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What I Learned about My iPhone After Switching to the Google Pixel(subtraction.com)
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The article fails to address the fundamental question: What is the purpose of the title? Without answering that, any definition of what makes a senior developer is meaningless. In my own experience, having worked in consulting, the answer t
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JQuery still smoothes over browser inconsistencies. For instance, I was recently bit by this: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/878564/ele...
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Lots of Rails developers. I made a conscious decision to introduce CoffeeScript at me work some years ago, because my experience had been that when back-end programmers dabble in Javascript ("The front-ender is busy, but hey, this seem
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Yes, that sounds similar. My post was not meant to contrast Denmark with the world, but Scandinavia with the US, where it's the task of the individual to report any income. This makes it easier make mistakes or to cheat.
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Definition of stealing: Taking something you're not entitled to. People are entitled to make less money and pay fewer taxes as a result.
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misrepresenting anything - even a minor issue to the tax authorities - is a fairly serious crime You have to understand that in Denmark, salaried workers don't have to report their own taxes. Their employers and bank are obliged to d
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1) They are super, super aggressive when it comes to tax things. Cheating on taxes is worse than some major crimes! Which major crimes would that be? I'm a Dane, and this sounds ridiculous to me. 2) They are culturally anti-busine
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We may be talking about different things. I was talking specifically about laptops that are directly comparable with Apple's pro line (i.e. expensive). I seems doubtful that the market for expensive laptops will find much growth in the
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"I do not know why Google doesn't just come in and absolutely dominate Apple in the 'laptop geared towards developers'-market" There could be many reasons. Off the top of my head: * Google is not a devices company (
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honestly why does the iPhone and iPad use Lightning when USB-C exists?? It didn't when Apple started using Lightning.
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Settings / Do Not Disturb
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iOS 10 still hasn't got the ability to turn off syncing between certain hours You can set Do Not Disturb between certain hours on iOS.
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This lack of separation cuts both way I agree. In principle. But I don't think that the two perspectives are equivalent, unless you think the group of people who won't be greatly served by this machine because it strikes the wro
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But that's not what people are saying: they are saying there is no reason to upgrade. That's not what the grandparent was saying. She was saying that the new MacBook was inadequate for her needs. Your argument is silly anyway
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What I find so frustrating about this discussion is the inability so many seem to have to take themselves out of the argument and separate the two notions that 1) this machine does not fit their needs in particular and 2) this is a great
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No, I am making the observation that most users are conservative and resist change, even for the better. And that most people can't recognize progress even if it hits them in the face.
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Do modifier keys (control, alt, command, fn, shift) fall under your definition of modal UI ? If so, how do you deal with the fact that your keyboard doesn't (I'm guessing) have dedicated keys for cut, copy, and paste? I think its
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Sorry, I'm just not seeing the draw "Sorry, but I'm just not interested in this motorized wagon you've invented. It's noisy and ugly. Could you please just go and invent me a faster horse instead?"
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It's an interesting comparison, but IMO not that apt. Going from a physical keyboard to a touch screen, something is definitely lost (even though much is also gained). The removal of the function keys will at worse force people to memo
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The problem is, say you're an iOS developer, you get no choice; you HAVE to run a Mac and be at Apple's mercy. Firstly, it's not true that you don't get a choice. Apple still makes laptops with f-keys. And you can alwa
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> Who are we as programmers to decide what works best for our users? Where did I say that? You seem confused. I am saying that we as programmers force people to change their habits all the time . We do it to in the name of efficienc
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Sleeping in a bed is an arbitrary habit that you've grown comfortable with, why not sleep on the floor, or in the bath? Because contrary to what you say, sleeping in a bed is not just an arbitrary habit. The bed is a special purpos
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Who are you (or anyone else) to decide what works best for me? Am I not capable of making my own decisions? Do I really need a hardware company making those choices for me? Did you not read beyond my first sentence? Who are we as programm
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Are you kidding me? How can you not see that this is nothing more than an arbitrary habit that you've grown comfortable with? Imagine the function keys had never existed to begin with. Don't you think we would have come up with a
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To that end as an outsider looking in, it seems to me that the biggest problem the democratic party has right now is the ability to openly discuss ideas in a rational manner free from the chains of political correctness and its inherent bi
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It would be nice if some of their contributions were less "throw it over the wall once or twice a year". Some of their contributions are. See Swift. It would be nicer still if they stopped thinking their browser only needs to g
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Please don't pretend that limited government is the same as checks and balances. You can have a police state and limited government (a government that does little for its citizens) at the same time. And you can have an expansive welf
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I think I see what you mean, but in my experience, this is not how most people understand or use that term. Wikipedia backs me up on this: The term political correctness (…) in modern usage, is used to describe language, policies, or measu
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I see no use of the term political correctness .

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