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by koffiezet 13y ago
I prefer vagrant for most development projects for the simple reason that I can automate the VM + development environment generation AND commit it to a revision control system (git/svn). Once set, I don't have to worry about re-in
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by koffiezet 13y ago
On an iPad you don't need HDMI, you have airplay. Sure you need an extra $99 device, but no fiddling with cables, fixed cabling for my TV setup. That's FAR superior to any HDMI connection on any tablet. I do have a 30pin -> HDM
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by koffiezet 13y ago
NFC has no real world use-cases, and the implementation in Android sucks (no access to NFC from the Native SDK, not all card/tag types supported, and Google not being very helpful when asking questions about it) and compatibility of th
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by koffiezet 13y ago
This, to me, seems to be thinking completely backward. 1) Everything Apple does is "wireless". This guy is talking about docks and cables? Never heard of Airplay? Bluetooth? iCloud/Dropbox/Box.net/Azure? Just readin
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by koffiezet 13y ago
To be honest, what you're saying is that to get a 'good model' - you have to 'tweak' these approximations it so they work well "to fit what it was designed for". Maybe you don't like the word 'tw
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by koffiezet 13y ago
I came to the same conclusion when looking around for a small lightweight, high end quality laptop. Dell XPS and Lenovo X-series, that's about it I think - and they're similarly priced. Ended up buying the MBA Haswell with i7, 8gi
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by koffiezet 13y ago
I have a MBA and the choice between OSX and Windows is a personal-one, but I actually prefer OSX for desktop usage. Linux for me is the best server os around, but using it on a desktop irritates me. OSX gives you the same command-line power
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by koffiezet 13y ago
One thing I would like to point out is - that even after those 3 years - you'd get a pretty good price for the MBA if you sold it second hand (given that it still works) They were surprised here at work that when they sold their perfec
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by koffiezet 13y ago
Because on a slow night, they will still get $20/hr... I live in Europe and I always thought the tipping system in the USA is a bit backward. Mind you - we DO tip over-here, there's just no unwritten X% rule, and tipping is not ma
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by koffiezet 13y ago
So the BBC using DRM-encumbered video-streams is perfectly ok with you? :)
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by koffiezet 13y ago
You can hardly say iOS supports only one resolution now can you? Thing is - Apple dictates certain limitations AND provides the tools and api's to make it more convenient to support those different resolutions and dpi. On Android you not on
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by koffiezet 13y ago
When I read "C code" in this thread - I assume people mean C and C++ together, since they're both capable of the same low-level stuff. The thing is, the new compilers, static analysis, JIT'ing, ... available these days for C++ makes it the
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by koffiezet 14y ago
The reason for this is simple, for getting as much light to both eyes as with a 'normal' 2D image, they need waaay more brightness - which means a more accurate color-range, and to let it appear as smoothly, they need higher refresh frequen
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by koffiezet 14y ago
While a nice idea, licensing issues are a problem for this project... I don't understand why they didn't use the standard MIT license, but instead went for GPL3, but still chose a proprietary encryption method. iSSH on iOS now also experime
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by koffiezet 14y ago
Sadly, there's a difference between how 'clean' or nice the language is, and the "real life" use and deployment. Deploying Ruby for example is an absolute versioning and compatability disaster in my opinion. You almost immediately _require_
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by koffiezet 14y ago
30+ here, and SD vs HD for me is day and night. Though except for computer generated animation movies, I have a hard time spotting the difference between 720p and 1080p, especially since some movies have blur/grain filters...
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by koffiezet 14y ago
Doubt it. If as rumored, Apple releases an iPad 'mini', I think this is going to be an iPod situation, where the iPad grabs the majority of the market, with a lot of smaller manufacturers picking up the bits. The thing is, Android phones we
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by koffiezet 14y ago
Was thinking something simular... First time I discovered this I was a teenager still using dial-up. And apparently the virus-scanner on the school-pc's couldn't handle it :)
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by koffiezet 14y ago
The problem with the Android UI isn't (only) the lack of beauty, it's the lack of consistency, style and attention to detail. Things like included/used fonts (although the default iOS notes app also fails horribly here), placement of back b
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by koffiezet 15y ago
Steve Jobs became big by being right most of the time. Edison became big by being a bully with questionable business practices. DC vs AC anyone? If there is one person you could compare Jobs to, this would be Henri Ford, who's vision also c
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by koffiezet 15y ago
No he did not. He always talked about "we at apple", and always gave credit to the engineering and designer teams. The story of Wozniak and Jobs is widely known, Jobs described Wozniak on more than one occasion as a brilliant engineer and t
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by koffiezet 15y ago
Well, look at what Android reports as main battery consumer (which you can check on Android), you'll see that the vast majority of their claimed battery consumption is credited to the display :) I'm not sure if what Android reports is corre
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by koffiezet 15y ago
The Samsung Galaxy S2's display "pro" is battery life? Does not reflect real-life use then... Small thing that happened today: a collegue of mine happens to have an S2, and he had to charge his today at 3PM. I gave him a strange look and as
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by koffiezet 15y ago
You should be able to do this pretty cheaply with pattern-lights, a cheap webcam and some intelligent software?
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by koffiezet 15y ago
I wonder if you ever even touched an iPhone or iOS device? You certainly never used one. I have a long history of using "smartphones", I owned a Nokia communicator, a Compaq windows mobile PDA, a Sony-Ericsson P910, and then decided nothing
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by koffiezet 15y ago
A lack of features is a feature of any Apple product. It's what makes them great, and accessible for the large public. It's the reason I absolutely love to USE my phone and iPad, and love to mess around with an Android device. It's a lot ha
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by koffiezet 15y ago
One of my grandparents was an orphan, so on one side, the paper-trail ends there. On my mother's side of the family, we go back to the 14th century french nobility, so I'm not sure how I should look at it, since back-then - the country wher
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by koffiezet 15y ago
I have an iPhone and iPad, and sure - I do use a lot of native applications - but the browser certainly is one of my most-used apps on the tablet. I think my top useage on the iPad is: 1) RSS reading (native app syncing with Google reader)