WozRocks

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by WozRocks 16y ago
No, but most people from both political parties support the laws that prevent people from hiring kids his age. I think he was only able to get the $3,000 because it was a bounty or a "Contest", and not a "job" or "employment". I think bug
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by WozRocks 16y ago
Neither is chillingo or the other iPhone publishers. Or at least, in most cases they don't. If you've had a hit with them, then maybe they will front cash. But the old model where the publisher pays for development is no longer present.
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by WozRocks 16y ago
This is a common perspective, but it is worth noting that it is not a foregone conclusion that the publisher will actually do any marketing. I've been a developer on several games that were published by a major publisher, in the majority of
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by WozRocks 16y ago
I'm sorry, but I can't help but see this and think of all the kids around this age who are prevented from earning money by child labor laws, and the idea that this kid is a "Slave" because he's "too young to make decisions for himself. It
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by WozRocks 16y ago
Actually, you can't. People who "hate apple's policies" are people who hate apple for ideological reasons and are attempting to rationalize it. If you understand apple's policies you'll realize that all of them are designed to produce the b
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by WozRocks 16y ago
And browsing can be a pretty CPU heavy thing, these days. Not on the scale of video encoding, but enough to bring an ARM or Atom processor to its knees.
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by WozRocks 16y ago
The article underplayed the importance of thermal design envelope to the situation, and your summary completely left it out. I think that many people- especially consumers who know enough to reach the wrong conlcusions- don't understand the