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by signalsignal 14y ago
People who live off the grid also live off the grid during a disaster such as Japan's tsunami. So there is the same trouble from lacking during a disaster as there is in this independence you connect to riches.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Is it possible to run python in a script like LUA runs in an iOS app? I think myself it may be possible, but I don't see any examples.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Wow, current.com really hates Mitt Romney.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Interesting article. I didn't realize how publishing companies like Megaupload made money, but thinking of them as "FileLockers" makes sense.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Funnily enough, updates can still be received if an app is removed from sale or even deleted by the developer.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Reminds me of LiteStep.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
If you have no ideological preference then use OS X. It uses a real unix and XQuartz is very up to date. You can use Homebrew, but I had some major issues with in the past so YMMV. I personally use MacPorts as Fink is too out of date as I h
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by signalsignal 14y ago
The best resource is building something you consider useful. Start small and make it a personal project. Don't even think about making money on it or else you will destroy the enjoyment of making it. It doesn't have be long term, in fact it
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by signalsignal 14y ago
They should open-source the app. That would be the ultimate freedom.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Also, noone uses Java and only one company uses Perl. Interesting or misleading? You be the judge.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
These kinds of articles need more attention on HN. Copyrights have consistently been proven to be detrimental both the artist and the consumer.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Good old fashioned social engineering? The attackers already knew where she was going to be from other location based apps or just investigating the address of the grandmother. Also, the attackers could have access to the daughter and she i
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Facebook is a productivity killer, but it does POP email as well.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
> Do the (thing above) and come back when you finish it. Do you even know what advice(1) is? That's not advice as I understand it. That's an order. You're giving orders to a complete strange on a web forum. Think about the intelligence
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I think Instacast, and maybe Flattr as well, should boycott Apple and instead focus on the Android platforms starting with Google Play and Amazon's Appstore. Otherwise they are helping to perpetuate and even reward this kind of behavior. Do
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by signalsignal 14y ago
No. ;) Edit: I just got down voted for replying "No." to a comment on HN. Hah! That's this site in a nutshell for you.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
> ... then restrict access of other smartphones to it's platforms and APIs (so that they become a crippled shell) while adding features that were exclusive to the FB phone. Nothing subtle about that.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Sorry, but even Apple, who develops its own operating system, didn't develop it own system from scratch(1). The iOS platform is an adaption of this as well, meaning it is not a unique system. One of the challenges of creating a startup is b
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by signalsignal 14y ago
There are plenty of Visual Programming paradigms in development today. The XCode Interface Builder, and Visual Studio's stuff as well, handle the tricky layout and placements before it is converted to text for the compiler. But the rest of
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Same here, but with an even older computer: AMD 64 4000+ with compiz turned off and running LXDE on the desktop. No issues so far and I haven't had any crashes at all.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I thought that this was one of the worst written articles about Apple I have ever read. It was linked from Daring Fireball for some reason. Why should Apple do CMS? I don't understand where to even begin: IWork, iCloud, iWeb, mobile me, etc
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by signalsignal 14y ago
I develop iOS apps, and I don't stalk my users. I just assumed that was something everyone practiced, allowing a right to privacy.
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Everyone is some kind of fundamentalist, but people keep their ideas to themselves to keep an even keel because inexperience in expression tends towards bad outcomes. I have no scientific evidence for this, but this is my amateur reasoning
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by signalsignal 14y ago
Yes. The IRS is in the money refunding business.
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by signalsignal 15y ago
Here comes the leviathan. I don't know what effect this will eventually have on Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, but I'm certain it will be good.
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by signalsignal 15y ago
I noticed the problem with iTunes connect has been fixed. It is actually much, much better than it used to be.
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by signalsignal 15y ago
I'd say that its not a constant fear to most people, it is more of a aggravation or annoyance. In my experience most people don't share too many personal details online even with their closest friend network. I do have one question, why doe
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by signalsignal 15y ago
To be fair to Avaaz.org, this isn't about "crazy Americans" this is about the opportunity connect to a populist narrative, "Save the Internet from the US". In this way non-profits, NPO's, build a donation base using carefully controlled pre
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by signalsignal 15y ago
Not really. The problem is that this is a press release without the traditional "experts say" part, which ruins the persuasiveness of the interpretation. So you got left behind.
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by signalsignal 15y ago
How is Silicon Valley difference from the startup scene in, say, Austin or Boston?

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