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Silly computer manufacturers still haven't figured out that they can preload Ubuntu for $0 per device... :P

I actually just recently looked in to the 1015E, and I almost bought one but then decided to get a Samsung Chromebook. My top requirements were battery life, portability, and at least a 1366x768 screen (so that ruled out most 10" systems). The Chromebook is working out really well; its 7-hour battery life is awesome. The 1015E probably would have been OK too, but its battery life wouldn't have been as great. Kudos to Asus at least for loading Ubuntu on the 1015E-DS02.

I was just reading the Wikipedia article about crystal radios yesterday. Does this have anything to do with them?

Yes, especially since the card type is typically in the bottom corner of the card, so for a while it just looks like it's reloading the same image.

"wear a t shirt and jeans"

I was always told "dress one level above the job you're applying for". Is that different in the tech world or the startup world?

I would love to read this article, but quartz.com is horribly broken in Opera Mobile on my phone...

I'll just wait and read it on my laptop, but this does look like a sign of Webkit bringing back the days of sites "best viewed in Internet Explorer 6".

I recently switched from my own server to Zoho.

Thanks, Quartz is literally unusable on my phone.

I went to sign up for Twitter and found that my usual username was taken by someone with exactly one tweet, from 4 years ago! It's definitely frustrating.

> In other words, you have to do more work to get it to work.

Last I checked, making a Hackintosh was a lot of work (when it's even possible). And that's what happens when installing OS X on 95% of hardware.

Doesn't Linux technically have better hardware support than Windows, too? I've seen many laptops where a fresh install of Windows will be very broken until you load up the manufacturer's pile of drivers. Linux just has more useful built-in drivers, but I'd say that equals better hardware support.

And I seem to remember something about Google requiring all apps to light up the screen, to avoid the whole "stealth" thing.

I'm using Opera Mobile on Android 2.3 and it reflows text nicely. It has some other problems, but it's far better than the stock browser!