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Re:Google to Discontinue NexusOne on Monday July 19, 2010 @01:45AM (#1527732)
I would actually buy one at full price except I get a free BB through work. I used to have a G1 and I really liked it much more than the BB but I can't argue with free.
Re:I am now homeless - living on Airbnb for months on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @01:19AM (#1451028)
Look into SOMA warehouse spaces. They can be hard to get into but are the best options for sub $700/room rents.
The problem is they come with Windows 7 Started Edition a heavily crippled version.
Re:List of Hacker Spaces Around the World on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @03:11AM (#1394515)
I'm hosting a fundraiser for Noisebridge Wed the 9th http://www.yelp.com/events/san-francisco-let-me-make-you-a-d...
I used to love sailing on Lake Erie but once I started doing it seriously in the Pacific my sea sickness kept getting worse and worse to the point it was impossible. I really hope to find a cure one day or have it reverse itself (which I guess does happen).

Anyways congrats on following your dreams!

Re:Announcing Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @11:10PM (#909409)
I have both a BlackBerry and G1 and the Google Voice app on the BlackBerry doesn't work as well. It doesn't natively take over the dialer the way it does on Android.
Re:Is Verizon’s network better, or is it simply untested? on Thursday October 22, 2009 @02:49PM (#897382)
I just got a BlackBerry on Verizon and so far the reception has been very poor. Yesterday I was on Caltrain and wasn't able to use data at all and when I got a voice call the sound was horrible. I ended up pulling the battery and that seemed to help so maybe it's the BlackBerry and not the network but so far I'm unimpressed. BTW I work in Santa Clara and live in the city.
Re:Ask HN: Soma or North Beach on Friday October 09, 2009 @01:26PM (#871960)
i live in the mission and a good friend lives in soma

to give you an idea of prices

i live in a new 3 bedroom condo building with two roommates (24th and bryant) and pay 1150/mo plus about 50 in utils

my friend lives in an older 3 bedroom home w two roommates (sumner and howard) and pays 650/mo plus about 50 in utils

im very happy in the mission but soma is cool two, i wouldnt live in n beach too far away from everything

another friend lives right on market in a highrise and pays 1500 for a pretty big studio

hope some of this helps.

Re:NetFlix Everywhere: Sorry Cable, You're History on Monday September 21, 2009 @10:55PM (#836150)
That's because if they charge you the extra dollar they get to count you as a customer to the advertisers.
Re:Anyone using cheap CDNs? Me likes SimpleCDN on Thursday September 10, 2009 @03:57AM (#814864)
We've used CacheFly and have been really happy. The price is right and at our low number of transfers it always maxes out the customers downstream pipe. The only issue we've had is some of our customer's internal firewalls have blocked one of our files that 5GB+ but I guess that would happen not matter which CDN we used.
Re:The Curse of Xanadu on Sunday August 30, 2009 @10:40PM (#795305)
Down vote me for being glib but this article is just too long.
Re:Ask HN: What terminal emulator do you use ? on Saturday August 29, 2009 @10:36PM (#793968)
I've used both on Windows before and also use Cygwin.

Who's going to Burning Man?

I'm leaving on Thr (can't get the time off) I don't have a theme camp this year so no address. Maybe we could post something at Center Camp to meetup.

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Re:Augmented reality layers for the Android on Saturday August 29, 2009 @07:55PM (#793820)
I just tried it and my first impression is that it too difficult to use. I'll give it a couple tries and see how I feel.
Re:Ted Kennedy has died on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @03:47AM (#786775)
I wasn't a huge fan of Ted Kennedy but after reading the list of major legislation he was involved with I have to admire the work he did.
Just to show that law is open to interpretation from many countries.
Re:Ted Kennedy has died on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @03:17AM (#786741)
Surprisingly from Digg:

o The Civil Rights Act of 1964

o The Voting Rights Act of 1965

o The COBRA Act of 1985 (ever lost a job and still managed to keep your health insurance for 18 months?)

o The Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990

o The Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993

o Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

The downside is right now running Latitude slows your phone to a crawl after a few days http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3453
Re:Adventures in Shell Scripting on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @12:28PM (#785143)
http://stackoverflow.com and http://serverfault.com/ have good shell scripting discussions
Re:Daring Fireball: Android Opportunity Addenda on Friday August 21, 2009 @01:12AM (#777027)
I have a G1 and still miss my N82. Mostly for the Xenon Flash but also the great battery life and headphone jack.
Re:Screenr: Instant Screencasts for Twitter on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @03:57PM (#771331)
Would be nice if it had some advanced features like follow the mouse, zoom, etc.
Re:Poll: How Many Processes Are You Running? on Monday August 17, 2009 @06:40PM (#769310)
Sorry about that, I fixed it.
Re:Poll: How Many Processes Are You Running? on Monday August 17, 2009 @06:35PM (#769297)
How did it exclude you?
Re:Poll: How Many Processes Are You Running? on Monday August 17, 2009 @06:25PM (#769278)
I'm running Windows XP SP3 on my work notebook and I've tweaked the services and disabled all the startup processes. With Chrome(5 tabs), Outlook, Digsby, and Task Manger I've got 23 processes/304 threads running.

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