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by tewks 16y ago
I agree. The fact that Joyce only comes in at number 11 is absurd. edit: On second look, if you exclude the top ten as extraneous, explainable due to the internet poll effect, the remainder of the reader's list isn't that bad.
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by tewks 16y ago
The link is to the nonfiction list, yet the title of the post says novels. Here is the list of novels: http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html
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by tewks 16y ago
I'm not sure what the solution is, but it can be difficult to vote on a touchscreen. Perhaps a mobile stylesheet where the vote arrows are to the left and right of the screen would suit, though I'm unsure of the aesthetics would be suitable
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by tewks 16y ago
First off, the "another failed phone OS" comment is ridiculous. webOS is largely what HP was interested in. It's been developed in a few years by a fairly small team and has obviously added a significant amount of value to the company and
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by tewks 16y ago
It is incorrect to dismiss the possibility on that ground: RIM has the worst smartphone OS from either a usability standpoint or from an application development standpoint. They've got major catching up to do; internal development doesn't s
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by tewks 16y ago
Fred is right on the money here. Facebook was the original private channel in the space. It gained an enormous amount of trust and users as a result. They don't seem to realise that the social graph was not their competitive advantage for
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by tewks 16y ago
"From what we see, Google is planning on enabling additional compilers and plans to support LLVM in time." They haven't done it yet.
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by tewks 16y ago
Two words: libel laws.
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by tewks 16y ago
You're right. That end user facing thing will be touch. After iPad, I want an iMac with multitouch.
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by tewks 16y ago
Agreed to some extent. There's a lot of work to be done. Adobe as an additional middle man, however, won't fix anything.
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by tewks 16y ago
Apple's engineering decisions have produced a platform that works pretty well and is enjoyable to develop for. They've sold a lot of handsets as a result. If it weren't for these decisions, then the sales wouldn't have happened and Adobe w
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by tewks 16y ago
The author has ignored the fact that most companies founded or run by by non-technical people don't usually do that well. (citation needed) At the very least, a company run by a non-technical person is oftentimes not a terribly exciting pr
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by tewks 16y ago
The underlying situation here is that the runtime should be an open standard. Adobe's insistence that everyone should be dependent on them is absurd seeing as they have little market power to make such demands. There is a huge need for a so
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by tewks 16y ago
I laughed because they were also a major player in the mobile devices market upon the acquisition of Compaq. Remember the iPaq? They were solid devices at the time and sold well. Granted, your emphasis on WebOS is correct. That time, the
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by tewks 16y ago
The privacy options have gotten really complicated. Under the original iterations of the model, the user always knew what the deal was. Now, it is impossible to know what exactly what is exactly going on. The original submission exemplif
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by tewks 16y ago
It's also worth noting that a lot of facebook's initial appeal, especially when compared to Myspace at the time, beyond its aesthetic improvement, was the fact that it seemed to stand for privacy. The status quo, myspace, was a public-only
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by tewks 16y ago
Was this true for all users or just "4" prior to f8?
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by tewks 16y ago
Set your privacy settings on lockdown and then put your own Id in instead of "4". This is undesirable behavior.
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by tewks 16y ago
The power consumption of two AMD machines over their lifespans, compared to that one Intel machine, might be an issue though I've not run any calculations.
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by tewks 16y ago
Great point regarding the lack of involvement of "normals". However, the presence of "normals" alters only the magnitude of a phenomenon, not the shape. I'd suspect the shape of a phenomenon wouldn't necessarily change due to the presence o
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by tewks 16y ago
The notion of a "company-specific pundit" strikes me as rather silly. "Cheerleader" seems more appropriate.
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by tewks 16y ago
If you look at Apple's recent earnings report or listen to the conference call, you'll find that the ASP for the iPhone was exactly $600. This does not include any additional carrier payments.
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by tewks 17y ago
Sign of a startup bubble?
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by tewks 17y ago
Before using it, I too was skeptical about the task switcher, but it works really well. It is fast and works about as well (and as quickly in practice) as alt-tab on a Mac or PC. The author makes a good point about the difference in icon p
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by tewks 17y ago
Yesterday or the day before, he put the whole album up on his site in a Flash player, perhaps in response: http://lcdsoundsystem.com/thisishappening/
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by tewks 17y ago
If you tap on the address bar then it shows the http:// .
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by tewks 17y ago
Look again. There is a code sample in that screenshot and it is in a monospaced font. There is an example of line wrapping and it seems to be distinguishable from a newline.
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Show HN: my little pre exams project(stickynotesapp.com)
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by tewks 17y ago
Simon spoke at the Royal College of Science's Science Challenge dinner last week. I really enjoyed his speech. It's great that he's decided to take up this charge instead of standing down, as the vast majority of people in his position wo
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by tewks 17y ago
The last sentence of that article states, "In particular, all logic gates can be assembled from binary NAND gates." It doesn't mention NOR in the same context for good reason. NAND gates are preferred because they are more cost effective.

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