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hack_eduon Ask HN: Which DRM-free ebook reader to buy?

A PDF is a PDF, so yes for those. As for EPUB/MOBI, maybe if you're lucky to have a quality book release and a device with a screen large enough to display it properly.

hack_eduon Git 1.8.0

> In the next major release (not this one), we will change the behavior of the "git push" command.

So wait, is that in this release or not? Why put this at the very most top part of the file without even mentioning what release it will actually be in?

hack_eduon [dead]

That's a lot of dollar signs. It would be hard to keep track how many I'd typed each time I log in.

hack_eduon TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports

The most frustrating part of all this is the astronomical cost of the defunct X-ray scanners, and now the cost of their replacements :(

hack_eduon Why both Obama and Romney are wrong on small tech business

Please, please suppress the urge to state that an argument is a strawman. All it does is make you sound like a high schooler practicing for the debate team. Just point out the flaws in the argument and move on.

hack_eduon Apple Said to Acquire Color

Thing is, they tech press do get it. Probably more than us. But we keep clicking through to their articles; that's how they make money.

hack_eduon Hidden Gem of iOS6: File Uploads in Mobile Safari

You can upload things, yet have nearly nothing resembling a filesystem accessible to users. How's that work? Do you just use your iCloud or Dropbox files?

hack_eduon Will Rails be the new PHP

OS X comes with Ruby and Python preinstalled as well.

hack_eduon Yale scientists explain how ketamine vanquishes depression within hours

The only difference between recreational drugs and prescribed medicine is your doctor's prescription.

hack_eduon The Pirate Bay Returns After 2 Days Downtime

When these conversations come up, you can assume the above comments are talking about VPN providers outside the US that specifically do not cooperate, particularly in Sweden and Canada. Honeypotting these would be pretty tough and, if proven, the information gleaned from them would be largely off limits to most courts.

hack_eduon Racism at a gaming company

Calm down pal. Nowhere does the author imply he thinks using white in those circumstances would be any less racist... No one's out to get you.

hack_eduon Why the World Needs Another Git Repository Hosting Service

6. Walk on eggshells as to not accidentally delete your repos chilling in userspace (everyone's had this experience at some point with Dropbox files)

hack_eduon Ego-Driven Development

> Having dedicated QA is not always good. In fact it is often counter-productive.

Maybe 'dedicated QA' is a bad but a developer must at least be point man for test, even if the responsibilities aren't 100% of their workload. One could argue that having a horde of peons to click randomly is counter-productive, but teams >6 or so need a specific dev responsible for automating test. Its too specific a domain, and intermittently demanding, and to force all devs to split the duties.

hack_eduon This is Not ok

For what its worth, that line is clearly hyperbole.

hack_eduon Color CEO Bill Nguyen Checks Out Of Day-To-Day Operations

Except lots of it for their CEO to pay for his vacation.

hack_eduon Indeed, An Almost Entirely Bootstrapped Job Search Giant, Gets A Monster Exit

Wow! Of all acquisitions to come out lately, this makes me most happy. Who needs seed money when you have the best product out there.

Congrats to Indeed and their whole team.

hack_eduon iOS6 breaks long polling

Me as well, but this too strikes me as a part of the Valley bubble.

hack_eduon iPhone 5 review

Not to mention the need to tweezer-clean the pocket lint on a weekly basis.

hack_eduon iPhone 5 review

The more I see that Lightning port, I can't help but wonder why they didn't just do the obvious and go for micro USB. I'm wholly confident Apple could design the highest of quality micro USB connector to satisfy even the biggest of haters that claim its too flimsy while silencing the constant gripe of obsolescence.

hack_eduon Why It’s Never Mattered That America’s Schools ‘Lag’ Behind Other Countries

The most common critique of the US system is the lack of focus on testing and measurable results. Bureaucrats and teachers unions have fought this push for decades and only now has it taken hold. Even if you are right that the American educational system now focuses too much on standardized tests, this focus pales in comparison to almost any other industrialized nation. And even then, this focus on testing is hardly even a decade old.

Speak to a student from China, Japan, the UK, or Ireland and get back to me about focuses on standardized testing.

hack_eduon Depression lies

Probably not as well or successfully as the mentally healthy...

hack_eduon "Life Expectancy" Doesn't Measure How Long You're Expected To Live

Plain and simple, across and countries and all historical periods, males act more dangerously. They put themselves in physically dangerous situations more often than women, and die in mid-life at a much higher rate. Male children are more likely to live until adolescence, but after their 20s their portion of the population falls back in line with that of females.

hack_eduon Test your Startup idea, Quick and Cheap. No coding needed.

Been a member for half a year now yet your first submission and all comments are for your own product?

Classy.

hack_eduon Sniffing open WiFi networks is not wiretapping, judge says

It is legal, though I can only speak to US law. Its just that the police can take it as evidence, and that makes the task of making it 'disappear' pretty simple. Some jurisdictions also require the officer to be made aware of the recording as it goes on.

hack_eduon Growth hacker? Bite me

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

Site appears to have bitten the dust

hack_eduon What the heck does "pythonic" mean?

Off-topic, but why do so many sites still use static layouts that break when zoomed in with a mobile browser. The choice of font on this post is too small to read without zooming in, but his little static box forces itself on top and of the actual text content. Perhaps this isn't a problem in other mobile browsers? Using Chrome on Android...

hack_eduon Thinking This iPad Mini Thing Even Througher

OK, but everything will still be in a case so still fat and heavy and clunky looking. A shock proof case can only be so thin and only when you can prevent thin glass/metal/plastic from breaking or warping so easily (let's see how long that takes) will that cease to be the limiting factor. And the cases you see around town aren't the mag covers, I'm talking about fully blown folio in synthetics or leather. Mag covers only protect the screen from scratches and provide the auto sleep function. You can't bring the MBA into the comparison. People don't carry them around everywhere they go, whipping them out 100+ times a day and dropping them on a regular basis.

Full disclosure: despite my argument, I hate cases on my devices and refuse to use them aside from a thin tablet screen cover.

hack_eduon Thinking This iPad Mini Thing Even Througher

The thinness angle doesn't sound right to me and would be a bad decision to trade it for real features. Thinness is important, don't get me wrong, but nearly all iOS device users use cases.

The thickness of a case can often double overall size and weight in your hand. This that isn't going to change, probably ever.

hack_eduon Show HN: Mountain Growl - Growl plugin for Mountain Lions Notification Center

Can someone explain how the Notification Center would be useful for someone who isn't in the iEcosystem? I use gmail and choose Android but live on a Mac. It seems to serve me only to clutter my toolbar. Am I missing something?

hack_eduon uTorrent Becomes Ad-Supported to Rake in Millions

Streaming is an absolutely essential feature of uTorrent and is the only reason to still use it (well, maybe not after the scene shifted away from XVID and to mp4). Let's spare the discussion of whether or not it is healthy for the torrent; its plenty fine on torrents already well seeded.

Are there any other torrent apps that offer comparable streaming or front-loading of specific files. I've tried a couple abandoned open-source options but they were absolutely unusable.