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by chickenbane 9y ago
Similar, but different - the star of Malcolm in the Middle doesn't remember that experience: http://ew.com/tv/2017/10/09/dwts-frankie-muniz-doesnt-rememb... It's wild how fragile and unknown me
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Sorry you feel abandoned. However, as you say you are an early adopter you should recognize this is a strong (even likely?) possibility. Yes, if the platform you invest in early is a success you can reap many rewards. But the mobile OS ma
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Coincidentally I just saw this video by Eric Seidel (the lead of the Flutter team) talking about the stack of Flutter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUiVkDpikDI
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by chickenbane 9y ago
I was blown away by Firefox Focus as well. I ended up making it the default browser, so its used when I read an article on HackerNews, Reddit, Twitter, etc. But when I need the "logged in" experience - autofill passwords, bookma
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by chickenbane 9y ago
I didn't uninstall, but Lyft is first choice unless it's on surge pricing. Must admit Uber Eats is useful though
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by chickenbane 9y ago
The devious reason is because Google wants to encourage you to use their services, which will in turn improve their services and enable Google to provide more value to Android users. The more mundane reason is because it's a better loc
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Seems pretty clear they're betting most corporate applications will be web-based, with custom managed Android apps as another front-end coming online.
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Walmart also sells ice cream that doesn't melt. Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/walmarticecream.asp Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SozZHZAWS64
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by chickenbane 9y ago
I didn't extrapolate. I got that idea from watching the video. After Charlottesville, are you unconcerned about Nazis in the US? Also I notice you haven't commented on my point - is it just a coincidence that only women Googlers
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by chickenbane 9y ago
> Are you equating Damore with skinheads? Of course not. But honestly, until Charlottesville I didn't think Nazis were a serious influence in the US. I no longer think that. I also assumed the President of the United States would
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by chickenbane 9y ago
John Gruber perceptively pointed out that Page/Brin/Schmidt have been taking the backseat for this ordeal, putting Pichai solely responsible. I assume this is intentional to ensure Pichai's opinion on the matter is clearly t
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Yes, I assume the same. There doesn't seem to be a large need to update the dex format so my assumption is this change enables faster compilation, perhaps by better integration with the Android Gradle plugin or incremental support.
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by chickenbane 9y ago
For those unfamiliar, a great Maurice Sendak interview is with Stephen Colbert: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/gzi3ec/the-colbert-report-grim... No interview discussion complete without mention of the true master T
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by chickenbane 9y ago
For those who don't read the article, AF in this context is Air Force and not As Fuck
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Good. Debian won't be making stable any time soon, so a very reasonable timeline.
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by chickenbane 9y ago
I have good news for you! Android (which never had a JVM) Lollipop replaced its old runtime Dalvik with ART, which is on around 1.5B devices. ART actually compiles Android's bytecode to ELF, though Android calls their variant OAT. OA
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Interesting POV, but I'd much rather develop for Android than any other platform. You are correct that currently developing for Android is not for the faint of heart. Happily, it also turns out understanding Java and Gradle and Intel
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by chickenbane 9y ago
This is a very confusing argument. The summary seems to be Android defined as "a Linux kernel with libraries" is a dead end. Well, okay, although given its deployment on 2B devices it's probably the best argument for Linux.
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by chickenbane 9y ago
One thing I've noticed with Scala is Scala devs love rewriting everything in Scala. Now, on one hand I totally get it, rewrites are fun and when you're coming from Java and get used to Scala you never want to write any more Java.
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by chickenbane 9y ago
This page does not show Chrome being 59 being slower. Rather, it shows a contrived bench running 38% slower. Interestingly, it also shows their site running 32% faster. Given the V8 team has explicitly stated the plan to optimize for real
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by chickenbane 9y ago
I worked on a project where the architect wanted to use Lambdas for the entire solution. This was a bad choice. Lambdas have a lot of benefits - for occasional tasks they are essentially free, the simple programming model makes them easy t
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by chickenbane 9y ago
If downtime is an not an option, Lambda is not the solution. Amazon will automatically shut down instances of your Lambda if they haven't been used (~5-15 minutes), and starting a fresh Lambda has noticeable latency. So, some people
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by chickenbane 9y ago
At Google IO they just announced Android has 2B active devices, which makes it easily the largest platform today, must larger than Windows ever was. If you remember the bad days of ILOVEYOU or SqlSlammer, I think Android is much safer. Or
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by chickenbane 9y ago
The Jamboard does way more than that, you can see them demo it at Next: https://youtu.be/kwnWfHq2EfQ?t=1h40m33s If you've been in countless business meetings whiteboarding, Jamboard is definitely not outrageous.
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Please, China doesn't give a shit about the Apple's app store and payment policy. It's a relationship; Apple does shit for China, (e.g., I'm sure the app store in China is heavily censored), China complies with some App
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Obviously I don't know the implementation details of how Netflix is detecting rooted devices, but my guess is they're using Play Services's new "GMS Certification". This involves using signed hardware that helps det
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Treble: A modular base for Android(android-developers.googleblog.com)
419 points by chickenbane 9y ago|219 comments
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by chickenbane 9y ago
I noticed a few people here doing double takes at HOCON, which I did as well (let's say it's a good instinct). After using it, things made a lot more sense. * Old school Gnome users may recognize its original author Havoc Penning
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by chickenbane 9y ago
> This is exactly the problem with technology. This is YOUR problem with the technology. Normal muggles care for none of this conversation. They want something that works, which is what modern smartphones do. They like that the dialer
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by chickenbane 9y ago
Obviously the first problem is most users (almost 2/3) aren't using M+. However, that being said I do want to clear up some of your points about user agency. It is true app makers are happy to ignore recommendations, but users wi

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