haecib · HackerTrans

This was a major reason I got an MBA. It is honestly the first laptop I've used where I feel absolutely no need to plug a USB mouse in. The trackpad is one of the most fundamental ways to interact from a UI perspective, -it's a big deal to have it done right.

haecib

15년 전discuss

> Reddit's very rudimentary up/downvote system, well, sucks. It lets the lowest common denominator rise to the top,

Which is why Hubski's solution is interesting. You're recognizing the quality of the content does not really lie in a singular post or link, but with the poster, in a general sense. There are certainly certain posters on Reddit who I know I can always look to for good content, -makes sense to have your feed populated by good content providers rather than up-votes from the crowd.

haecib

15년 전discuss

When you drop instruments in it often doesn't take.

When you attempt to delete instruments it often does not.

I think it works better as a whack-a-mole variant (trying to 'x' out instruments) since there are no private rooms and strangers just wander in and drop instruments all over your board.

Cool idea though. Keep at it.

Edit: I should add that it looks very slick. Well done there.

haecib

15년 전discuss

>a far different picture emerges, like being free from the nanny-state and its attempts to infiltrate my life.

I think people living on something like this would illustrate that there is no such thing as a non-nanny state. We're a democracy, and we have an elected government that creates laws that govern us by our decree for the good of society on the whole. (This is obviously simplified, and ignores corruption, which is fine because that cannot be removed from any system, including the proposed one for this topic).

Those living together as a social community would find that they would need to adopt thousands upon thousands of rules that community members have to abide by or face consequences (anarchy being the alternative). They will find that what they are emulating is our democracy, just on a smaller scale. Sure, they may make different rules on a range of issues, but they will, and must, make rules all the same. And they will go beyond the theoretical brain exercises that Libertarians often substitute for law, -revolving around property law as the main focus. The only reason people will feel more free from the law is because there will be fewer of them, -it would be function of the extremely tiny size of the population itself.

haecib

15년 전discuss

> The community is extremely anti-advertising,

I can't think of a community that is less anti-advertising. If I had a nickel for every time a Redditor has talked about purposely leaving ad-block off on that site...

>If it was really all that successful, I don't think all the employees would have left.

I believe their payroll is significantly higher than it has ever been. No way to know what individual salaries look like, but it's beyond argument that they have more employees now, and those employees are being paid well enough to stay.

I do agree though that this does not speak to online advertising in general. Reddit is a single site, -obviously not enough data points to make broad pronouncements about the health of online advertising (which, incidentally, is a market predicted to be around 34 billion in 2012 in the U.S. alone...).

haecib

15년 전discuss

I'll second this. It's both thorough and accessible. Sounds like a good fit for what OP is looking for.

At any rate, I think that it is a question of which history of philosophy the OP reads rather than a book on any one philosophy in particular based on his original post...unless he really wants to get back with his friend on that nihilism comment...

haecib

15년 전discuss

Quest communications was allegedly the only telecom co that didn't roll over to the NSA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest#Refusal_for_NSA_spying

A lot of time has passed, and they have a new CEO. I wonder if they have continued to hold out, or have quietly installed the black-room...

EDIT: I see they were just acquired last year by CenturyLink. I have to doubt that they have now not rolled over (call me a pessimist).

Very sad that corporations are so willing to forsake the privacy of the entire country's citizens (on the level of a constitutional breach) in order to make a dime or curry favor. Beyond sad, it is terrifying that the government then used warrantless wiretapping to specifically target our journalists:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/25/tice_nsa_revelations...

...at least according to the same source that was responsible for leaking the existence of the black-rooms in the first place.

Sigh. Maybe I'll pick up my old copy of 1984. It's getting ironic now.

haecib

15년 전discuss

>They can control the experience and the app store to cut down on the crap apps and provide a more seamless interface.

I wonder if you'll be able to go outside of RIM for Android apps on the Playbook, or if they will act as a gatekeeper. Agree that gatekeeper is the way to go.

haecib

15년 전discuss

I tend to agree, but perhaps they are looking at people leaving the BBM ecosystem for other platforms, and letting those who remain be able to keep connected to their friends and associates that have jumped for iOS and Android. Makes it easier for them to stay with RIM instead of following the pack? Not sure what the thinking is there. As far as the Playbook goes, I guess they are content just being hardware providers? Letting go of the app ecosystem like that and the potential for subscription services down the line seems odd.

haecib

15년 전discuss

Hmm, I dunno.

Apples to oranges for me. I look at HN as a place where techies discuss topics that interest them, vs Techmeme which lists tech stories in the media, sans discussion.

haecib

15년 전discuss

I guess by lazy I mean, as the author put it, "I didn't work hard enough..."

And yes, it is entirely possible that I am lazy as well.

haecib

15년 전discuss

I read the entire article, but if the act of summarization is lazy by definition, then yes. But I don't think it is... :)

haecib

15년 전discuss

As opposed to the allowances it makes for men who want to pursue other interests? She was insecure, lazy, and unambitious. I think those were much larger factors than the mysterious lack of opportunities in science for women to do pursue things other than science.

haecib

15년 전discuss

tldr, don't be lazy, fail to network, and insecure in your abilities to the point where you stop trying.

Nothing specific to Academia there.

haecib

15년 전discuss

Result: http://hubski.com/

Creator of this site used source. Has some interesting features like the ability to create frontpage loaded only with content from users you follow (called hubs).

Friend of mine just put it together and is kind of continually working on it. Not sure what he has planned entirely, but a good example of using HN src.

haecib

16년 전discuss

I really think they need to define 'startup'. I don't think that word means what they think it means...

haecib

16년 전discuss

Interesting, but what I really want to know is do those changes in the brain's structure manifest in any sort of measurable cognitive improvement. That should be the next thing to look at.

haecib

16년 전discuss

37signals really missed the point.

Are they seriously calling them out for not offering more constructive criticism? Um...that's not why that site exists...

On a side note, there is nothing stopping 37signals from creating a webspace dedicated to constructively critiquing Mac App design for the benefit of the community in a more thorough and serious manner. But somehow, like the creators of the site, I doubt 37signals is interested in doing so. :|

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