Hacker News: EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=EddieSpeaksHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:50:51 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "A simple mechanism could have been decisive for the development of life"]]>I investigated this in a simulation 8 years ago, link here and a paper in the description https://youtu.be/UVyTu3o2A9U

]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 11:14:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17142883EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17142883https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17142883<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone"]]>A quirky article about free access to a paywall, but false claims that Sam Biddle is actually a journalist

]]>Fri, 26 May 2017 22:49:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14427759EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14427759https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14427759<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Chrome Won"]]>Edge is fairly decent on windows as well, I know I'll get downvoted but it works very well - try it

]]>Fri, 26 May 2017 03:23:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14421792EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14421792https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14421792<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Milking the iPhone"]]>Trouble with the iPhone users is that they don't know about other brands. Even the main competition.

The Gear S3 Frontier manages mobile connectivity and superior UX with a supposed 4. Day battery life

]]>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:11:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13118373EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13118373https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13118373<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Anil Dash Is the New CEO of Fog Creek Software"]]>Anil is a bit difficult even if you accidentally disagree with him on politics, for a capitalist CEO he can be very left wing at times.

]]>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:33:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13117054EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13117054https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13117054<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Mulle-objc: A New Objective-C Compiler and Runtime"]]>Why?

]]>Sat, 26 Nov 2016 08:58:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042626EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042626https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042626<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Tell HN: Ycombinator.com Blacklisted by Norton"]]>Something to do with Peter Thiel?

]]>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 19:33:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12840137EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12840137https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12840137<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "It’s Been Real, Android: Why I’m Retiring from Android"]]>Which is Why he should move to Xamarin. Xamarin Forms can let him maintain one codebase over multiple platforms and leave the rest to convention

]]>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:27:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12698663EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12698663https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12698663<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Brain training exercises might just make you better at brain training exercises"]]>Just like playing chess makes you better at playing chess, no generic Intelligence boost from specific activities with narrow problem spaces

]]>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:04:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12661701EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12661701https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12661701<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Ask HN: What's the best library for making cross-platform UIs?"]]>Why isn't anyone here mentioning Xamarin + GTK#?

]]>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:05:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12376788EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12376788https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12376788<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Airlander 10: Longest aircraft damaged during flight"]]>Down the Irons!

]]>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:56:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12352939EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12352939https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12352939<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Organisms might be quantum machines"]]>The comments here seem like a slippery slope to Deepak Chopra-ish Quantum babble. Somebody already mentioned Penrose and Hameroff.

Remain objective please.

]]>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:06:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12319000EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12319000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12319000<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "“A Honeypot for Assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure to Stop Harassment"]]>Depends on what people decide IS harassment, in this survey http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37025554 52% of women said unwelcome jokes heard years ago amounted to harassment.

who objectively decides what is and isn't?

]]>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:55:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268687EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268687https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268687<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong: here’s what got oversimplified"]]>Ewe, A Salon article

]]>Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:11:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12107697EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12107697https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12107697<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Consciousness: The Mind Messing with the Mind"]]>This article lost me at David Chalmers

]]>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 09:34:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12042057EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12042057https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12042057<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Thiel shows why tech billionaires are the new robber barons"]]>Gawker is utter shite and it's a dangerous tabloid. I have no idea why anyone with a sane mind would be on their side in this issue. this is just a revenge story, let it go!

]]>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:45:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11821982EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11821982https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11821982<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Peter Thiel, Comic Book Hero"]]>regardless of what he is, he's allowed to say shit in private. it's called freedom of speech. his privacy is however, protected.

]]>Thu, 26 May 2016 13:42:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777832EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777832https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777832<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Peter Thiel, Comic Book Hero"]]>Wired its actually scared because they're a similar website with a similar business model

]]>Thu, 26 May 2016 13:41:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777818EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777818https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777818<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Peter Thiel, Comic Book Hero"]]>Gawker is postmodern culture garbage, it needs to go. they've created several media controversies for just clickbait fun and this type of journalism is dangerous, I don't care about the reason for Theil's motives but he's only doing the world a favor

]]>Thu, 26 May 2016 13:40:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777804EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777804https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777804<![CDATA[New comment by EddieSpeaks in "Peter Thiel, Comic Book Hero"]]>Gawker is gossip trash and cultural garbage. it needs to go. Kudos to Their regardless of his reason to take it down.

]]>Thu, 26 May 2016 13:37:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777779EddieSpeakshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777779https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11777779