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Re:BankSimple invites first customers; rebrands itself as Simple on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @11:17PM (#3214233)
Yup, I'm aware and working on it.
Re:MacBook Air is enough for a work machine on Thursday April 28, 2011 @02:06PM (#2494345)
My 2008 (Core 2 Duo) MBP died last week and I figured I'd upgrade rather than repair it (I felt the Core 2 Duo was aging fast). I borrowed my mother's low-end MBA for the time being and Fell In Love. It was great for Xcode development/tricked-out Emacs for remote dev. (pretty much all you need).

However, I ended up with a tricked-out MBP 15" w/ SSD & Hi-Res screen - the reason is I need the peripherals &etc. for heavy apps like Logic. But let me tell you, if you're going MBP 15" - cough up for an SSD, but also ... get the Hi-Res screen. It's only $100 extra and you will feel as if you have an absurd amount of screen real estate.

it is surprising because most people probably expect NSArray to just work like a plain array (see the naive C implementation)
Re:Ex-Engadget Crew Starting New Site on Monday April 04, 2011 @01:17AM (#2405482)
The thing is, this team at Engadget has a really tight bond with its core fans ... their podcasts were more like listening in on a conversation between best friends rather than formal tech podcasts. It was just their style -- they/Josh wanted to up the game as far as they could, I mean, take a look at The Endgadget Show. Hell, compare their progress with Gizmodo's. I just feel like I have lots of faith in this team and Josh.
Re:The real reason people are mocking Color... on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:39PM (#2379984)
Lots of people say iStore.
Re:Letter heads, by Firefox labs on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @09:48AM (#2327402)
This actually looked and performed great on the iPad 2. (You just couldn't move the shadow around)
specifically Engadget. So strange ... obviously none of them have declared what the real reason is yet.
Re:Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs on Monday March 07, 2011 @10:11PM (#2299670)
I have totally been working on a site that would recommend music based on what your friends have been listening to. Similar to this, except it didn't have the great idea of tracking everything you listen to online through extensions. This is such a great idea. Congratulations guys!
Re:Should CS students be graded on performance? on Sunday March 06, 2011 @02:52AM (#2293744)
Normally, my (favorite) CS professor would weigh code clarity more strongly than performance. However, he would sometimes put up assignments that focused almost entirely on the performance, in which he obviously changed the grading weights.
Re:Twitter Reacts to the #Dickbar Uproar on Sunday March 06, 2011 @02:48AM (#2293740)
My question is, when will they force other clients to begin to use the Quickbar/#Dickbar? Or do you think this is just testing the waters?

P.S. I wouldn't mind them having it there if it wasn't so much darker and more distracting than the rest of the interface. I know it's supposed to catch your attention, but still.

Re:Trent Reznor Wins Oscar on Sunday February 27, 2011 @11:56PM (#2270089)
It makes absolutely no sense that this should be on Hacker News.

And yes, I do know Trent is a `hacker` of sorts. But still.

github.
Seems that python devs are practicing the Zen of Python :-)
Re:Watch music videos in style on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @12:04PM (#2227155)
iStockPhoto?
Re:Show HN: ZFS+Rsync = Time Machine in the cloud on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:40PM (#2224677)
this is awesome! I really hope this hits the fpage.
Re:Poll: Why are you building a web app? (Research for my book) on Saturday February 12, 2011 @01:45PM (#2210731)
I'm building a web app because it doesn't exist yet and I want it to exist.
Re:Google uses accelerometer API in Jules Verne Google Doodle on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @03:17AM (#2196816)
well ?
Re:A Vintage Terminal Emulator for OS X on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @09:28AM (#2139115)
yeah same. using a 2006 iMac ... I'm assuming its a graphics card problem? The site says all of the graphics are rendered on the GPU...
Re:Riak 0.14 is out on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @11:25PM (#2073973)
Seriously, I recommend Riak to anyone who wants to experiment with NoSQL. I am using Riak w/ some MySQL and Riak is just SUCH a pleasure to use.
Re:Ask HN: chances Apple buys a cell carrier in 2011? on Sunday December 12, 2010 @08:19PM (#1998778)
it would be nice, though. You know there would only be two plans: $25 limited and an unlimited plan (for who knows how much, $50? $60?)
Re:Decline of the Tornado Web Server - What happened? on Friday December 10, 2010 @04:03PM (#1993174)
yeah, I didn't know HN still cared about Tornado. I thought I was the only one using it for production ...
Re:Decline of the Tornado Web Server - What happened? on Friday December 10, 2010 @03:54PM (#1993127)
The Tornado framework is AMAZING for its simplicity. It gives you ONLY the things you'll need and a just a little bit extra. It's really great.
Re:Ask HN: What problem does Foursquare/Gowalla/Places solve? on Thursday August 19, 2010 @09:54AM (#1617358)
does anyone want to go to shake shack right now? I do.
Re:JSOP: An idea whose time has come on Thursday August 12, 2010 @10:14AM (#1598122)
I agree. But also ... just ... something inside me tells me this isn't a good idea. Instead of creating a whole new HTTP request like PATCH to merge all the requests at once, why don't you just send a JSON object to a script with an array of tasks that could be done on the server?

{ "myfolder": [ "move file1.js", "del file2.js" ] }

etc?

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