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by ptomato 17y ago
Per the valve guys in an interview with AppleInsider, Apple provided quite a bit of support and help when they were porting Steam/Source to Mac.
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by ptomato 17y ago
I think that's probably because the announcement wasn't up until after Wired had published, as Wired and several other news sources just got the release dropped in their inboxes directly.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Personally I'm fairly certain not having flash on the iPad will hurt flash usage far more then it hurts iPad sales, and I'm very happy about that.
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by ptomato 17y ago
If it weren't for Apple, Adobe wouldn't EXIST. Considering what Photoshop was first developed for and solely for Macs for several years. And the only reason Adobe even still bothers to develop for Mac is because of the very high percentage
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by ptomato 17y ago
Has at least some USB host capabilities, as you can plug a camera into it.
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by ptomato 17y ago
No, I'm pretty sure that is an attempt to remain mostly-distraction free and not waste time on the internet. There are (several) entirely open source/free browsers he would use if that was the issue.
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by ptomato 17y ago
It's an OLED, which tend towards being extremely readable in sunlight.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Another nail in the coffin of Google Groups as a useful method of communication.
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by ptomato 17y ago
No. They have effectively none.
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Stripes: A Conceptual Operating System User Interface(ignorethecode.net)
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by ptomato 17y ago
"I cannot understand why foundries don't just give free downloads of their fonts anyway." And that makes it okay for you to use them? If you object philosophically to their position then don't use the product they produce; justifying your d
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by ptomato 17y ago
"It's a link to the torrent of the illegal copy." Technologically speaking, that's not really any different then saying "That's a link to a page that solely consists of a link to the illegal copy." Whether the protocol is HTTP or BitTorrent
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by ptomato 17y ago
Really? Links to illegal copies? Classy.
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by ptomato 17y ago
"But the slow part of a Twitter client is waiting for Twitter." Undoubtedly. But if we're going from the position of systems programming languages speed of execution is inevitably going to be a factor. And you did say every measurable way..
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by ptomato 17y ago
"is better than Go in perhaps every measurable way" speed of execution, speed of compilation.
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by ptomato 17y ago
video.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Again, for anyone coding in a scripting language the speed difference isn't particularly significant and isn't enough to affect your workflow noticeably. What specifically doing Rails coding need a fast dev machine for?
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by ptomato 17y ago
Last PPC macs were G5 towers in August 2k6, which have plenty of power... And raw beefy system specs aren't really that much of a need for people doing e.g. Ruby coding because hey, Ruby is slow anyway. And the cross-section of people who u
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by ptomato 17y ago
Unless you're on a PPC processor.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Well, almost. You may have to modify existing apps to deal with having a read-only filesystem, e.g. anything that accepts user uploads.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Ramaze would come somewhere after Sinatra, most likely, though it has mostly been used for intranet apps.
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by ptomato 17y ago
In Soviet Russia, Slashdot flashbacks to you!
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by ptomato 17y ago
news.yc is not reddit.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Except to the extent that they are inherited traits, which could be significant.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Which is great and all, but the fact that you only need to develop for (effectively) one piece of hardware is still a huge competitive advantage for the iPhone vs. anything else. (Except the Pre, but the Pre has other problems.)
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by ptomato 17y ago
The ram is laptop-sized. (Which also means, by the way, that Apple is not gouging you for the RAM nearly as much as they usually do. They're still gouging you, they're just taking out your eyes instead of half your head.)
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by ptomato 17y ago
It certainly bears a high resemblance to the ubiquitous banner ads advertising "Free* <Insert Miscellaneous Personal Electronics Here> *after you sign up for 'steen credit card offers or what-have-you and get five formerly-friends t
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by ptomato 17y ago
Possibly a title reworking is in order so it looks less like spam... edit: exactly, thanks.
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by ptomato 17y ago
The website runs on the service formerly known as viaweb.
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by ptomato 17y ago
WinMo and RIM certainly aren't in the early stages of market entrance. For that matter, the only competitor that still is anywhere close to Apple's marketshare is Symbian (which surpasses it somewhat, I believe.) But sure, let's look at it

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