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Re:Measuring the impact of Google Analytics (2013) on Monday May 12, 2014 @09:23AM (#7732507)
How much was cost for all that? Or how much would it cost to process 1m pages like this. Do some entity extraction on each page?
Re:Anxiety over the new Gmail Compose on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @03:34AM (#6326144)
My particular issue with the new maps is when I search for a new unknown city and zoom out to see bigger area - pointer is gone! Try searching for city Kazan in Russia and try to quickly get an idea where the city is. Pointer or any mark of fhe city is gone when you zoom out enough!
Re:Galaxy Nexus + data plan + VoIP support = free calls on Monday December 05, 2011 @07:15PM (#3317167)
It is a killer combination and I'm doing it for a while with Nexus S and CSipSimple App while roaming abroad.

I'm from Europe. And best part is that my mobile operator has SIP gateway, so wherever abroad I am, I always get myself local 3G data SIM card (it's 10 EUR for 1GB on average) so I can use data as much as I want, and I can call and being called (with my own number) with prices just like I would be back home - cheap.

Even better is that I can also send SMS with same app (again from my own number). Classic way, when abroad it can be anywhere from 0.15 EUR to 0.40 EUR per SMS when roaming.

Sending SMS works on EDGE, but for calling it needs to be 3G. Sound can delay from time to time, but it's a small price for keeping home-network-prices wherever in the world I am.

And they serve Google Ads when you search for a flight. Unbelivable.
Nice Nokia PR
Trademarks must never be abbreviated.

Correct: Take a look at the new features in Adobe® Photoshop® software. Incorrect: Take a look at the new features in PS.

Adobe.... :/

Re:Infrastructure Debt on Friday November 04, 2011 @09:05AM (#3195869)
Best quote to conclude article:

"Don’t be scared of change, be scared of the debt growing in your code base and in in your infrastructure. It won’t go away and there is no government bailout on the way to fix it."

Re:Addictive and sticky HTML5 experiment on Saturday October 29, 2011 @10:33AM (#3171949)
They also have a Flash version - http://spielzeugz.de/lab/sticky-thing/flash/

While there is no way to run Flash on iOS devices, accelerometer works only with iOS.

I belive that's what Steve was talking about in his Thought on Flash where he concludes:

"Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short."

Kudos to html5 and guys creating this experiment. It's awesome!

Re:Istanbul Isiklarius traffic lights on Monday August 08, 2011 @12:58AM (#2858850)
Ingolstadt (city of Audi HQ) had (still has?) this experiment.

Cars were getting signal from traffic ligjts and you as a driver got a warning sign like: "drive 30 km/h" to hit green light without stopping.

My bad. Thx for info!
H5 visa is good option too. You have all rights as normal USA citizen and no restrictions.

It lasts for 3y and can be extended for another 3y (I'm not sure what happens after 6y total..).

If you are unemployed for 45days visa will terminate (and you need to leave USA), but renews automatically when you get a new employment (in 3y period).

See more here: http://www.kateraynor.com/z-visa/h5-visa.html

Re:This Guy Has My MacBook on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @06:01PM (#2609570)
Just check first picture on Tumblr.

"Guy driving away with my MacBook."

So guy steals a laptop and drives away, puts laptop on a seat next to him, with screen up?!?

I would!

But I would also be interested in any book that gives new insights, expertise or broaden horizon in a compelling and fascinating way.

Book will be rather judged by how good it is, than what's about.

All apps shown are free.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @02:25PM (#2416277)
http://twitter.com/YCnews

Tiny side project to get Hacker News over Twitter with comments. Click on a link in any tweet to see.

I see your point.

Interface probably is confusing. I'll put sign on handlers first to see if that helps.

Thx for idea about parsing, if I go for that it enables many more options about comment display as you pointed out!

Thx for feedback!

Implementation is shiny yup - for now;) I did it as fast as possible to get feedback and see if it's worth putting extra effort in.

Agree on /new issue. Hmm.. perhaps I shall try publishing everything from /new that gets at least a comment or an upvot... will ping you on twitter when done (prob not tomorrow but by the end of the week).

Show HN: See my project YCnews: News and Comments "mouse over" apart

Twitter is often my source of Hacker News, but I had a problem of getting just the news without HN comments, which many times are even better than news itself, so I came up with an idea to have news and comments under the same URL.I parse RSS feeds, put new items in database, get bit.ly short link and post all to Twitter.Links on twitter are like this http://xcode.x10.mx/?id=2411858 and to see...

( Read More... | 5 comments | 6 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Do you email your best friends? on Sunday March 20, 2011 @11:15PM (#2348267)
I use all forms of communications, rank them according to urgency and how distracted I want to be when I get anything back.

In that order probably: Phone call, SMS, Gtalk, Skype, Facebook, Email

Re:Y Combinator's Graham Doesn't See "Bubble" in Technology on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @02:37PM (#2306052)
In video it's explained like "valuations are high, but it's not a bubble".

Would that mean their growth will stop at certain level for a longer period? I guess realization will need to meet expectation at some level. Expectation for Facebook are sure high, but I doubt it can go go for trillion valuation without multi^2 billion revenue.

Would love to hear more thoughts from Paul.

Re:Designing with Behavioral Economics on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @11:39AM (#2305375)
You can take a look at Dan Ariely's fascinating talk about the topic from DLD http://www.dld-conference.com/videos/video/predictably-irrat...
Re:Shortest SEO Guide on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @11:32AM (#2305340)
Google itself stated something like: "build the best website and we'll change our algorithms if needed".

It's an endless game between Matt Cutts his team and SEO spammers but I bet long term on the first one.

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