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hack_eduon Your career is a mess

That quote, and entire post, is really just a clumsy (read: "classy") way of plugging his newest venture. There's no real assertion to disagree with, just a filler sentence written for PR.

cute title + 500 words = free marketing press release disguised as a blog post

hack_eduon The San Francisco Exodus

That is the most commonly cited neighborhood where people are shocked that there is so much crime. That's a very historically depressed neighborhood, less than the old E. 14th days, but just because there are two streets with cute old 1900's houses does not mean it's safe at night.

East Lake isn't that much cheaper than other options, and a mid-high crime dump. You'll be hard pressed to find a resident who's excited to be there, especially after a year or three.

hack_eduon T-Mobile Rocks

T-Mobile US is almost entirely independent from the larger company in it's services and day to day operations.

And the bar is pretty low in most regards when you're up against Verizon and AT&T's business practices...

hack_eduon A "Hacker's" Guide to the Bay Area

Those cities are way, way out there and absolute commute gridlock hell. You also need to understand just how dense the suburban strip-mall monotony gets once you cross the hill...

hack_eduon Contrary to what you’ve heard, Android is almost impenetrable to malware

When people refer to 'malware' on Android, they tend to mean sketchy apps that mine your contacts and other metadata the app requires access to.

hack_eduon Is Your Unpaid Internship Illegal?

The USA has a century long precedent of certain protections for laborers. Child labor protections and regulated overtime pay are just as non-free than the "equal work, equal pay" mentality when it comes to intern abuse... For better or for worse.

hack_eduon Pinterest to get ads

More than that, planning a Dream Wedding. That's Pinterest's real bread and butter.

hack_eduon FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

Read up on Sabu and the timeline of events between his initial arrest and the various Anonymous Operations. He's a narc, has admitted it and was very much involved in most of the operations. Coincidentally, most people in those operations were rolled on and his assistance has been used in their arrests/cases.

hack_eduon FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

... at the packet level.

hack_eduon How to Make School Better for Boys

The problem isn't so much about finding them than it is about retaining them. Male teachers tend to leave the profession before the end of their 20 s. Some start in their semi-retirement days, but that's quite rare.

hack_eduon Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

Which offers a perfect chance for cross-referencing!

hack_eduon Hacker News: Best

Now, if we only had this comments within threads...

hack_eduon All-New Kindle Paperwhite

Why don't they make the 'Papergold' or 'Paperpale?'

An e-ink reader is supposed to be easy on your eyes, yet a stark white background honestly creates just as much stress as reading against a screen. And High-Contrast mode is even worse for most people.

hack_eduon NSA can't trust 'brilliant' people, will automate sysadmins

And who said the 'NoOps' fad was over? :)

hack_eduon The Bay Bridge is gradually disappearing from Google Maps

Both eastern spans have displayed on Google Maps for the past month or two. The traffic data was even available, just directions didn't tell you to use the new bridge yet.

hack_eduon New Zealand bans some software patents

As if Oracle has a history in doing anything at all clever or interesting....

hack_eduon Google.ps domain was hacked

I'll repeat the crux of this discussion. There's no definition of 'hacked.' Welcome to the Internet.

hack_eduon Google.ps domain was hacked

Really, it implies any attack or breach that is apparent to users. This is very apparent.

hack_eduon Google.ps domain was hacked

Yes it was. Let's not quibble.

hack_eduon Calibre version 1.0 released

Now, the real question is whether or not Kovid Goyal (the maintainer) releases his iron grip on development. For years, seemingly any bugs are features, EVERY TIME. Good luck getting a commit accepted! You'll probably get an incredibly passive aggressive reply about why he doesn't see a need for it, no matter how obvious and simple to execute.

Can we get a real UI, autoupdates (and without needing to download the whole giant binary every time), a database that doesn't choke on realistically large libraries? How shaving some time off of the 45 seconds the application takes make an Amazon API call to grab metadata and a tiny cover image? These are just the obvious, major issues that have been present for years now.

Calibre is already that half-assed community project cliche. One that has so much potential at first, but falls apart since no one can see the forest among the trees. Has been for a while now.

hack_eduon The Best Companies Don’t Do Accelerator Programs

"Show HN: My thoughts on companies that don't do accelerator programs."

hack_eduon The Best Companies Don’t Do Accelerator Programs

Please refrain from self submissions. :)

If people like it, they'll submit it for you.

hack_eduon Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil (2012)

The article implies that you should find something that tastes good for you, not fetishize the origin/process.

hack_eduon Why Mark Shuttleworth is important to desktop Linux

almost

I have a ZenBook too as my primary Ubuntu machine. It's almost good enough. I also suffer all the points you list, each of which are 100% dealbreakers and perfect examples of how almost it is yet no one goes the extra mile. A little bit of effort/sway from Canonical would go a long way.

hack_eduon Why Mark Shuttleworth is important to desktop Linux

generally... and I hate to be that guy, but Thinkpads build quality has really suffered of late; plastic is not a way to go. And, 'military-grade' or 'passed all one-hundred and whatever tests used to certify for the US Army' are well-known marketing gimmicks used out of context.

hack_eduon Why Mark Shuttleworth is important to desktop Linux

pretty much

hack_eduon Why Mark Shuttleworth is important to desktop Linux

The most important thing he can do is railroad through a Nexus-style Ubuntu exemplar hardware platform. All you need is one or two devices.

I'd pay 25% over a comparable Apple for a real Ubuntu-Debian laptop with Apple-quality build and a real software-hardware pairing. I'm tired of flimsy setups from a weekend configuration tutorial hack job or Dell's XPS empty gesture.

hack_eduon I got access to all of BitTorrent Inc's source code and sensitive documents

Now you just sound entitled AND righteously indignant...

hack_eduon I got access to all of BitTorrent Inc's source code and sensitive documents

Stay classy!

hack_eduon Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have Powerful and Invasive Search Tool [video]

And if they have that, imagine what the more clever sysadmins can work they way into without proper authorization...