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by trimbo 14y ago
> Who in the world would think that's a good idea. Jack Welch, AFAIK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitality_curve
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by trimbo 14y ago
I chose Java for a major (non-android) project last year (other potential choices were Ruby, C++ and Scala). It's a great middle ground. Statically typed, fast and well known with very good tooling. I've ended up loving it because it wor
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by trimbo 14y ago
> I just don't get why people ate this up. It honestly felt ridiculous to me How about because it's the only gadget demo ever where the experience has not been entirely insular? When's the last time a gadget product announcement has n
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by trimbo 14y ago
Honestly, we'll probably find out in an hour or so. I kind of doubt that Google will leave this issue alone at Google I/O. It's a huge one.
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by trimbo 14y ago
He's probably in a control group.
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by trimbo 14y ago
He vastly underestimates the dedication of .NET programmers and enterprise IT to Windows. Visual Studio / C# / .NET is still the best development environment I've ever used. Devs who love it will stick by it through thick and thin (see: W
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by trimbo 14y ago
I assume it's to boost revenue. Frankly I am not fazed by it until it becomes an issue.
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by trimbo 14y ago
> Both Motorola and HTC's sales and profits are depressing Motorola was left for dead before Android. HTC jumped out to an early lead with Android and their stock went up 400%. > they're not exactly using stock Android I think you'
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by trimbo 14y ago
The Pando author also seems to have forgotten that Android saved Motorola, took HTC to new heights and enabled Amazon and B&N to make tablet lines of their own.
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by trimbo 14y ago
Everyone was up all night dealing with EC2.
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by trimbo 14y ago
Well, there was Hotmail...
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by trimbo 14y ago
> A good, clean, new 35mm print is very clearly distinguishable from from a 4k projection. Even casually you can see the difference What difference are you referring to? If you're talking about clarity/pixels, the source format is as i
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by trimbo 14y ago
Ok I installed iStat Menu and spent all night charging this thing for you. Currently @ 100% charge: designed: 6900mAh, current capacity: 6268 mAh
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by trimbo 14y ago
> And we in fact ship our prints almost exclusively by FedEx. I had to take a canister to the local shop on a dolly just the other day Huh. Go figure. Maybe things have changed. The only reference I've been able to find is on this pa
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by trimbo 14y ago
Not sure I understand the question. Do you mean if the cost for delivering prints was substantially lower... what would happen?
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by trimbo 14y ago
This is interesting, my interpretation of what they were saying was for _new_ prints. But in the case of old prints, I see your point. Long term, I hope this is self-correcting. People still like vinyl, and although you can't find a Tower
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by trimbo 14y ago
Ex-VFX guy here again. I feel like I have to comment on these threads because I'm thrilled to see 35mm film die.[1] The DRM sucks but.... > There are instances in the US already where some studios are refusing to freight 35mm film pr
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by trimbo 14y ago
> I'm over 2 years in on my 2010 MacBook Pro, and checking the battery right now I see its designed capacity was 6,000mAh while its current, fully-charged capacity is… 5,786mAh. I don't know what the capacity is on mine, but I used to g
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by trimbo 14y ago
Yes, they messed up the title. It is a 15" Ultrabook. I've seen it in person and it's fantastic. Obviously, it is more like a 15" MBA than a 15" MBP, but my point in posting the link is that Samsung seems to be doing some cool stuff.
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by trimbo 14y ago
Well, right now my 2010 MBP is driving my cinema display for just reading email and stuff and is baking hot on the bottom. This is the trade-off with this newer machine, I suspect. It packs a ton of power in a smaller space... that just g
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by trimbo 14y ago
It looks great. But I think I'm waiting to see how hot this machine gets. It's more compact and still has an 85W power adapter. Because of the higher DPI, it's pushing a lot more pixels even doing menial stuff. For perspective: my (larg
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by trimbo 14y ago
The new intel graphics are much better for gaming without going to discrete graphics. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000-Benchmar...
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by trimbo 14y ago
> Someone at Samsung is really dropping the ball and I hope they're shown the door soon Amen brother. It's astonishing to me that so much of what Apple creates is actually made by Samsung, and yet they constantly seem so far behind. Ha
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by trimbo 14y ago
That's exactly it -- low lighting situations are terrible. The year-old HTC Thunderbolt I used to use was better (and also higher resolution). But mostly, if you compare the image quality to the iPhone 4S, it's a no-brainer. The iPhone d
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by trimbo 14y ago
I love my Galaxy Nexus but the camera sucks. I'm pretty convinced I'll ditch my Nexus within 12 months for that reason.
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by trimbo 14y ago
If either Presidential candidate put software patent abolition as a primary platform topic, that'd be an automatic vote from me.
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by trimbo 14y ago
Hm, I see your point except that ratings-based (i.e. ad-sponsored) content is not what we're talking about here. We're talking about paid, premium content. Ratings don't matter, only the bottom line does.
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by trimbo 14y ago
I know it probably won't happen this way, but I hope Netflix and Amazon pull together awesome original content and smoke these guys.
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by trimbo 14y ago
> When they came out they were much better (in price-performance terms) than their PC equivalents. As expected, this lasts no longer than 6-12 months. That may be true in price/performance, but in absolute price terms, those 6-7 year ol
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by trimbo 14y ago
On the other end of the spectrum, for "small data" (i.e. millions of rows as opposed to tens of billons)... check out crush-tools. I love it, use it all the time. http://code.google.com/p/crush-tools/

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