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the voice actions/input you mention will likely go well beyond what Android currently offers.

This is one of the things that most Android users seem to neglect understanding.

Sure, iOS didn't get Copy and Paste first, nor did it get Multi-tasking first. But, what it did do (arguably) is take those two things and make them a lot more useful than the equivalent on Android. By arguably I am mostly discussing Multi-tasking, as the differences in opinion here vary person to person. Some people like the fact that Android can multi-task to the end of the earth, but dislike the fact battery issues become a real problem. Meanwhile other users are content giving up some of their multi-tasking freedom for better battery life.

The same is going to be true of voice input on iOS. From the sounds of it, it will go well above and beyond what Android offers. The simple fact that the rumors (again, these could be wrong as we all know, so I'm speculating) indicate the iPhone 4S/5 are required for processing and ram reasons seem to tell us that the voice input part COULD be done entirely within iOS, not requiring the internet unless looking up internet enabled services (table reservation, weather, etc).

The same is true of the "drop-down notifications" you mention. Sure, Android had it first. I don't think anyone has said otherwise. But the way they implemented it is a lot better. One, the notifications (if you want) pop up on the main lock screen. Swipe the app icon from left to right and it takes you to that notification. No need to unlock, swipe the menu at the top, click the notification. The ability to remove a single apps notifications from the tray as opposed to clearing all is another nice addition. The ability to determine which applications show up in the notification tray. If you choose, some apps can be pop-up dialog boxes like they are in iOS4, some can be just numbers near the app icon, while some can be in the notification tray. I don't see that in Android.

Again, maybe some "skin" on top of Android can do these things, but that is half the problem not all Android devices will have these features. Sure, most of the people that argue Android is so awesome have no problem rooting and fiddling with their devices, but that will prevent mass market adoption if one of these features becomes a big deal right?

Generally iOS provides a much better experience for users. There are some ways that Android is better, some ways that iOS is better. I don't think there's really anything wrong with that. But Android users seem to be so damn hell-bent on being better, "oh but Android is activating more devices" blah blah blah.

Why can't everyone just shut the hell up and use what works for them instead of being dicks about it? Civil discussions are great, I think the original article for this story was a pretty civil discussion. Meanwhile, the hacker news discussion gets all pissy with people mindlessly arguing that their preferred OS is better.

This I think is something you have a hard time understanding, sir.
How often are developers put 'out there' in any sort of public role to need to dress up in the first place?

I think programmers in general find clothing to be arbitrary and stupid, it's simply not important compared to code or what we're doing.

I'm a lady software dev and pretty much just wear jeans, t-shirts, and hoodies. Some of the developers at my company wear slacks and a button-up shirt, some don't. It's personal preference over any sort of nonexistant obligation to do so.
Fine you're right on the real estate. However I still find it ridiculous that Palo Alto and Mountain View are considered separate, as Santa Clara and San Jose are as well.
Maybe he was talking about this: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/999-ebooks-lawsuit/al...
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Yes. It does give Autonomy an easy out: "Sure Oracle, we did pitch selling ourselves to you - on the morning of April 1st! Didn't you get the joke?!?! Joke aside, the meeting was indeed as we described in our first response."

Either that, or the two companies are actually having a joke at our (tech industry watchers) expense.
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Not to toot my own horn, but I created exactly this a few months back: http://tipogram.com/
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"if this genetic cocktail passes Phase II and Phase III future clinic trials, and makes it into production, in the future HIV could be compared to herpes virus nowadays".

As far as I know there is no herpes vaccine and herpes stays with you for life resulting in recurring problems. Doesn't quite sound like a very flattering comparison to an effective vaccine solution.
From what I can tell, what you get access to depends on where you bought the kindle more than where you are. Did you buy your kindle in Greece?
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I think you might be confused with this: http://www.koboereader.com
I think this is great, if only because it shows you don't need to name your startup something that ends in -li, -ly, and -r.
Right ... the tired argument that people only buy Apple products because of marketing. It couldn't be that consumers feel like it's a better product, could it?
It's pretty clear that there's a directive from above at Samsung mobile to copy Apple very closely. This may be legal in some/most cases but in others it's pretty clearly over the line.

Whether you like trade dress IP and design patent protections or not, the reality is that they exist and for Samsung designers to so clearly flaunt them creates a huge liability. You have to think their legal department has been out to lunch the past few years in approving these designs.
Because I only ever get to discuss the topic in flamewars online and speaking to an actual person was very refreshing.
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"patio11's Bingo Cards feels a lot more 'real' to me as a product business"

Why? He's basically selling only to teachers.

What's wrong with a web developer selling a product to a niche of other web developers?

And, actually, if you're selling byproducts like rejected logos or vector images or stock photos or Wordpress themes, wouldn't that actually be for more than just web developers? We've bought vectors for our mobile app in development and just because bloggers who are in the market for a custom theme are technically "on the web" doesn't mean they're developers.
You seem to be under the delusion that I approve of capitalism. On the contrary, I think it is a steaming pile of shit. It's a damn good thing it doesn't seem to appear in a pure form.

As I said, not reading for comprehension. If you read my other comments my viewpoint should become adequately clear. When I say capitalism involves an assumption of rights I'm talking about rights that are only applied to the participant parties (like for example, slave owners). For example, without the right to enter and exit a market, what you have cannot be described as capitalism. Any economist will tell you that. These are rights that should never satisfy reasonable people, such as myself and clearly yourself.
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I would add that I normally wouldn't be inclined to create an account, given the current state of your homepage. It's not doing a good job of selling me on your service.
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I know they didn't invent them, but standards are a good thing.
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A hybrid model with both assigned reviewers and public comment is being tried by a regional journal (Southern Association for Information Systems):
http://knol.google.com/k/craig-vanslyke/jsais-review-process...
There's some other avenues that EDA tools also aren't taking that could be great market opportunities for some of the small to mid-range players to capitalize on.

Besides just modern version control systems, most big companies have internal teams to manage schematic symbols and layout footprints for all parts they use. There's outrageous duplication of effort going on. If there was a "cloud" provider who could do this for you, it'd cost each company less and the service could be better. There'd have to be customization and an API so each company could customize their access and data stored, but that's easier than actually selling this idea :)
Drew Wilson's Pictos Font is pretty awesome if you're looking for alternatives: http://store.drewwilson.com/pictos-font
It is important to note that the points 1,2 and 4 are not necessarily disjoint. You can do them in the same order.
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I did choose to measure success by upvotes. Are you saying that people are upvoting this article because of discussion as to the writing style?
I think this is not relevant in GNOME 3, which no longer has applets. Instead, you write extensions. There are multiple simple examples at http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/04/gnome-3-shell-extensions.ht...
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Last time I used Android was 2.2 on a Nexus One. There were some stutter issues as I recall. But the biggest complaint wasn't the "look" really, it was much more so many inconsistencies from app to app. Every app just feels free to do and look and act differently than another. This means there's a lot more of a learning curve than iOS.

One of my single biggest complaints UI-wise, was the menu button. Simple things that should be easy to accomplish were always hidden in that menu.

I worked in a retail store that sold electronics and speaker products. One of those products allowed phones to play their music through it. People love the idea of Pandora. But nearly EVERY Android user couldn't figure out how to create more than one station on the device and told me they had to use their computer to do it.

Now, maybe it isn't so hard to hit the menu button. But it effectively made major features hidden and put in a none-obvious way (by non-obvious I mean a good number of people weren't able to find it easily).

That's the kind of UI issue I think Android has that iOS doesn't. iOS has some hidden things but those are _usually_ power user things and aren't required to make the app function normally.
Here's the paper:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna...

The crucial idea:

> Our simulation results support the hypothesis that socioeconomic stratification may have spread due to its effects on the demography of small groups—i.e. by demic diffusion—rather than cultural adoption. [...] In variable environments, stratified groups migrate more and are less likely to go extinct than egalitarian groups.

The main contribution of the paper seems to be the identification of a survival advantage for unequal societies in unstable environments.

To make this more concrete, imagine two neighboring villages A and B, hit by a catastrophic crop failure that has reduced harvest by 50%. In village A, there is a strong ethos of equality; the dwindled resources are divided equally, and basically midway through winter everyone dies of starvation.

In village B, the inhabitants strongly believe, on the contrary, that tradition (gods, spirits, ancestor cults etc.) orders the elevation of some above the others. The favored individuals get their normal full share of the reduced harvest, and the un-favored get none. This results into an immediate 50% mortality; but the favored survive through the full winter.

After a series of adequate harvests, the B population increases enough to split off a migrating group that takes over the (now abandoned) site of village A. The ethos of inequality is taken with them, and thus spreads at the expense of egalitarianism.
Cuter, smarter and nicer girls to be found in the library, is my experience.
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The ability to dress "well" isn't some kind of innate talent that can't be learned. (This is /especially/ true for guys, given how little men's fashion changes over the years compared to women's.) Pretending that it's some kind of secret power is just shirking responsibility in the same way that some people say "I'm just not good at math" and then don't bother to try learning.

We're not talking about high fashion here, we're talking about neat clothes that fit well. As far as fit, there are trained professionals who can help: tailors. Nor is it expensive if you have a little knowledge. Having a shirt fixed or pants hemmed costs about $10. A decent button down shirt from a place like Land End can cost as little as $15. Great leather shoes (that will last a decade) can be found on eBay for $100-$150.

I've known folks who were totally color blind and had not problem with dressing well - they just had a thoughtful system and wardrobe that allowed them to pick things without having to worry about the color.

This kind of basic knowledge is just like knowing the rules of the road so you're a better driver. It's not complex, it's highly useful and it's readily available. The OP was trying to provide some pointers for folks who want to learn.
I think it's great and I've been recommending the shit out of it, I'm just waiting for more of my friends to come over.

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It seems like most successful things will not be enjoyed by everyone, hence the common thought that if everyone likes what you are doing something is probably wrong.
I also have invites.
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You're spot on! Treat your home office as a corporate office. I wonder if anyone is allowed to wear his pajamas in the office. If you're in your home office, do the same. Respect your home office. Treat your office as you would any typical corporate office :-)
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That's the one where Gruber seemed incensed at the recording app... Apple's wasn't even the first iOS app that looked like that. Showing a picture of the physical device you're imitating is ridiculously common.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/iphone-ge...
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I generally like to think that icon use should be handled as part of the CSS, as it's a design element and not part of the document semantics. Putting it in the markup means that if the design is updated, the markup is still stuck with the old icon, which means it's more work to update the site.
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You need to provide a reference.

This page from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funding_of_science) suggests that over 63% of research is funded by private sources.

Overhead is relevant as it shows that even at 'public' universities, the funding agency must pay for the research to be carried out, countering arguments about the public paying for research.
The Future of Emacs/Vi doesn't matter. The Present Does.
I liked the way FriendFeed handled it: http://friendfeed.com/bret/24f5ad01/we-finally-got-job-title...
Some people prefer to just go in front of the desk in their home office straight from the bed. This is so wrong! Your home office IS NOT just any other room in your house or apartment. It is THE office.

Like I said in my other reply, treat your home office as you would any typical corporate office. Take a shower, put own fresh clothing, etc.
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I'm sorry guys, but there is a typo on your front page:
s/wierd/weird

I would suggest you to take some long vacation with fresh air and go back to work to polish the website, and maybe spin the forums off.
I like this muchly, buy it does not render the icons on my phone (motorola photon).
I pretty much expect this would be Oracle's response, they tend not to let others have the last word on such things.

It is pretty interesting to me that during the SPARC SuperCluster event, Ellison did not mention HP, but instead focussed heavily on IBM's server.
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I know of a company that has all CEO, CTO, Cxx people, and no actual employees (they take themselves pretty seriously about this too).

It's really funny.
"Few people are reading that to relax after work."

The popularity of vim screencasts might suggest otherwise.
This is an okay option but there are other ways to get good cheap domains. The main problem with these domains is that they have no history.
It's much easier for us techies to sell things to non-techies than it is for us to sell to techies. To a fellow techie, we have just created a simple django basic application. To a non-techie we have done magic.
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3 months is indeed a long time for us to have to wait for revenue. However, it's good for users because if they get to the 100 transaction limit, it means that they use it, which means that they get value out of it and would be more willing to pay to continue to use it.
Or at least that's our line of thought.
Also, it takes at least a month of transactions to be able to look at stats and get some insights from your spendings.

For existing users, we'll set the transaction counter at 0 (zero) when we launch this. Also, we are thinking of offering them 50% lifetime discount.

I think the other project you're talking about is http://thebirdy.com/.
I am not denying that it is easy to find out about this guy on the internet, BUT he does present himself as a "trader" on national television. Quote from Rastani on the BBC: "... see I'm a trader... if I see an opportunity to make money I go with that...". That is just wrong, misleading the public, and disrespecting professional traders.
If Autonomy's CEO said it was an April Fools joke, then HP and himself would not look very good in front of Wall Street or stock holders. There might actually be SEC complications also.
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Pretty sure they're talking about the still annoying but no death part.
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The icon one there is the only one I'd take issue with. Possibly the non-usb connector as well.

The others are a matter of form following function.
Apple don't have a trademark on USB or mains plugs.
Apple don't have a trademark on white, rectangular boxes.
Apple don't have a trademark on putting the damn product in the damn box (seriously? This is considered copying?)
Apple don't have a trademark on showing a picture of a microphone when in a voice recording app.
So in some sense Samsung is giving me exactly what I want: an iPhone running Android.
great book! Don't wanna spam, but made a project www.whatrapperareyou.com by programming along the lines of Chapter 6 on Naive Bayesian Classifiers.

Chapter 6: http://nltk.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/book/ch06.html
I agree having a flat organization over a hierarchy should work better for start-up. Dropping the C titles is only opening a door for problems between co-founders and early employees.
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Seems it does state on the sidebar that all domains are the same price.

I guess some people may see it as exploitative, but I would consider increasing the price of domains that a lot of people have clicked on and reducing the price of others.
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I can't find the information, but my understanding is that this approach isn't good from an accessibility standpoint because a screenreader still interprets the icons as their corresponding character and reads that character. As a result, instead of ignoring a checkmark icon, it would try to pronounce it as a single letter.

UPDATE: Further digging seems to validate that most modern screen readers do ignore pseudo elements. So, there's no doubt that this solution is promising. However, as with anything, your user agent baseline should be considered before using it. Saying that everyone should be using this right now probably isn't a reliable blanket recommendation.
I was just getting excited about seeing the secretary problem reworked when applied from the perspective of both the secretary and the employer, but instead he took the romantic approach.
>A successful campaign needs rapid coordinated efforts, which are best delivered by hierarchical models.

This may be an argument for the superiority of militarist states (e.g. Assyria, Prussia), but it's anachronistic for the study at hand, which deals with the type of situation prevailing in e.g. the pre-civilization and pre-organized army Neolithic.
When I read this article I thought immediately about keynotopia from a fellow HN member. He created those keynote ui templates (which he used in his day job) and sells them, bringing in between 5'000 - 10'000 $ revenue per month, which is pretty huge. Those kind of examples just make it look easy and I'm questioning my own projects when I see something like that. Nonetheless, good article.
One thing to keep in mind about guys like Branson is that they have a small army of assistants and secretaries. So they can get a lot more done because of this help.

I saw a talk from some young dude in Salt Lake City who built and sold a large company.

One neat piece of advice he had was that the executive assistant should be one of the first five employees. Because a good EA gives time back to the founders, it's basically like getting another founder. He said that he and his EA have their teamwork down so well that he gets another 40 hours in his week.
That's a great litmus test. If you find yourself working with co-founders that take their Cxx title very seriously, and you have only a couple of employees, you might have picked the wrong team.

Several of us have Cxx titles at our startup, but we sell in to really large organizations (sometimes municipal), so having "Chief Customer Happiness Officer" isn't really an option for us. Or at least we don't believe it is. In the end, it really doesn't matter, because we're all supremely confident and scared humble at the same time. None of us would hesitate to give up our titles to someone more qualified should that need or opportunity arrise.
Wordoid is probably the best. I've also used http://www.nameboy.com/ (which seems to be down at the moment), and http://domai.nr/ (if you don't mind non-.com, del.icio.us style domains).

Even with those tools, I still hate looking for domain names :)
He's not saying a web developer can't sell a product to other web developers — he's saying that all web developers can't only sell products to other web developers. In other words, beware of myopia.
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So in reply to an article about how only "The Present" matters, you spend half your post extolling the virtues of iOS's superior voice controls, which don't exist

Also note, you're telling us Android fans are dicks in response to an article that recycles the same old "Android sucks, haha" crap we've been reading around here for years.

I guess the irony of your post is lost on you.