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by novum 17y ago
On a related note, the Oatmeal just posted 10 reasons to avoid talking on the phone: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/phone
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by novum 17y ago
Oceans are the new undiscovered country. Star Trek IV was on to something.
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by novum 17y ago
But there's a flipside to everything. The EFF is using this ad as an argument for search privacy, since the ad clearly demonstrates how a user's searches potentially reveal his identity. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1111246 If anyt
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by novum 17y ago
No. Who is the iPad for? I don't understand the target market. People whose computing needs are basic enough that this can serve as a primary computer? It plays video, and runs apps, and syncs with iTunes, but so does my iPhone and so does
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by novum 17y ago
GARY COLEMAN: I didn't say it was nice! But everybody does it! And ain't it fun to watch figure skaters falling on their asses? NICKY: Sure! GARY COLEMAN: And don'tcha feel all warm and cozy, Watching people out in the rain!
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by novum 17y ago
It's a common rumor that Jobs doesn't have plates on his car. This article speculates that it's not legal, but Jobs (or his staff) just pays the $250 fine if he's ever ticketed for it. Some of the comments also speculate that Jobs' car has
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by novum 17y ago
He did say "based on iPhone OS", but I wonder if he mis-spoke especially given that he's not necessarily tech-savvy. In all likelihood, the tablet OS will be based on OS X in the same way that iPhone OS is - many of the same architectural u
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by novum 17y ago
About 18 months ago I was driving on the 101 near Mountain View, headed north at 10pm or so, when a white Mercedes with no plate zoomed past me. I was doing 70, it must have been going over 100. Always wondered if that was Steve.
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by novum 17y ago
s/overloads/overlords
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by novum 17y ago
I agree with you, but your use of "begs the question" is wrong, and given that I'm in a pedantic mood (and that this is a mistake I've seen before on HN), I'd like to offer a word on the subject. Begging the question is a logical fallacy in
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by novum 17y ago
I agree it's not a good idea to visit a site known to be under attack, but merely reporting the attack will cause an increase in traffic. Here's a screenshot in case you'd like to see the site without visiting: http://drp.ly/edn98
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by novum 17y ago
One of the commenters makes an interesting point: is Jon Stewart doing what he does because he believes in journalistic integrity, or because he's an entertainer and this is just an act? I hope for the former, I really do. Maybe I'm not cyn
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by novum 17y ago
A stunning piece on a topic most of us would probably rather not think about. Ebert handles his condition with grace, and his conclusion — that what he misses most about eating is not the food itself, but the company — is food for thought i
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by novum 17y ago
I met Randall at his book signing a few months ago at 111 Minna in SF. What the article says about him wanting to speak to each fan is absolutely true: as he signed my book, I commented on his phone (some kind of Android), saying something
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by novum 17y ago
Not just for Twitter, really, but anywhere that supports UTF-8 characters.
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by novum 17y ago
Most people new to Twitter don’t get it or the value it provides. That’s understandable for any new social network. I joined Twitter in June 2007, didn’t understand it, and my account sat dormant until just a few months ago, when I became a
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by novum 17y ago
Apple has released poorly received products before. Perhaps you recall the PowerMac G4 Cube, the Newton, the mighty mouse, iMovie '09...
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by novum 17y ago
UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) strikes me as something of a misnomer for the tablet. A 7"-10" flat screen, non-foldable tablet PC would have to travel in a folder, or in a bag, or somewhere that's not your pocket. Seems like iPhone/iTouch would be
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by novum 17y ago
I'm really impressed with it overall. Great sound in particular - love the the level up sound. After a few falls, I sure wished those edges had railings. I'm a sucker for statistics and I'd like to see some more on my gameplay: total damage
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by novum 17y ago
After his success with bay area humpback whales, James T. Kirk brought SF's sea lions to the future to repopulate.
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by novum 17y ago
Now here's a great example of an elegant solution to a common problem: keeping track of Christmas. How many times have you woken up in a haze, drenched in sweat, desperately wondering whether or not today is Christmas? Well, worry no longer
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by novum 17y ago
Can we hire the Iranian Cyber Army to hack Facebook and restore some of the privacy controls?
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by novum 17y ago
I read over every single spam (or at least the subject and first few lines of the body, via gmail) before deleting. Yes, it's a lot. And yes, as Batsu said, I'm numb to the pain.
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by novum 17y ago
I've long maintained that you should only post online what you are comfortable with everyone - your coworkers, your friends, your employer, your parents - knowing. Now we can add the government to that list.
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by novum 17y ago
Can you imagine the deafeningly loud outcry, wailing, and gnashing of teeth that would surely follow any attempt by Google to selectively censor search results for competitors or their products? I think this is one of those times when "don'
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by novum 17y ago
I had my hands on one for about a minute from a friend who's a Google employee. The screen was gorgeous and looked to be a little larger than the iPhone's. There's a row of 4 touch buttons at the base of the screen and the phone vibrates br
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by novum 17y ago
A fine tribute to XKCD. Good to see Google give credit (and a direct link!) to XKCD right on the page, too.
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by novum 17y ago
appeal to authority.
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It also causes comment spam and it's clearly not sustainable at scale. If everyone interested in a comment thread posted there just to be able to find it later, I think we'd quickly find ourselves buried in bookmark comments.
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by novum 17y ago
Not just that, but many companies focus the large majority of their recruiting efforts on a select few universities. My company, for example, focuses almost entirely on CMU, Berkeley, and Caltech for technical hires. If our recruiters' acti

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