jrubyer

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by jrubyer 16y ago
> How long have you been on Hacker News? Your account is only 20 days old; can you pass adequate judgment on the matter? So, if a person's userid is 20 days old, then does it directly mean that the person has been using the site for onl
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by jrubyer 16y ago
sigh Nope, I thought HN was for news related to startups and things that are interesting to hackers. If more and more of news submissions here become related to Apple, then doesn't this make it Apple News?
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Why is Hacker News becoming more and more Apple News? //I don't care about the downvotes, this needs to be said.
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Japan’s Earthquake and the Kindle(beyond-black-friday.com)
2 points by jrubyer 16y ago|0 comments
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Is the browser render speed actually true? http://saveie6.com/compare.php O_o
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Yes, it certainly seems that way. Recently Google has also changed the logos of gmail, gcal, greader etc and this looks like Chrome's turn.
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Is there any design related reason that explains this change? Or is this just random?
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by jrubyer 16y ago
I recommend deviantart (unless you're going to upload personal photos)
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Why $5? Seems to be a bit random.
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by jrubyer 16y ago
explain?
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Interesting times we live in..
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by jrubyer 16y ago
>>Flashlight, Loud speaker, Battery life This is gonna sell truckloads.
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by jrubyer 16y ago
>>Nintendo has proven that you don't need bleeding edge graphics to sell consoles That's true, but you do need a deep and enjoyable gaming experience to be successful - something which I don't think the appstore model of pricin
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by jrubyer 16y ago
I was wondering the same too. Anyone have any info on this?
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by jrubyer 16y ago
>>Realistically, if you have maybe 1500 of the most popular apps, you have enough to pretty well serve the market. Yes, that's the point. It's just that iPad now has so many good quality apps compared to Android. It _may_ change
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by jrubyer 16y ago
>> I don't really see the relevance of the number of applications to the the UI experience. This is silly, without apps what value does it offer?
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by jrubyer 16y ago
If you actually think about this for more than 5 seconds, you'd realise that they're releasing an OS that's both a successor to windows 7 and a tablet OS. It's like Apple merging iOS and OSX[1] and releasing it as OSX 10.8! [1] yes, both ha
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InType - minimalistic text editor for windows(intype.info)
1 points by jrubyer 16y ago|0 comments
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by jrubyer 16y ago
Funny, that's around the same amount MS charges for WP7! And they say WP7 can't compete with Android b'coz it's non-free.
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by jrubyer 16y ago
>>My parents aren't Apple fans. They're not nerds. They spend a lot of time frustrated with technology. They're nuts about their iPad because it works really well. That's it. Adding a USB port isn't going to make them like it bette
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by jrubyer 16y ago
>>Making an app pretty is more deeply ingrained into the development culture on the Mac side. This is actually my question, why is it like this? Any reasons behind it?
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by jrubyer 16y ago
I actually meant third party applications. Sorry for causing misunderstanding, question updated.
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Ask HN: Why do OSX applications look more polished than Windows/Linux?
3 points by jrubyer 16y ago|6 comments