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by spion 14y ago
I guess I am going to pitch my potential solution again: http://gkosev.blogspot.com/2012/08/fixing-hacker-news-mathem... it would probably have more weight when i release the test code and datasets though...
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by spion 14y ago
You can also try my variant of adbfs (which doesn't require rooting the phone) https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless If you have the Android SDK installed its worth a try.
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by spion 14y ago
To answer the first question: The first step would probably be releasing more often than once every 1.5 years.
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by spion 14y ago
In my experience i3 doesn't require any tweaking. It has really sane defaults about pretty much everything. If you do want to configure something, the configuration file is extremely simple and the documentation is really excellent. The def
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by spion 14y ago
There is actually an even easier method. In normal text, we usually link to things by first citing them then providing the link. An example would be Google ( http://www.google.com ). Its natural that we surround the link in () in normal tex
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by spion 14y ago
Indeed. I was actually speaking from personal experience and the experience of the few colleagues I introduced to i3. I don't really know what the average user thinks - could be very different.
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by spion 14y ago
This is because overlapping window managers are fiddly. Moving around overlapping windows feels cluttered and unclean (yes, even with the feature to snap them to the left/right half of the screen). Proper tiling+tabbed window managers (e.g.
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by spion 14y ago
Checkout http://0.mk/maps - True, its non-realtime but - it has directions for the link recipient. Voice directions. (ok, the voice is basic but sufficient) - you can also draw and tag other stuff on the map - if you want. - its fully HTM
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CompleteDock - tablet/phone docks that work with any device(kickstarter.com)
3 points by spion 14y ago|0 comments
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by spion 14y ago
I'm sorry, I made the headline a bit sensationalist to attract attention. Paul Graham said he was looking into various options for the voting system, so I thought I'd pitch in and suggest my idea. That is all really - I love hacker news. No
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by spion 14y ago
In a way it does address it: hopefully people will be more likely to think about what they're going to write if their reputation (and even more, their voting influence - something tangible) will be affected.
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by spion 14y ago
I think the comments voting system might also benefit from this. But the downside of the testing results described is not necessarily negative. Maybe if people knew that their reputation and voting influence are on the line, they would try
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Fixing Hacker News: A mathematical approach(gkosev.blogspot.com)
155 points by spion 14y ago|102 comments
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by spion 14y ago
Original author here. While I agree with you on all points, I have something to add: 1) speed - while not 100% fluid, with the latest phones this year and Android 4.1, rendering speed is easily kept within reasonable FPS (>40). On Andro
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by spion 14y ago
Its not that interface design is a weak area for developers. The thing is, we tend to spend very little time thinking about user interface (we like to jump directly to books instead which will do the thinking for us). I've found you can ach