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Actually, this has already happened a few times. There are a number of suicidal people that posted on various networks about their problems and people egged them on. I think I remember the most vivid one being on bodybuilding.com

How about Google?

I guess that depends a bit on your users. If you want a broad appeal, it might be difficult for people to remember. This is merely based on my opinion, but I do think that the "tsch" is very uncommon and that would itself put off a lot of people.

It is common practice to separate server and client side code like this. The back end just outputs the result of the query into the javascript.

Would the apps be able to run as background processes? It's a really good move by AMD. One that RIM probably should have at least considered (I couldn't resist bringing them up)

There isn't much that they can sue Google over. Most of the stuff that Samsung got sued over was due to hardware and Touchwiz customization. Samsung main problem is that it can't roll out updates quickly enough. Samsung updates are really painfully slow - I know because I have a Galaxy nexus, and have owned a Nexus S and my wife had a Galaxy S. Updates are non-existent.

Android has had work around for everything since a couple of versions ago but touchwiz hasn't been updated at all. The bounce-back effect was replaced with the 3d tilt. Android is safe from Apple litigation. Samsung would have been too, if they had better programmers. Kies is an abomination.

To be fair, that was kind of an accident. Xmlhttprequest just kind of sat there until somebody else came up with a use for it.

I'm curious: was there anything that damning in the info that was released through wikileaks? I didn't really follow the story there with the diplomatic cables.

I think it doesn't have as much to do with HN as it does with the startup scene itself. A few years ago before the mobile apps, there were fewer people in the startup scene, and those that were there had a more communal sense. Since we are now quite common, there is a lot more competition out there, which probably fuels some of the frustration directed at you.

personally, I wouldn't tear anyone's work down, but I can see why some people would, given how crowded it is now.

You know, it's funny. Whenever a new android feature or device comes out, there seems to be this expectation that it has to jump through all these hoops to even interest anyone. When you see all the mainstream "tech journalists" go on in the same way, expecting Samsung and Google to create some sort of miracle, whereas Apple gets the benefit of the doubt, it kills me.

They try to innovate with NFC and styluses and voice, but it is only after Apple has used the same things that it suddenly makes sense. Until then it is seen as just a gimmick.

I'm really tired of people hyping up the iPad when there are tablets that are clearly better, like the Asus transformer that I have. Sales figures mean nothing - that device is really rock solid as something to take around with me.

A pair of Sennheiser in-ear headphones I got over 5 years ago. They are rock solid and have phenomenal sound.

Yeah I agree that 40 hours seems to be a good number for a week's consumption. On weekdays, the max I can think it taking is 2 hours for commuting, and 3-5 hours of TV. I am nowhere near this number myself, but I can see it being the norm for a lot of people. That's about 7 hours a day for 5 days. Weekends are completely random for me. On most summer weekends I didn't think I consume anything at all, but I can see how it could be quite high for some people. Overall, I think a hard cap of 40 hours is probably sufficient for most people.

I am sure that the MPAA would try and argue that internet access should be included in this, which is probably where the whole problem starts.

I think one way to estimate that is to see how much media you can possibly consume per month. Obviously you can only watch one movie at a time, and though it is possible to do more, you generally listen to only one song at a time. You probably don't listen to songs while watching a movie. So judging by the number of waking hours minus the hours sleeping and at work (maybe not for music), you should be able to guesstimate the number of "media hours" per month and use that to guess at a flat fee.

I had to double check the date on the post. Nope, it was written now. I am sorry, I don't see how this is news.

There should still be a mechanism letting you go back to where you were. I don't see the 'clicking more until I recognize where I was' being very user friendly. I usually open up a bunch of links in a new tab and then go read them. When I return to the HN site and click more, everything is gone and I have no idea where I was before.

That's not true. An article written on Friday referring to Friday probably means the previous Friday.

That is a very confusing article. I can't tell whether they are saying it is a good thing or not. When they say "on Friday" in the first paragraph, do they mean today or last week? Towards the end of the article, it says that sales were banned earlier this week.

Their solution also only involves projecting a solid colour into the peripheral view. Actual peripheral view for our eyes can make out details and shapes, so it is not to emulate vision but to "reduce fatigue."

Following from that logic, what about the harm that Apple is doing to the Android ecosystem by preventing the sale of these phones when they are supposed to be sold? If Apple can't prove what it claims, then what of the phones that are not sold in the meantime? Is that equivalent to the value of the bond? Where does that money go? Disclaimer: I am in no way a lawyer, but I think my familiarity with law is about the same as the familiarity of the judge with technology.

That's a pretty cheap tactic, claiming this is by Google when clearly it is not.

First rule of Usenet is that you don't talk about Usenet :) It is better to keep a low profile. However, I do think that giganews is quite good.

In most cases an API is used to increase the visibility of the company and its services. In some cases, it can be an additional source of income based around usage (free up to a certain number of hits). I think it is meant to be a mutually-beneficial or symbiotic relationship. I don't think that there are conflict of interests as it is a public API. It would be in the terms of use if it was, and you can elect not to use it.

Someone forgot the first rule ...

I would like to know what happened to the other 20%

I don't see the big deal. You can make the same argument about the Blackberry when it first came out, and the Palm devices before it, and so on. People are easier to persuade when you mimic the look they want and differentiate on features. Look at clothing even.

Fun fact: most banks don't enforce case-sensitivity for passwords either

Aww too bad, it used to be amusing to come across sites and be able to tell that they didn't override this.

You might be sharing a pipe with someone that is running torrents?

They can probably extend this system (judging purely by the analogy since I am not a network guy) to their self driving cars one day. One would think that a similar mechanism would be needed to manage traffic.