mhw

37 ms·

331.
by mhw 16y ago
> I can't help thinking that if I was Google, I would be working on an alternative language that compiles directly to Dalvik bytecode as fast as I could. Swapping the language out is probably the smaller part of the problem. The depende
332.
by mhw 16y ago
"The best way to solve this problem is to eliminate the need for hacky bookmarklets entirely: Add a proper registry of apps that can accept URLs from Safari" I disagree that this is the best way to solve the problem: it would restrict avail
333.
Xkcd: Airfoil - So what's the right explanation?(xkcd.com)
46 points by mhw 16y ago|40 comments
334.
by mhw 16y ago
"If you live near a store, you can bring in any Windows 7 compatible PC and the Store techs will do a clean install of Windows 7 (you’ll need to buy a full retail copy, of course), migrate all of your data, and then apply the Signature conf
335.
by mhw 16y ago
That's not what I understand the article to say. I think it says: 1) Cosmos magazine were collecting messages to be sent to Gliese. 2) They found a signal, but it doesn't say which object the signal came from, and they haven't found the s
336.
by mhw 16y ago
I suspect the main advantage that the Unix family has in targeting these smaller environments is more the user-space than the kernel - init, the shell, the contents of /bin and so on. It's pretty easy to configure a minimal but useful unix
337.
Ten Years of Mac Dominance: 2000-2010(kenrockwell.com)
2 points by mhw 16y ago|0 comments
338.
by mhw 16y ago
Hmm; I like your thinking. It makes me wonder whether integrating all this stuff into OS X would make OS X more attractive as an overall user experience when compared to Windows. "If you use Windows you get the old iTunes interface, but OS
339.
by mhw 16y ago
I upgraded Flash on my old laptop just yesterday. The pain and misdirection of being pushed through installing the Adobe Download Manager extension, then restarting the browser in order to actually update the plugin, seems like enough of an
340.
by mhw 16y ago
And from the author's comment: "I think to argue otherwise ignores whole swaths of interesting business history such as Steve Jobs’ involvement creating Objective-C at NeXT." That ignores the fact that Objective-C had already been created (
341.
by mhw 16y ago
That would be the firmware flash memory, not Adobe Flash, by the way.
342.
by mhw 16y ago
> And, as of Powershell 2.0, you have remote scripting similar to SSH. What, instead of actually using the ubiquitous, widely installed SSH? Some things don't seem to change.
343.
by mhw 16y ago
The absence of a 1680x1050 screen option on the MacBook was one of the two reasons I didn't buy one when I last upgraded. Now I've just got to decide whether to sacrifice the freedom of Ubuntu for the polish of MacOS.
344.
by mhw 16y ago
Hmm; Linux in 'video just works' shock!
345.
by mhw 16y ago
Oh, I don't know. He seems pretty keen to invest in the new technology, if only so he can write about it on his web site to generate funds to buy more new (and old) stuff. Would you think any differently of this article if it said 'Canon 5D
346.
Video on DSLRs: why I don't care(kenrockwell.com)
42 points by mhw 16y ago|26 comments
347.
by mhw 16y ago
From the announcement ( https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-April... ): "Users of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS may wish to wait for 10.04.1 LTS, due in July 2010, before upgrading." Anyone know why? Surely we're not adopting the 'wait
348.
by mhw 17y ago
Agree. I wouldn't have entertained switching from my previous or current laptops (1400x1050 and 1680x1050 pixels respectively) to a 15" MacBook Pro with a lower resolution screen. The recent refresh suddenly makes them more tempting though.
349.
by mhw 17y ago
And of course, once the vendors get with the HTML5 and CSS3 programs they'll release new firmware packages including the new version of the browsers for all the old devices that have archaic browsers, and then your users will all go and