pgebhard

Personally, I think Apple will have a really hard time after Jobs leaves (much moreso than when he left before).

Ha, how unlikely. People will just begin to think "oh...I can only wear an Apple shirt (w/ embedded sensors) when I want to use my Apple iPhone to get body measurements/data." People will gladly bend over and take it. Haha, imagine other clothing brands getting on board to the point where you can only get full use out of some embedded features of, say, Gap underwear if you are a Gap shirt. Our society is so brand-obsessed and it bothers me.

Pretty good choices for the list. A bit of history and details, but only very little analysis of why they forked.

From the article: "The new platform has been designed to the highest levels of resilience with comprehensive back up, which includes dual processing at two sites and recovery from component failure within a second."

Hmm...where was the recovery? Did it mention anywhere why the recovery didn't occur? I'm guessing, though, that the company won't actively explain what failed or why.

Yeah, I agree. When I took long tests like the SAT or college final exams, I definitely noticed the drain. I needed some sugary drink/candy (or just beer) afterward, for sure.

It's like it's doing to Firefox what Firefox did to Mozilla. Strip away the fluff to have a slim browser that does what you want. They keep harping on how it's open source and that their great ideas will improve the web. Wasn't that the goal of Firefox (née Phoenix)?

I guess they didn't want to deal with trying to have their developers help fix Firefox. Sometimes, it's just easier to start over.

Agreed! I really don't want HN losing its niche as a non-sensationalistic news site for hackers, founders, entrepreneurs, and all-around technical folks.

I'm working on a web app clone of Axis & Allies. It's using Google Maps (with the game board overlaid) as the UI.

How does this happen?!? Also, how did information about this get leaked out?

I just modded you up, but as I think about it more, I realize that had I been more promiscuous, I may have passed over (or slept with but not stayed with) the girl I am with now in a long-term (long-distance, unfortunately) relationship and I feel that I can spend the rest of my life with her.

This is a great read along the lines of the GTD philosophy. Very simple to handle and very focused on continuing to complete tasks on your To-Do list. I've got to try this out now to slim down my To-Do list. It's getting a bit crufty.

Text messages could work in that case, no?

I agree with pg.

You can "not use" the government by moving to another country. Also, Facebook does get money from you through their advertising directed at you. If they want to stay alive, they definitely should care what you think.

I believe the parent is referring to the lowercase 'i'.

Oh, great. This will just delay our nation's addiction to oil (esp. foreign oil). It's certainly a good thing in the short-term, but I really hope it doesn't affect people's current high interest in alternative energy sources.

I find that a moleskine seems too nice to use up with my chicken-scratch quick notes. I tend to like the feeling of crumpling up a post-it after completing the task on it. I can't cleanly do that with a moleskine. Tearing the page out of those things really makes it less pristine and formal-looking.

Maybe it's this perpetual chastising by the older generations that gradually "teaches" the younger generations. What if the older generations never said this sort of stuff? Would the younger generation never grow out of it? Just wondering. I'm a 23yr old myself.