You had a desktop computer, which makes life much easier for you. As someone who was (and will soon be again) in the market for my one and only computer, the iPad is a non-starter. It's SO limited. * Software…
Even better, one of the guys involved with the code has a fantastic Youtube series on the Finite Element Method [1] I used it in grad school, he's a great explainer, and he's addressing the talk to an audience of…
Indeed, paper maps are alive and well in the field of hiking/camping. It is a terrible experience trying to navigate even on the biggest of phone screens. Even the stuff one can print at home is, maybe, on an A3 sheet…
What?! Hostels suck. In principle, hostels have everything. A fridge, a kitchen and so on. In practice, though, you have to label all your food because there is one fridge for 50 people. You need to share the kitchen…
Consumers get perma-shafted.
Yep, like all the actions at the bottom of the screen where you could most easily reach them, unlike iOS which places the back button (gesture notwithstanding) at the top left! One of the Windows Phone's designers had a…
Honestly, if iMessage were to ever come to Android, it might have the best shot. No one understands google's offerings anymore, whereas Apple has already a strong presence.
Typical HN pedantry forthcoming, but I fucking hate AMP, so here's the direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/at-least-12000...
Completely agree with you. What I particularly despise is the absurd lack of discussion on the amount of packaging waste. Why doesn't that make these piece of shit things non-starters? Excuse the vitriol, but it…
Apologies. I'm not judging anyone here. My implication was more "different strokes for different folks". Some people like to take work home, others prefer to have a drink in the evenings. Some manage to combine both :-)…
Wouldn't be HN without someone taking something far too literally to the detriment of the original point. How about if we modified the first comment to say "I need you to fix it ASAP"? I can't honestly believe that…
You had a desktop computer, which makes life much easier for you. As someone who was (and will soon be again) in the market for my one and only computer, the iPad is a non-starter. It's SO limited. * Software…
Even better, one of the guys involved with the code has a fantastic Youtube series on the Finite Element Method [1] I used it in grad school, he's a great explainer, and he's addressing the talk to an audience of…
Indeed, paper maps are alive and well in the field of hiking/camping. It is a terrible experience trying to navigate even on the biggest of phone screens. Even the stuff one can print at home is, maybe, on an A3 sheet…
What?! Hostels suck. In principle, hostels have everything. A fridge, a kitchen and so on. In practice, though, you have to label all your food because there is one fridge for 50 people. You need to share the kitchen…
Consumers get perma-shafted.
Yep, like all the actions at the bottom of the screen where you could most easily reach them, unlike iOS which places the back button (gesture notwithstanding) at the top left! One of the Windows Phone's designers had a…
Honestly, if iMessage were to ever come to Android, it might have the best shot. No one understands google's offerings anymore, whereas Apple has already a strong presence.
Typical HN pedantry forthcoming, but I fucking hate AMP, so here's the direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/at-least-12000...
Completely agree with you. What I particularly despise is the absurd lack of discussion on the amount of packaging waste. Why doesn't that make these piece of shit things non-starters? Excuse the vitriol, but it…
Apologies. I'm not judging anyone here. My implication was more "different strokes for different folks". Some people like to take work home, others prefer to have a drink in the evenings. Some manage to combine both :-)…
Wouldn't be HN without someone taking something far too literally to the detriment of the original point. How about if we modified the first comment to say "I need you to fix it ASAP"? I can't honestly believe that…