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by tomkin 14y ago
Are you stating that native apps are always snappy/right? Because if you are, I have a list of App Store apps for you to look at.
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by tomkin 14y ago
I've noticed this, too. The arguments are more recently drawing around how the UX harms users...but wouldn't this be true of any HTML5 app? Does PhoneGap have some voodoo magic abilities to ruin the UX beyond what any HTML5 app is capable o
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by tomkin 14y ago
> Nintendo lost almost a billion dollars last year. Its first loss since inception in 1889. Not bad for a company that didn't have any successful consoles. > Kinect Adventures was a pack-in game, so that doesn't really count. It doe
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by tomkin 14y ago
Explain, in detail, how they copied the iPhone? They look similar, but so do many of the other smartphones out there. When you say they copied the iPhone, I expect to see pretty much an exact copy. If you want to jump outside of the Apple f
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by tomkin 14y ago
This – in some form – is probably a good idea. Recently, I've worked on a few Business Improvement Area projects and one of the hassels for BIAs is keeping up-to-date information for each business (i.e., hours of operation, services, descri
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by tomkin 14y ago
In terms of technology, they are vastly different. In the sense of discovery, market trials and R&D - the Kinect technology is an evolution of the Wii. If Wii did not introduce motion controls, Kinect would not be available. Period. I c
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by tomkin 14y ago
> Stagnation. That's what you get when people duplicate ideas instead of leading with their own. Right. So the guy who invented the cell phone shouldn't have "copied" the guy who invented the cordless phone. Oh, and the guy who invented
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by tomkin 14y ago
> Neither of which has really taken off for gaming. I don't know about that. Last I checked, Kinect was doing well. In fact Kinect Adventures is #1 [1] > The Wii wasn't really a success either. Nintendo, until most recently, was the
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by tomkin 14y ago
> Sigh. I'm sick and tired of people twisting reality to fit an Apple anti-hero narrative. They are just as guilty as any other hardware/software manufacturer which tries to stifle human progress in the name of ego. Let me provide my pe
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by tomkin 14y ago
What's missing from this argument is that traditional education dogma has the same plight. Is anyone ready to state, on record, that any educational platform is perfect and free from error? Khan deserves/requires criticism, but let's not fo
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by tomkin 14y ago
Sounds like you have a large team if it's gotten so out of hand that you need to add a field. So isn't your boss the one at fault for hiring a bunch of shit programmers? Hiring a bunch of shit programmers and putting up a blame field is lik
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by tomkin 14y ago
I'll start off by saying I don't know shit all about PHP on a fundamental level. What I have noticed is there there is a sweet-spot of developers, engineers that need to be involved. Comments for "Adobe confirms it won't support Android" [1
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by tomkin 14y ago
> PHP is the Nickelback of programming languages. Look at this script that uploads a photograph. Every time I see it, it makes me laugh.
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Adobe: Flash will not be supported in Android OS 4.1(mobilesyrup.com)
2 points by tomkin 14y ago|1 comments
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by tomkin 14y ago
Throughout history there has always been some hate towards a platform that inherits and simplifies another platform. In truth, it would be more efficient to talk directly to the processor, but that takes a lot of time. And sure, ORM isn't
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by tomkin 14y ago
I agree with the narrative that quitting a job, starting a job/business may seem harder than we initially think (because of some irrational fears) but, survivorship bias is exactly right. The universe only takes care of you if the right p
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by tomkin 14y ago
My apologies. I submitted, but when it has been submitted before it usually just redirects you to the previously submitted one. Not sure why it didn't do this for me this time! EDIT: Seems to be "http" vs. "https".
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FuckItJS: Runs your javascript code whether your compiler likes it or not.(github.com)
315 points by tomkin 14y ago|64 comments
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by tomkin 14y ago
What I would love to see is a system that validates claims made by those involved in townhall meetings and TV debates. Nothing would please me more than to see a politician make a claim of coal only outputting X carbon, and a sidebar slide
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The Complete History of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(mentalfloss.com)
1 points by tomkin 14y ago|0 comments
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I agree that they are practice in some sense, but the end result is valuable immediately. When I was a young student, I would take my painting, science experiment or short story home to show my mom. When I did well in math I showed my grad
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by tomkin 14y ago
> Numerous studies over the past thirty years have shown that when people of any age and any ability level are faced with mathematical challenges that arise naturally in a real-world context that has meaning for them, and where the outc
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by tomkin 14y ago
First: Do you care if you're building a native app or a web app? Don't care? Cool. Do you need notification/photo functionality? PhoneGap. If we're to believe that one day HTML5-based mobile web apps will rule, what is wrong with PhoneGap e
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by tomkin 14y ago
Problem I have with this is that it is incredibly short-sighted. So we know, indefinitely, that our songs, movies and other media will exist on USB/CD/DVD discs, right? Wrong. What about when we all start using anonymous, p2p cloud storage?
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Magic Numbers(blog.orbital.ca)
1 points by tomkin 14y ago|0 comments
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I agree with this. Our version is a plain ol' chalkboard, but it covers the entire wall. We mainly use it for the current state of the company - projects, action steps, projections, etc. Incredibly useful and has a UI everyone understands.
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by tomkin 14y ago
> It looks neat, but I'm not sure it would help her find work, if that was the purpose of it. If this is true, we live in a truly depressing world. I don't understand the point of an interview any more. I sit down, lie to you for an hou
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Blacknegative - Incredible HTML5-powered site.(blacknegative.com)
1 points by tomkin 14y ago|0 comments
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by tomkin 14y ago
I was just talking about this with colleagues. If some piece of photo manipulation software centered its features for the web developer and actually outputted the CSS for shadows, blend modes, etc. I am sure that many would be interested.
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by tomkin 14y ago
In Ontario, Michael Rafferty & Terri-Lynn McClinic were recently convicted of the murder of Tori Stafford. Lots of pro-capital punishment banter as of late. In this case, it was pretty open/shut. You could say he is the perfect candid

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