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adamman··on Satya Nadella email to employees on first day as CEO
It's a polite way of saying "Holy shit! I can't believe it. I'm the CEO of Microsoft."

Don't read into it too much.

adamman··on Coding Horror: The Magpie Developer (2008)
Where?
adamman··on [dead]
"Which WINDOWS operating system am I running?"
adamman··on Show HN: Minecraft clone in 2500 lines of C - even supports multiplayer online
Maybe her or she should come to your house and explain the code to you one on one.

Install the code and play around with it to see what it does. This person was very generous to make this code public and you are disappointed that it didn't meet your standards.

adamman··on Best Practices For Making Things Happen
bah humbug
adamman··on Lookback.io - See how people really use your app
I think they were going for more of an authentic look rather than a polished look. What they are showing is more closer to what you are likely to see from your users.
adamman··on A web-based IDE for Javascript, HTML, and CSS
A simple way to do web development on a Chromebook.

Also, scroll down their page to see their pitch.

adamman··on Rebuilding a simplified Firefox logo
That is nowhere near flat.
adamman··on Don't Even Think of Using Encryption Software to Escape NSA Scrutiny
You have nothing against someone storing it indefinitely, but I bet you have a problem with them now thinking you might be a bad guy. Will they listen to your phone calls to find out if you are in fact a bad guy?
adamman··on E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress (2009)
Wouldn't Bill be sending them to George?
adamman··on Why I Just Closed My LinkedIn Account
His main point was that it is irresponsible for LinkedIn to ask users for email passwords.
adamman··on WWDC 2013 Keynote
iOS 7 looks like Windows Phone and Android had a baby.
adamman··on Wuala: Secure Cloud Storage
I like Boxcryptor since it encrypts each file individually rather than the whole volume. However, the file names are exposed.
adamman··on Microsoft U-turn sees Start button back on Windows 8
What requires more steps?
adamman··on Amazon, Google employees bullish; 25% of Microsofties say things will get worse
Microsofties?
adamman··on Student Hackers: DO NOT Intern...BUILD.
I'm sorry, but if I had had the opportunity to be an intern at Facebook when I was in college, I would have done so in a heartbeat. It doesn't matter if they implement the feature they put me on. The contacts and experience gained are the main reason for interning.
adamman··on Don’t worry that your job is pointless
I'm seeing a Cloudflare page that states that the site is offline and there is no cached version available. I wonder if this is because they decided to set up cloudflare right when their site was getting hammered by HN.
adamman··on Official Hacker News T-Shirt
They should increase the height of the orange header and add the Y logo to the left as it is on the site.
adamman··on The “Steam Box” era begins with the Piston, a $1,000 PC-in-a-console
I can't wait to get this right after I buy the chrome pixel in 2016.
adamman··on LinkedIn is a Virus
It's a form that is intended to trick people. You should have to check all the people you want to email rather than uncheck.
adamman··on Notorious hacker Sabu has to help the FBI for another six months
You can if you've got sufficient karma.
adamman··on Notorious hacker Sabu has to help the FBI for another six months
Just ignore comments you don't like or down vote them. By engaging you create more "irrelevant text".
adamman··on Notorious hacker Sabu has to help the FBI for another six months
I'm sorry you didn't like my comment. I'll try better next time.
adamman··on Notorious hacker Sabu has to help the FBI for another six months
Let's leave race out of this.
adamman··on Panoramic, high resolution picture of London
I don't know how this guy is still standing.

http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-46.1228...

adamman··on Dyson Unveils New 'Wet and Dry' AirBlade Faucet
It looks like the air blowing in the sink like that could cause germs to fly all over the place.
adamman··on Why I’m Leaving Ubuntu for Debian
The author should get rid of that "spotlight" or move the option to turn it off above the fold.
adamman··on Why Google Plus Will Prevail
I inked you! (Short for incremented)
adamman··on Math Professor Invents Non-Reversing Mirror
I'm guessing that the only way you could touch the mirror image of your finger is by doing so in the middle of the mirror. If you move the finger out toward the shoulder, I'm betting your arm would stretch off the mirror away from your body. I could be totally wrong though.
adamman··on The importance of being unrealistic
"I hope english is not your first language" - What do you care? You are just being a dick.
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