bporterfield

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by bporterfield 16y ago
What almost everyone fails to realize is that Flash is already as open as it possibly can be. The SWF file specification and the player virtual machine are open and completely described here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/swf/ The only thin
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Rally - Real Friends (new LBS for iPhone)(techcrunch.com)
1 points by bporterfield 17y ago|0 comments
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by bporterfield 17y ago
This framework was developed by my friend's brother, and was released this evening. He's been working on it for over a year and quit his job to focus on it. I think he is the single developer on the project - looks like quite an undertaking
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AndroMeta: software platform for technical and scientific computing(dextk.org)
12 points by bporterfield 17y ago|1 comments
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by bporterfield 17y ago
Clay's surfing is simply incredible. For a more visual example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZbUuwM4_w
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by bporterfield 17y ago
As a surfer I already think waves are incredible...this just confirms it! Ocean waves are an amazing thing. Lots of untapped energy.
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by bporterfield 17y ago
Not in my install, at least. I will admit the scanning is more obtrusive than I would like, but besides that there are no irregularities like that that make it an annoyance.
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by bporterfield 17y ago
This is an old article. I also removed AVG after seeing this ridiculous behavior, but after updating it on a different machine I realized they had seen the error of their ways and fixed this issue. They have since removed the error sign whe
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I've always loved this one, great message and a really good speaker http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_ballard_on_explori... "NASA's 1 year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years" Really eye-opening t
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I've always loved this one, great message and a good speaker http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_ballard_on_explori... "NASA's 1 year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years"
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I've always loved this one, great message and a good speaker http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_ballard_on_explori... "NASA's 1 year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years"
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I've always loved this one, great message and a good speaker http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_ballard_on_explori... "NASA's 1 year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years"
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by bporterfield 18y ago
If you use iTunes, check out Genius. I only tried for the first time yesterday, but was amazed at the degree of interesting new music that matched my tastes.
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by bporterfield 18y ago
edit: found your email in comments, so no need to contact! Again, great work. Think of how much you could accomplish for non-profits if half the visitors to this site spent 1 week working on a project instead of reading articles - amazing!
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I've literally been talking about the same idea with friends for almost a month now! We'd met with quite a few non-profits with the intentions of providing some unique contributions using our technical/marketing skills, but soon realized th
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Nice, I'm in Santa Cruz but scored pretty decent OB the other day ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/bporterfield/3087430163/ ) Interestingly enough I was planning on emailing your company already! Don't see an email in the profile but you can
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by bporterfield 18y ago
oh yea? Where?
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Where were you surfing?
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by bporterfield 18y ago
do you surf, by chance?
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by bporterfield 18y ago
honeyman, is your group still waiting on a response? Am I the only one left that can't find a response email?
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Ok, but all jokes aside, we're still waiting for an email :(. I might have made a mistake, but I'm pretty sure I triple-checked my email address in the application, and I also have it in my profile. I know my application was submitted, sinc
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I'm still waiting on a response too...maybe it's some kind of YC startup challenge; none of the undecideds get notified, and the team that handles the pressure the best gets the final spot!
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Interesting - thought i saw pg say only the main applicant would be contacted.
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Only the main applicant will be contacted. I'm waiting on mine too! Is anyone else that applied still waiting for a response?
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I remember a Discover magazine article on something similar from when I was just a little kid. I can't recall the exact thesis, but the basics was that researchers were using an algorithm to combine pictures of people into a single face. Th
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I find that your argument against Flash on the iPhone misses the point. I don't want to create iPhone-specific apps with Flash (yet!). A similar argument could be provided for any web technology: "HTML doesn't support multi-touch, iPhone r
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by bporterfield 18y ago
In fact, I think the opposite is true - Flash will appear 'consistent across platforms', as there is no way to use multi-touch and Flash on your computer screen today either. How this affects coherency on the iPhone is up for debate, but re
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Actually, ActionScript can be an extremely elegant and powerful language, when coded "correctly". The vast majority of Flex developers come from either a design or Java background, and as a result you find that most ActionScript RIA code ad
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Great reply. My current thinking for the project I'm working on is that I don't need Hadoop...yet. That said, if it's trivial to implement on a single machine it might be wise to just begin the project in Hadoop so that I don't have to make
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Does anyone on HN have any first-hand experience configuring and using Hadoop? If so, how was the process - was it straightfoward or complex, did it require lots of peeking into the source, any major pitfalls, etc - and, are you satisfied w

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