whughes

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by whughes 18y ago
I think you're reading too much out of the story. She didn't learn math from the computer, but she developed her skills. The computer didn't teach; it augmented.
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by whughes 18y ago
Still, I can see that bugging me. I could number a list with all 1.s, but that's like writing code with no indentation or extra spacing. The style of source material matters to me.
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by whughes 18y ago
Paying the ransom is cheaper for these companies than buying a new ship to replace a destroyed one: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9717063... "The ship owners and insurers have found that it's more cost-effective to
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by whughes 18y ago
The problem I see with talking about that attitude-from-birth is that it encourages complacency. Can you get to that instinctive level? I don't know, but I think that a person could certainly try and achieve a good level of competence. Sayi
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by whughes 18y ago
That's true, but I think that it is nitpicking. There is a claim here: "Google in talks to acquire Twitter" -- which has a questionable truth value. This is exactly the type of statement which a predictions site could test (whether it is tr
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by whughes 18y ago
" What is going to happen is that they will gradually take over from the 80x86 line. They will run old MS-DOS programs by interpreting the 80386 in software. (I even wrote my own IBM PC simulator in C, which you can get by FTP
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by whughes 18y ago
I feel that it would be better to point out the inaccuracy, which could very well be a result of misunderstanding on electromagnetic's part. I believe downvoting should be reserved for more egregious errors (trolling, off-topic, rudeness, a
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by whughes 18y ago
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean you downvote them. This is exactly the kind of attitude that fosters groupthink and drains the life out of forums.
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by whughes 18y ago
Steve Jobs founded Apple in 1976. (To mentions of billg, he founded MS in 1975.) That was over 30 years ago. While it is nitpicking, I'd like to see them cleared out for more novel choices.
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by whughes 18y ago
But not all designs are equal in terms of profit yielded. A business which chooses a design that produces more profit than another design will have more profit. That business will therefore be more successful than one which chooses a less p
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by whughes 18y ago
Hacker News isn't a business. It's a site. A business has to make a profit.
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by whughes 18y ago
What makes you think they will need to? It's possible that this was an independent decision and not entirely based on economic pressure. Google might not need to move down the pecking order.
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by whughes 18y ago
What kinds of games are you playing? I was considering picking up a Touch, but I've heard that they're mostly small puzzle games and such. Those don't really hold a candle to Nintendo first-party titles, AAA 3rd-party stuff, and all the mas
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by whughes 18y ago
There're three images on the whole site. Is it really making a difference?
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by whughes 18y ago
This has been known for a while now: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php/db_area/imag... The hardware is nothing to get excited over, but if they can sell really cheaply they might have a shot. This looks like a product for
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by whughes 18y ago
Would you consider a pageview decrease a downside? Even though they may lose some ad revenue (I don't know the details), their bandwidth costs may dip a bit, and ads aren't their real path to monetization anyway. I'm not sure it really matt
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by whughes 18y ago
Do you think it would be better to add an entirely separate category for San Francisco and area? I suspect that while they're not as overrepresented as some may think, there may be a sizable number that could be broken from the US.
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by whughes 18y ago
I was disappointed with Skyfire on my HTC Titan, but it's way out of date so it runs many apps sluggishly. Opera Mobile is very slick and iPhone-ish, but I ran into device RAM issues with it. NetFront is decent although not as fast as other
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by whughes 18y ago
Presumably most of those books don't fit the FSF's criteria for 'free.' There might be a few good Web resources, though.
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by whughes 18y ago
On the other hand, title 'improvement' carries the risk of editorializing or missing out on important points. Using the author's original title at least ensures that you're in line with the author's intent. This is a pretty complex article
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by whughes 18y ago
Obviously an idea requires execution to be profitable, but there are ideas where less effort is required for execution. Those would be what I would consider the 'killer ideas.' If you have something totally new that can take the world by st
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Trafficconverter.net going down(f-secure.com)
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by whughes 18y ago
Is this some kind of joke? The Google Code page is broken for me on Safari 3. http://i40.tinypic.com/2zfrgwl.png
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by whughes 18y ago
Most falling-block 2D puzzle games in existence copied Tetris anyway.. I suppose they're only bothering to go after the easy targets or the lucrative ones.
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by whughes 18y ago
First of all, this is an idiotic comparison. Digg and Facebook target different audiences, and even though Digg does have some 'social' aspects, you don't need to be registered to make use of Digg content. Not so with Facebook. The comments
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by whughes 18y ago
They wrote an article about gravity in Mario games and left out Mario Galaxy? That's a serious oversight, although perhaps the article predates it. Also, what's this "96-bit" nonsense? The Wii is a souped-up GameCube, so it should be very s
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by whughes 18y ago
SASE is "self-addressed stamped envelope," if anyone missed that.
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by whughes 18y ago
Remember this ad? http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/newads2/seriouslyIBM_l....
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by whughes 18y ago
It's a nice tool. Describing it as 'like Google Suggest' is probably misleading, in my view, since it doesn't make suggestions based on search tracking like Google does. It reminds me of the Inquisitor plugin of Safari: http://www.inquisit
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by whughes 18y ago
Construction? Landscaping? Farming? Jobs with lots of secretarial assistance? I think you've taken it a step too far and ignored several sectors of society. Many scientists could benefit from programming, and anyone else who has to deal wit

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