinner warrants the "Air" title? I seriously think Apple are parodying
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by javindo 13y ago
Amazon UK used to be no limit but it's now £10 limit. However, this can be bypassed slightly by adding any media item (for example CD/book/DVD). A lot of people had fun finding the cheapest piece of media, I think someone fou
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by javindo 13y ago
Echoing what itsboring said; it's hard to describe but sometimes we just have to... be closer. For example, I can sometimes read incredibly small writing if I can just get it right up to my eyes and really squint but I physically can&#
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by javindo 13y ago
Wow it seems we have incredibly similar situations! Here's my current zoom level on HN, sitting upright with my face about 2 feet (rough guess, maybe half a meter?) on a 27" monitor http://i.imgur.com/oCU01L9.png
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by javindo 13y ago
Whilst my disability isn't as impacting as hers, I thought I'd contribute my own perspective on going through a similar process. I have very poor vision as a result of occular albinism and because it's retinal it can't b
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by javindo 13y ago
Thought I'd comment before the typical anti-Chinese-Engineering brigade shows up. In my opinion, Chinese engineering is a wonder to behold in an era of modern western bureaucracy killing amazing projects. I realise Chinese politics are
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by javindo 13y ago
Hate to be the pessimist but surely this is easily abusable? From the way you described the process of sending money from a wallet to another, there is likely some way of using a botnet or something of the sort to run through your site, cre
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by javindo 13y ago
I had a small video on my channel a while ago which originally procured a few thousand hits but when someone made a much more popular video response (made popular due to virality through reddit/digg) my viewings for that video shot up
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by javindo 13y ago
This seems pretty cool but is an absolute nightmare for people like myself who require Ctrl + Scroll zoom all the time for accessibility.
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by javindo 13y ago
Glad to hear they're finally coming over here! Somewhat unrelated but: https://stripe.com/jobs#eu_developer_evangelist This is my absolute dream job description, unfortunately as a CS undegrad I think I'd find mys

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