nonane

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by nonane 15y ago
Karachi, Pakistan (full time) Small software shop looking to build a team of smart engineers. We design and implement our own products - i.e we're not an outsourcing company. We work on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and use a range of tools to
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by nonane 15y ago
Windows does something similar, but it uses the swap file as temporary storage for the crash dump. On next boot, the system checks the swap file for crash dump signatures. If it finds a crash signature, it creates a minidump out of it and s
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by nonane 16y ago
Where is the hardware angle in this? One of the reasons that Macs lost the battle was because they couldn't compete with the latest and greatest hardware that that Intel churned out. Through most of the 90s Apple stuck with unpowered hardwa
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by nonane 16y ago
True. To me it was surprising to find out how many extremely specific Photoshop tutorials are out there.
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by nonane 16y ago
Cool fact: Try searching for this in Google: How do I make X in Photoshop? X is any physical object you can think of. This will return relevant results for all valid values of X. Examples for X: 1) X=Earth: http://www.google.com/search?sou
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by nonane 16y ago
Looks like they will have to wait a year before they actually break the surface of the lake. From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok "The researchers switched to a new thermal drill head with a clean silicon-oil fluid to
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by nonane 16y ago
Some facts using Samasung's Q42010 earnings release: http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/ir/ireventpresentatio... 1) In terms of their revenues, their telecom business is now bigger than their semiconductor business, though from a prof
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by nonane 16y ago
That makes sense. It all roses for Samsung - they have their hands in both pots.
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by nonane 16y ago
Wow - talk about conflict of interest. So - Samsung knows the exact cpu specs for Apple's next gen iOS devices WHILE they're trying to compete with Apple on the Android platform with the Galaxy series. I wonder how the Apple execs feel abou
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by nonane 16y ago
I've noticed this as well. You simply can't start from scratch. The first thing you do is make sure you have good tests built around our old code base. Then you slowly start refactoring/rewriting pieces out. After every small refactoring ro
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by nonane 16y ago
It also took Microsoft almost 10 years and millions of man hours to get NT to a stable state, iron out comaptibility and performance issues before they eventually replaced 95 with XP. It was a huge undertaking - probably not something a sta
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by nonane 16y ago
We've been trying to get my mom to use a computer for as long as I can remember. She tried a few times to learn how to 'get on the internet' on a PC but never really used it herself. She'd get my brother to send emails from her email accoun
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by nonane 16y ago
Can someone comment on the implications of this for Google, Apple and Microsoft if such a thing happens? All major software companies in the non-pc space are mostly dependent on ARM.
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by nonane 16y ago
http://spoon.net/Developers/Studio-Pricing.aspx
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by nonane 16y ago
Not yet, but probably it in the future. Microsoft may not have got Windows Mobile right in the last 10 years but they now have a good template to follow (user interface, user experience, even the business model) thanks to Apple. You can see
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by nonane 16y ago
Another reason, which I find more likely is the market pressure Apple is starting to feel from Android and the slew of new iPad-esque Windows 7 tablet devices coming to market soon (even Windows Mobile 7 is a threat). They need to make sure
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by nonane 16y ago
Awesome - thank you for sharing. Excellent interview. Chuck Peddle was the guy who made / marketed the 6502. Lots of history here including mentions of the C64, Apple I, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Basic, TI.
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by nonane 16y ago
Rarely does one shutdown a laptop anymore. Usually people just close the lid and the computer is put to sleep. In sleep state the contents of RAM is preserved AFAIK and should give the attacker more time to think their plan through.
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by nonane 16y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like PGP Whole Disk Encryption is the only product on the that supports whole-disk encryption for OS X. TrueCrypt on OS X and FileVault can only encrypt directory trees.
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by nonane 16y ago
Excellent points. I said earlier that I wanted a no-brainer solution where I don't want to think / worry about where my applications or, even the OS decides to store my personal data - this is why whole-drive encryption looked attractive. H
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by nonane 16y ago
I also have a password manager (KeePass) but I'm not as disciplined about keeping all my files in one place. Also, as I said in my earlier comment, I want to make sure everything on the hard disk is secure, include any system temp directori
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by nonane 16y ago
Good point. On Windows I have my data lying around in a few places (including a separate partition). I guess I want total peace of mind - for example, I don't want to worry about any data lying around in the hibernation files, crash dumps,
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Ask HN: Do you encrypt your laptop's hard disk?
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by nonane 16y ago
Doesn't Google already have a way to remit money to adsense partners across the world?
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by nonane 16y ago
The paid App Store or Android market will never be a revenue stream for Apple or Google. In fact it is probably designed to be break-even at best. They need interesting apps to push their respective platforms further - that's where the gold
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by nonane 16y ago
"We do not believe that skyagent could ever be invoked remotely." Whats the risk here? Possibly a debugging helper app left inadvertently?
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by nonane 16y ago
https is a good way to get around the block. Unfortunately https on HN redirects to http. edit: @andrewtj : yes, http://apps.ycombinator.com works.
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by nonane 16y ago
A more indepth and credible review is available at anandtech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-revi...
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by nonane 18y ago
I've lost nearly 60 pounds in 7 months. I did that by making sure I walk for atleast 1 hour a day and changing my diet. Yes, just regular walking - no running because 15-20 minutes of running kicks my ass whereas I can walk for 1-1.5 hours