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> How long have you been on Hacker News? Your account is only 20 days old; can you pass adequate judgment on the matter? So, if a person's userid is 20 days old, then does it direc…

sigh Nope, I thought HN was for news related to startups and things that are interesting to hackers. If more and more of news submissions here become related to Apple, then doesn't…

Why is Hacker News becoming more and more Apple News? //I don't care about the downvotes, this needs to be said.

Is the browser render speed actually true? http://saveie6.com/compare.php O_o

Yes, it certainly seems that way. Recently Google has also changed the logos of gmail, gcal, greader etc and this looks like Chrome's turn.

Is there any design related reason that explains this change? Or is this just random?

I recommend deviantart (unless you're going to upload personal photos)

Why $5? Seems to be a bit random.

explain?

Interesting times we live in..

>>Flashlight, Loud speaker, Battery life This is gonna sell truckloads.

>>Nintendo has proven that you don't need bleeding edge graphics to sell consoles That's true, but you do need a deep and enjoyable gaming experience to be successful - something w…

I was wondering the same too. Anyone have any info on this?

>>Realistically, if you have maybe 1500 of the most popular apps, you have enough to pretty well serve the market. Yes, that's the point. It's just that iPad now has so many good q…

>> I don't really see the relevance of the number of applications to the the UI experience. This is silly, without apps what value does it offer?

If you actually think about this for more than 5 seconds, you'd realise that they're releasing an OS that's both a successor to windows 7 and a tablet OS. It's like Apple merging i…

Funny, that's around the same amount MS charges for WP7! And they say WP7 can't compete with Android b'coz it's non-free.

>>My parents aren't Apple fans. They're not nerds. They spend a lot of time frustrated with technology. They're nuts about their iPad because it works really well. That's it. Addin…

>>Making an app pretty is more deeply ingrained into the development culture on the Mac side. This is actually my question, why is it like this? Any reasons behind it?

I actually meant third party applications. Sorry for causing misunderstanding, question updated.