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Quora’s topic-level RSS feeds are useless(justinblanton.com)
2 points by mcav 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcav 16y ago
I'm sure IBM would rather sell Watson-sized devices to businesses than a single server.
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by mcav 16y ago
Because customers can buy apps in one click, so they do. If webapps had the same payment/installation procedure, they'd take off like a rocket too. (Given HTML5's local caching and the like.)
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by mcav 16y ago
I didn't hear any languages mentioned. If it was only stock footage, they did a good job making up source code.
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by mcav 16y ago
It looked like they were using Java. (Unless that was just fabricated for the screen.)
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Providing great user experience with feedback(37signals.com)
28 points by mcav 16y ago|0 comments
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Mind vs. Machine(theatlantic.com)
1 points by mcav 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcav 16y ago
If only I actually needed rollover minutes. I have 7,200 rollover minutes I'll never use. I wish they'd give out free MB/GB of data. That I could use. (Though right now I'm still on the grandfathered "unlimited" plan, so I guess that's us
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by mcav 16y ago
Generally, yes. I have a Mac App Store app that is just a wrapper for a WebView.
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by mcav 16y ago
If it actually did what it says well, $99 would be a reasonable price.
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Readability's new service(marco.org)
173 points by mcav 16y ago|37 comments
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by mcav 16y ago
I agree, it shouldn't overshadow other stuff. But that's the odd thing about those kinds of issues -- they tend to overshadow the work anyway.
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by mcav 16y ago
One thing I've learned from reading HN over the years: Few things kill the buzz of a new site like the introduction of legal/copyright issues.
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How to Glue This to That(thistothat.com)
6 points by mcav 16y ago|1 comments
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Approval Ratings and Re-Election Odds(fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by mcav 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcav 16y ago
I think my iPhone's rotation algorithm is this: When I want it to not rotate, it rotates anyway. I must then fuddle with the multitasking bar to hit the Lock Orientation button. When I want it to rotate, it seems to take ages before it ro
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by mcav 16y ago
What happens when you answer wrong?
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by mcav 16y ago
I'm surprised how many times Mark Pilgrim's quote has been taken out of context.
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by mcav 16y ago
It's a webpage running full-screen on Chrome in Ubuntu. You can actually see it here: http://marcuscavanaugh.com/dashboard/ I tried using Geckoboard, but it wasn't customizable enough for what I was trying to accomplish.
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by mcav 16y ago
I had a Toshiba tablet (a Tecra M4). It now hangs on my wall as a Star-Trek-styled dashboard: http://d.pr/8Dyk
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by mcav 16y ago
I've used that idiom too. It's a great trick. One potential issue is that if you continuously trigger the scroll/resize event, your callback will go an extended time without firing. That's usually only a problem if you're using it to adjust
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by mcav 16y ago
Right. Another commenter mentioned that they'd switch ISPs, but if it were me, I'd just be sure to use a different password than the one for any of my other accounts.
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by mcav 16y ago
This page helped me understand the Minkowski sum visually: http://www.pfirth.co.uk/minkowski.html
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by mcav 16y ago
Developers use bitmaps for many visual elements. Bitmaps will appear blurry when scaled unless they are enlarged by double. Since UI elements often include one-pixel lines, blurriness would be unacceptably noticeable.
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by mcav 16y ago
Yes.
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by mcav 16y ago
> " Most developers will wait for HTML6. No one needs an HTML5 'Movement'. " That doesn't make any sense. When IE6/7 and partially 8 become small enough, most competent developers will use HTML5 technologies in part of their work. Flash
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Forever: on Digital Archival(aworkinglibrary.com)
2 points by mcav 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcav 16y ago
Nah. Find a good book though, like The Joy of Clojure or Programming Clojure to get you through the fundamental bits.
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by mcav 16y ago
I'd recommend Clojure for two reasons: You'll get experience with functional programming, and you'll be introduced to the JVM at the same time. If you learn Clojure and later want to learn another JVM language, you'll be halfway there.
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Has Clojure development stalled?(offtopic.bestinclass.dk)
61 points by mcav 16y ago|26 comments

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