Hacker News: dstein

New comment by dstein in "Canada ditches the penny"

dstein — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:54:48 +0000

from reddit:

  SR&ED is [reorganized.]

Whew, so it's not completely axed. If anything Canada needs significantly more investment and tax programs like this. Brain drain has always been a problem for Canada because of the lack of investment from the government and the lack of tech-oriented VC.

New comment by dstein in "RIM reports Q4 miss; Balsillie resigns as director, CTO out"

dstein — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:26:19 +0000

They have $4.2 billion in revenue per quarter, that's huge, and they still have a lot of users. They could easily scale back their ambitions and become very profitable, abandon the playbook, reduce their workforce, move focus to East Asia, and keep milking every cent out of the old-fashioned phones they kept pumping out long after Apple ate their lunch.

New comment by dstein in "Y Combinator Universe: List Of All Known YC Start-Ups (Includes Latest Batch)"

dstein — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:58:26 +0000

There's also http://yclist.com

Mathematica algorithm for finding Waldo

dstein — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:13:42 +0000

Article URL: http://www.geekosystem.com/programmer-creates-algorithm-to-find-waldo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3765792

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by dstein in "Google: Introducing Closure Stylesheets"

dstein — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:59:34 +0000

If you want to compare that Java-ish syntax to some of the super-slick stuff you can do in NodeJS check out http://www.jaxcore.com/jxss/ which is a JavaScript/CSS hybrid stylesheet format I came up with recently.

New comment by dstein in "Ask HN: Constantly shuffling between toy projects."

dstein — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:58:09 +0000

It's important to get what you've built into the hands of someone else. You cannot rely on your own experience with what you've built as a basis for decision making.

New comment by dstein in "Ask HN: Who are some unknown but growing startups with a lot of potential?"

dstein — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:01:34 +0000

Self-promotion: at http://www.jaxcore.com I've built a really neat NodeJS application server. And I experiment with ways to use it, including building a new mobile advertising platform.

New comment by dstein in "Ixoth"

dstein — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:20:35 +0000

My Macbook Pro should be powerful enough to run the Siri software. But Apple doesn't let me use it because they only put it on a particular, expensive, smartphone.

Your comparison isn't valid.

New comment by dstein in "Ixoth"

dstein — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:25:53 +0000

What really bothers me about Siri, is how Apple makes it tied to specific hardware. Technologically, there should be no reason why Siri-style actions are not available to every PC, and every smartphone.

Native platforms have been, and still are (thanks to Apple's success), the major roadblock to innovation.

New comment by dstein in "Google mulling role in possible Yahoo bid"

dstein — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:44:34 +0000

They didn't actually want to buy Motorola Mobility either. But they did.

New comment by dstein in "Deep inside ARM's new Intel killer"

dstein — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:57:52 +0000

Intel already bought and then sold an ARM licensee:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XScale

New comment by dstein in "Massive 15-year Study finds no link between cell phones, cancer"

dstein — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:56:54 +0000

It's receiving hourly replays on CBC news in Canada.

QR Replicator: HTML QR code generator & bookmarklet

dstein — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:37:22 +0000

Article URL: http://www.qrreplicator.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3142360

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dstein in "Applications Open for Winter 2012 YC Funding"

dstein — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:02:00 +0000

I wouldn't take YC's decision to heart. They have no crystal ball and cannot know if you will ultimately be successful. You should be willing to persue a good idea regardless of your YC application, which I think is largely a crapshoot anyways.

New comment by dstein in "Why QR Codes Are Here To Stay"

dstein — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:41:54 +0000

I've been experimenting with using QR codes just to copy/paste text and bookmarks between computers. It's something that sounds simple, but really there aren't any good ways to do that, especially not once you add mobile devices and computers other than your own.

New comment by dstein in "Apple Awards Tim Cook 1,000,000 Shares of Stock as CEO Bonus to Stay Until 2021"

dstein — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:30:17 +0000

I'd like to apply for this position. Are they still accepting resumes or is it too late?

New comment by dstein in "New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer"

dstein — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:45:39 +0000

Selling expensive products to rich people is a lot easier than selling affordable products to poor people.

New comment by dstein in "Announcing the first release of batman.js"

dstein — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:40:26 +0000

Shouldn't it be named batman.coffee?

Intel comments on rumor of Apple transition to ARM processors

dstein — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:27:44 +0000

Article URL: http://9to5mac.com/2011/08/22/intel-not-dismissing-rumors-of-apples-notebook-transition-to-arm-chips/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2915086

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dstein in "This is CoffeeScript"

dstein — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:05:01 +0000

Coffeescript is adding an abstraction level, but all the complexity of JavaScript remains, so while you write Coffeescript, you have to sort of compile it in your head. I could maybe get on board if it went one whole level of abstraction further.