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211.
by points 16y ago
Who cares?
212.
by points 16y ago
It's depressing to see your comment at -1. I guess there are lots of framework lovers here :/
213.
by points 16y ago
> "Jessica definitely knows how to network though :)" It's a shame just how much that counts for these days - above having a product, customers, profit etc
214.
by points 16y ago
It's ok, but pdf's already show up in google, and are already readable in browser.
215.
by points 16y ago
I think the whole HTML5 thing was a big PR exercise to improve the way they are seen. Possibly also a big play to get acquired - "We're doing cool stuff with fonts! Buy us!". Fundamentally though, they're about locking away documents behind
216.
by points 16y ago
Any sane developer will track money in lowest units - eg cents. Rather than Dollars.
217.
by points 16y ago
Way easier than C syntax. Even though I have long mastered various assembly languages and higher level languages, C pointers and their arithmetic still confuses me. There's nothing worse than something like bar = *[&foo + 88] or whateve
218.
by points 16y ago
String[] currencySymbols; int[] amounts; ?
219.
by points 16y ago
It's hardly a 'work around' :/ int[][] or reals int[] imaginaries int[]
220.
by points 16y ago
int[] is fairly tight. If you're going for performance or optimum memory usage, using lists and boxing isn't going to be a good plan. I once wrote an x86 emulator in java and later an ARM emulator (long story). It ran fast enough :)
221.
by points 16y ago
Why madness? It has a clear, logical, consistent and easy to understand syntax.
222.
by points 16y ago
Memory usage is fairly moot, and will just become more and more moot. When you're watching a 3d projected HD video with 5.1 audio on your smartphone, what's using the memory... A few pointers? Or the actual media? And in any event, we'll li
223.
by points 16y ago
One of the problems with the Karma thing is it's ridiculously simple to gain karma. Unless you're deliberately being stupid. All you have to do is say something you believe will fit in with the groupthink of the community. The first step to
224.
by points 16y ago
HN isn't Reddit..... yet. When the front page is full of pro-drugs/pro-gay marriage/liberal propaganda/etc then we'll be there.
225.
by points 16y ago
These days you can call a premium rate number, send a premium SMS message, etc (So I'm told)...
226.
by points 16y ago
I thought about (and setup a prototype) starting an ebay competitor a few years ago now. The main thing it was going to do differently, was instead of having a fixed ending time for an auction, it would be conducted like a regular auction -
227.
by points 16y ago
When does Reddit stop being a "YC startup"? FWIW I'd rather not see political stories like this on HN.
228.
by points 16y ago
How do either of them make money? Eyeballs are good, but revenue is better.
229.
by points 16y ago
Ridiculous. You can't even type on a tablet properly or angle the display. Again, I would say that in 99% of cases, people who buy a tablet are not buying it instead of a laptop, but as well as.
230.
by points 16y ago
That's just ridiculous. Is this theonion.com ? Step outside the bubble for a second. Most people don't have tablets, and don't want tablets.
231.
by points 16y ago
Well, anecdotally, I did. I built a minimum viable product as a 'side project'. I had money to run it for a year before I needed to monetize. It worked for me. It means I use 1/10th the number of machines/bandwidth of one of my competitors.
232.
by points 16y ago
"Lesson: If you think you should build it, not buy it, you’re wrong" That's bad advice IMHO. There is far more value to building than buying - the amount you learn, and the extra optimization you can put in there. If you have the luxury of
233.
by points 16y ago
>> "Great for kids." Oh come now. It can't even render things like nickjr.com
234.
by points 16y ago
People have been saying flash is dead for the last 5 years. If not 10 years. Don't get me wrong, I hate flash, think it will die eventually , and wouldn't build anything on it. But I also hate kneejerk decisions based on a tiny amount of
235.
by points 16y ago
Yeah because there's only a bajillion existing flash capable browsers out there. But apparently the 'hip' crowd are buying iPads! ;) FWIW though, I'd choose HTML5 over Flash, but not on the basis of this datapoint - for all the other more i
236.
by points 16y ago
Agreed. Chrome OS table will be awesome. It'll be like upgrading from iPhone to Android. Escaping from the walled garden of "Sorry, you can't do that", to a feature rich device without stupid design decisions - iPad has to sync to a compu
237.
by points 16y ago
"Firstly that often results in horrid UX experiences, as Google Instant is" Am I the only one that loves the UI for Google Instant and thinks it's the single biggest time saver of recent times?
238.
by points 16y ago
What a boring rant. Almost every single point I look at, he's wrong on.
239.
by points 16y ago
Surely that first class will have a disproportionate amount of success compared with further years though. It's like the first season of American Idol produces the most successful winner...
240.
by points 16y ago
Same in the UK. Sales tax in the US is just ridiculous. I've never understood why they would prefer things that way.

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