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AndrewNoNumberson Dell releases powerful, well-supported Linux Ultrabook

That is the truth. I've had Ubuntu on my Dell laptop for years, and it was an entire learning experience to perfect the setup completely to my liking. It was great when I was young and had the time to play around, but recently I made the sad jump to a MacBook, because when it came time to actually work on real projects, I needed a rock solid desktop experience where I didn't have to constantly fiddle with my own computer. My Mac is nowhere near as fun or personal as my Linux setup, but it is what I rely on to do my work. Hopefully this Sputnik project makes Linux what Apple does in terms of the complete hardware/software package

AndrewNoNumberson Mac Pro gets half-assed “update”

I'd politely like to ask..

What, besides A/V work, is a 6+ core OS X machine necessary for?

AndrewNoNumberson Mac Pro gets half-assed “update”

Ditto to Hackintosh. The Mac Pro never was a good buy.

Half the reason one buys an Apple product is because of the terrific build quality and design. That's extremely important in a notebook computer, something you'll carry around day in day out and have to depend on to not fail when you're in the field.

There's far less incentive in buying a terrifically sturdy and pretty machine that will sit under your desk and not be moved for years on end.

AndrewNoNumberson ShowHN: We built this so you can send a mixtape to someone you like

Am I the only one for whom this never worked? It didn't work 6 hours ago and it's not working now. Still Hacker News'd or just me?

AndrewNoNumberson Getty's New Watermark

You, sir, are clearly thinking like an engineer.

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Attributed to a certain Steven Duffy on this article. http://lifehacker.com/5913295/theres-no-speed-limit-the-less...

AndrewNoNumberson Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

Why would they use the Mac App Store? To throw profits to Apple?

AndrewNoNumberson Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

Your note about using a cool UI animation as incentive is fascinating. Just. Fascinating.

I know it would work on me.

AndrewNoNumberson Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

As a broad observation about everyone on this thread, I'd say* a small percentage of the population (me included) naturally notices and thinks through details like these. Most other people (users and developers) don't give a crap and function just fine in their lives.

*no scientific evidence

AndrewNoNumberson Show HN: Habit List - my first iOS app

I agree; it's also very distracting to me.

The large, handwriting typeface works well for the list items as it makes you focus on it, but the "Today" heading should be different if only to clearly separate the middle section as your "list". Overall terrific design though.

AndrewNoNumberson Why Doesn't Amazon's Price Sort Work?

I never really use sort by price because I find that the cheapest results are usually not very relevant

That's exactly part of the problem. If I'm searching for something specific like 'iPod Touch 32GB' I should not get results for $0.99 iPod cables and cases.

AndrewNoNumberson The 144 Million Dollar Button

Ditto on the horrible credit card interface.

Should've waited a few years and outfitted with Squares.

Or better yet, a NYC-based Square competitor if there is one!

AndrewNoNumberson Linus Torvalds on new Chromebook Aura UI

http://googlesystem.blogspot.jp/2012/04/new-window-manager-f...

AndrewNoNumberson Linus Torvalds on new Chromebook Aura UI

What's sad is that they couldn't get the original Chrome OS to feel any faster in use than Windows 7 on Atom.

AndrewNoNumberson Linus Torvalds on new Chromebook Aura UI

Time to boot back into Chrome OS on my Cr-48!

AndrewNoNumberson Surf Air: Unlimited Flights for $1k/mo

This is very true. To me, the time waste of driving is almost as great as the fuel waste or the environmental pollution.

But! I think the adoption of self-driving cars is actually going to beat the adoption of all-electric cars.

AndrewNoNumberson Experiment: Living Without A Home Internet Connection

Heck, for way more than secure banking! I would use a VPN just to check my email at a cafe!

AndrewNoNumberson Experiment: Living Without A Home Internet Connection

I feel that you jumped to conclusions by believing giving up the internet doesn't have other effects on your mind and daily functions (not just a matter of using time!).

AndrewNoNumberson Experiment: Living Without A Home Internet Connection

Very interesting post. The biggest thing it’s gotten me to think about is whether we’ve been using the internet “wrong” the past two decades. Maybe at some point in the future (or the present, for this blogger), the internet will be confined to something we only use at a certain time of the day. Or something else will supplant the internet as our leisure activity.

I’ve actually been running similar experiments, and you can start trying this in a much easier way than cancelling your internet. http://ndrw.me/2012/03/01/afternoon-refresh/