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analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

It's quite possible to be insincere without lying outright. If I'd meant to call you a liar then that is the word I would have used. I used the word disingenous because that is what I meant.

Please try not to be so hysterical.

analogon The NSA story reinforces why an entity like WikiLeaks is important

Ironically the unredacted release of the diplomatic cables was caused by the Guardian journalist David Leigh, when he published the password as a chapter heading for his book about Wikileaks.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/09/unredacted_us_...

http://www.amazon.com/WikiLeaks-Inside-Julian-Assanges-Secre...

analogon The NSA story reinforces why an entity like WikiLeaks is important

Amnesty also cited Wikileaks as a catalyst for the Arab Spring.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/13/amnesty-internat...

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

You don't know what disingenuous means then.

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

At what point did I call you a liar?

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

Well that's a pretty disingenuous thing to say, but hey, if the facts don't happen to support your arguments why not just start trolling?

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

And I'd suggest that you're full of it if you claim the iPhone looks nothing like the LG Prada.

You attempted to describe the iPhone in 4 points. 2 of those points exactly described the LG Prada, the other 2 were very similar (a 2x3 grid instead of a 4x4 grid, 2 large buttons instead of 1 large button).

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

There is a contrasting chrome bezel framing the glossy black front elevation of the device.

LG Prada.

On this elevation, the ear piece is positioned a few millimetres down from the top edge.

LG Prada.

At the bottom of the elevation their is a single large button that returns the user back to the principal screen.

Ok you got me there, the LG Prada has two large buttons at the bottom of the elevation.

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

Your point is proven wrong though by the fact that there were phones that looked like the iPhone before the iPhone.

Granted they were rubbish to actually use, but they looked good, just like the iPhone does.

analogon Older iPhones, iPads banned as agency says Apple infringed on Samsung patent

Both look like LG Prada knock offs to me.

analogon Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?

Engineers don't have any intrinsic smartness advantage over non-engineers. We're (much) better at some things and (much) worse at others.

analogon Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?

Proving the parents point I think :)

analogon Facebook paid $4.5K for disclosure of my user account exploit

It would fall under 'conspiracy' in most jurisdictions.

analogon Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout watchapp today

"essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room"

I'm sorry but it just doesn't, even if it is based on science.

analogon Flickr's redesign makes it a photo service actually worth sharing

It is pretty nice but navigation between photos still feels a little clunky. I'd have expected the 'next' and 'previous' arrows to slide/load in the pre-loaded image rather than generating a full page refresh.

Still very nice all in all though and a terabyte of free space makes it an easy choice for the default place to store all your photos. Goodbye iCloud for me.

analogon My open source API client was taken down by a phony DMCA complaint

It's hardly a secret if it's publicly available.

analogon My open source API client was taken down by a phony DMCA complaint

"If the teller gives you free money, that is on the teller, not you." That's not true in law, if a bank mistakenly credits your account they can retrieve the money.

analogon Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

Businesses do not need to be in the business of selling images in order to have a need to store images.

analogon Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

That is a random comment in a forum from someone who doesn't represent Flickr.

The actual TOS make no mention of whether you can have a business account or not. In face the best practices page specifically provides guidelines for businesses.

"This guide is intended to help organizations—such as businesses, groups and non-profits—get the most out of Flickr."

http://www.flickr.com/bestpractices/

analogon Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

Because businesses don't need to store images?

I've built an image library for a FTSE100 company. $499 per year for storage and access to a decent API would have looked pretty cheap to be honest.

analogon Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

It's just under the standard $500 authorisation limit for big corp credit cards. It also makes the $49 per year offer seem cheap.

analogon Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies

Bicep size is probably far more closely related to high body fat rather than strength. It's much easier to put on fat than muscle.

analogon If you love automation, why is your development environment manual?

Works in Rubymine and PHPStorm as well. Little bit fiddly setting this up Rubymine, have to let the IDE install the debugging gems IIRC.

analogon The story around the Linode hack

I do see you point about the inferred goals of Iran, it's just the statement "openly stated goal" is untrue and I think it's important to be accurate about these things where we can be.

I certainly agree with you about the actions of HTP being unethical.

analogon The story around the Linode hack

Offtopic, but have you got a source for "Iran is seeking to produce a nuclear weapon with the openly stated goal of launching it against another country."

I had a quick look on the Wikipedia page but couldn't see anything there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran

analogon How I Made Porn Video Streaming More Efficient with Python and C

You're lying. Your website says within 10 minutes during work hours and within 3 hours outside work hours.

http://www.toptal.com/developer/requirements

analogon How I Made Porn Video Streaming More Efficient with Python and C

Wow, you're not wrong.

"For example, if the in-house engineers start their workday at 11am PST, our Eastern European toptal engineers will start working at 7pm EET and work through the night."

"During work hours, they are expected to respond to any client communication within 10 minutes; during non-work hours, they are expected to respond within 3 hours."

http://www.toptal.com/developer/requirements

analogon How I Made Porn Video Streaming More Efficient with Python and C

Doesn't this mean that your employees are expected to be on call for 14 hours per day though?

analogon Paypal President: We're thinking about adding Bitcoin (2:50) [video]

In some cases you can end up paying a charge for using a credit card. Low cost airlines are an example. EasyJet adds a 2.5% surcharge for credit cards. People still use them.

http://www.easyjet.com/book/paymentoptions

analogon The Wise Way to Crowdsource a Manhunt

This is absolutely true. But he was only put in danger once the Fox News affiliate broadcast the image (purportedly from the FBI) of Salah and his friend.