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I'm surprised you recommend Amarok as a foobar2k user. Amarok is closer to iTunes than it is foobar2k.

Linux users: look for Audacious or DeaDBeeF. They are the best Linux alternatives to foobar2k.

Or buy neither, as Sony isn't any better. PC game on Linux or OS X.

My only problem is that it feels a little too indoctrinating, but then I'm jaded by my personal experience with a developer who is ushering his kids into programming without giving them any career choice. But then I was forced into piano at a young age (in my dad's hope of following him as a musician), so I can't complain too much.

Meh, I firmly believe mobile apps are the best passive income generators available today, and it's only going to get better. SEO and blogging is just a pain. If you want to go the blogging route, try to game Pinterest instead. A lot of money to be made there.

Not sure why this is downvoted, he's completely right. Too many start up product videos nowadays are directed with shots all over the place. I hate it when I see it in movie trailers, but they can at least explain themselves as not wanting to show you too much of the movie. No excuse in a product video that doesn't need to rush itself.

Specifically, I think AdviceAnimals and Gaming are the most toxic defaults plaguing the front page. Reddit would have a substantially more intelligent front page if it got rid of those defaults.

I would almost suggest replacing /r/gaming with /r/games, which is a 100x more intelligent subreddit with actual discussion (due to proper moderating and disabling of thumbnails), but I would hate to see that subreddit become toxic because of front-page publicity. It really depends on how dedicated its moderators are up for the task.

Still not nearly as bad as Reddit. Subreddits have value, but look at the front page of Reddit. Zero value. On any given day, of any week, month, or year. Reddit's front page is 100% wasted time. I demonstrate this by asking to myself: Ten years from now what will Reddit's front page look like? Answer: The exact nonsense memes and image macros posted today.

Anonymity isn't why.

You can be anonymous on Hacker News very easily. Most people here are.

It's the lack of a karma system that is why people on 4chan post whatever they like.

Try searching .io domains regionally. You'll find Japan has modern designs out there.

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as...

I wasn't expecting it this early, although I'm not sure the early delivery will help me since I'll be out of town between November 26th and December 4th (estimated delivery window it gave me). Still, nice to have it ordered as I read reports of short supply for this quarter. Got a 128GB.

If iOS ever completely dominates marketshare (probably unlikely since I think Android still outsells it globally), I would expect antitrust lawsuits to occur for Apple regarding iOS default programs. Much like Microsoft in the past.

By the title, I was hoping this was the Simpsons opening done entirely in CSS using animations. I bet it's possible, but would require insane effort.

Still awesome though.

Then there's Samsung, I think they're the largest conglomerate in the world.

My mom would affiliate Samsung with TVs. I'd probably put them with computer monitors and phones.

They also build skyscrapers and power plants (Samsung C&T Corporation), and ships (Samsung Heavy Industries). They also sell Life Insurance in South Korea.

Front-end stuff always seems to make the front page of Hacker News. I think it's because front-end is easier, and possibly more "hip" right now (as far as jobs go), so there's more interest in it.

This was posted yesterday and was on the front page for most of the day:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6684800

(hell, it's still on the 3rd page)

Here's the video of the anime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTUlF7NA2o

Are Swedes actually that concerned with their cycling appearance?

A nice helmet (I use the Giro Aeon) and cycling glasses looks good enough.

If Apple wants to conserve bandwidth against scrapers, they should offer pre-ordering or their own product alerts service.

In any case, it's trivial to write a Google Apps Script to scrape their product page, ran routinely via triggers, that sends you a text message when specific text changes.

> I generally do trust police

There are scum in every occupation. Police don't get a free pass. They're flawed humans like the rest of us.

Go watch The Wire. You'll be more understanding.

Nothing will ever come of it.

Warrant canaries are a cheap feel-good tactic for public relations. Even if served 215, Apple will continue to keep the warrant canary up, because it makes its customers feel safer, and because they're wise enough to know it would never fly with a judge.

The public will continue to think Apple was never served 215, and there's absolutely no way we could ever disprove it.

> But someone posts a link on HN, and people bitch and moan because the primary subject of marketing is sporting a beard.

I see two posts making fun of beards. Two.

Why are you even making this discussion? Meta discussion is frowned upon on HN. If you feel someone's discussion is off-topic, down-vote them and move on.

The irony is your meta discussion is now the top-voted post, instead of discussion on the actual product.

Ugh.

Just people you disagree with someone doesn't make them negative.

It's critique. HN is a place of dissenting opinions.

It's ok to have an opinion different than yours.

This is exactly the intent of the blog post.

"Hey, we're better than you. We've been here for awhile, we've already solved the mistakes you'll be making. Oh btw, we won Startup World. Why don't you just acquire us already?"

It's just the vocal minority. Don't fuel the trolls.

Single founder applications are probably a red flag that the founder isn't good at networking, and YC is all about networking. They probably fear you'd be reclusive at YC.

This isn't the 1970s where you could get hired as a novice and trained on the job. In today's world you need to be a rockstar programmer right out of college. Training? No start up wants to gamble resources on that.

An enormous amount of South Koreans play Starcraft and MOBAs (e.g. League of Legends). Those are Windows games.

However, as I've learned from doing tech support, I find hardcore gamers are more computer illiterate. They know enough about computers to turn them on and play their game, but because they play for so many hours they don't do anything else on the computer.

Basically you get a nation of computer illiterate users, who use Windows because they don't know any better. Most probably don't even know what Firefox or Chrome are.

You know you're on HN when people are defending this broken aspect of JavaScript, yet hate on the same broken aspect of PHP.

Question for Google Glass users - do you foresee the Google Glass competing with GoPro as a viable action camera? Minimum viability: rugged, water-resistant (rain), 1080p@30FPS, wide FoV, enough stabilization that it isn't a blurry/bumpy mess on the road when cycling or running.

My use cases would be running and cycling.

People with money have an advantage over people without money. News at 11.