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Google and Verizon’s Net Neutrality Compromise is Pretty Weak
A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
HTML and CSS layers in Photoshop CS5
How to be a successful iPhone developer
Re:Full Trailer For Facebook Movie ‘The Social Network’ Hits The Web
on Thursday July 15, 2010 @09:36PM (#1519895)
I feel like this is becoming standard in lots of places, or at least vogue. I worked in a chem lab at the University of Washington that had indoor windows expressly for notes and presentations, and the science library at my school has rooms with glass walls and markers for group studying.
Re:How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made
on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @07:03PM (#1516259)
My only exposure to the Old Spice campaign so far has been through HN, despite generally considering myself a relatively internet-aware individual. Interesting.
South Korea enlists armed sentry robots to patrol DMZ
Re:On writing: Why entrepreneurs should write
on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @12:39PM (#1515129)
Almost anything paragraph size can be squeezed down to 140 characters.
While I agree with the article at large, I disagree with this. There is definitely value in writing things between 140 characters and essay-length, if only to jot down complete ideas without grooming them into a lengthy piece of essay quality.
Re:Great programming quotes
on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @01:41AM (#1513716)
You make an excellent point about the application-level learning, I actually noticed myself that I was spending a vast amount of time just configuring my OS and apps -- time which I could have spent actually producing things. This was my primary justification for buying my Mac, though I still think I learned a lot using Linux that I wouldn't have otherwise ...patience and perseverance, among other things.
Re:Great programming quotes
on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @08:52PM (#1513230)
Linux is only free if your time has no value
True, but in my experience it's a worthy investment of valuable time. I spent three years using Linux distros, and though I use OSX now, I'm much more comfortable with general system administration than I would have been otherwise.
Sony introduces world's smallest 3D digital still cameras
Hey Apple: Forget About the Recall, Just Hand Out Free iPhone 4 Cases
Creative Bus Stop Advertisements
Search engines learn how to watch and listen to video
Star wars: a new hope for arms control in space
The Dangers of Dependency on Social Networks
Re:The Pencil iPad Stand
on Thursday July 08, 2010 @03:56PM (#1498563)
I feel like you'd have to buy really nice pencils and rubber bands to match the general aesthetic of the iPad.
My iTunes Account Was Hacked for $375 - By My Own Kids
Re:Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
on Thursday July 08, 2010 @01:47PM (#1498128)
I want to design and launch a improbably large space-mirror. If it were properly focused on earth (curvature adapting to distance from the planet), and given light-speed delay, we could direct a telescope upon it and see the state of earth 6.52x years ago, where the mirror is x parsecs away from earth.
Roadblock: probably not a scientifically viable proposition, given space debris and lack of ability to build something that large/durable. Solution: write a sci-fi short story with this as a plot element, and call it good.
Crisis In The Gulf video game: too soon?
Re:What every developer needs to know about “public” data and privacy
on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @06:19PM (#1492598)
He makes an interesting point though about intuitive, human expectations for data retention. In interactions with humans, we can expect passing comments to eventually pass, but a computer could retain even the most trivial of information indeterminately.
Re:Ask HN: Feedback on Listeria, my new app
on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @06:02PM (#1492552)
I'd like to see some sort of demo, maybe a video a la http://teuxdeux.com/? It would be nice to know what I'm really signing up for before I sign up.
New Tool Reveals Cached Passwords in IE
How Microsoft Is Busting Its Own 'The Browser Is Part of the OS' Myth
New in Firefox 4
Re:Woot To Be Acquired By Amazon
on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @04:46PM (#1476166)
To me, part of the appeal of Woot! is its nonchalance and small, independent aesthetic. I hope it doesn't lose this in the process of becoming an Amazon company.
Re:Android gaining on Apple, says report
on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @04:17PM (#1476053)
It's the Windows OS effect, this time in the smartphone market. Except that Android is free, so it could potentially gain an even vaster userbase.
Re:Fast-tracking: Alternatives to college
on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @06:19PM (#1473086)
As a current college student in CS, I can see how this approach could be valid. A lot of what is taught in classes I could definitely learn on my own initiative, BUT
- at least in my department, diversity is emphasized. Without being required to take classes in the more obscure arenas of computer science, I may never learn methods of thought that will come in handy eventually.
- a huge part of college is the "experience", being in an environment of people who are not all learning the same things. This brings in perspectives from different disciplines, which will help in working with a variety of situations and with a variety of people down the line. And flexibility is everything, especially in CS.
- making connections is important. I'm meeting and studying with many people who I could easily see working with later in life (people in CS, and other fields as well).
I think, while a strictly vocational training program could address these things to a certain degree, a college education does so much more appropriately.
...or at least I hope so. College is EXPENSIVE.
Re:Show HN: mail2brain, email attachment timesaver
on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @05:59PM (#1473013)
Potential application: a user with a camera phone that doesn't have support for barcode reader applications (not Android, iOS, etc) but can send an email with a photo attachment could analyze a barcode with this service. But here the lack of immediacy might be an issue...