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I'm dissatisfied with almost all VoIP apps I've tried (including Viber, but especially Skype on iOS). Is there any good alternative or are mobile connections still too finicky for satisfying VoIP?

The title is a good reference to one of yesterday's top comments on "Worse" :)

I'm interested to know why are you a subscriber of Netflix if you think Amazon has similar streaming catalog? Do you think what Netflix has extra is worth paying $10/mo for?

I use an Apple TV. I'm a Netflix subscriber and use iTunes like you use Amazon (for the paid streaming catalog). I think Marco is in the same situation - and why I would rather pay less for Amazon Prime than to have video included.

It's not just suggested as autocomplete, it's actually given as an example of a search on the front page, just FYI.

TCP/IP Illustrated books are super detailed. If you don't want to dive quite that deep I recommend "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet".

Not to rain on anybody's parade - but how usable will this really be? First, they're doing iframe embeds which rules out background-image and related uses. Although not part of initial roll out, they may at some point embed advertisements in the iframe and start collecting data. Finally, there's no commercial use. While this is interesting - I see a lot of restrictions hindering a wide adoption.

Good articles to read on this topic:

http://stratechery.com/2013/open-source-apps/

http://www.marco.org/2013/09/28/underscore-price-dynamics

http://tapity.com/yep-paid-apps-are-dead/

I think speculating in Bitcoin is definitely not for the faint of heart :)

Page is currently down, so here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

If we're talking about day-to-day battery issues in regards to devices like phones and laptops, the battle can be won on number of fronts, for example:

1) Batteries get enough capacity so you only need to charge them once a month.

2) Batteries can be fully charged in a short period of time, say one minute, we wouldn't bothered very much to have to plug them in once a day.

3) Carrying around a device at home or work for few hours a day will keep the device charged for a whole day (via the "superlens").

Any of the aforementioned solutions and perhaps few others would solve the issues we have with batteries in our handheld devices today. For cars, trains and other battery uses, that's another thing.

Sure, that as well, but not all chromebooks are cheap and they're still selling, mainly the Pixel.

I think this is the appeal of Chromebooks - simplicity.

Cool! Just won my first Minesweeper game, awesome!

I've seen a lot of North Korean documentaries but I have never seen an overview like this of information and media that is being smuggled into and out of the country and how it's smuggled. I believe that spreading information about the outside world into North Korea is key in bringing down the regime, so I think this documentary really worth watching.

Wonder why Europe has so many more photograph density than the US. Just correlating with higher population density?

Seperation of power (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers), but even so they are picked indirectly by the public through politicians. As a european though I am pretty amazed by all the direct voting that is done in US - you can hardly drive through a town here without running into a plethora of posters for people campaigning for various offices. You could argue that this is good democracy but I just can't imagine how voters can make informed decisions when voting for all these various offices - that is if they even bother to vote.

You're paying for content - not paper.

Ahh I see, thanks!

I saw somewhere that Apple doesn't allow new apps to target less than iOS 7. Is that correct?

In hindsight I see that my post might look like sarcasm, but it's not. I forgot to mention that for some reason on my MacBook Air when I hit the power button the computer sleeps and won't wake up so I have to do a hard restart - so this behavior really is very annoying to me even though it's infrequent.

Wow this behavior has annoyed me to no end the one time when I miss the delete button every 1-2 months.

Hardware != software - releasing half assed hardware early is completely different that releasing a half assed web app that can be updated almost constantly. But I think Google is mostly not getting smacked down for releasing Google Glass too soon - the opinion that Glass is ready for prime time is getting smacked down. IMO Glass is obviously not ready for prime time and won't be for a few years at least, but this is all just moot anyway, the article is obvious clickbait. People love a good "Next year is the year of the whatever".

Would you rather pay $80 to watch Game of Thrones and Homeland, or $80 a month for a year ($960 total) to watch those episodes plus old rerun movies and syndicate shows? I suppose it's a matter of preference but I choose the former :)

Hehe yeah, I agree with that article's assessment. Tesla and Edison weren't arch rivals, and both of them were important. I still find the comic fun to read :)

Um, http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

I suggest you read this :) http://seriouspony.com/blog/2013/7/24/your-app-makes-me-fat

David Cramer has also left DISQUS for Dropbox. (http://justcramer.com/2013/07/16/dropbox/)

Fatty meat and fat is healthy as well!

This is utterly tragic. I lived near Hillandale rd in Durham and drove there almost every day. Not sure if it had any part in this accident, but the road is really poorly lit like most roads there.

When I moved it actually struck me how poorly lit the roads in Durham were, compared to where we come from in Europe. I'm guessing it's a mixture of being much more expensive (wider roads and much longer) and the city organizers not giving pedestrian/cyclists much thought (sidewalks seem to be scattered randomly around the town).

According to:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/08/asiana-boeing-77...

the Korean Asiana pilot was an experienced pilot with little experience with Boeing 777, while his co-pilot had a lot of experience with Boeing 777. It's unlikely, but possible that cultural issues were involved in the crash.