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by wiremine 12y ago
Here's the full article: http://carltonbale.com/1080p-does-matter/ It doesn't really say, but I would guess it has to do with when you start to see individual pixels.
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by wiremine 12y ago
> leaks I always had a love/hate relationship with the "one more thing" approach. When Apple has a real blockbuster product to reveal, it was a lot of fun. But sometimes it was a big letdown. I remember when they introduce
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by wiremine 12y ago
It would in cases where there wasn't an _intentional_ attack. If I accidentally sent a log in email to my Mom, and she clicked it, odds are she wouldn't know what was going on: there is no challenge screen asking for a new passwor
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by wiremine 12y ago
While this feels similar to a password reset process, it is different: a. you're sending the auth credentials every single time a user wants to login. If email was secure, that might be fine, but it's not. b. On a password reset,
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by wiremine 12y ago
> Your metaphor isn't really accurate. Atom is not a browser, is a glorified notepad. Ok, let's try another one: Atom is an IDE like XCode is an IDE. I don't expect XCode to start up "in the blink of an eye" alth
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by wiremine 12y ago
> How often do you start up an editor per day? That's what I came here to mention. I've been using Atom as my primary editor for a month or so now, and I've never noticed the slowness. After I read this post, I did a test:
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by wiremine 12y ago
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/554222/20140530/apple-beats-d... "Apple's $3 Billion 'Beats' Deal Breakdown; $2.5 Billion for 'Beats Electronics' and $500 Million for 'Beats
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by wiremine 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod#Idiom "In 15th-century English, "Nimrod" had come to mean tyrant" "In 20th-century American English, the term is now commonly used to mean a dimwitted or a s
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by wiremine 12y ago
I second this: reading all this can create a sense of guilt. I think for myself, the key is knowing that the guy who biked across India wasn't writing a novel. Or at least, he wasn't biking across India, writing a novel, and maint
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Home Depot Hack Bigger than Target: 56M cards stolen over 5 months(online.wsj.com)
1 points by wiremine 12y ago|0 comments
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by wiremine 12y ago
I like this quote from Gruber: "It’s almost impossible to overstate just how big a deal Minecraft is for my son and his friends." [1] My son is 8, and he and his friends are CONSUMED by the game. I wonder how Microsoft is going to
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by wiremine 12y ago
I spent about 20 minutes reading through some of the now 650+ comments, and I'm a bit surprised how common the arguments are on both sides. It feels like the entire tech community has the same basic argument every time a new 1.0 apple
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by wiremine 12y ago
I'd love to hear from some iOS developers who have played around with HealthKit, and get their take its strengths and weaknesses
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by wiremine 12y ago
> It's entirely unclear how to use Flynn I'll go a step further: it's unclear _what_ Flynn is. I read the homepage and was still confused.
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by wiremine 12y ago
Here's the comment: "Its very similar to Apache Tika (which I didn't know about until yesterday), but I think it is different in at least two important ways. "1. The intention of textract is to provide many possible ways
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by wiremine 12y ago
> It's changed a lot since I first used it. Have any good examples? I haven't used the language in years, would love to see what "modern" PHP looks like. (Seriously, not trolling at all)
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by wiremine 12y ago
> When The Verge launched, it was creative and full of interesting articles... and for the past 12-18 months, it's been pretty close to a "Cosmo for Geeks". I've actually noticed the opposite for me: I've enjoyed
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by wiremine 12y ago
Great article. Swift is one of those rare opportunities where the barriers to entry are reset, and any dev willing to put in the effort can be rewarded. Feels like Java felt 17/18 years ago, but only much more accelerated. The big, BIG
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by wiremine 12y ago
Do you know how you and the publisher are compensated in this situation? I'm assuming there is some sort of royalty stream coming back to you? (I'm not asking for details, just generalities).
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by wiremine 12y ago
> The real reason why we don't expect programmers to have any kind of portfolio or other online footprint is a cultural one more than anything else. I'm not sure I agree with that. Two follow up points: 1. I think an online por
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by wiremine 12y ago
This is an awesome question. > I've been wondering how I could preserve my work to showcase in the future. I don't think it's always practical, or legal, to assume keeping a copy of the code is a good showcase. I agree. I
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by wiremine 12y ago
This is by far the coolest thing I've seen in months. Kudos! Now, excuse me while I find my Def Leppard cassette tape and turn up my collar.
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by wiremine 12y ago
Kudos to the Django team! Great to see it continue to improve. Anyone know if there are any plans to update the HTML/CSS for the Admin app? Functionally it rocks, but visually it feels like you're revisiting 2001. I'd LOVE to
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by wiremine 12y ago
> I hate posts that don't show code. The quickstart (called "Learn") is 2 clicks away, well written, and full of code samples: http://ampersandjs.com/learn I hate it when people are lazy. ;-) But seriously
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The FCC has voted to accept Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposal on net neutrality(theverge.com)
1 points by wiremine 12y ago|0 comments
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by wiremine 12y ago
> Ahrendts will be selling its products. Maybe, but that is sort of like saying Phil Schiller is _just_ going to market them. I always remember this post from Daring Fireball about how integrated Apple is: http://daringfirebal
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by wiremine 12y ago
> Beats first and foremost is a fashion company. This is the key. I would add it isn't just a fashion company, it is a _premium_ fashion company. I did a quick look at Amazon [1], and the price points are fairly solid: $99 to $299 f
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by wiremine 12y ago
I don't think slowing the site down really helps convey the speed difference anyways, because they aren't seeing it apples-to-apples. Instead, I think you want to load two version of the site in to iFrames (or something) and throt
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Netflix has a new logo, and it's flat(fastcodesign.com)
2 points by wiremine 12y ago|0 comments
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by wiremine 12y ago
I've found myself falling into this pattern, and wondering if others share it: a. I see a 50% off book at O'Reilly that I'm interested in. b. I check the price at Amazon.com. The regular price is usually a few dollars more th

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