laconian

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   by laconian 14y ago

   > provided that the Atom processors are any good Intel's halfassed efforts with the Atom really FUBAR'd the netbook. What a dog those computers are. The initial rabid enthusiasm that people had for Netbooks just set them up for a bad ex
2. 92.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   Building locked-down systems is not Microsoft's core competency. A big factor behind Windows' success was the massive developer support they received. With a few exceptions (like the undocumented ATL libraries), developers could do whatever
3. 93.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   Yup, CNN's having a conversation with itself.
4. 94.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   Microsoft totally missed the opportunity to make something open and wonderful. Now, we're basically getting iPads, but with bright cyan colors and a chronic inability to fit huge 128pt words on one page. "MUSI" "PICTUR" "SOCIA"
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   How long should a job hunt take for a PhD scientist?(careerscientist.blogspot.com)

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6. 96.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   I've made some throwaway accounts for testing, and found that insecure passwords are A-OK for Twitter!
7. 97.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   Disagree. I think that natural scrolling gestures in Mac OS Lion is more revolutionary and more intuitive to use than this "faster Fourier transform". That technology sounds like it only used by nerds, and I'm sure it has a TERRIBLE user ex
8. 98.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   It's not critical about publishing on the Internet. The article is about Internet publishers' obsessive infatuation about the meta aspects of Internet publishing. I think your reply is a good exhibit on that subject.
9. 99.▲
   by laconian 14y ago

   I was talking more about hacking in the "doing something clever" sense that has popped up like crazy: hack your taxes! hack your wife! hack the stock market! etc.
10. 100.▲
    by laconian 14y ago

    I think it would get burned up on reentry.
11. 101.▲
    by laconian 14y ago

    Oh, I am so burned out from that word. Everybody wants a piece of the community and tries to be authentic by adopting its lingo. But it feels so goddamned forced.
12. 102.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    You haven't been looking very hard, then. ;)
13. 103.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    IIRC it ran through Wine, it wasn't really supported or excellent to begin with.
14. 104.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    It's the same problem with politics. The coverage is so much about the meta aspects of politics, the daily "he said, she said", not the actual policies that are being proposed. It's easier to employ people to write about the superficial hor
15. 105.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    Being able to take that data and move it to another service?
16. 106.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    Yes, but the same chilling effect that it would have on adoption of JVM-based solutions could transitively pass on to whatever builds on its stack.
17. 107.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    I wonder if a ruling that favors Oracle will taint JVM-based languages such as Clojure?
18. 108.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    MSR developed the idea further, but Kinect originally came from an acquisition.
19. 109.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    But, but... outrage!
20. 110.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    Also face blindness, or people with failing memory. Imagine if this system could automatically detect friends based on their face and summon their names and relevant context (recent calendar appointments, pictures, etc.)
21. 111.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    The reaction from some iPhone users is rich. http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/iphone-users-disgust...
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    by laconian 15y ago

    Totally - and in many cases "beautiful" just means visual design fad-compliant.
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    by laconian 15y ago

    http://goo.gl/QTzAq
24. 114.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    https://www.google.com/#q=1.5sqrt(-abs(abs(x)-1)*abs(3-abs(x...
25. 115.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    OWA was crap unless you used Windows IE.
26. 116.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    No way. Autocomplete is an absolute necessity for slow typists and mobile phone users.
27. 117.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    C# is my favorite language, too bad I can't use it since I work at a Linux shop.
28. 118.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    I like this trend of the big Internet companies taking proactice steps to right the wrongs that are happening in their space. If only more companies had backbones.
29. 119.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    This article is custom tailored for the HN echo chamber. The link to PG for this article is tenuous at best.
30. 120.▲
    by laconian 15y ago

    Uh oh. I remember when Microsoft announced a similar program. That really kicked off the malaise that MSFT's in now.