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89a··on The amount of crap Windows users have to put up with is incredible
Yet his biography is called "iWoz", why have people let him ride the fame train on other peoples work for so long.
89a··on The amount of crap Windows users have to put up with is incredible
So bored of people still giving Woz the spotlight.

He hasn't done anything worthwhile but trundle around on a segway since leaving Apple

89a··on Why the hell does this mouse need to connect to the Internet?
Why not just give each mouse a unique ID then, sync the settings anonymously against that ID. Don't even have to log in anymore
89a··on Why the hell does this mouse need to connect to the Internet?
The idea of a second hand mouse makes me gag
89a··on Why the hell does this mouse need to connect to the Internet?
just save the settings to a human readable file instead of something ridiculous like The Registry then they can symlink it to dropbox if they care that much
89a··on No, Facebook Didn’t Decrease Page Feed Reach To Sell More Promoted Posts
sure they didn't, also can techcrunch and gawker rags make a post without including some stupid meme shit image?
89a··on E17 (Enlightenment) enters alpha after 12 years
Remember BlueSteel?

Remember installing linux for the first time to try it out?

Remember discovering what a winmodem was…

89a··on Microsoft and Skype to axe world's most popular IM client early 2013
iOS one was out in the first few months of the App Store.

So they do support major platforms quite well

89a··on Elite: Dangerous
> well known and well respected history of delivering high quality games.

Someone is forgetting how Elite 2 turned out

89a··on Elite: Dangerous
> Not that concept art, screenshots, or videos ensure success, but the complete lack of all three seems quite odd these days. Especially for a $2 million goal. That's fricking nuts.

I found this utterly pathetic. He asks for so much from the fans but hasn't even done the most basic of legwork.

Seems like a total cash grab to me, prepare for disappointment

89a··on RISC OS for Raspberry Pi
RISC OS was so awesome.

Windows looked like a dinosaur compared to this at the time

89a··on ‘The Fractalist,’ Benoit B. Mandelbrot’s Math Memoir
That's a typo
89a··on The Tech Behind Apple’s Impossibly Thin New iMacs
Power and heat distribution are more valuable in a desktop than how it looks.

I love the look of the last iMac, no idea why they did this stupid design and removed ram upgradability for the sake of it looking thinner (from some angles).

I predict it will fatten up again when they go retina

89a··on The Tech Behind Apple’s Impossibly Thin New iMacs
I'd rather it stay the same thickness and put more power inside.

It's not like I ever see the back anyway

89a··on Mozilla UX: Save For Later (why bookmarks are broken and how to fix it)
close some fucking tabs sometime

christ

89a··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
Not that interesting, anyone familiar with his work could tell you he's a bad fit
89a··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
More like 3 years but still impossible
89a··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
Same goes for this stupid piece of shit http://www.wthr.co
89a··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
> Aside from prices and selection (for some reason the number in USD is equal to the number in GBP for almost everything, even when GBP is 1.6-2.2x the USD)

Completely irrelevant to the discussion

89a··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
Yeah this sounds more sensible, look for someone who can deliver the same experience… not for someone also successful selling electronics because all other electronic shops are fucking horrible (Especially Dixons which I haven't bothered to step into for nearly 10 years now)
89a··on RISC OS for the Raspberry Pi released
Loved using RISC OS back in the day at school
89a··on Multiplayer 0x10c testing [Streaming]
looks like his initial plans were too ambitious, he wasn't skilled enough to pull them off or just got bored and decided to pivot it into a more FPS style game.
89a··on UsesThis: Rob Pike
Probably the last company I'd ever want in charge of my data is one like Google who allows companies run riot and delete data they don't even own on YouTube.
89a··on L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists found guilty of manslaughter
They corrupted the Corruption Perceptions Index
89a··on L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists found guilty of manslaughter
> Specialists wrongly predict something

> Charge them for manslaughter

> Suddenly no one wants to be a specialist

> Don't get any predictions good or bad at all anymore

89a··on Ask HN: Adobe AIR
> continues to be one of the best cross plattform dev frameworks

If you don't care about performance or quality of interface

89a··on Skype Blog: Skype for Windows 8
Sick of seeing video conferencing using SUPER HD IMAGES to show the broadcasting. I doubt it even looks that good in lab conditions.
89a··on Mobile Apps: HTML5 vs Native
Not even a question at this point. Mobile is still too limited for HTML to even begin to compete with native.
89a··on After five years, "dancing baby" YouTube takedown lawsuit nears a climax
Or just upload it to a non-Google service seen as Google are happy to bend over and let the music industry/hollywood do whatever they want.
89a··on Apple Buying Color Tragically Makes Sense
How many millions are the investors spending on spreading this stupid rumour?
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