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by tomkr 14y ago
Wouldn't total-utilitiarian then prefer a population of 1000000 mostly unhappy people over a population of 100 very happy people? In that case it would at least be an awkward benchmark, as you just need to procreate as much as possible to g
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by tomkr 14y ago
I'm assuming this is so that if you speak the name of one of your contacts, it understands the word. Names can be weird, especially last names, so they're bound not to be in the standard list of words that can be used. This way you can name
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by tomkr 14y ago
I was at the talk, and the way he explained it was that the first column allows for less customization. Kenneth said that if he would use Linux he would spend all day tweaking it, and not getting work done. The same goes for pen & paper
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by tomkr 14y ago
The 30% margin may be high, but the fact that the store keeps some of the money is not that surprising, is it? I do not believe keeping the price equal to other helps the consumer, it's simply Apple keeping developers from charging the 30%
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Mobile web app page transitions with Sass(mwebdev.tomkr.org)
1 points by tomkr 14y ago|0 comments
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Guide to mobile viewport settings(mwebdev.tomkr.org)
1 points by tomkr 14y ago|0 comments
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by tomkr 14y ago
The app works very nicely. It can feel a bit unresponsive, for example when you press "Done" on a note it takes some time to upload the note, but you don't see anything, which makes me want to press the button a gazillion more times. Maybe
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3 jQuery alternatives for mobile apps(mwebdev.tomkr.org)
3 points by tomkr 14y ago|0 comments
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by tomkr 14y ago
I guess the zero friction upgrading refers to the app, not the browser. You can be pretty sure people are running the latest version just by pushing the code to your server. No need to download/install, or update in an app store.
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by tomkr 14y ago
It's different because he did not take the sheet music. He heard the recording and decided to play his own version of it. Music may well be the worst example here, because it happens all the time. Now I'm not sure with regards to the financ
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by tomkr 15y ago
This is exactly the point that makes using Mongo a breeze. You can just play around with your models without having to worry about a thing. You just code it up as you go along, and your database just works.
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by tomkr 15y ago
I'd say it's better to have half a product than to have a product that spills your e-mail credentials all over the web. It's not like they try to hide the shortcoming in their app, they are open about it. If you feel the lack of push is a d
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by tomkr 15y ago
I like that they're being honest about this and are focussing on what they are good at. The request push option, useless as it may be with Apple in charge, might be just what is needed. As they already state, allowing an e-mail app into the
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by tomkr 15y ago
Why not? If Google gives me a crappy mail app on my iPhone I am definitely not switching to Android. On the other hand, if it is high quality I may actually be tempted to switch.
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by tomkr 15y ago
It is perfectly possible to use a deployment-specific version of Python, just like it is with Ruby. But there are organizations where using old technology is (unfortunately) the status quo. This means Django gives you the possibility of sti
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by tomkr 15y ago
I agree with the sentiment, the interface seems to be aimed at looking nice more than being usable, which would make it so much easier to use as a reference. But if you follow the check-list in the "book", it is not actually a web app itsel
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by tomkr 15y ago
The reason the Inuit can eat an diet consisting only of meat while remaining healthy is that it matches their lifestyle. A big problem for health in western society is the mismatch between those two, I don't think you can blame either one i
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by tomkr 15y ago
I like that they point this out, but in theory this goes for the desktop as well. I guess the difference and reliability between the desktop OS/browser platform is seen as more established than the mobile platforms. This makes sense right n
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by tomkr 15y ago
It's an interesting point you make about signing in with Facebook. I actually prefer it if a site allows me to login with credentials I already have, it takes away the barrier of signing up. Now I usually would prefer if something uses Twit
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by tomkr 15y ago
The claim they do not implement the majority of JQuery's APIs, only the most used ones, so I guess it depends on how much of JQuery you actually use.
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by tomkr 15y ago
It looks like it's actually called ember.js. http://www.emberjs.com/
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by tomkr 15y ago
I thought the whole "Web-apps makers are outsmarting Apple" angle was done by now. One of the reasons these kinds of sites work well is because Apple does a pretty nice job of allowing you to "appify" them. That kind of support makes it rea
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Using batman.js for offline apps(blog.tomkr.org)
2 points by tomkr 15y ago|0 comments
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Coffeescript is awesome(blog.tomkr.org)
2 points by tomkr 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomkr 15y ago
Spot on. When people throw "freedom" into the discussion they often fail to understand just how big the concept is. Every choice made in engineering restricts some kinds of freedom. What about the freedom to press fewer buttons? Some people
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by tomkr 15y ago
I've been expecting Heroku to add Python for a while now. There's a few Python-specific "cloud" providers popping up, but Heroku has a lot of stuff going for it, like the add-ons. I'll be really excited when they add full support for Python
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by tomkr 15y ago
I guess the absence of the APIs can't really be both baffling and not surprising, but I agree with your point. Especially Apple will be sad to see it's 30% go, but it has to realize that the app store will still have its place, if only for
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by tomkr 15y ago
There's a difference between dropping a client and treating them disrespectfully. At the very least, the bad publicity isn't worth it.
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by tomkr 15y ago
I agree, people are making it look like these applications are used to outsmart Apple or something. While in fact when the iPhone was originally announced Steve Jobs encouraged webapps, as there was no native SDK available yet. Sure, Apple
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by tomkr 15y ago
Funnily enough I started doing some stuff to in CoffeeScript for the first time today. So far it's been a lot of fun. As a Python guy, any language that has meaningful indentation gets a plus in my book. I'm still getting the hang of it, bu

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