signalsignal

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by signalsignal 13y ago
Did you just use drug abuse and vandalism to support your argument?
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by signalsignal 14y ago
If men are part of a patriarchy, I should be getting paid more money.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Is a person in "extreme poverty" with a cell phone?
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Mainstream is where the money is at, and I think Twitter is a for-profit company, not a charity.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
It was insider dealing involving a minor who's family has very powerful connections.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Not if someone self hosts their video.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Not printing "Hello, World!" to the screen would be considered a LOGIC ERROR.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Since when did iOS have 47% market share? Also, who has ever used Kantar WorldPanel as a source?
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I understand that Hacker News likes political stories mostly leans left on the political spectrum, but this story isn't true(1). Susan Ferrechio needs to update her story or put a disclaimer on it.(2) (1) http://washingtonexaminer.com/arti
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by signalsignal 14y ago
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuil
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Inkscape for vector files and Gimp for all other stuff. I create all my own graphics and it looks very acceptable. For repetitive work I use scripts, command line programs via MacPorts, or put together my own from Automater.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I actually think people who use esoteric tools are more interesting than people who think that one tool is the best. And I've been working professionally for well over a decade now.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
What do you mean by "Scared kids"? These soldiers we send into combat are adults and trained professionals. If anything they should be better able to assess a situation in combat with boots on the ground, not flying above the area thousands
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by signalsignal 14y ago
You're right. Alan Kay does come across as rather bitter.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Very interesting, especially for me as an iOS app developer. Thanks for writing this.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
This is a really good copy. You appealed to the develop base of this site and made it sound like something other than a press release.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Congratulations. That's the most elitist argument I've read on the site.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Sears Craftsman Tools.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I don't know how else to put this but local, compiled apps run faster than web apps. And the problems laid out in the article are indicative of development choices, for example not being able to pick up where one left off in a local app as
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Never going to happen, even though I wish it would.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
When dealing with a corporation, I can dump their services and go with a competitor. When dealing with a government, there are no competitors. You are automatically in their jurisdiction.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I'm a military veteran. I've been to war. What the article is written about is not a war. It is a competition between companies in a safe and opportunistic market, which is the furthest thing from warfare and destruction that I know.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
In America everything is for sale, except people, see 13th Amendment.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Hi tmcw. Two questions for clarification 1) How is the review process a sham? 2) How is the app breaking Google's TOS?
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by signalsignal 14y ago
They didn't keep it secret for 50 years. It even has a wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I'd wager on "beginning of the end". Shake up large projects until only the smaller, "quick wins" remain, then sell off the assets. It's easier that way from what I hear.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
The editor is called "Satire".
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Is this the L4 and the HURD project?
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Mark Cuban is only human, and I was wondering why he seemed to take that huge Facebook loss so lightly.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Apple wrote a software application which uses Openstreetmap and Tomtom. They don't have an actual map data set like Google does.

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