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by utopkara 14y ago
This is a canned article, and there is just too many of these lately. You can tell it was written with no real material behind it, the guy doesn't even stick around to respond to the controversy it will create. I bet it is possible to autom
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by utopkara 14y ago
Please downvote this article. It has nothing to do with news, nor hackers, let alone hackernews. Unless such entries get downvotes, the top of HN will be infested with canned controversial opinion pieces.
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by utopkara 14y ago
Your disapproval of "shovelware" business model and the related shallowness of design does make sense; however, failing fast and often does not imply the malicious intent as you imply. Think of this as a search for an anchor point, a good b
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by utopkara 14y ago
Why make it impossible to read more than two lines, if the point is to show off how cool FB is? It is fascinating, that I really want to learn the good things, but I cannot get myself to read through the satire. Normally, I would be able to
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by utopkara 14y ago
My condolences to the friends and family of Mr Kouri. I don't mean to hijack this discussion, but this could be a cue for somebody to visit the culture of dealing with a loss within the developer community. I would really like to hear the t
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by utopkara 14y ago
I had my own hypothesis of a Gladwell recipe: he takes a well-executed research paper, and expands on the references, and their references, and then adds links to other pop-science books. The original idea could be told more precisely withi
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by utopkara 14y ago
While making a parody of Khan's teaching, they have become the parody of being a critic.
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Nexus 7 tablet now available(play.google.com)
3 points by utopkara 14y ago|0 comments
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by utopkara 14y ago
Everybody in this business thinks of doing it, you definitely not the first one. (edit: everybody == strategists) 1) If you can make a really good software in this space, you can make millions just selling it. 2) If you really want to try t
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by utopkara 14y ago
Apple is not in the business of justice. They will go to great lengths to protect their business, and other things are only important as long as they are relevant to their business. Now, the shittiness of the app store should concern them.
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by utopkara 14y ago
The box hints at the size of the power brick. Yuck.
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Smart But Not Wise: Reflections on men's illusions about progress(shelterpub.com)
1 points by utopkara 14y ago|0 comments
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by utopkara 15y ago
People have a huge capacity to adapt. For single people the flexibility is even more. I'd say, even if you go to Cicely, Alaska you'll get used to it and like it. Now, if you would like to innovate, and be part of something big, your chance
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Next generation wheelchair for paraplegics(tekrmd.com)
5 points by utopkara 15y ago|0 comments
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by utopkara 15y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3469692
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by utopkara 15y ago
Nobody remembers the google sesame? That one exampled in itself should stop this thread.
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by utopkara 15y ago
It would be awesome if they doubled the resolution on the new generation macbooks. But, given the fact that the new iPads are just eating up all the hi-res panels made, it is very unlikely that there will be a largely available macbook that
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How are we going to design iPad views on MacBooks?
1 points by utopkara 15y ago|2 comments
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by utopkara 15y ago
This is not good. Even if under the current law many people don't get the overtime pay they are entitled to receive, at least it is a legal ground which they can stand up to repeat abusive managers and get help from HR.
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by utopkara 15y ago
First of all this is non-merit discrimination; which should bar yammer from doing business with government, and contractors. Check out their fron-page, the top of their customer list is Pitney-Bowes. Second, he is creating a hostile work en
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by utopkara 15y ago
To answer the question, if there has to be a Joker to stop Defectors, who is the Joker? Joker does not need to be a person; it could be anything that destroys benefits with some good success. You get where I am going with this; Joker is any
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by utopkara 15y ago
I am torn between the urge to move to another news sharing site where people know who Turing is, and the thought that a little diversity can do good. I guess the latter wins, because I come here to get surprised, and learn; it doesn't happe
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by utopkara 15y ago
Obviously this algorithm has lots of false positives.
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No, it isn't legal. He is just being a troll for Yahoo decreasing the value of his prized facebook shares.
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by utopkara 15y ago
Yahoo's lawsuit is not against any small fish or unrelated business, Facebook is a direct competitor (Google was too). Please don't take it out of context and mud it in some emotional fudge. If you want to be emotional though: Is Facebook i
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by utopkara 15y ago
Corporates are not bounded by citizenship. Perhaps we should start considering people as corporates rather than corporates as people. As long as you can be economically viable in a new country, just go ahead and settle there.
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by utopkara 15y ago
And, this half-baked reason was the example that James can give off the top of his head for not using PhoneGap.
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by utopkara 15y ago
Hi James. You do realize that the bridge can be optimized to the bone to beat Trigger if needed. Even with the negligible difference in bridge speed, Cordova is superior to your closed platform because it is open. It is perfectly OK if you
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by utopkara 15y ago
My apologies for this. I get the magazine in the mail, I didn't realize the full-text link would hit the paywall.
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Most reported power laws lack statistical support and mechanistic backing(sciencemag.org)
31 points by utopkara 15y ago|5 comments

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