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Dropbox is in no way threatened. Dropbox works on: Mac OSX (10.4+), iOS, Android, Linux, Windows. The new feature works on: Mac OSX 10.7. Sorry NYT get your facts straight.

+1 for usefulness +1 for name -1 for hn limitation

How true. From my own testing I have found many applications that when uninstalled give significant speed increases. Not to mention apps that run in the background that keep coming…

I have a bigger issue with BitCoin. It was not mentioned in the response. Bitcoin is too volatile to use. Because USD is a set amount backed by the government, and because it de-va…

I still use my Cr-48 as a tool. A useful tool. More of a computer condom if you will. When my friends visit and browse various sites, instead of the occasional virus, my Cr-48 keep…

Simpler: Mathematical formulas can't be patented. Haskel is a lambda calculus implementation. Therefore implementing ANYTHING in haskel will mean that it is just a mathematical for…

This is exactly as one math professor mentioned in his lecture: "Everyone secretly write down a number on a piece of paper. I will give the prize of one million dollars to the pers…

"a pointer is just data that tells you where something is." Once I had that thought, programming was just so simple in concept. Second one was when I realized that there are a shit…

Dude, this is crap for many other reasons. Honestly, Balmer's whining is just like a 5 year old saying "its not fair". Get over it. Solve the problem. Nobody wants to buy your soft…

I hope this will be retroactive to older htc devices like the EVO. Would be really nice to just not have to hack anything and just get CM7 working on the phones. I am an unlucky on…

"nuke" goes in a loop war -> mil history -> war -> etc.

When will the media learn. Hackers ∩ Crackers ≠ Hackers

Wait, hoops? DRM???? Where have you been for the last month. However, to not cause flaimbait, there are technologies such as http://unlimiteddetailtechnology.com/ which look promis…

That's more about patents. Patent is a technique to convert A => B Copyright is work done such as a single tool A => B. Copyright does not apply to all instances of tools A => B as…

Scary. Just scary. I guess it does not matter what it is, anything can be turned into a horrific punishment and exploited.

I must agree. The thing is that we don't want to put MS into a "give us features" release mode, so they will only ship new OS with new features, not with real under-the-hood improv…

A shameless plug but still a good read. I agree with this as most stories about "flat fees" often end up with: Well they gathered requirements. Gave us a flat fee. As time went on …

I love the parallels... However this is so oversimplified... no its not. Etch A Sketch can't send emails. Neither can Playbook.

Should the government be allowed to stop you in the middle of the street and ask you to strip naked and cavity search you on the spot to ensure you don't have a bomb somewhere on y…

You are referring to Entrapment: If the authorities did not entice you to commit the crime, would you have? The point is in some cases the answer is yes, pedophilia is one of those…

That directly depends on the install process for a small update. The diff minimizes traffic, the installer can just do a single install using 100 diffs. Each piece in the domino st…

Can you port this to windows :P? Seriously us windows folks are lacking in a decent campfire client.

Its good to see modern development in the terminal space. Sure it may be wrong what this guy implemented, but at least its some progress. Lets keep the ideas flowing.

drool @ show.css.sass.erb nerdgazm Oh man this is reason enough for me to move to rails 3.0 and beyond and quickly. Problem is the performance of rails as seen in recent posts.

So I want to either abolish them or make software patents legal for only 2 year maximum. My reason for this is because unlike hardware patents, it does not take a factory and malic…