tomflack

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by tomflack 14y ago
offtopic.com which had registration closed for a large amount of time in 2002-2003ish? It was still a massive forum but the community kind-of "solidified" and didn't grow larger, for the most part quality was pretty good. It seems to me tha
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by tomflack 14y ago
Previous discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4379769
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by tomflack 14y ago
Other industries would of course be considered on merit. I don't know if any so thoroughly under attack from people with a poor grasp of the topic (or supported by people with such a poor grasp of the topic...) What other industries would i
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by tomflack 14y ago
There is for automatic speed cameras in Australia. I'm constantly bemused by questions that pop up around this subject in the States. It's largely a solved problem here?
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by tomflack 14y ago
I'm guessing it'll be exactly the same in the states as it is in Australia. On the speeding fine you receive in the mail, you indicate that you were not driving at the time and nominate who was. This is a legal declaration. Now you'd think
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by tomflack 14y ago
So they should make it out of rubber because "it'll end up in a case anyway and be fat and heavy and clunky looking"? There is a severe flaw in what you're saying - Apple didn't design the iPad 1, iPad 2 or iPad 3 with a full case in mind ,
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by tomflack 14y ago
Yep, the key is speed, hence why I said "flick". Next time you're in a meeting keep track of how many times you look at someone and back in less than a second. But we have to go through this step before we can advance the technology, so I'm
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by tomflack 14y ago
Until you can flick your "head" in the direction of someone who just spoke outside of your field of vision, these will continue to feel like you're at a meeting in a neck brace.
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by tomflack 14y ago
Then they'd be a new corporate behemoth, introducing variety. If these guys entertain a Google acquisition at all, I am out.
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by tomflack 14y ago
They would, 100% absolutely try and make it the new Google TV.
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by tomflack 14y ago
Perhaps you should respond to the actual content of the article instead of what you think it will say.
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by tomflack 14y ago
That's exactly what I don't want to see. Yet another device tied in to Google. For me, all the promise of the Ouya is in doing things independently, not tied to the mission of a corporate behemoth. If corporate behemoths want in, they can d
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by tomflack 14y ago
Agreed. In particular I love their public domain movie archive. It is a crime that with extended copyrights new films won't be added to it any time soon.
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by tomflack 14y ago
A note of caution, this is a translated document. I have no experience with Korean but in Mandarin and Japanese a LOT of subtleties are lost when translated. That said, you're probably right and it probably is a pretty accurate representati
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by tomflack 14y ago
This is true. There are lots of ways to mitigate this, but would drive up costs considerably.
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by tomflack 14y ago
You're right. When I forgot my battle.net secret question answer and wanted to change my password I had to send Blizzard two forms of ID. For some games. The solution exists, its in use now and it is mind boggling that for hundreds of d
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by tomflack 14y ago
Have they? (Honest question.)
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by tomflack 14y ago
http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/11/apple-magsafe-vs-magsafe-2-... Only a very slight difference to the connecting surface itself.
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by tomflack 14y ago
Which free software alternative is the best? Which free software alternative has better potential? (Not necessarily the same one) On the FSF website they list high-priority free software projects, but the first three I clicked in the Skype
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by tomflack 14y ago
There probably is and we have great tools for you to find it yourself. This is a growing issue and Marco's audience has been following it for a while. I see no need to bring readers up to speed with every single post. (I, too am not a devel
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by tomflack 14y ago
"I made you a spotify playlist" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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by tomflack 14y ago
I've nightmares about endless apps having their own updaters. Adobe/Microsoft updaters really are the culprits here. Its this that makes me wish the app store would drop these product-killing restrictions. I don't trust every app developer
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by tomflack 14y ago
I haven't seen the word "directory" widely used amongst laymen since the move from Windows 3.x to Windows 95, where if my memory serves me (I was 9 at the time) Microsoft made the change to "folder" themselves.
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by tomflack 14y ago
Thanks for replying, I won't ask you to reveal monetization plans but have you taken any VC?
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by tomflack 14y ago
Since the people involved with this app are replying in here: Is this another app I will come to love and find invaluable only to one day wake to "we've been bought by Google!"? Do you have a business plan that involves long-term support fo
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by tomflack 14y ago
To further this goal I'd love to see Apple add paid upgrades. Possibly with a "can't just be bug fixes, must have significant new features" rule. This will probably happen when one of the big Apple Mac app store apps needs an update. Apertu
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by tomflack 14y ago
Don't think in terms of USD, its 2000 yuan in a country where I eat a hearty breakfast that includes bottled water (a luxury!) for 3 yuan.
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by tomflack 14y ago
One thing I loved about sparrow is they charged for their product. I thought that by paying money I was supporting a business. There are loads of similar calibre apps out there they could have tackled with the same gusto they approached ema
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by tomflack 14y ago
Hmm I can't think of an accent that removed the second E when saying developer. In my own accent it is quite accentuated. "de-vel-oper" Which accents did you have in mind?
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by tomflack 14y ago
Yep, you're right and my post is asinine.

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