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by whughes 17y ago
I'm not familiar with Twitter, but would it be possible to have the site say something like: "You're following X, Y, and Z, who are also following me; you should too." I don't really like the tone I wrote, but you get the idea.
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by whughes 17y ago
How long would it take the lawyer to make his case? All rsync.net needs is to skip one day and it's too late. If rsync.net can stall a bit or find a way to fight it, then it's over.
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by whughes 17y ago
YouTube link, if you don't want to download the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCXzcPNsqGA
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Evolved Virtual Creatures(karlsims.com)
23 points by whughes 17y ago|6 comments
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by whughes 17y ago
What is the size of the SSD? If it's a desktop-sized (60GB+) SSD, then I don't think it applies; the author's argument is that it won't fit on the tiny netbook SSDs. Obviously, within a little while that will be wrong as well.
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by whughes 17y ago
This appears to be a pretty thoroughly attacked problem: http://dalampati.com/ihacker/
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by whughes 17y ago
Before being condescending, you should check to see if there is a valid claim to the reddit effect: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/906yc/mythryl_p... I'm not sure what your post added to the discussion, but his alerted other
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by whughes 17y ago
How many non-X Linux distributions fit his description? "For use as a desktop PC operating system, all the various “Linux distributions” are basically the same thing: variations of Gnome or KDE sitting atop the ancient X Window System." It
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by whughes 17y ago
Disturbingly high percentage of spam/agenda-based targets for these flames. Am I missing something? Is this abuse, or is the signal-to-noise just that bad?
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by whughes 17y ago
Seems like it would be better for their self-esteem if they could rationalize the firing as being by crappy VCs who don't know what they're doing. This way, it's much harder to blame it on the VCs.
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by whughes 17y ago
His point is not only that web apps are inferior. His point is that web apps are not good enough. Case in point: TechCrunch goes on to report: "Don’t worry about those desktop apps you think you need. Office? Meh. You’ve got Zoho and Goo
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by whughes 17y ago
Improved medical knowledge and technology? Better access to hospitals and doctors? Lots of things have changed in the past century. It's just as well to say that lifespans have gone up and heart disease has declined with the spread of telep
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by whughes 17y ago
Games run perfectly on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.
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by whughes 17y ago
Norton is part of Symantec. It's just a branding thing for corporate/consumer use.
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by whughes 17y ago
Mostly unrelated, but I find this disgusting, along with some of the other fractal visualizations I've seen. I don't really have a reason for it; it's just a visceral reaction that makes me cringe. All the little parts and the strange shape
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by whughes 17y ago
Stackless Python is neat, but it's not really threading.
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by whughes 17y ago
Let's just look at the list of Ubuntu editions, since that's comparable directly to Windows or Mac OS X. Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu Lubuntu Fluxbuntu Mythbuntu Ubuntu JeOS Ubuntu MID Ubuntu Netbook Remix Ubuntu Studio
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by whughes 17y ago
To me, it seems like they are shying away from being focused on him. Their coverage of his time away and return was as minimal as possible. They probably don't want to look weak if Jobs has to leave due to further health problems.
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by whughes 17y ago
This isn't a fireside chat; it's a report on a report of a talk he gave. Here's the original: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/07/listening_to_m... I'm surprised Ive mentioned Jobs, since Apple doesn't want to associate themselv
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by whughes 17y ago
Perhaps, but your experience does not indicate that the SAT test is not useful for college admissions. Chances are, colleges will want to admit the person who was motivated enough to complete the whole test instead of the person who was int
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by whughes 17y ago
I think the purpose is as much to create a discussion of [Free]DOS and its uses as it is to let everyone know about FreeDOS's anniversary. Besides, there may be people who aren't aware of this particular OS. Many things on HN aren't newswor
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by whughes 17y ago
Is anyone here actually using Python 3 or at least planning a migration? I am wondering when the fallover is finally going to happen if no one takes the initiative.
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by whughes 17y ago
I don't understand why this post has been so heavily downvoted. It presents an honest opinion with no malicious intent. Are we going to attack people fo simply not being aware of every hacker group?
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by whughes 17y ago
High-performance applications? 3D? Accelerometer usage? Access to data on the iPhone (contact list and such)?
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by whughes 17y ago
Our TVs are a lot bigger now, though. It's much more practical to have a wireless keyboard than a wireless display interface.
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by whughes 17y ago
I think it's more accurate to say "choose any two of the four." Certainly there are ways to have tasty and healthy or fast and healthy foods, but you may miss out on the other things.
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by whughes 17y ago
Siemens should already know this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2233890.stm It's particularly disappointing for a company with that kind of history to continue unethical behavior.
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by whughes 17y ago
Stop serving images? Obviously creating a text-only template is best, like another poster said, but the images are going to be the biggest drain. Simplifying your layout could help if you are under huge strain, but not as much as removing i
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by whughes 17y ago
What do you mean by "prefer?" It seems like people say that Bing is better in certain design criteria, but they still use Google. They use Google's design because it seems more familiar. That sounds to me like people prefer Google's design.
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by whughes 17y ago
If you want to ensure better degradation, you could upgrade your app to be more usable without the server. Drawing on your stamp example, you might add client-side stamp storage and backup features. If the server goes offline, then you coul

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