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superdude··on Gondor.io Django hosting is now publicly available
As a small anecdote, before I purchased a VPS I applied to all of the Django-only hosts and visited each one's IRC channel. Gondor was the only one that actually let me try the beta and they were also the only one that had a human on IRC at the time to help with any problems.
superdude··on [dead]
Leaked on Apple's own site...or a fake Apple site.
superdude··on GPS satellites get a serious upgrade
The L5 moniker "safety of life" is an accurate name. It will assist GPS aircraft navigation, especially during the safety-critical landing approaches. Aircraft rely heavily on both GPS and WAAS satellites for corrections. Actually, L5 has been broadcasting on the two WAAS satellites for several years, but most end-users would not have used it. AFAIK, L5 decreases the error from multipathing and the ionsphere, among other improvements.
superdude··on James Cameron champions faster film projection rates (from 24 to 60 fps)
All the Japanese animation that I seen has been animated at a much lower frame rate than American animation.
superdude··on Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
Yes, do you use OS X? I haven't found the issue to be as pronounced in the Windows versions.
superdude··on Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
Yes. Running OS X, Firefox is more responsive when opening and switching to new tabs. Maybe the act of creating a new process for each tab slows Chrome down? For example, if I open a new tab in Chrome while I have many already open and then attempt to scroll, the scrolling will lag by a second. I almost never have any lag with Firefox except when first starting the program. Even with an SSD Firefox is more responsive.
superdude··on In The Race For More Spectrum, AT&T Is Acquiring T-Mobile For $39 Billion
In terms of freedom, T-Mobile was the only large carrier to oppose warrant-less wiretapping of Americans. In terms of cost, T-Mobile offered the best non-contract prices, and I could use my Nexus One or iPhone on their network for a reasonable price.
superdude··on AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
This is bad. In terms of freedom, T-Mobile was the only large carrier to oppose warrant-less wiretapping of Americans. In terms of cost, T-Mobile offered the best non-contract prices, and I could use my Nexus One or iPhone on their network for a reasonable price.
superdude··on New 13" MacBook Pro
The 13" Macbook Air has a 1440x900, the new Macbook Pro has a 1200x800 screen. The Air has a discrete NVIDIA GeForce 320M video card, the Pro has an integrated Intel card. Besides the CPU, why would I buy the Pro over the Air?
superdude··on (Gizmodo, Lifehacker)WTF, Gawker? You Redesigned All Your Sites?
Ironic that their front-page article has a montage of cans of Coca Cola CLASSIC.
superdude··on The HP TouchPad
I mentioned this in the other submission, but is "vibrant 18 bit" display just spec jargon for a cheap TN panel? 6-bits for each R, G, and B? The IPS panel in the iPad is a huge selling point for Apple. It is higher quality than almost any modern laptop screen.
superdude··on Remind HN: webOS Announcement Today
"Vibrant 18 bit" display - is that just spec jargon for a cheap TN panel? 6-bits for each R, G, and B? The IPS panel in the iPad is a huge selling point for Apple. It is higher quality than almost any modern laptop screen.
superdude··on Video on Steve Jobs personality
I'm running Chrome on Win7 x64 and several times the player reset to the beginning even while I was more than 10 minutes into the video.
superdude··on Next generation GPS satellite launched
This new type of satellite, Block IIF, will broadcast a new military signal and also a new civilian signal: L5 (safety-of-life). It'll be interesting to see what kind of accuracy GPS receivers get when they start using the L5 data, because it's supposed to be especially beneficial to aviation.
superdude··on Ask HN: Which Non-Macbook notebook would you recommend?
Unless you get a tablet, expect your Thinkpad to have a terrible screen with a cheap TN LCD panel. Newer Lenovo screens may have high resolutions, but contrast and color reproduction is awful. They are generally good quality machines otherwise, but the display could be a dealbreaker.
superdude··on Republicans' new Web site not exactly what they hoped it would be
To be fair, I'm sure most of the suggestions on that site were made by trolls. But the quotes from the some of the representatives themselves are almost as crazy.
superdude··on Republicans' new Web site not exactly what they hoped it would be
I can't tell if this is real or a satirical article.

"Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who created the program, said that to get software for the site, 'I personally traveled to Washington state and discovered a Microsoft program that helped NASA map the moon.'"

superdude··on Chrome-To-Android Extension: Awesome, Deadly
How do you get Delicious to work with the Android browser?
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