Hacker News: mikecane

New comment by mikecane in "Show HN: Youtube removed Facebook from its 'Share this video' feature"

mikecane — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:02:52 +0000

It's there for me too, in the order of: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, then others. Odd how G+ isn't first.

New comment by mikecane in "CEO of Bitcoin exchange found dead in Singapore"

mikecane — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:26:43 +0000

Depression is mentioned. As I'm sure everyone else here will say: There is no shame in getting help for that.

I cracked the Google Authorship Code

mikecane — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:21:52 +0000

Article URL: http://comicsbeat.com/i-cracked-the-google-authorship-code/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7353456

Points: 1

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New comment by mikecane in "I Still Don't Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem"

mikecane — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:18:56 +0000

And yet with a modem and comm software, they could all connect to online services -- The Source, CompuServe, BBSes.

New comment by mikecane in "I Still Don't Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem"

mikecane — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:16:42 +0000

>>>Why should they change?

Because there's the example of the iPod. It wasn't the music player to have until Apple employees wore down Steve Jobs so they could let it connect with Windows.

New comment by mikecane in "I Still Don't Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem"

mikecane — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:13:53 +0000

>>>Yeah, Amazon is actually the worst at this because of their e-book DRM.

iBookstore, Nookbook store, and Kobo -- the other three big players also have eBook DRM (via Adobe). Kindle is no "worse" than them.

Installing VLC Media Player voids your speaker warranty

mikecane — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:19:52 +0000

Article URL: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3517/t/19492918.aspx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7205759

Points: 490

# Comments: 218

New comment by mikecane in "Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable."

mikecane — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:46:34 +0000

Still Mars. Unknown companies, unknown quality, unknown warranties (as in mostly non-existent). And sending it back to China to exchange a defective unit? Suddenly that $30 isn't.

New comment by mikecane in "Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable."

mikecane — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:35:00 +0000

>>>You can buy smart phones for 30$ in shenzhen electronic malls today.

1) That's in Shenzen. Might as well be Mars for most people. When Shenzen hardware is sourced by global brands, they usually have a generous markup where that "$30" quickly disappears.

2) How long do they last? "Oh, but they're cheap. If it breaks in 3 months, just buy another!" No. People just don't want to go through possibly losing data and having hardware just suddenly drop dead on them.

So, yeah. I'll go with the guy who said five years. That's for stuff that won't drop dead in three months.

Microsoft Board Names Satya Nadella as CEO

mikecane — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:04:32 +0000

Article URL: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04newspr.aspx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7177395

Points: 141

# Comments: 17

New comment by mikecane in "Show HN: SlaveryStories.org – Memoirs from American Slaves"

mikecane — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:20 +0000

Anyone interested in books published by former slaves, go search Google Books. 12 Years A Slave is there among others.

New comment by mikecane in "Introducing WebBook: Browser Based eReading with Binks"

mikecane — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:09:12 +0000

In the Kamalaya section, it doesn't seem to scroll down. Using the latest Firefox. Am I missing some sort of control that's too light to see on my bad-contrast screen?

New comment by mikecane in "US makes Bitcoin exchange arrests"

mikecane — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:15 +0000

"and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business" http://bnowire.com/inbox/?id=2158

And they reveal the hand they'll use to shut it all down.

New comment by mikecane in "Ask HN: When is it too old to be an intern?"

mikecane — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:53:58 +0000

Knew a guy in his his forties who wanted to work for an ad agency. Convinced them to use him for free for a while as a test and they wound up hiring him. YMMV.

New comment by mikecane in "The Canon Cat"

mikecane — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:28:08 +0000

I had a Canon CAT. The praise for it is overrated. It was never as simple as people claim nor really any joy to use. The hardware itself also tended to die suddenly. When mine died I went to repair place where I happened upon the Canon rep. He said the CAT's motherboard was prone to suddenly dying and the only solution was to buy a new CAT.

AnTuTu Benchmark for IOS will land Apps store soon

mikecane — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:48:15 +0000

Article URL: http://antutu.com/view.shtml?id=7692

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6966009

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mikecane in "As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You"

mikecane — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:14:07 +0000

>>>Remove the DRM from your ebooks

You've missed the point. Something like a Scribd or Oyster subscription use an app and its own eBook format. The books are cached or streamed, not downloaded permanently. You are paying to read, not to own.

New comment by mikecane in "As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You"

mikecane — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:12:05 +0000

"industry" is the key word.

New comment by mikecane in "As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You"

mikecane — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:10:33 +0000

See Kobo's Reading Life: http://www.kobobooks.com/stats

New comment by mikecane in "As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You"

mikecane — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 20:25:42 +0000

It will breed sequelitis, a specialty of movies. And more grave-robbing of dead authors (see fourth Millennium series book recently announced while Stieg Larsson spins in his grave).