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   by zhyder 17y ago

   +1. At the risk of sounding too dramatic, it feels pretty evil to help Apple just because there are some profits to be made in apps; feels like helping a tyrannical dictatorship take over the world. I'd rather help some other simplified -bu
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   This is brilliant, especially the idea of a Kwedit score (and consequently Kwedit limit) tied to one's Facebook identity. ivankirigin, had you ever considered something like this for Tipjoy?
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   From a developer's point of view, how does the power of Android compare to that of the iPhone OS? I haven't developed on either, but articles I've read so far seem to indicate the two have pros and cons but are pretty evenly matched overall
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   I'm tired of the comparison to the iPod or the iPhone. The iPhone had tons of innovations on day 1. The iPod had some innovations to begin with (your music library in your pocket), but other key ones -like the click wheel and the iTunes sto
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   I read it, and found the 'Yes, but it’s never been done all at once' assertion weak. The OP's general point is that the iPad is 'magic', which I correlate with 'innovation'; I think many of us are bummed because we see neither. (If it matte
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   I'm underwhelmed not because the geek in me finds the technical specs lacking, but because I don't see anything innovative . The hardware and software are absolutely predictable (except for lacking a few features like a webcam and a USB po
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   Does that mean the rest of us are bad at figuring out what people want, and we need to try to build the skill? Or are we just not as lucky?
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   Probably not at all. This is just cloud storage, albeit at a low price per GB. DropBox's secret sauce is its seamless sync across desktops and to the cloud. I'm not sure if Google would even want to support the DropBox model, which makes de
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   by zhyder 17y ago

   Congrats to Dropbox! You guys truly are an inspiration.
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    I'd guess it either has an accelerometer (hopefully) or a slider switch to change modes.
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    3. could get fixed much more easily by dropping the 4-year pre-med undergraduate degree ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-medical ), and adding about 1 year of instruction to med school.
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    Google (directly or through Google.org) should donate to Wikipedia: - Fits with their mission to make information universally accessible and useful. - Many of their top search results are Wikipedia links. Without Wikipedia, average search q
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    Among all the mistakes the US govt made due to post-9/11 paranoia (Iraq, Patriot Act...), this is comparatively a tiny one. Unsurprising.
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    This is the device that I've been waiting for: a Kindle+CrunchPad thanks mostly to the PixelQi display.
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    Notion Ink smartpad (PixelQi+Tegra+Android)(engadget.com)

    1 points by zhyder 17y ago|2 comments
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    We've been working on a solution with Operational Transform as well... but looking at the kind of demand you guys have for it, sounds like we (and other startups) should rush to fill the void left by Etherpad.
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    Thanks for the corrections. The article is actually more accurate than I'd have expected. Kudos to the author; hope he corrects the errors as they're pointed out.
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    Emblaze's First Else (new smartphone platform)(engadget.com)

    4 points by zhyder 17y ago|0 comments
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    Google acquires AdMob for $750 million(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by zhyder 17y ago|0 comments
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    Looks slick. Minor issue with Safari/Webkit's resizable text area feature though: you can resize a text area beyond the fancy border surrounding it.
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    Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid(mobilecrunch.com)

    3 points by zhyder 17y ago|0 comments
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    The 2 OS-level (as opposed to app-level) features that are better in Android are the widget-customizable home screen and the notification panel. But yeah, this is probably the first killer feature.
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    I found it odd that he didn't share the credit with more people at Intel and its partners, and spoke negatively about Firewire[1]. [1]- Firewire lost mainly because the cheaper+slower USB1.1 became ubiquitous first, and then came the backwa
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    http://www.eigenlabs.com/pico/ is their smaller and less intimidating version for £349.
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    Ask HN: simple computer for less-tech-savvy elders

    1 points by zhyder 17y ago|4 comments
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    An alternative definition of efficiency is total number of coins you need to carry in your pocket to cover a single transaction of 1..99 cents. Interestingly all the good 4-coin solutions in the article, including (1, 3, 11, 37) as well as
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    The FAQ is pretty informative: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Applications_for_iPhone... I especially found this useful: <quote>Which native iPhone APIs and functionality are supported when using Flash tooling? The following
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    This probably seems like an odd submission (feel free to downvote this comment), but Dell's done some really innovative stuff here: - Wireless dock for DVI+USB - Latitude ON: always-on-and-connected mini-Linux running on a dedicated ARM chi
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    Dell Latitude Z 600(engadget.com)

    1 points by zhyder 17y ago|1 comments
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    by zhyder 17y ago

    Interesting that they're opening up a financial analysis arm to serve hedge funds. When they determine a terrorist attack is imminent, will they give the hedge funds a heads up before the markets crash? (I doubt that's the intention, but so