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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
Of course the article doesn't fully come up unless you're a subscriber, or coming from Google. Here's a link to the Google search at least: https://www.google.com/search?q=Google+Developing+Home+Enter...
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> 1. It's too slow. I want to know about you, now. I'm a fast reader and want to get on with reading at my own pace, not the pace you've decided to have fancy transitions slide in. Fair point. Had this been poorly done, I would've hated
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
No, he's still using Android, he's just underwhelmed by the Galaxy Nexus.
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Share With Intents(android-developers.blogspot.com)
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Discussion from two days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3541932
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I think the first comment in the article hit the nail on the head -- DistroWatch is just becoming less popular.
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You can run XMonad on a Mac, but it will only tile X11 apps, not standard OS X apps, which unfortunately makes it fairly useless for me. And of course, working in a VM with it is always an option (and I have a VM setup with it for when I
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
Ah, macports is a bit fragile, yes :) I'm pretty happy with homebrew, however (for the most part). Plus writing formulas for homebrew is really easy.
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Out of curiosity, what were you missing from Linux? That's not to say I don't miss things from Linux (/proc, XMonad to name two), just nothing all that much.
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While I agree that companies that rely on open source software should give back to the community (new projects, bug fixes to things they're using, etc.), we have to admit maintaining new open source projects costs time and money. When you'r
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
Some advice from someone who sat on Google's Hiring Committee for about 20 months: https://plus.google.com/101174951617223562800/posts/2UE1Y815... Having said that, Cracking the Coding Interview is a fantastic book for technical interview
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But also offered it for all platforms in a DRM free format as well. Steam was just an option because people (like myself) find it convenient. There's no way to give away a DRM-free version for iOS.
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It helps that Eric Van Hensbergen, the guy behind 9p virtio, was a Plan 9 developer.
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Seriously? They've been doing this for ages as it's required by US law (read the DMCA notice they post at the bottom of the page). This isn't new or news.
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Previous submission by dons: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3512495
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Public Alerts now on Google Maps(google-latlong.blogspot.com)
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> Example 1: Search for cars while "opted" out of G+ results. Ferarri's G+ page is on top on the right, but no link to Ferrari's actual website or their FB page. So if this was focused on relevancy wouldn't the Ferrari link be to Ferrar
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Mythical Videoconferencing Hackers(community.rapid7.com)
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
HD Moore posted on the Rapid7 blog some of the technical details: https://community.rapid7.com/community/solutions/metasploit/...
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
It isn't "their" process, this is an unofficial news site that reports on Google, not Google themselves.
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1) What if the family can't afford it? Do you just deny them graduation? 2) I'm not necessarily saying that they get stolen when they go home. A room full of iPads just sitting there over the summer is a very tempting target for thieves.
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I don't think you need to even go as far as adding a modifier. A smart enough regex engine would know when it could use the linear runtime algorithm, and when it needs to fall back.
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> However, many finite-state automata regex implementations have existed for years If you read his write-up on RegEx matching, you'll see notes that Thompson wrote an implementation in the mid-60s, so he definitely doesn't claim they're
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> There was a deposit paid by the families. What if the family can't pay the deposit? And I'm not necessarily suggesting that the student or the students family is stealing it. How tempting would a room full of iPads be to a thief? Or h
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
According to The Verge article[1], it looks like Apple requires the price to be $14.99 unless iBooks is the sole distribution mechanism. [1]: http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2718357/apple-ibooks-2-tex...
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> I don't believe textbooks would last longer than an iPad, I believe they wouldn't last nearly as long. According to some answers on Quora[1], textbooks are replaced closer to every 7 - 10 years, so, again, I suspect you're wrong in th
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> Textbooks are replaced every 3+ years or so, that's a given. That's not a given. According to the answers on Quora[1] it seems like 7 - 10 years is more realistic. > You're worried about something that might happen. I assure you,
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> We can assume in both cases, the iPad and the Texbooks last 3 years (6 semesters, and 6 different students) before having to be replaced. I suspect this assumption is flawed. Textbooks will last much longer than an iPad, especially on
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by mdwrigh2 15y ago
Was it Moodle by chance? That's the only competitor to Blackboard I've ever seen.
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Microsoft introduces Xbox-like achievements for developers(theverge.com)
3 points by mdwrigh2 15y ago|0 comments

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