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Re:Ask HN: How have you been celebrating programmer's day? on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @08:53PM (#4514171)
I'm designing a card for next year.
Sadly, while this review is probably fake, I've seen enough real world examples that make me sigh.
Re:Fox News still makes awesome charts on Sunday December 18, 2011 @03:22PM (#3367383)
Best. Pie. Chart. Ever. Period!
OnSwipe is a solution looking for a problem to solve and does not bring any additional functionality to a website using it.

There are lots of creative and attractive themes out there. Unfortunately, OnSwipe replaces that creativity with a renderer that makes every page look the same (i.e. boring).

One of the biggest advantages of the iPad is its full-featured web support on a mobile platform; OnSwipe wipes out this advantage. It removes built-in iPad features (e.g. scrolling, page zoom, etc.) making reading pages awkward and unnatural. And it introduces a cheesy, unnecessary bouncing effect.

For this and other reasons I find OnSwipe to be useless and a bane to my web browsing experience.

Re:Is It Time for Hewlett-Packard to Go Back to the Garage? on Saturday August 27, 2011 @05:59PM (#2932646)
I totally agree with you. The best part of the article was the thought-provoking title. :)

The HP I grew up with is (has been) gone and unless they get back to their innovative roots I don't believe they'll survive. Time will prove me right or wrong.

Re:Ask HN: Is a 27" Screen Worth It? on Sunday August 07, 2011 @05:31AM (#2856290)
From a highly buzzed stupor - which I will regret later - no. A dual or triple monitor setup makes more sense. Being able to maximize separate applications on individual scteens makes more sense to me.
Re:Why don't rich people do more awesome things? on Saturday June 25, 2011 @05:28AM (#2695338)
I feel the same way every time I see the advertisement for "The Film Foundation" before watching a movie on DVD.
Re:Poll: Which version of Python are you using? [FIXED] on Saturday March 26, 2011 @10:40PM (#2373975)
Currently using 2.6.5 for geoprocessing tasks in ArcGIS.