corporalagumbo

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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
I think national governments are not going to feel like rushing to the aid of virtual currencies - from my understanding they have the potential to eradicate tax bases.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
This looks like that Firefox Junior prototype that popped up a while ago. Nice to see thumb-centered controls spreading on tablets.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Awesome novel idea.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
I'm not talking about UI in general, I'm talking about taste in UI - style and general good looks. I don't know how everyone else feels on this, but for me Apple has stuck far too long to simply ugly styling on both iOS and O
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
I think it's interesting, but for me one of Apple's weakest points as a company is its taste in software UI. iOS 7 strikes me as catch-up - Apple is late to a party started by Google and Microsoft, and is trying hard to pretend it
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Okay, I'd say you're both off here. I think you're right that Bsullivan should take Google more seriously - I think he's going to have to eat his hat with the way Google is heading. But you shouldn't dismiss Mercede
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Wow... what are you even doing on this site? What's it like hating everything?
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Siri hasn't gone anywhere and it's still being improved. There's no mention of it anywhere? So what, there's many other previous headline features they're not highlighting. I'm not implying that Apple can&#x27
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
I think this is slightly apologetic thinking. Apple didn't start off with a complete ecosystem of obeisant suppliers, in-house hardware, software, and retail stores - they built up their empire piece by piece, starting I suppose from t
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Apple marketing sounds so hi-tech, so unique That's exactly the point. It doesn't matter whether it's really hi-tech or unique or not. It's Apple's ability to present these things in a way which just makes you s
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
It's all about execution. When Android manufacturers make these "innovations," by and large they're sloppily implemented and poorly communicated. They're generally part of dozens of features that companies like Sams
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Yes, discipline is a great word for it. Against a sea of nay-sayers and critics they keep their composure and stay focused on the long-term. The result is that their competitors blow their opportunities by rushing, and squander any stature.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
I find Apple so incredibly impressive. They target a few key features with every release, absolutely nail those features, and sell the new products perfectly. Their product line-ups and messages are constantly evolving, but slowly, determin
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
The number take-away from this for me is wow, Apple wields an awesome power. They move to change design conventions, and boom! - a worldwide ecosystem of designers and developers scramble to retrofit every aspect of their complex applicatio
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
If it was me, it'd be a toss-up between a combination of: eReader, tablet, and a Nexus 4. Items to increase my learning efficiency (eReader/tablet) and productivity (Nexus 4). And I would wait til October for the new Paperwhite an
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Thanks, that clears it up. I suppose we can't really complain about poor proofing, seeing as they are giving away this content for free.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Sitting near the front of the auditorium were the parents of a freshman — an investment manager from Bronxville, N.Y., and his wife. The father went to Dartmouth, and when their son announced that he was applying for early decision at Wake
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Don't dismiss the power of a generally constructive, optimistic culture.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
I see where you're coming from. Most young people around the world don't really engage with creative learning, the fog of social games obscures the power and possibilities of education I guess. Your best shot is if you have an ama
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Nobody is "selecting." His point is that if it is highly advantageous to "look at and manipulate things on screens," within the population genes that makes individuals better-adapted for this behaviour will be favourable
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Interesting, I've come across this article before, but now owing to events in my life my perspective on it is completely different. Up until 2011 I was basically a upper-middle grade computer user. I owned a Macbook and used the trackp
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Looks like the tide is really turning on legalisation - more and more political rats are turning over and claiming they have always been in favour of legalisation. Tacky, but still a sign of progress.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
>fondleslabs Ugh, I HATE this word. Why do people use it? To make themselves feel clever and superior?
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
It's interesting to see the great lengths the TC writer goes to to justify (primarily to himself, it seems) this idea as socially valid. I would have thought the efficiency benefits of passing off home labour to specialised businesses
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
How does this relate to text on the internet? Surely most text fed into big data systems is digital, so representation is a non-issue. If this is only to prevent optical-character recognition, can someone explain to me scenarios where such
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New Google Doodle(google.co.nz)
11 points by corporalagumbo 13y ago|2 comments
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
Well, you might be right about the prisoner to compromises thing. I'd like to know what a bolder Microsoft would do in your opinion. Anyway, the key point is, as you say, they are (or seem to be) getting better. That is why I am optimistic.
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
On the contrary. If I had argued that consumers should like Windows 8, then your critique would be valid. However I never once claimed that consumers should like it. In fact, in multiple posts I've happily agreed that consumers mostly shoul
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
It was handled clumsily because the Windows team had to move fast and break things. Windows 8 has a lot of pretty important under the hood changes. And it's no trivial feat to try and develop and implement a future-proof new UI style that c
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by corporalagumbo 13y ago
No, you're completely mistaken sorry.

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