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catinsockson Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

We are only just starting to see higher ppis in bigger devices (retina macbooks, high ppi tablets, limited ultrabooks).

But even the difference between a 13" laptop and 15" laptop is noticeably crisper when directly compared at the same resolution (1366x768 in recent years).

Even going from an older 1680x1050 22" monitor to a 16:9 1920x1080 is a somewhat noticeable difference.

However when you aren't comparing directly, or switching from one to the other, it is hard to see the clarity improvement.

Looking at a 22" monitor from a retina display makes the fonts look blurry and off but if you start working on that monitor at the beginning of the day it isn't quite so bad.

catinsockson Introducing R to a non-programmer in one hour

Check out Spyder if you are doing Science stuff with python: https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/

catinsockson Dijkstra on Haskell and Java (2001)

I think many degree programs assume you have programmed before even if it is nothing substantial.

I know my university's first class in programming assumes prior experience (though nothing to worry about for a motivated student) and then offers an introductory course in python for students with no experience if they'd like. The University in question is still stuck in Java for the main courses like many other Universities.

catinsockson Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta

I don't think that this is new (other than 1.7 being the default now) unless they are using something other than alternatives: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Ent...

catinsockson Ubuntu Touch OS wins its first smartphone partner

That or if someone invests heavily enough into building a coherent linux desktop.

There are a lot of great things about linux and some of the desktops are quite good (gnome 3.4+, kde) but they just aren't quite there with the small glitches and annoyances that come up just often enough to be off putting for end users.

I think linux or another free OS needs a huge backing to make it mainstream and we may see that with android (or something in a similar vein) in the future but for now the desktop is left Apple and Microsoft

catinsockson Ask HN: Why do we pay for domain names?

Sure have it cost $0.01 and then for your $0.01 you can get your very own thisismyuniquedomainname4311.com because everyone else got there before you.