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12y ago
A significant portion of it, yes
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12y ago
We're currently working on just iOS and Android.
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12y ago
There won't be a livestream but presentation videos will be uploaded shortly afterwards!
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12y ago
Actually currently only the iOS Groups app is built on top of React Native. (I'm Andrew, I work at FB on React Native)
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12y ago
Back up for me, showing an error page now though.
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12y ago
I don't like the use of the word "compiled". It's more like a program that modifies it's source at runtime. This reminds me of how JavaScript used to be simply interpreted but now with V8 (and friends) the hottest p
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12y ago
> Her story would have played out differently, she said, if she had been living in her native England. Like many European countries, Britain offers a year of maternity leave, much of it paid, and protections for part-time workers, among
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arasmussen
12y ago
$5 a week is a pretty steep barrier of entry to using a product that requires the trust of holding a lot of my money.
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arasmussen
12y ago
More like "Amazon broke Google's terms of service and consequentially got removed from Google's app store"
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12y ago
"you have gotten older and should eat less" isn't a fact, it's an assumption baked into society's mind based on how aging has worked in the past. This breakthrough could break that assumption. In that case, some peo
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12y ago
Index funds are an extremely conservative strategy relative to trading individual stocks, many options strategies, futures, futures options, etc, etc, etc. Index funds are conservative because they aren't high risk or high reward. Edit
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12y ago
> Because Buffett is counting on an index fund when he dies. That's completely irrelevant. Nobody is going to get Buffet rich from index funds. After Buffet dies he won't be around to decide what to invest the money in so he pi
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12y ago
I don't know why this has been downvoted, I couldn't agree more.
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12y ago
> "After you enter your debit card, it’s securely stored by Square, who will swiftly process your payment and send cash directly to your friend’s bank account." That first comma makes that sentence so hard to read..
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12y ago
A lot of my friends who aren't experienced investors are really excited by this. The fact that they will automagically invest a small amount of money without having to think about moving money or choose what to invest in seems great to
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12y ago
Thanks for sharing that tidbit of information. I did not know that and now I do, I appreciate it! I wonder what the reason behind that is, if you're feeling extra motivated you could even look into having a conversation with the folks
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12y ago
var array = Immutable(["totally", "immutable", {hammer: "Can’t Touch This"}]); array[1] = "I'm going to mutate you!" array[1] // "immutable" I find it a little we
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12y ago
> Upper management does not think it's wise to hire more people so they are burning everybody out and people are leaving. It is in everyone's, and especially upper management's, best interest that the company does well. Ra
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12y ago
I think you underestimate how much time and effort it takes to run a large company. No matter who you are, learning a language takes years of effort and dedication. I probably have 100 times as much free time as he does and would love to le
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12y ago
I think you're missing the point. The number of Westerners who become conversational in Chinese is astoundingly low compared to vice-versa. It's known to be quite difficult. Being able to publicly answer questions at a Q&A wit
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12y ago
I didn't notice the article mention which country he lived in, did I miss it?
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12y ago
came here to say this. probably getting 15 frames per second during scroll. interestingly also 15" retina MBP.
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12y ago
> 1,700,000,000 You missed a few digits there ;)
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12y ago
I don't have a huge monitor (22 inches) but I found it difficult to read because the lines were so wide. They should set a fixed width for the content and then I'd agree with you.
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12y ago
Actually in the case of earnings reports released after hours, aftermarket activity is an outstanding indicator of what will happen tomorrow.
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12y ago
The stock has already been hammered down over the past few months because last earnings report made it look like growth velocity was slowing but this earnings report shows that growth velocity is recovering (growth is accelerating) so a lot
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12y ago
Based solely on the name and the logo, I was really hoping this was going to be an awesome game :P
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12y ago
Or you could just use Mint
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12y ago
> Why do Quora articles continue to make the front page when we can't read them? We can read them, by signing in. > How do the people upvoting this read the article? Do they sign in? Yes > What possible benefit is there to sig
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12y ago
If you downvoted, feel free to share your opinion on why this is wrong. I could care less about the votes, I want to hear your discussion! Why would you use PHP? Here's an excerpt from a Facebook engineer explaining why we still use PH
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