Hacker News: mike463

New comment by mike463 in "Why TCP Over TCP Is A Bad Idea"

mike463 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:46:08 +0000

I thought this was going to be something like when I ssh into a remote system and run 'tcpdump' without filtering out port 22. :)

New comment by mike463 in "The iPad 2"

mike463 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:48:00 +0000

He seemed to be an apologist for the new app store policies on selling outside the store.

http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/dirty_percent

To me it seems like apple is implementing not only a tax on all apps that run on the device, which has been there from the start and is ok. As a customer I like the fact that the apps are centralized and under quality and security control.

But the new move seems to be a tax on ALL MEDIA played on or loaded on the device. I don't want apple to control the data I load on my device, and this is what they're doing.

New comment by mike463 in "Pocket Legends game generates 30 to 50% more revenue on Android than on iOS"

mike463 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:22:54 +0000

I think it's demographics. Who owns an android phone, and what game would they buy? And how many competitors to this style game on the platform.

Meanwhile on iOS, the demographics are more flat, and additionally there are more choices for RPG/MMO style games than on android.

New comment by mike463 in "Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular?"

mike463 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:44:25 +0000

I think the sounds are cool. I mean yeah, the gameplay, but the sounds are fun.

New comment by mike463 in "IPad 2 Official Specs"

mike463 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:12:49 +0000

They must use pointers to do it. :)

New comment by mike463 in "Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything"

mike463 — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:33:51 +0000

This isn't that new... I've always been told glass is already a liquid. :)

New comment by mike463 in "Google's H.264 decision: It's all about YouTube costs"

mike463 — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:43:21 +0000

nah, doubt it.

New comment by mike463 in "Why Do Schools Fire Losing Coaches But Not Bad Teachers?"

mike463 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:21:27 +0000

A: No coaches union.

New comment by mike463 in "Intel to introduce processor with remote kill switch"

mike463 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:48:41 +0000

Except for processors of course. (Intel wins there)

New comment by mike463 in "Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem So Readable?"

mike463 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:09:32 +0000

Google has better thought out color contrast too. The other ones are either too monochromatic, or the map details overwhelm the labels (think 90's web page color contrast)

New comment by mike463 in "How I filled two dumpsters and went paperless"

mike463 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:39:13 +0000

Ok, I have a question about this:

    Should you do it?

I've done this for a long time. I have the fi-5110EOXM for the mac that I love.

Here's what I learned. I spent a lot of time scanning stuff. When in doubt, scan it. I spent a days and weekends here and there.

I felt SUCH a relief after tossing all that physical stuff, but keeping it "just in case".

But... I've NEVER looked at the stuff I scanned.

I mean, I could look at it. I could data mine my power bills for trends. I could start categorizing my spending over the years and predict stuff.

The reality is that maybe I could have tossed the stuff (make a DECISION) and live with the consequences (which in my experience are zero).

I think I couldn't toss the stuff out of fear.

Maybe I could have used all the time saved to live a little more.

New comment by mike463 in "Open ID Is A Nightmare"

mike463 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:54:31 +0000

As a user, I HATE openid.

I use one unique username/password for each site I visit. My browser will maintain this for the sites I'd like it to, and sites where security is important, I type it in manually.

In my opinion, developers are being selfish. They want one of their coding problems to go away (authentication and all it entails), at the expense of their users.

With openid, I have to open two accounts. One on the site, and another separate openid account to provide authentication. Problems? Well, it could be one, or the other. Does the brower help me? NO. Does it make me feel more secure? NO.

I used to contribute to stackoverflow, and then after having to deal with openid all those times, I STOPPED USING THE SITE.

New comment by mike463 in "Why should I firewall servers?"

mike463 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:08:51 +0000

Firewalls can protect you from a number of things because they deal with the entire stack at once, which tcpwrappers can't do.

They can detect and take action against denial of service attacks, port scans and probes for known vulnerabilities. They can manage incoming connections statefully.

They can block outgoing connections (big one there), including replies from the stack that give away information you don't want to give away.

They can also log what's going on.

Really, the ideal system only responds to the one port you're serving (and should stop that if you DOS or probe the system).

New comment by mike463 in "1001 Things To Hack Before You Die"

mike463 — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:02:10 +0000

I've always wanted to switch emacs from elisp to perl. :)

New comment by mike463 in "Do the Right Thing: A lesson by Netflix"

mike463 — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:57:19 +0000

I never redeemed the credits, and I got a few of these. I suspected it was because I reported issues with a couple videos. (Most disney sitcoms my kid watches seem to have audio and video COMPLETELY out of sync)

What would make their customer service just a little bit better? Being able to report a problem that's NOT on their list.

I've had a few movies I watched that were at the wrong aspect ratio for the TV, and I couldn't fix it with my tv "zoom" menu. The frustrating thing is there's no way to report it (though I guess you could drop it in the "picture was unwatchable or blurry" bucket)

New comment by mike463 in "Ask HN: anyone using the new MacBook Air as your main development machine?"

mike463 — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:42:53 +0000

Who develops on a laptop? Do you ignore ergonomics? This stuff will catch up with you (at the end of the day, and over your lifetime).

I'm healthier and lots more productive on a desktop with a keyboard, mouse and large screen (all at the correct heights and distances).

New comment by mike463 in "Stack Overflow hit 1,000,000 questions last night "

mike463 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:47:00 +0000

Bet they'd have more questions and answers without that stupid third-party login crap. (OpenID)

New comment by mike463 in "Spare Batteries"

mike463 — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:48:29 +0000

Nowadays, most people could probably bolt the hood on their car shut without any consequences (but there would be outcry from the car guys).

But a lot of cars nowadays basically do this. There's an engine cover underneath the hood hiding all the engine parts, with only a place to add fluids visible.

New comment by mike463 in "Where to See Silicon Valley"

mike463 — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:31:56 +0000

I have to agree. I would think the epicenter of Silicon Valley would be more likely Sunnyvale. It's surrounded by Mountain View, Santa Clara, Cupertino and North San Jose. Think Apple, Google, Intel, AMD, Lockheed, Nvidia, Cisco, Adobe, HP, ebay, Yahoo. These are all a small drive from Sunnyvale.

I think Fry's started in Sunnyvale... And Cyberdyne Systems is in Sunnyvale. ;)

New comment by mike463 in "iPhone HDR - Before & After Photos"

mike463 — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:22:08 +0000

I think the algorithm could try harder (or the photographer could possibly point to the shadows to expose them better).

The photos show a good job of underexposing to prevent blown-out highlights, but it could do better overexposing to bring out shadow detail.