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imaffett··on An Engineer’s guide to Stock Options
See the other posts. Someone had a good one "Treat options like confetti".

I own a few options in companies I was at. One went under and the other did a "tech deal" and then divested it's assets. Both cases my options are worth about $0 :)

imaffett··on Introducing Moto G: An Exceptional Phone At An Exceptional Price
I have a ZTE Open and a Geeksphone.

The 1.1 release was a huge upgrade, but they still have some ways to go. There are problems with the HTML5 Canvas element and positioning DOM nodes/scrolling.

imaffett··on Acer C720 Chromebook Review
Co-worker got one and installed Cruton on it. Haven't gotten dual monitors to work (mirrored only), but am really impressed with it right now.
imaffett··on A 23andMe Patent
Hey _mulder_

I have an account - for me it was worth it. It confirmed some "suspicions" I had about some of my families genetic predisposition.

It can show inherited conditions, and what genes you have (maybe 1 of the 4 markers for a condition).

They do show % certainty, and then they also show your chance of certain health risks vs the national average.

I'd be happy to explain more - I'll admit I haven't looked into all the results (or try to understand them), but I was happy with the $99 cost.

imaffett··on iOS7 has broken Audiobooks
mp3's shoved together to form a book - that's probably why it works.
imaffett··on iOS7 has broken Audiobooks
I'm listening to an audio book right now - I can select any chapter I want and it shows the chapter length fine. This has been working the second I upgraded to iOS7 the day it was released.
imaffett··on The Hackathon Experience Is a Hack
I worked at quite a few hackathon's at my previous job. Judging always had some ulterior motive.

We'd see people walk into 48 hr hackathons at the very end and pitch their pre-built app they always took around. They could walk off with a macbook pro no problem...not bad for a few hours of work.

It's sad, but most of them seem to run this way.

imaffett··on Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS Smartphones
I gotta agree, the main experience of WP8 is amazing. Maps is extremely fluid and the development tools are great.

You can really see problems with the 521 on IE. The browser performance reminds me of Android 2.3.

Now, the Lumia 9xx series is rock solid. But I haven't been able to give up my 4s (Nokia should really be giving them away)

imaffett··on Intel Announces HTML5 Development Environment
Hi Dave,

Would be nice to have some offline conversations - can you drop me a line? You can get my email from my github pages site.

thanks, Ian

imaffett··on Intel Announces HTML5 Development Environment
Hi dmethvin,

I'm the one responsible for all your complaints...sadly my dad is an edito, so I always feel bad with the spelling/grammar errors ;). You are correct in not every function works the same way (just as the case with Zepto.js). We've added new functionality and have even seen changes from our implementation make it's way into jQuery 2.0 (how props/attr work but not saying we are responsible)

For everyone else, Intel is committed to the project (that's about all I can say now). Keep a look out and you won't be disappointed!

Ian

imaffett··on Intel Announces HTML5 Development Environment
Thanks for pointing this out. We have changed token schema and validation process.
imaffett··on Poll: Have you run a marathon?
note - I have the genes for running.

One marathon in an Ironman (3:48). Tried for a BQ this year, but was injured and pulled out 10 miles in.

I under-trained the run (three runs over 15 miles, but raced a few half ironmans in training) and did a lot of long bikes on an indoor trainer (3-4 hrs) with short runs after. When I got to the run, I felt fine and just paced myself. Most ironmans have aid stations every mile, so the last 10k, I walked the aid stations.

imaffett··on Ask HN: Do I need a CS degree or should I stay with my job?
I think you need to look at the situation in a completely different way.

You are 19 years old with 9 months of real experience. Most companies will pass over you right now because of this. If you are getting a great pay check, put the hard time in for a few years and work on side projects to build your brand.

I don't know anyone who will hire someone with only 9 months experience (regardless of age/degree) and your skill set that will provide the perks you are looking for.

imaffett··on Show HN: Ejecta, A Fast, Open Source JavaScript, Canvas Implementation for iOS
Dominic is amazing at what he does. ImpactJS is such a powerful but simple tool. I love that every release is NOT bloatware, but carefully thought out feature enhacements.
imaffett··on Show HN: Ejecta, A Fast, Open Source JavaScript, Canvas Implementation for iOS
DirectCanvas from appMobi (I work there) is based on iOS impact (and enhanced) - http://www.appmobi.com . No need for a Mac or XCode.
imaffett··on Twitter is the Benjamin Button of startups.
Seems like the only logical reason they are doing this is because they are in the start of an acquisition. They have to prove some type of revenue stream (ads) and restricting users to the twitter site/app will help them guarantee the made up numbers.
imaffett··on Show HN: I'm building a webapp for serious cyclists
This looks good. So many people are sick of WKO and Training Peaks.

Have you checked out Golden Cheetah? It's got most of what you have, plus it can control computrainers, etc. It's a great cross platform desktop app, but the UI needs some loving.

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