tomica

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by tomica 15y ago
did anyone on the standard bodies (from MSFT?) suggest LINQ framework as a WebSQL "replacement" ? it makes a lot of sense IMHO. it abstracts away dependency on exact SQLite version, but preserves a familiar SQL-like mental model. it is st
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by tomica 15y ago
i stand in awe whenever i see a Carmack keynote. it almost feels like he breathes in once at the start, and delivers a coherent and easy to follow (and i am no game programmer) stream-of-conscience speech for 90-180 minutes without a single
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by tomica 15y ago
forcing people? who the actual f-- is forcing anyone to use g+? you would have far better luck arguing that you are forced to use your real name on facebook (as it seems "everyone is on facebook", and thus "you must be also" is a valid sen
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by tomica 15y ago
anyone remember when AAPL claimed "we just wish to protect our innovation" (i think it was about the HTC suit). well, how does buying novel/nortel patents protect your innovation? how does joining with MSFT to keep patents away from GOOG pr
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by tomica 15y ago
this guy must be young, as he doesn't seem to remember how fucking awful the internet was before google (google search that is. he seems to take it for granted, as anything invented before i was born.. like running water... or electricity).
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by tomica 15y ago
why let facts/data ruin a good narrative -- "google is lying to us": Another data point that highlights the discrepancy between the incredible device activation numbers claimed by Google and actual real-world usage of mobile devic
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Where are these Android phones [on flickr]? (daringfireball.net)
2 points by tomica 15y ago|3 comments
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by tomica 15y ago
(even John Gruber linked to this, so it must be important ;) This new high-end model will be called iPad Pro, not iPad 2 Plus. Why? Well, first Apple isn’t Samsung. The company doesn’t add prefixes and suffixes except for ‘i
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Why the higher-end iPad model will be called iPad Pro(displayblog.com)
2 points by tomica 15y ago|3 comments
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by tomica 16y ago
firefox sync and firefox home?
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by tomica 16y ago
(all from gruber in 2007) http://daringfireball.net/2007/06/wwdc_2007_keynote Web Apps as the Route for iPhone Development [...] It’s insulting, because it’s not a way to write iPhone apps, and you can’t bullshit developers. It’s a matter
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by tomica 16y ago
have you seen him doing those kind of snarky jokes about apple? ever? what about (back in the day) microsoft, (recently) adobe and (since the january battle call) google? all the time?
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by tomica 16y ago
on osX (or any other OS), if apps save as they go, excessive usage can be solved with a kill -9 whenever the OS likes..
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by tomica 17y ago
failure in logic.. these are two very different questions: a) How much would you pay for the new magical device iHype that will solve all your computing and media needs? b) How much will you pay for a big iPhone (sans phone)?
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Pricing Surveys Are Worthless(daringfireball.net)
3 points by tomica 17y ago|2 comments