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togasystems

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I am a computer scientist and an extreme sport athlete. A typical combination.

CTO + Co-Founder Penny AI (https://pennyapp.com)

http://noblezilla.com/

email: chris' at' noblezilla.com

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togasystems··on Apple announces iPad Mini with a 7.9-inch, 1,024 x 768 display - $329
Consumer choice - $209 Nexus Tablet from Google or $329 for the iPad Mini.... what do you think the public will choose?
togasystems··on How to do a great product promo video for less than $200
What considerations did you have for the type of voice used?
togasystems··on Show HN: AllTheFavIcons.com - Weekend Project inspired by HN
Glad you followed through with it. Here are some neat features to have:

1. How about drag and drop?

2. A simple download of the zip file I think will work better than the Apache directory listing.

3. Wouldn't worry too much about storing the files for a week. Just let it be a one off process.

4. Check the dimensions before you generate. Mention the fact that the image should be square.

Thanks a bunch for this tool!

togasystems··on Favicons in the retina age
Might as well add in apple touch icons... Look forward to seeing this!
togasystems··on Show HN: real-time map of Kickstarter projects
I believe they are using (http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/tru...)
togasystems··on Lessons for uncultured web developers
Concerning timezones, is there any viable way to get the user's timezone? Javascript only?
togasystems··on Reasons to Start a Startup In Canada
Just moved from there, but thanks for the offer!
togasystems··on Reasons to Start a Startup In Canada
I just finished a large contract and am starting to look for positions at promising startups in Vancouver. Compared to SF, there really isn't many options. Most are video game companies.

The cost of living is high in Vancouver. While the salaries offered are higher than Toronto, they are no where near SF.

I wonder if it would be worth it traveling to San Fran to test the employment market?

togasystems··on Wolfram Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook
Can you name some self-trackers that you use?
togasystems··on Google Chrome already No. 1 among free iOS apps
Does the iOS version have predictive prefetching?
togasystems··on Yahoo Axis
Is there any other products currently that can sync your desktop to your mobile device? I haven't been too successful finding anything.
togasystems··on The frequent fliers who flew too much
As a serious question, what would you actually try to accomplish by suing? Monetary gain or a morale one?
togasystems··on Why Instagram is so fast at uploading photos
We used the same idea with video uploads.
togasystems··on Facebook Buys 750 IBM Patents To Defend Against Yahoo
It seems that the winners of the Patent Troll wars are the older technology companies.
togasystems··on Single Page Web Apps with Backbone.js
It sounds like there needs to be a garbage collector for backbone. Is there any projects out there dealing with 'Zombie' objects?
togasystems··on Milk Inc. to shut down Oink on March 31st
That is exactly what I was talking about.
togasystems··on Milk Inc. to shut down Oink on March 31st
Glad to hear that Kevin Rose is sticking to his guns. I wonder if the Milk team will tackle a harder problem next time around.

Edit: Kevin Rose said he would kill off any project that wasn't gaining traction and he did just that. This is what I was referring to.

togasystems··on Django's future, and Python 3
Do you know of any other large hurdles preventing the adoption of Python 3?
togasystems··on $1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog
I wonder if the color of the background is a simple variable or is based off physics rules? Does anybody know if they can change the color to something different?
togasystems··on Mercedes to introduce Siri in its vehicles
I highly doubt that there will be an API for Siri. Nuance licenses their voice recognition sdk and they want to keep that revenue stream.
togasystems··on Please Steal These webOS Features
Are any hardware manufacturers planning on releasing a tablet/phone with WebOS baked in?
togasystems··on Facebook IPO To Raise $5B, Filing Wednesday, Morgan Stanley In Lead
Should I buy?
togasystems··on Why Software Development Estimations Are Regularly Off
I have a/b tested this approach and have come to the conclusion that it is a little larger. I usually increase my estimates between 3/4 to double.
togasystems··on Asus working on Kinect laptop, compatible with Windows 8
Kinect would work well on large multi-display systems. I think the laptop is too small of a device for the motion capture to be effective.
togasystems··on Facebook deleted their Python SDK repository without warning
Is FQL going anywhere?
togasystems··on List of YC companies that use GoDaddy
Plus 1 for namespro. I have about 30 domains with them and everything has ran smoothly.
togasystems··on The first HTML5 radiology viewer approved by the FDA
I wonder what the impact of this will be since most radiology images are processed by a radiologist with the notes sent to the ordering doctors. Will doctor's be more inclined to view these?
togasystems··on Source: Groupon Doesn’t Have The Cash to Build Its New Data Center
Who do they host with now?
togasystems··on Is Firefox Doomed?
What does Mozilla do with their cash?
togasystems··on Apple’s Siri vs. Microsoft’s Tellme: This isn’t even close
I was quite surprised by Tellme thinking that 10 am was 'teen anal'
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