theBobMcCormick

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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Normally I'm not a fan of the over-fetishization of Apple UI and design that tends to happen here on HN, but in this case I have to strongly agree with you that the OSX finder UI (for all it's many quirks and limitations) is vastly better
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
> Better abs, travel, less time spend at work - that's what's popular today, but is this the successful recipe for reaching happiness? I strongly doubt that. I agree better abs probably isn't going to do much for your long term happines
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
I certainly hope they succeed. Not only has Alienware's quality reputation been slipping, but they've always been absolutely hideous eyesores. This razer actually looks pretty sexy.
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
You seem to be under the mis-impression that there isn't already a market for gaming laptops. There is. Go to almost any laptop makers page and you'll find a whole section devoted to "gaming laptops". Hell, it's part of how Alienware m
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
As a user, I'd certainly prefer for apps that I download to use the built in system functionality (like C2DM). One of the advantages of C2DM is a standard listener that used by all apps, rather than have multiple listeners (each potentiall
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Not only should it tie into the existing account management API's, but I can't figure out why they're offering their own push notification API when Android has one built in !!
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
It seems rather inaccurate to claim that focus-follows-mouse is "standard in Unix". Correct me if I'm wrong, but focus-follows-mouse hasn't been the standard in Unix for quite some time. I don't think it's ever been the default in Gnome o
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
If a site is storing their passwords in plain text, it's a good indicator that they are either: A) Incompetent B) Don't give a shit about their users data privacy C) Both of the above.
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Prompt the admin for a password? So there's no way to do an unattended reboot of the application? That doesn't sound very practical.
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
I'll certainly use circles if enough of my friends, family, coworkers, etc. start using Google+. If Facebook had that feature, I'd be using it frequently to post geeky technical stuff to my work friends without boring my non-tech relative
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Circles, Huddles, Hangouts: Those all seem pretty different from Facebook to me. The only part of + that seems similar to Facebook is the interface of streams (which admittedly, is very similar.)
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Maybe I was misunderstanding, but I assumed the parent comment was wanting to be able to easily select individual changes from his re-factoring for committing. Git GUI is great for that. I'm not aware of any additional "refactoring" rela
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Most Android apps (developed with the Android SDK) are Dalvik byte code, not native ARM code, so they should run just fine. Apps that use native code (the developed with the NDK) probably won't work. A lot of games use at least some nativ
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
It blows my mind that anyone in the startup community would automatically assume taxes = bad. Startups benefit immensely from tax funded services. As an example, you can complain all you want about specific laws and their enforcement,but
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Have you looked at using "git gui" instead? It seems to be a more stable, reliable, and supported tool than egit. It lacks direct Eclipse integration of course, but in practice I've never found that to be a problem.
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
I used to assume the same thing (I love the buttons on my N1!) until I used a Gingerbread tablet for awhile. The software "buttons" on a Gingerbread tablet are pretty much identical to the capacitive buttons on most Android phones, but they
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Why the hell do organizations keep putting this kind of sensitive data on a laptop? Even if your process requires someone remote from the office to work with the data in desktop tools like Excel, etc., it seems like it'd be good sense to re
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
> Rather than instructing students with Khan’s videos, teachers should be inspiring them to figure things out on their own and learn how to create their own knowledge by working together. What's curious about this critique is that it so
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
> In contrast, our research indicates that Android developers must create six versions of their apps on average. That part makes no sense to me. I've never seen a single app in the Android Market that has 6 different versions. And i
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
In what way is Java more object oriented than Ruby? In Ruby, everything is an object. There's nothing like Java's glaringly out of place "primitive data types". Not to mention that late binding is one of the qualities Alan Kay listed
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Excellent advice. Nobody ever wished on their deathbed that they'd spent more time at the office working.
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
The big difference is that with Android, you only need to change 1 checkbox in your settings and you can download apps from outside the Android Market (That's how you install the Amazon Market for example). With the iPhone, there's no wa
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
I believe the only ones of those that are Android are the Nexus S and the Galaxy S II (which apparently only offers it on some models, not others).
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
This is more than just a simple app install. The phone has to actually have an NFC radio, antenna, etc. inside for it to work. It's kind of a chicken and egg problem. No handsets (except the Nexus S) have NFC hardware because currently t
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
It's a bad deal because he negotiated less starting salary in return for more starting vacation.
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
I've got a co-worker who negotiated extra time of when he started here (3 weeks instead of the normal 2). Normally, we get an extra week of vacation after 5 years of employment. Unfortunately, they screwed him out of it because he already
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
I've used flash on 2 Android devices. My experiences so far: * On my Nexus One: Yes, flash is to slow to be worthwhile, and input tends to be awkward on the small screen anyway. Uninstalled. * On a Xoom (running 3.1): I just downloaded
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
Another advantage of real printed books is that real printed books are also inexpensive enough to be routinely given as gifts to small children, even in dirt poor families. IMHO, this is important as early readers are often young enough t
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
That's a lode of horse shit. My N1 and my wife's have both been rock solid. And by Cisco VPN, do you mean IPSEC? Or Cisco's proprietary SSL VPN?
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by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
> Why do these guys think that out of the blue, Android tablets are going to just miraculously going to start being great? Possibly because that's exactly what happened with Android phones? Some of the early Android phones (G1, Hero, e

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