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"Joel on software" and "Coding horror" are my all time favorite.

Thanks, I thought HN detects duplicate submissions and shows that it already exists. Thanks for the heads up anyway. Will have to do a check on HNSearch before putting up things.

Isn't Meego a rejuvenation of Maemo which was dying?

Updated the currency, fixed that line. Thanks.

Is Meego a newer OS?

Archaic hardware + archaic software with dead community = big fail. Design alone does not sell as good as it used to a few years ago.

Contact the dev on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/scottwisme

Too bad the EffectCheck API is not open for all. Looks like a well-parameterized sentiment analysis tool. What does this page tell us: http://effectcheck.com/pricing

It can be used for a stock analysis and dampening or amplification caused from other firehose like sources like Twitter.

Well, it totally depends on what you want to achieve from learning any programming language.

IMHO, these are the ones you should know and they cover most of the scenario.

  1. A desktop programming language, compiled and robust like C.
  2. A regex wizard like Perl.
  3. A strong web based scripting language like Javascript.
  4. An interpreted and readable language like Python.

If you like to fire up your own codes from time to time, these are the ones you should know. Though, if you are into specific development fields, this list does not matter. You have to learn something specific in that case.

I saw a similar one once. http://www.nij.gov/journals/253/tracking.html It was extreme. It analyses voice, facial gestures, fingerprints and a variety of biometrics.

IMHO, using only voice signatures to identify stress levels can be a bit trivial. The causes for stress may vary and this system should be clubbed with facial gesture recognition for accuracy.

The real problem with Linux is that it is torn between two ideologies. One says that Linux is a Developers OS while other says that it needs to reach the mainstream market and compete with Windows.

Linux can be seen as being a developers OS and if you are serious about development, the first thing you do is move to Linux. The amount of diagnosis and control it offers on the network and the OS through simple commands and DIY scripts is just unmatched. Though, the number of people involved in development is extremely small as compared to the number of regular home PC users.

The second kind, are the people who want to use Linux for web surfing, watching videos, playing some songs and do some office stuff. Here is the problem. Linux just does not fit this user portfolio. At least, it does not fit this as good as Windows does. OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice are light years behind MS Office. VLC is the only video player that brings some decency into video playback, and people are torn between music players.

Why did Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint take off so well? In a world ruled by Windows, Linux has to understand its users and their Windows world view.

Wayland can be the savior for Linux and Unity is already turning some heads.

I think it will be very effective. However, the control options will be limited with a shake operation. Though, the innovative thinking needs a hats off..

No, I just checked. It is Carakan. Nice job Opera. To take on giants like Firefox and Chrome needs more exposure and advertising. Noone notices if you keep creating the best software in the dark!!

That is soem cool news. Opera;s latest JS engine is called Presto. Isn't it?

That is exactly why iPHone app developers are so many in number and they are so popular. Google App Market is this stupid open, it brings no benifits for app developers!

Ya, the last 10% is where 50% of the work is actually done. That is the polishing. What you think is 90% is on paper only. In reality, there is more to be done..

I use digg, reddit, HN, Techmeme and a hell lot of forums.

Principles of engineering is machine building. Then, it takes off as your interest. The funda of Machine building in Computer engineering is called Automata Theory. So, you can start with Formal Language and Automata. That along with mathematics forms the principle of any form of engineering.

Nice find. If I could, I would vote this up. This is a very unconventional method of assessment. I would like to have an idea of infections in the teams which lost. Nonetheless, the research is very ingenious in itself.

Wow! Chaos on an electronic circuit. That is something I could not imagine to have existed.

None that know of. Intelligence cannot be related to time. It is unpredictable, even a stochastic model cannot do it justice. There are too many unpredictable points.

Mainstream application development needs .NET and Java. They are the dominant. Others, are backends made in Lisp, Prolog, C++ and others..

Nice parody there. I liked the unexpected ending.

This has been done earlier, but not by a 13 year old boy!

Very well put. Enterprise Software fails to connect to the end user drastically. They are never made keeping in mind the requirements of the end user. The buyer poses with his/her requirements and this creates a lot of red tape associated with the whole process.

what was the outcome? Did they come back with arguments the next day?

This can pose some serious problems if the device gets spoilt at some time. However, Microsoft has done an excellent work in creating this totally innovative and ingenious solution to a problem which was more like a way of life than a problem.

"Most people are so worried about looking good that they never do anything great.

Most people are so worried about doing something great that they never do anything at all."

That was wow! Though, thinking you are below average outs constraints in some people making them believe that certain bigger things are "not for me". That can be devastating.

MIT continues to amaze me in multiple ways. Another one got added to the list.

Surely, no way they can win this. They know, where the flaws lie and to what length they have to go to fix it. So, they are using the hush-hush policy.