mitakas's comments

mitakas | 13 years ago | on: Google search's new basic calculator

And then, there are units and bc.

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: Please don't learn to code

Please, don't learn to code, learn how to model solutions to problems. Code and programming are just tools for solving these problems.

If somebody comes to you with a problem and the first thing you say is "Oh, yes, of course, just let me start coding." then something is probably going to go wrong with your project. Understand what the problem is, build a model, show it to the person asking, most of the time this person doesn't really know what he wants.

You are all misunderstanding Atwood's article. Think about this: a variable in a programming language isn't really a variable, it's a name for a certain space in memory. Variables exist only in mathematical logic. Mind blown.

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: Gmail Down

Saying that Gmail is down is just like saying that your BitTorrent speed was much faster yesterday than it is today.

This is only problem for the people who use Google Apps. But even they could backup their email with IMAP.

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: Google Gives Search a Refresh

Someone was scanning for a crazy backdoor, using this: /?dgd=1. Try searching for /?dgd=1 or "/?dgd=1" (with or without verbatim on).

You are going to get results about:

  dgd-1
  dgd 1
  d g d 1
  dgd#1
  dgd (1

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: OpenStreetMap: Welcome Apple

Don't read between the lines:

"The new iPhoto for iOS, however, uses Apple’s own map tiles – made from OpenStreetMap data (outside the US)."

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: Ubuntu for Android

There is a video, showing the functionality. [0]

Now I begin to understand why Canonical made those recent changes. The Ubuntu part of it seems kinda slow, but smartphones are going to get faster. [1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXUjjg9qQ0 [1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/5559/qualcomm-snapdragon-s4-kr...

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: Utopia: USB power sockets on every wall

Coincidentally, it's the other way around with USB dead drops.[1] Either trust that the USB won't fry your motherboard or carry a multimeter with you all the time.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_dead_drop

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)

Yes, there are tar.gz, deb and bin files for amd64, but for me (Core i5 with HD3000) Anomaly isn't running on Ubuntu 11.10.

mitakas | 14 years ago | on: 25 Startup Ideas for 2012

Am I the only one who has realized, that all you startup people are scared of science? Are the ideas on the list really that hard to fund?

We have some very real problems in this world, but all you seem to care are iPhone/Android apps and stupid websites (copied from one another I guess).