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by tomlin 15y ago
Imagine you're dying of cancer and you have raised a few intelligent children to a certain age. Now you have to ask others to raise your children in your image. Not in their image, but yours . You might not trust anyone with your childre
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by tomlin 15y ago
I just went to see P&T a few days ago. Always loved their show and their insight as it definitely makes me think. For a while, I considered myself a Libertarian, but there were too many conflicts with my own sensibilities (gun control,
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by tomlin 15y ago
I can appreciate that point of view. Evolution of technology, to me, as a consumer, is much more important. Apple is one of few companies that are worth copying. I feel that we all benefit in the long term when manufacturers of technology
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by tomlin 15y ago
I think you took it too far, perhaps in completely other directions. Apple's products are brilliant, innovative and fun to use. iOS is a great ecosystem for developers and users alike. Apple continues to make incredible gains in profits and
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by tomlin 15y ago
This is par for the course for RIM, Microsoft, so no surprises. I get the sense lately that Apple is unraveling. They're starting to make decisions based on fear, not evolution.
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by tomlin 15y ago
I found this funny. Reasons: 1) His profile photo is hilarious given the context. 2) ColdFusion.
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by tomlin 15y ago
Looks like these guys have finally figured it out. This campaign is sure to make Waterloo and RIM look good. Oh wait, no, this is actually embarrassing.
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by tomlin 15y ago
This is not a good argument. To me, protecting a name like "App Store" would be as silly as protecting the word "Computer" before commonplace in society. Can you imagine the ads for such a company? "Don't be fooled by those other microcompu
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by tomlin 15y ago
I'm the kind of person that will pay a little extra for quality. I do it with food, personal products, and travel. I don't fly Virgin because its cheaper, though it often is. I fly them when I can because I enjoy the
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by tomlin 15y ago
My point with Flash reaches a few thoughts into the future, while most are perfectly happy to have their ignorance contemporary. Let's just say that tomorrow Flash DIES. It's gone. No more Flash. Do you think those same shitty restaurant si
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by tomlin 15y ago
I've pondered the possibility that when CG eventually solves the uncanny valley effect[1], if ever, that some actors/actresses could sell their persona to be recreated (with royalties of course) and used for future purposes (ie, sequels, re
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by tomlin 15y ago
> Standards have pretty much caught up, we just need to wait for people to upgrade to browsers that support these standards. If we live today and today only, Moore's law wouldn't apply and we could all say for certain that HTML5 and it'
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by tomlin 15y ago
I think the Flash-based restaurant example has had it's time. Let's try and move past the fallacy that most Flash-based sites are restaurant sites. They're not. YouTube, Grooveshark, blog.tv, etc. are all possible because of Flash. The dr
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by tomlin 15y ago
It almost seems like DDG is trying to get me to think personalization == censorship. Sorry, but that ain't gonna fly. You've just undermined your own search engine's potential to use such a feature in the future -- people will be spitting q
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by tomlin 15y ago
Gruber has some brilliant insight at times, and other times it feels like he's reaching. Gruber would never allow a writer to suggest that a beta/alpha/rc was something that could be critised as a full, ready-to-ship product. He should know
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by tomlin 15y ago
If IE10 supports hardware acceleration, CSS timelines, and a strong JS engine there is no reason why this couldn't work. JS owes some of its process problems to lower priority in the typical OS. What if JS had higher priority and it's own d
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by tomlin 15y ago
Most of the time Gruber's right about stuff like this, in a round-about way. But this feels stressed . Gruber can find simple brilliances in Apple products (rightfully so), but cannot see the brilliance of bringing the concept of a unified
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by tomlin 15y ago
Not quite. Safari for iOS is crippled when compared to the desktop versions. You have to write a native app over a web app if you want to allow the user to upload images or video, for example.
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by tomlin 15y ago
It's a bit of a quirky conundrum. If you retain the scores, you encourage the nerd's competitive nature; the desire to 1-up another in conversation, to be the most right with passionate detail. Strangely, this type of nerd tends to get
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by tomlin 15y ago
Anyone else have Florence and the Machine in their heads after reading this headline?
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by tomlin 15y ago
and at around $400 for a Chromebook, you would certainly expect some better hardware than what Samsung and Acer are offering. I think the low-ball hardware is very deliberate. If Google can prove this level of hardware can work just fine
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by tomlin 15y ago
On the home automation front, there are definitely some battles as well as a large land grab once the HA market takes off. One of the main reasons HA doesn't grab the mass appeal is because every company that tries their hand at it can't he
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by tomlin 15y ago
Please stop trying to make the web into print. What is wrong with having some print-like layout abilities? It certainly makes documents more cross-platform as I no longer need to give a blog and PDF version of the same article. I love the
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by tomlin 15y ago
There's probably some truth to SSDs dying off horribly, but like anything else, the tech will evolve and then you replace your SSD with a new SSD at some point. Wouldn't hurt to use Time Machine as well.
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by tomlin 15y ago
People aren't necessarily buying the MacBook Air because of the hardware or the price. At the end of the day, you want a stable platform that takes away the micromanagement and lets you get to your work.
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Hovering Art Directors(hoveringartdirectors.tumblr.com)
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by tomlin 15y ago
Yes, it is a derivative of methamphetamine. Adderall (amphetamine) and Concerta both are used to treat ADD.
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by tomlin 15y ago
I have ADD and am a coder. I am on Concerta (methylphenidate, a derivative of methamphetamine) and find that my interest in math, as well as programming, has increased significantly.
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by tomlin 15y ago
How about a caffeinated coffee? Or a poor sleep?
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by tomlin 15y ago
While the previous MBA might have felt like a compromise, I find the current MBA a top-tier contender for development, personally. I use a BookArc Air from TwelveSouth[1], LED Cinema[2] display. I find it beats having 2 Macs. I love disconn

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