theguycalledtom

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by theguycalledtom 12y ago
> supercharger network is still proprietary Tesla opened up their patents but I doubt current non-Tesla electric cars can actually be charged by them without over-heating. I also doubt they will just let anyone use their superchargers be
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by theguycalledtom 12y ago
> a testament to the potential dangers of nuclear power. A list to remind us of the real dangers of coal power: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coal_mining_accidents_i...
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by theguycalledtom 12y ago
If something goes wrong with the precision manoeuvres on the way to the ISS, you can get long delays while the orbit is adjusted: http://www.space.com/20030-spacex-dragon-space-capsule-probl... I kinda wish they showed off
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by theguycalledtom 12y ago
Apple hasn't had trouble selling 27"/30" Displays and iMacs before, if they can handle those, they can handle a HDTV display. An Apple TV Set just needs two things: 1. Input ZERO for Airplay. When you airplay a video fro
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
He was talking about driving the interface. The iPad has been designed from the ground up with capactive touch so that you can navigate an iPad with your fingers. Adding a pen digitiser changes nothing.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
You clearly have never read the comic in question and have jumped on the band wagon. In no way was it a rape joke. Please show me how it was a joke about rape? I'm not a penny arcade fan but people who say that the original strip is a
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Yes, I felt a bit ill during the first day but I have since got used to it. However, I think it's mainly because I've subconsciously learnt to not pay attention during the animations.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
The iPad has already mastered touch tableting. Adding a digitiser does not change that.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Everyone uses a pen.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
> The iPhone 5, 4s, 4 etc has sold out too, despite not having one. The iPhone 4 added a gyroscope, the 4s added a better microphones and associated audio chipset to improve speech recognition. The iPhone 5 added support for Airdrop. Fol
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
> makes nothing easier, except drawing Exactly. Drawing includes illustration and annotation. Two things that make communicating faster and easier. As the old saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
The market for fingerprint readers for smart phones was almost nothing. Just look at the motorola atrix. Now Apple has added a fingerprint scanner and integrated it purely to make it slightly easier to log into your phone, and the iPhone 5s
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Ideally, when you wake up in the morning, a great podcast app will open with an auto-generated playlist featuring your favourite podcasts that have new episodes released for that day, already downloaded and ready to go. If you can't ju
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Proton's failure rate is concerning given that it is meant to deliver the last major segment of the ISS at the end of this year.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Is this a serious thought out comment or a joke? Even coal powered electric plants are far more efficient than an ICE. So they are a cheaper source of fuel for the consumer and are putting out less C02. They are also far away from populate
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
"Gas" powered cars are terrible. They choke up the roads with smog, they require way too much maintenance and they can't be fuelled with solar, wind or nuclear or other sustainable fuel sources. > The system only works if
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Are you kidding me? At 1m15s you can actually see the stars behind her.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
Using the latest DSLRs you can film under moonlight now. https://vimeo.com/21311814 What we need is lower noise.
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by theguycalledtom 13y ago
> We always have to support HTML5 because so much of our traffic comes from email Because LinkedIn are spamming scum.
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
Upvote for you sir! Exactly, you don't need a stylus to run the Win8 UI. A touch interface should be designed with a finger as the primary interface in ind, which was what Jobs was talking about. A Pen is just an additional tool to make the
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
Since they will be shipping just before the Christmas sales period, at the earliest... They have a whole 6 months or more to reveal further details and keep interest high. This Sony "meeting" was a vast improvement over the PS Vita launch w
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
But a much better way would have just been to add a "subscribe" button to podcasts in the itunes store, even if they were still in the music app, (which was once called the "iPod" app). Just as magazines in Newstand are allowed to let users
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
Yep, podcasts will remain niche if there is no built in support with a home screen app. Just as smartphone apps were niche until apple added the app store on the home screen. Now if a podcaster wants to tweet "check out my podcast" with a l
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
Ok, if someone tweets to you "Check out this cool podcast" and provides a direct link, how many steps does it take for you to subscribe?
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
So,in the future, iOS will no longer have built in podcast support? iPhone users will now always have to download a separate app to get podcasts? This is a huge set-back for the podcast medium. There is so much friction convincing potential
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The Early Edition 2 dev discusses paid upgrades on the App Store(cidercast.com)
1 points by theguycalledtom 14y ago|0 comments
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by theguycalledtom 14y ago
Nick Takayama is coming in to the Cidercast podcast. He worked on The Early Edition from Glasshouse Apps. Leave a question you want us to ask him and we will ask him the good ones. Listen Live at live.cidercast.com, check twitter @cidercast
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Ask Questions for Nick Takayama, Developer of Early Edition from Glasshouse Apps(cidercast.com)
1 points by theguycalledtom 14y ago|1 comments
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by theguycalledtom 15y ago
So if one Steam game starts messing up Macs, Apple could pull Valve's certificate and all Steam games would stop running on Macs with the default settings? I guess that just encourages Valve to be careful about what they sell on their store
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How does OS X GateKeeper affect 3rd party App Stores like Steam?
1 points by theguycalledtom 15y ago|2 comments

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