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by laujen 16y ago
This isn't anti-Hacker News. I really love the site and read it every day and try to contribute as much as I can, but I find the dynamic of which posts get elevated very interesting. I assume HN favors long-time users who have posted a lot
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by laujen 16y ago
This has raised a lot of discussion here in the NW about Cascadia fault line, which runs off the coast and causes an 8.0 or higher earthquake about every 250 years. It has been 311 years since the last one.
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by laujen 16y ago
This is a beautiful piece of link bait. His advice might make sense if you live in New York, but it doesn't work at all in most places in the country. If you live in the suburbs you can't find places to rent. If you have kids and care about
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Computer Science is a Misnomer(eliainsider.com)
3 points by laujen 16y ago|0 comments
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by laujen 16y ago
I'll miss Josh's writing for one. Always enjoyed his articles even if I didn't always agree with him. Hope he surfaces again soon. Keep writing, Josh!
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by laujen 16y ago
I'm blown away by this. I lived through those days as a Windows Mobile and Palm developer and had this weird feeling of deja-vu when the Nokia-MS news broke. Now I know why!
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The Allegory of Treo(asymco.com)
3 points by laujen 16y ago|1 comments
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by laujen 16y ago
Elegant devices, seamless integration, simplicity -- what Apple's ads are all about today -- are brand advertising. That is the brand's promise and differentiation wrapped up in one tidy package.
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by laujen 16y ago
Toshiba and Lenova, yes. Dell has no channel expertise except through their site. The problem with tablets is they are not a cookie cutter device. Dell could sell PCs off the web because one PC was like every other PC with a different logo
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by laujen 16y ago
As I commented on his post, the net effect is that Android and Windows Phone licensees, whose main experience is selling through carriers, will struggle with tablets. It is hard to build channel expertise. Apple and HP have a ton of it. Sam
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Why operators will find it hard to sell tablets(asymco.com)
1 points by laujen 16y ago|3 comments
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by laujen 16y ago
My guess is the company knows how bad the situation is and is trying to build a growing developer community around its devices... by making Android software run on them. I can't figure out why else RIM would do this?
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by laujen 16y ago
Barely. It was a colossal waste of time.
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The Publisher's Dilemma(mondaynote.com)
2 points by laujen 16y ago|0 comments
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by laujen 16y ago
Thought I would share my RIM experience. We were pressed hard by RIM developer relation team in 2006/2007 to port our highly successful Palm/WinMo app to their platform. The pitch at the time was for their developer program and attending WE
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by laujen 16y ago
I have met plenty of religious programmers and computer folks over the years, they just don't generally talk about their faith.
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by laujen 16y ago
Interestingly, from what I understand, heaven nor hell are never explicitly mentioned in the bible (old testament).
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by laujen 16y ago
It is not that they couldn't -- although the priests may not have been able to -- it's that there was no reason to. It's not like there were millions of Christians in the year 1. The Jews were very busy dealing with the Romans and not too w
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by laujen 16y ago
I am late to this conversation and Fred already posted a follow up but I wanted to just add that this is not Fred's normal voice. He is upset about something. When usually his posts are very open and constructive, this one was bitter.
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by laujen 16y ago
#1 is a big disadvantage. Those devices are all locked down by IT staff and software won't install. RIM is a tricky platform. I found that the market is split mostly between consumers who text and corporate/government employees who have the
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by laujen 16y ago
As an old Palm OS developer and someone who wrote code for BlackBerry OS, I can tell you that BlackBerry is much much much much worse than Palm OS ever was.
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by laujen 16y ago
Oh, this is very sad if true. Whether you like Apple or not, there is no denying Jobs has been a visionary and leader in the tech space since its inception. A few weeks ago I had a dream that I was Steve Jobs' personal assistant. He was ver
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Steve Jobs’ cancer clinic sighting sparks new Apple worries(venturebeat.com)
2 points by laujen 16y ago|2 comments
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The best you can do is iOS is Cool and Android is Open??(eliainsider.com)
1 points by laujen 16y ago|0 comments
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by laujen 16y ago
That's pretty cool. This could work in mobile but Apple's review process kills it there and the monitoring part is hard. App stores, though, make this possible. I wish Apple would allow a post-review oath for trusted developers, those who h
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Wireless Advances Could Mean No More Cell Towers(oregonlive.com)
3 points by laujen 16y ago|1 comments
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Nokia, HP and RIM, Oh My: A Mobile Developer's Perspective(eliainsider.com)
2 points by laujen 16y ago|0 comments
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by laujen 16y ago
Could this article be any more biased. It talks as if rumors are facts and then positions itself as if Android tablets are currently the market leader. Last I checked it is Android devices trying to keep up with the iPad. There is one Andro
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by laujen 16y ago
A strong Nokia is good for smart phones. I hope Elop is smart and doesn't get bogged down in the tablet fight. Nokia needs to focus on doing smart phones well. Plenty of market there as 6 billion people will be buyers.
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by laujen 16y ago
Distribution is a huge advantage for Apple. Motorola, RIM and most of the cell manufacturers have no experience selling away from the carrier. HP knows how and Samsung knows how but Samsung's tablets are developed and sold through its smart

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