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by pinaceae 12y ago
how long until the slate author discovers the secret language of pacenotes in rally car driving and someone posts them here?
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by pinaceae 12y ago
relies on friends and family sharing similar interests, etc. also same geo space. hereby super limited in reality. and if it's people then you just invented comments. which are toxic most of the time. also invented (rap)genius. congrat
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by pinaceae 12y ago
most people underestimate just how big africa and those numbers are. no offense, but this looks exactly like any other mega development projects put on by white people - see for the road the world food programme has been building from the s
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by pinaceae 12y ago
this assumes both users use calendar apps that work the same way. so if google fixes gcal on mobile, but the other user puts it in (unfixed) outlook, they will still miss each other. date/time is hard .
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by pinaceae 12y ago
you haven't tried meerkat. it's onboarding is akin to WhatsApp. but, instead of using the phone number, Meerkat sits on top of Twitter. it is also running both ends on the iPhone/iPad. you can broadcast from your iPhone, usin
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by pinaceae 12y ago
hmm. first of all, never read patents. claiming ignorance is very important should a patent lawsuit arise. now that've read it, good luck claiming you weren't inspired. and awesome job on getting a broader group of HN'ers to
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by pinaceae 12y ago
The design challenge behind a modern enterprise app is also way steeper than on any consumer app. Enterprise apps like CRM, ERP, HR, etc. need to cover a myriad of use cases and local/regional/global intricacies. They achieve this
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by pinaceae 12y ago
did they now. no crapware, no special toolbar add ons, no Lenovo battery manager, no nothing, we all got stock Windows with clean driver installs. are you a visitor from a different dimension?
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by pinaceae 12y ago
"don't have hard data, but my intuition..." and everything beyond this sentence is just blabla. the author has a well laid out case, researched and backed. you come in with feelings.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
"outside the EU" which rules out the majority of Eastern Europe. nice slight of hand. Those countries had developed economies and education systems to begin with. This leaves countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan and similars who a
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by pinaceae 12y ago
so you're the one that bought a Moto 360. look at the sales numbers for Android Smartwatches and realize your anecdote is utterly meaningless. those burned out designers have been able to sell more smartphones than ever before, at a HI
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by pinaceae 12y ago
got Forstall fired. pretty significant. other companies move those people to some X labs futuristic research dead ends.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
well, I agree with the poster you're replying to. remember, it takes a magnitude more effort to refute bullshit than to create it. it is just tiring to see asinine comments like the OPs. as if the US or any country ever was a beacon
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by pinaceae 12y ago
just wait till the millenials start marrying. and there is a resurgence in marriage. it is all just waves and cycles. all you need is one pop singer to bring piercings back and off we go.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
the blackhawk used in the raid on bin laden had stealth capabilities. my guess is that stealth now includes keeping it out of public's knowledge, to minimize risk. with helos sound comes into play as well, as detection comes down to hu
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by pinaceae 12y ago
well, plus a super attack vector. plugging into power is safe, as no data access is possible. some high-sec site solder USB ports shut. already a headache with smartphones and tablets that use the single-port concept (USB, Lightning). that
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by pinaceae 12y ago
no its because it is far easier to run a dark-yellow/red light and then hit a car vs. a roundabout where you. will. slow. down. because you see an obstacle, not seemingly open road ahead of you.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
not at all. you make the government the source of all evil. blame regulation, blame the people working in government, don't pay them well. what happens? public service will suck. no one qualified wants to work there. a self fulfilling
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by pinaceae 12y ago
Spending a lot of time in Barcelona each year - what exactly is there to disrupt? taxi service is excellent, at all times of day. prices are reasonable, they know where to take you. cars are ok, clean. i get it in the US, with all those shi
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If you're using YYYY in your JVM service or %G in anything, fix it now
228 points by pinaceae 12y ago|73 comments
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by pinaceae 12y ago
absolutely agreed and yes, we go deep on designs. and yes, it is uncommon, makes hiring quite challenging.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
don't worry, this is just an opinion. there are a lot of shops out there that develop and deliver great, working software on a rapid schedule. succesful saas shops come to mind - and even Microsoft has picked up massive steam in that r
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by pinaceae 12y ago
it is not a mix of arts and science, it is akin to middle ages styles manufacture. re-inventing the wheel, left and right, hundreds of years away from real engineering. even questionable if something like the freemasons exists yet.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
that's exactly why product managers exist. i run precisely such a team, because there are no devs out there that know enough about our vertical - and the time learning and keeping up to date would be prohibitive.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
go watch Interstellar. first movie where it was really, really hard to spot the transitions to CGI. also, you'd be surprised how much CGI now is being used in TV series. the showreels are on vimeo, some amazing work. example, game of t
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by pinaceae 12y ago
i guess it has a strong appeal to the hardcore android crowd. people that get excited about utility, but have no sense at all for style. not a bad thing, mind you, but it is already obvious that it will take a company that gets style, like
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by pinaceae 12y ago
careful. montessori and waldorf pupils tend to come from wealthy families. success in later life might have no basis on their schooling at all.
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by pinaceae 12y ago
disagree. the manufacturer has earned his right to those patents through original research. much unlike any other industry, pharma needs to prove its product are indeed working and safe. this is not sugar water. real science, to the core. t
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by pinaceae 12y ago
this is such a breakthrough in modern medicine. this is a CURE of a longstanding disease, a disease which cuts off years of life expectancy of it victims. there are more of them incoming, Hep C soon have a multitude of awesome drugs coverin
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LA's New LED Streetlights Are Changing the Way Movies Look(la.curbed.com)
2 points by pinaceae 12y ago|0 comments

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