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MonoTouch and Mono for Android are they main reason, that Mono is in such a good shape, after the near death experience when Novell fell apart. Both products are the primary source of income for most people working on Mono and both products would not stand a chance if open source. Why? Because they target developers (who can compile their shit from sources) and open sourcing them completely would remove any incentive to pay. (And no, selling support would not generate significant income.) The core (Mono, MonoDevelop and MonoMac, which is very similiar to MonoTouch) are already open source. Open sourcing the rest would probably kill Xamarin and take half of Mono down with it.

On a different note, I disagree with Miguels opinion regarding patents. I also think that he has shifted slightly on the political spectrum over the last decade (a small movement towards the center from the far left), as well as that of software politics. He has always been pragmatic, though and even now, I think, his moderate opposition is a good reminder to somtimes step out of the echo chamber and avoid the mistake of falling into extremist views.
You said "Looking forward to plenty of truly dumb, ignorant comments like this in the future," which implies that the author of the original comment will be making such comments. This is an attack on the character or intelligence of the author, and is thus an ad hominem.

I didn't read it as that. Generally on these sort of platform contention type topics you'll get a lot of common themes being repeated by both sides. I read it as inferring the 'Judge was biased' comment will become a meme.
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>Many companies and consumers will stay for Windows 7 for a while

The company I work at is just starting to upgrade to Windows 7 (from XP) to our 40,000 employees, starting with the IT Department. I'm sure we're not the only ones who have been hesitating.
Oh, so now that Google has bought Motorola, they've stopped Motorola suing Apple?
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I wonder if folks said the same thing for AOL's walled garden approach to the internet once upon a time too.
I haven't used Win8, so maybe I'm completely off-base here, but from the article it sounds like removal of the Start Menu has made it difficult to do a lot of things without either typing in commands or memorizing special key combinations (see, for example, the section called "Run Power User or Administrative Tools - WinKey+X is EVERYTHING").

So, how does anyone get anything done using Win8 on a tablet that doesn't have a keyboard?
I wouldn't be surprised to see some pushback from "normal" Windows users that return new machines because they expected "windows" and got "some sort of tile OS".
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But in the end antimatter didn't have negative energy anyway?
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Like the previous poster said, it depends what the names are. If they are top quality generic .com domains then your best bet is probably contacting a domain broker. If they are just average names from an abandoned project you could try any of the regular domain forums. Domain sales on Ebay or Flippa actually do ok too.
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If you pander to people who are scared of change you will move forward so slowly you might as well stop. I feel that Microsoft haven't pushed hard enough for change.
I'm tired of all the people complaining about change. I love Unity on Ubuntu. It took a little getting used to but it didn't stop my computer from being functional. I could do everything I could before just in a slightly different way.
Change is awesome and all you bitches need to stop tripping on some old bullshit.
I am utterly flabbergasted to discover that you are right with respect to a working model. [http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-09/startups-new...]

However, I think I don't "need to lose" my opinion that innovation consists of more than saying "put a grid of buttons on a larger screen than most phones" or even "click one link to get to an order screen". You're welcome to your view, although I question your ability to understand what innovation is. I don't issue arrogant ultimata that you "need" to lose your attitude. I just think you'll fail if you live your life that way.
China represents on of the largest markets for potential growth right now.

VW and BMW see the Chinese market as their number one. BRIC is where the future money is. (Third biggest market for SAP is Brazil already).

There is no growth left in the US/EU.
I wouldn't say for no purpose at all.

From my perspective there seems to be a very clear purpose: unifying the interface across platforms, which is one of the disadvantages they had when compared to Apple. With Windows 8, they will basically have the same UI for desktops, tablets and phones.

Even hotmail.com's look has been revamped into outlook.com; and not only that, but Microsoft went as far to even update their logo from 1987, to match their new tile approach.

Were all these changes necessary? Time will tell, but strategically it seems to make sense to unify the desktop experience (where they are dominant) to grow 2 of their new market segments: windows phone and tablet (surface).
Thanks, I think it has become habit to use 'Zend' and 'Routing' together!
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RFID today and tomorrow
Many of us already use RFID tags routinely. Examples include:
Proximity cards, that is, the contactless cards used for building access.
Automated toll-payment transponders – the small plaques mounted in automobile windshields. (These are usually semi-passive.)
The ignition keys of many millions of automobiles, which include RFID tags as a theft-deterrent.
Payment tokens: In the United States, the SpeedPass token for petrol station payments is an example. Contact-less credit-cards, like American Express ExpressPay and the Mastercard PayPass use RFID
If you think it's obvious, Have you ever tried to double click the screen or pinch an image on your old Palm Pilot hoping the size would change?
Correct. I don't know why voting is disabled. The account seems to be ok because I can comment. So what's wrong? There is nothing in the FAQ about this and no apparent contact address. That is all.
That's an inner method call, that's not the use case I was referring to. When you call a static function from a different class, you put the class name before the call, and make it different to substitute it - which you could easily if you were dealing with an instance.

Example

MyClass::func();

func() Is tied to MyClass. if you extend it, you will have to hunt down all of those calls and replace it
I think they are trying to commoditize the market so that Apple is not dominant. But Apple have not really joined in, and have managed to keep a large and profitable portion of the market, indeed grown that since Android launched. So so far Android has largely failed on that basis.
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Cache is a not a solve-all solution. It is useful only for commonly used data, otherwise you just transfer the database problem to a caching problem.
But Android is not there to make money, it is there to stop Apple taking over mobile and so cutting out Google from that business, so Google as a whole makes money.
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I love seeing useful keyboard shortcuts being added. I've always used various Window key shortcuts whenever I use Windows. I even use the context menu key. But I wish the Window key was more like the Cmd key in OS X. That is, I wish it was a modifier key that can be used in key combinations, and ideally have it be the primary modifier.

When you have 3 different modifier keys, this increases the number of key combinations exponentially vs 2. So take for example a cross platform IDE that is keyboard shortcut friendly, with lots of actions you can assign to keyboard shortcuts, like Eclipse. In the Windows version you only have shortcuts that can be a combination of Ctrl and Alt plus another key. With OS X (and Linux), you can have any combination of Ctrl, Alt, and Command plus another key, giving many more possibilities. I miss the lack of context menu key support in OS X, though.

As a UNIX/Emacs user, a side benefit of having Command as the primary modifier key in OS X, used for many of the typical actions, is that typical OS X keyboard shortcuts don't generally get in the way of UNIX/Emacs keyboard shortcuts, which use Ctrl and Alt as modifiers exclusively. I can use Emacs keyboard shortcuts right alongside OS X keyboard shortcuts in the same application (I'm accustomed to both; for example, I might paste with either Cmd-V or Ctrl-Y, depending on whether my right hand is on the home row or not). But I don't expect that most Windows users would benefit from that particular aspect. However, I think having an extra modifier key, available to applications, would benefit a good portion of Windows users.
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> Imagine if someone discovered and invented a principle and device for unlimited cheap source of energy.

First of all, this imaginary genius could still choose to not disclose his innovation. Patents are optional. Take for instance the Coca Cola recipe. Its kept as a trade secret [1]. But consumers can still choose to drink Pepsi and co. instead.

Second, I doubt a case like this, an truly important innovation that only one person will come up with, has ever occurred or will ever occur. If you look at the history of science and innovation, there is apparently always multiple people or groups working independently on the very same innovation. Famous examples are the first piloted flight [2] or the discovery of calculus [3].

For me this is the strongest case against, today's, patent law. We overstate the importance of the supposed single genius that humanity depends on. And yes, I question the the basis for any monopoly.

In the Apple vs Samsung case though, it was _also_ about consumer confusion. Samsung did not only use Apples innovation like pinch-to-zoom, which in my opinion should be fine, but tried to fool buyers into thinking that they got an iPhone by copying Apple's look and feel.
You could say, that any idiot would see the difference. There is no Apple logo or iPhone label on Samsung products. But, I argue, thats just our geeky perspective. My grand parents or even parents wouldn't be able to tell the difference, unless I write them a note with 'A P P L E' on it.
I could live happily with this problem, but I can agree that this is a grey area.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_flying_machines#C...
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus#History
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> That's what they say, but realistically Samsung is the most successful Android vendor and thus the biggest threat to Apple.

I think it would be helpful to consider how it is that Samsung became the most successful Android vendor.
The overall feeling of Windows has changed dramatically with 7 and now 8. Before it felt like a very enterprise and cold operating system. Now, it actually feels refreshing, futuristic, and dare I say hip? Great job to the Windows team for this amazing feat.

As for Windows 8 itself, I feel like the Task Manager alone is something worth upgrading for.
I use power buttons all the time and never had any serious, or maybe just any, problem with it whatsoever. It also makes 100% sense: press button to power on, press button again to power off. Just like in the analog days.
They can't hear you.

Look at the recurring pattern in this thread and elsewhere.

Apple fanatic: Apple deserves a 20 year government enforced monopoly because they did it first. Everyone else stole it, and are thieves, who deserve to pay.

Member of the reality-based consensus: small portable computers existed before the iPad/iPhone and every individual part that you could name (or patent) had been done before by others. Concrete factual example A, B, C...

<sound of crunching mental gears and cognitive dissonance defences engaging>

Apple fanatic: But Apple did it better and make more money! Therefore it doesn't matter who did it first. People who build on the innovations of others and provide them to consumers are what is important here.

You could spend all day trying to get them to face up to their conflicting logic, but they'll resist with all their might.
How are you determining if a tweet is positive, negative, or neutral?
I don't exactly know what the patent is. But it was clarified by Samsung attorney in the trial that you do not infringe Apple patents by having one finger scrolling and pinch to zoom. So it is possible to make a modern smartphone.
while you do have a point, is it really necessary to throw insults and hip bitchin' lingo around?
That's really interesting position, considering all the news I keep hearing about how Israel has a great approach to technology etc. Where I live (Croatia), Israel is the poster boy of the right approach to startups and investing outside the Valley...
Windows/Metro on mobile has terrible sales.

Why would they want to unify DOWN to that level?

It's crazy how much a lead Microsoft had with personal computers in the 80s and how far they've fallen. Once arm starts becoming powerful enough for desktops, Windows is pretty much done and the days of the wintel tax are over. We're almost there, give it about 3-4 years.
You in the minority of people who actually give a shit about the thing that sits in front of them in the office and find it interesting.

The rest of the planet just want it to work just how it always did and piss off at the end of the day so they can go home, cook dinner, dig holes in the garden, watch television, build LEGO with their kids and play golf.

Our job as software engineers is to SERVE those people unconditionally, make their lives less laborious and to reduce the burden of their jobs. After all what else is technology for?

Marketing driven change does nothing but enslave people further and demand more attention. Incremental changes and improvements are much more useful as they allow people to adapt slowly without having to deal with life-changing events every few years.

To hell with everyone who doesn't see it this way - you are doing a disservice to humanity.
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so the whole outrage about copyright infringement is kinda...
Signed up with one of my brands. First of all, I have to say great design! The sign up process was easy and getting started by adding a campaign was simple. I can't comment yet on how well the service works but overall it's been a good impression.
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Mechanical diagrams are also math.
The Twitter API lets you search by mood, I would assume it's just passing those along.
Weren't the guys that Apple bought to get multitouch "little"? In a world where such "obvious in retrospect" designs aren't protected, why doesn't Apple just copy their work?
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re. your rough guess: 30 wpm is actually kind of slow, according to Wikipedia the "average computer user" types at 33 wpm. I'd expect someone who spends most of his time at the computer to do quite a bit better even if they never learned to touch-type. I thought I'd time myself copying the first two paragraphs of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute#Alphanumeric_e... (1024 characters at the standard 5 per word = 204.8 words) and got 70 wpm! I'm a bit surprised by that myself, TBH, since I don't "properly" touch-type either--I'd probably get a significant drop if I had to type more than that though, but as you say programming goes in bursts so that's not much of an issue here.

As far as you wondering what use typing speed is to a programmer:

1) if you can type faster, it takes less effort to fix cosmetic mistakes and you do so more often. you must have noticed as well when looking over the shoulder of a slow typer they seem to make more errors? or maybe it just seems more tedious because you're waiting on it. you must have also seen that a really skilled typist can make an error and have it corrected before you hardly notice it (which is because they feel their fingers slipped).

2) in a similar sense, if you type faster, it takes less effort to quickly try something out. just type it out, maybe not even immediately test it, because as you see it on the screen you can more easily reason about it and make corrections before you do. if you type slower, you're more likely to get stuck halfway writing a block of code because you're thinking "wait this isn't right" and start doing proto premature optimization (well, that's my problem, I start thinking about what is the best/most concise/pythonic/readable way to write this code halfway, before I even got the rough structure down. I find it's almost always better to first write down something that works).

3) if you type faster you spend less time writing comments on HN and can get back to programming sooner.
Foxconn is inching towards respectable treatment of its employees, which will by definition make them unprofitable. When you look at Chinese government policies on quai moving out of the country, their black market exchange rate (moving closer to the official exchange rate), and rising wages for blue collar workers in China, the cost of manufacturing in China is going up for foreign companies. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Apple make a big move in their manufacturing. The interesting question is where? Obviously Bangladesh and Vietnam are the destinations of choice for low cost, but do they have the skills and infrastructure to assemble Apple’s stuff?

If I were a linkbaity tech journalist (is there any other kind?) I would write an article suggesting AAPL move some manufacturing to the American South. Can you imagine the corporate welfare bidding war that would erupt if AAPL suggested they might maybe consider opening a plant in the West?
Except moleskin are not quality. I bought one (was a fool once), it's not better or worse than normal 80g paper. I draw with pencil A LOT (as my username would suggest), and write a lot and take notes all the time - all on paper. Regular spiral bound notebook is all one needs for effective usage. Everything else is posing.
We recently used JsPlumb on a new product release that we are just about to ship. Truly fantastic library with cross browser support.

Happy to put up a link when shipped so you can see JsPlumb in action.
De gustibus. Personally I value "doesn't leak" over "looks cool" when it comes to buildings...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/06/mit_sue...
Minus and minus are a plus I guess.
I can see how Facebook could loose its value in a couple years, but Apple, no way. They can market and sell stuff with a great profit margin.
It seems like you're walking back the claims of the guy I responded to for him: "Oh, well, okay, Apple didn't have the first touchscreen phone, but they had the first good one."

Well, I don't even agree with you on that.

I got five years out of my "unenjoyable" HTC smartphone. I could tether it to my laptop without forking over extra money. I could run whatever apps were available (which is more than could be said for the iPhone on launch day, because there weren't any). I had a full keyboard, a web browser that supported SSL, a music player, and Pocket PuTTY -- should I have given a shit about smooth scrolling?
The unification is textbook. Sort of. Right up until their users needing the jarring transitions over into classic Windows.

Windows 8 is clearly a platform intended as part of a migration from classic Windows UIs and APIs over to their (née) Metro Windows 8 environment.

This strategy is high-risk. Will their partners and the customers come along to Metro and Windows 8, or will the partners and customers continue to use classic Windows UIs, APIs and tools? And this obviously hinges on whether Metro adds enough stuff to pull customers over to it; whether to the Metro portion of Windows 8, or to the Metro Windows 8 RT ARM boxes.

This is about as big an in-your-face platform migration as has been tried in recent memory.
The game itself is a clone of XJump (which has open source clones GNUJump and SDLJump).
that's not a lot.
Hey Jon. Kudos for diving into this on your own and getting it off the ground like that. I suggest you focus on a mobile/tablet app next, it seems like a good fit for the product.

But one thing that precludes my own participation is, that beatlab is essentially a walled garden :-S. While this may be a fun app that brings kids closer to music, it's just impossible to attract serious musicians to a web-based step sequencer with no download options whatsoever. The Facebook login doesn't help either.

I've intentionally ripped the Come Together vocals and am going to use them in a way that even YouTube infringement algorithms aren't able to fingerprint. Just for the sake of truly creating something new out of the samples \o/.

I hope you understand that this is nothing personal, it's just the true everything-is-a-remix mentality that's prevalent among music makers on forums, SoundCloud and the like. If that's the crowd you'd eventually like to attract, that's the mindset you'll have to get accustomed to and support with beatlab's features.
Yes. Not only Nexus S was found to be at fault, Apple is also going after the Galaxy Nexus. Icaza disappointed me because when people started pointing these out in the comments, he deleted them and turned off commenting to the post.
Very cool, and great design! Seems you filter out tweets that are not in english? Is that provided by the Twitter API as well?
What sentiment analysis API do you use?
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It's a question of intent not of rounded corners. Smsg and Android had the clear intent to copy Apple, so there should be no discussion about their guilt.

I totally agree on your view on patents.
It does? Never heard of that before.
The problem is that you get fewer donations if you do it that way, because people prefer to donate to a story.
Thank God I'm using Linux now - and a tiling window manager...

I have been too long on the MS side. That's my only regret.
This isn't a list of games made in 2012. Its a list of in the year 2012 what are the 20 most exciting games. Since that is the case I would have to argue with some of their claims. While the games listed are great and I own most of them ( Thanks humble bundle ) They aren't all the best games out right now 0 a.d. for one is still alpha quality and things like Battle for Wesnoth, or T.A. Spring are much better and more exciting.
115 wpm?! o_O

Well then. Time for me to get busy on one of those touch-type-training applications, that's nearly 2x what I just did.

Indeed at that speed you're sufficiently CPU bound to make that claim.

But can you crack a 2048 bit RSA code in your head within a minute while .. you know? Plus, in the later scene when he was doing the real job, he wasn't just typing at 115wpm, he was simultaneously dancing around at at least 145bpm. So there's always room for improvement.
In the very rare cases I need to reboot or shut down my macbook, I'll press the power button: it pops up a standard 4-button dialog with [Restart] on [SPC] and [Shutdown] on [Return]. Also available are [Sleep] and [Cancel] (on [Esc]).

Way faster than going through the Apple menu.
Completely agree. I'm no huge fan of Gehry, but if I had Facebook's money I would hire a top-line architect to design my building, too.

If they had gotten a drab, soulless building, there'd be complaints they had gone too corporate.
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