Hominem
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11 years ago
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on: Vision-Correcting Displays [video]
I think this is a great idea, and wonder why it took so long. I'd love to be able to take my glasses off and read in bed, or take my glasses off for a few hours at work while in front of my monitor.
Hominem
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11 years ago
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on: Why I left Pivotal
Pretty common for companies to have a 90 day probation period for new hires where they can fire you for any reason or no reason at all. Would be great if employees could just walk away after 90 days with absolutely no stigma, kinda a no fault separation.
Hominem
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11 years ago
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on: Lessons from NYC’s improperly anonymized taxi logs
What I meant was if you already know the time and location, say you know what time the barista left work and the lat/Lon of the coffee shop. It would just be a matching it up with the data in the table to find the drop off.
What I don't think is practical is identifying everyone who may or may not have left a particular bar.
Hominem
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11 years ago
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on: Lessons from NYC’s improperly anonymized taxi logs
I think the way cabs actually operate in NYC makes this practically impossible unless you already have some details such as the lat/Lon of dropoff and pickup and time of the stops.
I'm assuming the data is for yellow cabs and the new lime green "boro cabs" you hail on the street, not "car service" cars where you schedule a pickup and dropoff to specific addresses.
Most bars in Manhattan are storefronts in 3-4 story residential buildings. There are apartments above and they are surrounded by other buildings with apartments and businesses. I don't think you could identify a bar. Now strip clubs on the other hand are required by law to be tucked away in isolated locations. Might be possible to identify a strip club.
When you hail a cab, and many times when you get dropped off, it happens on a corner, perhaps over a block away, where it is easier to find a free cab.
Most cabs are in Manhattan, not a lot of single family homes. Single family homes in the outer boroughs will have almost no yellow cab coverage for pickup and finding a cab that will take you out of Manhattan can be dicey, although I guess those lime green cabs are meant to address that. SI, the Bronx and huge swaths of Brooklyn and Queens pickups will be almost non existant, people going from the outer boroughs will most likely use a car service.
I will certainly be checking to see if I can identify any of my rides.
Hominem
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What company was the most affected by Apple's announcements today?
I wouldn't say that. Swift must be in part an effort to stave off C#/Unity/Xamarin. Imagine if Microsoft got a significant foothold into the iOS development tool chain.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Uptalk is becoming more frequent among men
I work with a lot of male geeks 10+ years younger than me and they all do this when stating an opinion. It is so prevalent I even started doing it. It got so bad I was doing it when I was actually right about stuff "you may want to add comments? And create a new branch? Don't just merge it into master? wait until I someone reviews it?" I've tried to make a conscious effort to stop but it is like a virus.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Today was the last day of Nokia as we knew it
I figure how Elop pitched himself was "Let's try something crazy, and hey, we always have a plan B, I have an in at Microsoft." CEOs may have significant power, but they can't just sell the company with no buy in from major shareholders.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Omaha: Software installer and auto-updater for Windows
Looks pretty cool, especially autoupdate. I'm going to take a closer look at this. AFAIK, MS has dropped support for installshield LE in VS 2013 leaving developers with the choice of buying installshield, using NSIS, or cobbling together something with ORCA, if that is even possible. Deployment is definitely the biggest pain point in windows development.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Uber Rush
Huge market. I worked in the traditional printing business and we sometimes had to use regular car services to messenger proofs. I wouldn't be surprised if people tried to use regular über cars in that way and they just decided to roll with it.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Microsoft Is Suddenly a New Company. But Is It Too Late?
I don't think it is sinister, or a conspiracy, just the kind of coordinated rebranding and messaging modern corporations do all the time. I don't think it takes a PR genius to say "why don't we wait until after Ballmer leaves before we roll out our new initiatives, while the new CEO is still in his honeymoon stage". Microsoft 2.0, finally emerging, instead of poor old Ballmer, always late to the party with hamfisted plans.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Microsoft Is Suddenly a New Company. But Is It Too Late?
My suspicion is that Ballmer's departure was choreographed to coincide with seemingly "sudden" 360 to make it seem like some sort of internal revolution instead of a carefully planned business strategy. I certainly appreciate it. As a career c# developer it has given me some sort of new cred around the office like I was on the inside track on something cool instead of a guy who was hooked on some lame corporate language.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: C# 6: First reactions
Seems like 6.0 is all about reducing boilerplate. Those default constructors and null checking will probably save me hours of typing as the ctor that does nothing but set stuff and null checking properties all the way down are such common code patterns.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: The 3D Economy: Forget guns, what happens when everyone prints their own shoes?
I tried on a pair of 3d printed shoes the other day. We have a long long way to go.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Minecraft creator says he’s canceled talks for Oculus Rift version
Now this kinda sucks because oculus + minecraft is pretty much the metaverse.
Hominem
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12 years ago
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on: Facebook acquires Oculus VR
Despite my dislike of facebook I think this may have been a smart play. Valve's largely vaporous VR tech was gaining mindshare and Sony has cash, manufacturing, retail presence, the list goes on and on. Without a huge bankroll Oculus may have ended just another piece of tech trivia.
Hominem
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13 years ago
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on: Billions in bearer bonds could be lost due to Hurricane Sandy: sources
55 water was hit amazingly hard by flooding, offices in 55 water will be closed another 3-4 weeks.
Hominem
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13 years ago
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on: Multiplayer 0x10c testing [Streaming]
I am kind of thinking this will be FTL but you will be able to board and fight off boarders yourself in first person as well as program various ship systems.
Hominem
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13 years ago
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on: Turning to the past to power Windows' future: An in-depth look at WinRT
It seems like a good iterative approach to me. Classic desktop apps can still run, but it seems clear they are no longer preferred. WinRT offers an interface over Win32, a skim coat to even out all the cracks, quirks and special cases that have appeared over the years. At some point down the line you can jettison Win32 altogether and replace it with whatever you want, or even leave it in place.
Hominem
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13 years ago
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on: AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types
Kinda odd isn't it. My organization issued me a laptop to store all the confidental financial data I work with.
Hominem
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13 years ago
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on: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
In the movie, Jiro admitted to giving women smaller portions. The women seated at the bar commented on how clever that was. I wonder if that would fly here in the State. If women are getting less for the same price, i think most Americans would find that fundamentally unfair.
