tomkarlo

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On the Edge of the Sandbox: External Storage Permissions(doubleencore.com)
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
I've been using "Hello" and it's quite nice as a basic / super-simple SMS app. Very minimalist, though.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
If your ergo expert is talking about auras instead of measuring your dimensions and evaluating your posture, you need to find a real ergo expert. Even for ad-hoc use in meeting rooms and hotel rooms, a good expert can help you do a better
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
It's worth talking to an ergo specialist, but if you can't easily keep your wrists up it often means your broader setup isn't right - your chair is too low or your keyboard is too high (common on desks based on old designs.)
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
No, because even if users tried to do that, the panopoly of non-Apple PCs out there, and their regular name changes, would counfound any kind of traction. Apple laptops don't have numbers in the last decade. There's been several
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
At least in the position on the right, that's not good form. You can see the intent on the top of the wrist, which means you're not in a neutral position for typing. I can't tell what's up on the left. Personally, I find
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
In terms of what the hand rests look like, it doesn't matter. They've been the same since the introduction in 2006. :)
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
It seems similar to how GPS is used to find location - you only know the distance from each satellite, not the direction. Contact with one satellite places you on an arc (or circle), two sats put you on one of the two spots where the arc ar
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
You're not supposed to - but most of us do it. In theory, you're only suppose to rest your wrists downwards when not typing, because doing so takes them out a neutral position. I'm not saying you should change, just trying
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Maybe because they have simple and straightforward names that it's reasonable to expect most people will understand. Whereas if you said "my Dell Latitude 3300" most people would have no specific mental image for that. Like i
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Just because a strap has a buckle doesn't mean it will ever hit your computer. I wear a Timex Expedition with a leather and fabric strap, and it's almost impossible to make the buckle touch my Macbook because it's too high up
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
They want it to, but unless it does today, it's not an "equivalent" yet. It's splitting hairs but the choice of that word implies they're equal in a way that "Microsoft's answer to Siri" or "alte
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Regardless of how insane deals may seem, you can still only evaluate them based on available facts. If you're going to start speculating about fictional future revenue streams, there's no point to even bothering to contemplate if
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Maybe, but they're also entirely speculative. We can only evaluate the price based on the business they have, not imaginary alternate revenue streams.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
There's only about 1bn smartphone users, of which Whatsapp probably has 45% penetration, and some other large percentage are on competing platforms. Yes, that 1bn is growing, but it's also moving into market segments with much low
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
At 400M users, how much more are they really going to grow? Maybe 2-4x. They're at a point where they're almost bounded by the number of people on earth with mobile devices.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Not sure how you're figuring that. At best - 1.5Bn users locked in - you're at less than $1bn _revenue_ (after you net-out the 30% that goes to Apple or Google for an in-app transaction) and much lower net profits (presumably, it
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
That's a lot of money for an app with relatively little lock-in and a $0.70 (maximum) ARPU.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
The fact that FB chose to pay $12BN in stock for this tells you something about what they think of their current valuation.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
The rush to build big desktop sites is largely over, and the stragglers / late adopters are the most likely to value lower-cost, lower-risk solutions than the early customers. None of that should be surprising. There's another wav
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
As others have pointed out, the (regional) expectation may be that the subject is living at home with their parents (rent / utilities), that there's state-provided healthcare and education (debt). At this income level you might no
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
A system that you can't afford to use is never very good for you. Healthcare systems should be judged on how they serve the overall population, not just those who can afford to use them.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Yes.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
One Dropbox supports the API, you can open your files directly from external applications. Box.net already has support out.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
The linked doc is specifically minimum grade-level standards. It explicitly states that it doesn't cover how schools should address students that exceed those minimum standards, which would include anyone taking more advanced math co
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
As others have pointed out, it varies widely by school and district. I went to public high school in the US, and we did Calculus and Multivariate Calculus in 11th and 12th grade. (And this is not uncommon, given that it maps to the two Adva
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
FYI if you just want to go to Mexico or Canada, they have Passport "Cards" that cost less.
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
> We'd love to go abroad, the only prohibition to that is the cost of passports. ? A US Adult Passport costs $110 and last 10 years; that's $11 a year. (Kids are less.) Are you in a country where it costs a lot more than that?
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Here's a few: "Taxpayers", "Customers", "Voters"
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by tomkarlo 13y ago
Given the push to 4K on TVs and other video viewing devices, it seems like they'll catch up fast enough. 4K at the typical viewing distances is pretty close to retina in terms of the number of degrees of your vision each pixel covers.

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