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New comment by thehme in "Sorting in Python"

thehme — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:51:01 +0000

I am glad I found this post and will be checking it out. Thanks.

FIFA Foe Fun

thehme — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:39:04 +0000

Article URL: http://fifafoefun.davidson.edu/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7888731

Points: 1

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2014 World Cup: Science On The Field

thehme — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:27:46 +0000

Article URL: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/06/2014-world-cup-science-field/?utm_source=World+Science+Festival+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f19d6ca616-Content_Newsletter_6_13_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bda9af79e-f19d6ca616-30450573

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7888678

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by thehme in "Sprint and T-Mobile Agree on Terms of $32B Deal"

thehme — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:43:57 +0000

Sprint promised LTE service a while back and had a slew of phone with this technology as an option that could be enabled. On the East Coast, Sandy came and destroyed much of the infrastructure we were told, so the LTE technology hasn't really been working as we wish and we told it would. With recent mergers, it may be true that these "small" big companies don't "have the financial resources to compete against...larger players [(Verizon, AT&T)], nor the suite of offerings to attract customers who can get a whole host of services from other rivals. As a result, both sides believe that the only way to remain relevant is to combine."

I have had Sprint for over 10 years and I like Sprint, my service is fine, and the price that I pay is great. I hope this does not change if this deal gets past the antitrust regulators.

New comment by thehme in "Swift, and why it hurts you (from an GNUStep developer)"

thehme — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:25:21 +0000

According to some articles while "there are many tools available to port Objective-C to Java i.e port an app from iOS to Android...porting Swift apps to Android will now become a tough task for developers."

http://thehackernews.com/2014/06/apples-new-swift-programmin...

New comment by thehme in "Chris Lattner on Swift"

thehme — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:11:38 +0000

Right, well, let's see what happens. I kindda agree with Gordon Haff (http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-new-swift-coding-language-ho...) on being disappointed that Apple did choose a more open platform, but I suppose this can change in time, like with Microsoft recent changes.

New comment by thehme in "I quit my job. Today is Day #2."

thehme — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:51:09 +0000

How is this being snide? Anyways, thanks for your input. I actually think we come to read articles that sound interesting, and if these are not accessible, our attention is lost, so we move on; not all of us have all day. Anyways, someone was just on a power trip; they think that because they can down vote, they can do so for anything, even when it points out actual problems with a blog/site.

New comment by thehme in "Swift, and why it hurts you (from an GNUStep developer)"

thehme — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:28:01 +0000

The author is completely right. When Apple announced that it will allow families to share music, books, etc., the first thing that came to my mind was: "Apple is trying to lock us in." I can already share my music, perhaps because I know how to do it, even if it is a tedious process, but I can see how this would keep users with Apple, if they don't know any better. Then they talked about swift and did not confirm it will be Open Source, so this also was a red flag for me that they are trying to further lock-down. When I think about it, this is how Apple became profitable and big, so it makes sense that it is looking for ways to stay in control, even if it alienates some.

New comment by thehme in "Chris Lattner on Swift"

thehme — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:49:42 +0000

Swift "greatly benefited from the experiences hard-won by many other languages in the field, drawing ideas from Objective-C, Rust, Haskell, Ruby, Python, C#, CLU, and far too many others to list." I have been wondering if in fact this language will be Open Source, since it is said to have taken from other programming languages, some of which are Open Source, yet the decision to make it Open Source has not been made? Lock down.

New comment by thehme in "Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)"

thehme — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:39:23 +0000

Could be a regional issue? North East seems fine. Loading quickly and access does seem okay as well. Gl.

New comment by thehme in "Letting go"

thehme — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:07:31 +0000

I did the total opposite of what this article discussed; I spent a few minutes reading this blog post instead of being productive and paying attention to my work. While there is true value to concentrating/focusing, so we can be creative and get important stuff done, the author's lack of tolerance for distractions (good or bad) may be going below a healthy level. Seriously, the "I’m also letting go of second chances. One strike and you’re out" would make us a terrible persons.

New comment by thehme in "I quit my job. Today is Day #2."

thehme — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:32:51 +0000

Not my fault this was broken. What is this? HS?

New comment by thehme in "We picked the wrong lawyers for our first startup"

thehme — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:32:08 +0000

Hummm...ok, thanks, I will look into this and see if I understand it better.

New comment by thehme in "I quit my job. Today is Day #2."

thehme — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:29:14 +0000

Attention lost. Woops!

"Error establishing a database connection"

New comment by thehme in "It's time for the US to use the metric system"

thehme — Fri, 30 May 2014 13:27:15 +0000

Metric measurements just make sense. I never understood why the US does not adapt and use this system. I was glad my engineering education used it, so that once again, I felt back at home using the metric system. Ask any US born engineer and they will likely tell you that if they had been using the metric system all their lives, they wouldn't have had to waste all that time trying to learn it in college for physics, etc..

New comment by thehme in "We picked the wrong lawyers for our first startup"

thehme — Thu, 29 May 2014 17:54:32 +0000

Not sure if anyone else picked this up, but for those who don't know everything about startups, this article does not really help. All points are missing more details and some are written assuming you know what is being meant without explaining clearly. For #1, I see that the cofounder did not contribute to the project, but what happened? why? was there a work contract or expectations that were not met? etc. For #2, what does the author mean by "It turns out that not every company in the US is incorporated in Delaware"; the author assumes everyone knows what is means and then adds that they "are incorporated in New York State"?. Then for #3, the author writes:

"I asked what was the matter, and my attorneys said that “regulations” prevented them from sending it. A full two weeks after they received the check, they wired the money back to our investor and they asked him to wire the money to us directly. How embarrassing."

While I think I figured out what was meant, somewhat, aside from the "regulations" part, it was not clearly describe who was asking who what and why exactly. I still don't understand what was not done correctly by the friend attorney.

New comment by thehme in "For Hire: Dedicated Young Man With Down Syndrome"

thehme — Thu, 29 May 2014 16:58:31 +0000

I really respect the humanity with which this story is told; kudos to the dad, and Jamie, of course. This heartfelt story makes you realize how little we know about people with mental handicaps and the struggles they face, even is the best of circumstances. It only saddens me to think that similar children/young adults/adults out there, do not have the access to some of these programs because of they do not have such resourceful parents.

New comment by thehme in "Stop the Slow Lane"

thehme — Wed, 14 May 2014 19:59:02 +0000

To support my view, here you go https://stripe.com/blog/network-neutrality

New comment by thehme in "Stop the Slow Lane"

thehme — Wed, 14 May 2014 14:40:57 +0000

I've been seeing a lot of back and forth about this issue and it seems to me the one thing we should be concerned about is not so much the user experience, but the experience of those with new ideas, which rely on access to an open internet. Today we have these massive companies making enough money to buy the access they need/want to run their businesses, but small shops don't have that capital, and from what I have read/seen, this law does not help to level the playing field. Furthermore, as commentators have stated, as users, we already get changed more by the internet ISPs, for faster speeds, so exactly what else do they want, other than the users' $$? We are still discussing what this law does in a tech blog, so what makes anyone think the FCC actually knows that it is doing, long term?

New comment by thehme in "Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code"

thehme — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:33:11 +0000

I tried sharing the site's link with someone who opened it on a mobile device and was unable to see it - "doesn't work on my phone". Does this mean that a site built this way would not work on mobile devices or just not on Android devices?