News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

jack57

jack57 on Hacker News

Re:Linux gets frozen, what do you do? on Saturday March 15, 2014 @12:33PM (#7405065)
Sorry for the double posts. An app I was using caused it.
Re:Linux gets frozen, what do you do? on Friday March 14, 2014 @12:36PM (#7399991)
This complexity, my technically oriented friends, is part of the reason normal people do not use Linux.
Re:Facebook's Lookback on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @09:16AM (#7177475)
I found the handwritten Mark Zuckerberg signature a little pretentious. Maybe that's because of The Social Network, but I don't feel like other CEO's are using their own brand like that. It's like a fashion designer or even an artist signing their work... My video was not THAT good.
Re:Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:44PM (#7173720)
I think a lot of people would find this very useful. Could you post the link on this thread along with submitting it on HN?
Re:Moz Dumps Amazon Web Services, Citing Expense and 'Lacking' Service on Thursday January 30, 2014 @11:17PM (#7155214)
Thanks for the additional information. It was difficult to decipher your problems from the original article. I'm guessing the "no variability in load" processes are where AWS was the most unnecessary.
Re:Show HN: Unregistered word.tld domain names for your project on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:48PM (#7147690)
This is an awesome, simple idea. There's something to be said about simplicity. I wish I had an idea like that!
Re:Show HN: Unregistered word.tld domain names for your project on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @02:56PM (#7146327)
Wouldn't it be nicer if the domain names were divided alphabetically into 26 labelled pages? Right now it's 29 and difficult to browse.
Re:Mozilla, OTOY, Autodesk Work to Deliver High Performance Games and ... on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @12:58AM (#6681010)
http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=70 I started a thread when I could not find the AMI (honestly confusing that you must launch it through the AWS marketplace outside of the console), but now I've updated it with my current problem. Perhaps we should start a new thread for this issue.
Re:Mozilla, OTOY, Autodesk Work to Deliver High Performance Games and ... on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @12:41AM (#6680940)
I'm in the same boat. This is pretty frustrating considering I'm paying for this special GPU instance by the hour.
Re:Mozilla, OTOY, Autodesk Work to Deliver High Performance Games and ... on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @12:40AM (#6680934)
Has anyone had any luck? I've set everything up and followed their instructions, but the URL they give you to access the web interface keeps timing out for me.
Re:Apple, wtf is wrong with you? on Thursday March 21, 2013 @09:34AM (#5414878)
"This guy is a hardcore Linux geek converted into hardcore Mac-fanboy (polar opposite)"

I disagree that these are polar opposites. I have been a Windows guy most of my life, but after switching to Linux, I have learned to appreciate the merits of the UNIX basis of OSX.

Re:Why HN was down on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @09:10AM (#5244313)
Apologies for the trivial comment

Ask HN: What are some of the worst operating system flaws of all time?

Posted by jack57 on Monday February 18, 2013 @11:53PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am currently in an Operating Systems class and just read about Windows's service processes. The printer spooler was specifically mentioned. I have never seen such an incompetent piece of software in a professional setting in my life. The printer spooler almost never worked if anything went wrong during a print. Google "Windows XP printer spooler" for a thousand horror stories. Anyway, I...

( Read More... | 1 comment | on HN )
Re:Why HN was down on Monday February 18, 2013 @01:42PM (#5239782)
Are you sure that comment's name wasn't Phillip J Fry?

Ask HN: Unpaid Internship Options

Posted by jack57 on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @03:11PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have an internship opportunity in Glendale, California working on games for a Viacom company, but it is unpaid and they do not pay for housing. I am currently on the other side of the country, and have a paid internship from last summer working on Android applications for a defense contractor. I can do the unpaid internship with the fairly well known Viacom company using a $4000 dollar...

( Read More... | 12 comments | 7 points | on HN )
Re:Free Software Documentary “Software Wars” in Need of Support on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @11:37PM (#5001046)
The sensationalist "* Wars" name certainly is not helping it within the technical community.
Re:Ubuntu for phones on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @02:16PM (#4998584)
Looks like a lot of people are interested in developing apps for Ubuntu Mobile. So much so that the website is already down: http://developer.ubuntu.com/gomobile
Re:Steve Ballmer's Nightmare is Coming True on Monday December 03, 2012 @07:15PM (#4868757)
This is incredibly sensationalist. iPads are great for the run of the mill soccer mom, but anyone who wants to get any real work done needs a personal computer(Mac or Windows, trying to be unbiased in this regard). Microsoft Office isn't going anywhere, and I don't think anyone expected the 1st generation of Surface to succeed. Windows 8 is a fine operating system primarily criticized by people who used it for a very short amount of time. The Surface Pro has not even been released yet, and Apple is slowly losing their knack for innovation. Let's not throw our stocks in the air and beg Apple to take our money yet. This article draws ridiculous conclusions on shaky data and successfully draws the attention of those looking for Microsoft's downfall.
Re:Notch: "I'd rather have minecraft not run on win 8 at all than to p... on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:06AM (#4584391)
DISCLAIMER: I use Windows 8 as my main operating system.

The notion that normal desktop applications will not run on Windows 8 is incredible. I could download Minecraft right now, and it would run without a hitch. People need to use Windows 8 and realize that it is an iteration of Windows 7. It feels like Windows 7 with an interesting tablet overlay that I never use.

P.S. Every single game I own on Steam works

Re:My first year as employee #1 of a YC company on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @03:36PM (#4325137)
Yeah ideally we all work for understanding, cool tech companies, but unfortunately that's not the truth. I recommend you buy another similar, safer domain and have this one forward to it.
Re:My first year as employee #1 of a YC company on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @02:22PM (#4324692)
I'm in the same boat. I'm not sure it's the best choice for a technical blog, especially when many people visit them at work.