soundoflight

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by soundoflight 12y ago
This is really cool. I would love to see this mature a bit more.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
I've had numerous older relatives/friends accidentally sign-up for LinkedIn because of this and not even realize they have LinkedIn.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Mobile as in PC over cell network you do.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Prefetching really shouldn't be blindly applied to everything as users may have bandwidth limited. Even though your implementation is better than browser prefetch on users it does take the choice away from the user unless individual si
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Still higher sales than tablets. Edit: Also, 2013 figures shouldn't be out until March (if I remember right)... where are you getting these numbers from? Is that a quarter decline?
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by soundoflight 13y ago
348.7 million PCs were wold in 2012. Never make absolutes, except that you shouldn't make absolutes. They make your opinions look dumb.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Anyone know a good "hacker news for programmers?"
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Sweet. Do you have any performance benchmarks?
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Maybe I read the article wrong, but to me (and the author) coding isn't the only "work" you do.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
You'll learn why if your startup makes it a few years and you have high turnover of contractors and hence knowledge. Same goes if you lose a lot of employees. I think there's a percentage of employees to contractors that depends o
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Almost all of his points are not accurate of FTEs and employees where I live (Minneapolis). I've been on both sides too. For instance, 1) Unless I'm a government employee I would work 8 hours + lunch. 2) Companies usually provide
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by soundoflight 13y ago
.NET and Node with Azure/Azure Mobile Services and progressively enhanced Backbone on the front-end of the website.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
I agree entirely and I think the author should have actually stuck that earlier in the article where people would actually read it.
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by soundoflight 13y ago
The article doesn't seem to mention if this is cutting into the netbook/cheap pc market or if it is actual growth in this type of laptop. Anyone have any ideas on this?
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Actually, I think Zune HD was the first Microsoft product with the slide up to unlock. (Obviously close enough)
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by soundoflight 13y ago
Good Reads
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by soundoflight 13y ago
I should expand this statement. They are both two very similar languages with different pros and cons. Your statement is too broad for anyone to answer. If you state specifically what you're trying to do then we would be able to tell you
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by soundoflight 13y ago
More like comparing a Braeburn Apple to a Gala Apple.
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by soundoflight 14y ago
Why does Xbox Live Indies (previously called Community Games) not count? Microsoft has had that in for a few years on the 360. There are quite a few really good non-minecraft clones on that service. As for Sony, what about the fact that th
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by soundoflight 14y ago
Why not both?
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by soundoflight 14y ago
I can't even figure out how to sign up.
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by soundoflight 14y ago
This is a really great game. Haven't seen anything like this before.
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by soundoflight 15y ago
Microsoft does not really care too much though if these products do not take off because in their eyes there is not enough money in them. Using SkyDrive to augment your Office installation is great. Hopefully, they integrate it with Window