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by chickenbane 10y ago
I think it's a safe assumption, because if the TSA actually found a terrorist through its screening process they would parade this achievement in front of every news organization it could. On the other hand, there have been numerous do
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by chickenbane 10y ago
Check out Google's excellent Android security review [1]. Google is pretty effective at keeping harmful apps out of the the Play Store; if you don't sideload apps less than 0.15% devices had malware. [1] http://static.g
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by chickenbane 10y ago
One of the biggest challenges for building on Android is its complexity, and the team must successfully integrate with a lot of surface area conceptually (the fundamental building blocks Dianne explains is just the start). This unusually n
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by chickenbane 10y ago
Quick tangent - the reason why we have so many news-from-the-weird stories involving a "Florida Man" is because Florida has an unparalleled history of open government. Every email, every meeting, and (most importantly for funny n
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by chickenbane 10y ago
If you're into Scala, Haoyi Li has a great video about his (similary) Ammonite project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5tkmWAhjg http://www.lihaoyi.com/Ammonite/
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by chickenbane 10y ago
Most professional athletes are doing everything they can to get ahead, and cycling is no exception. That said, there are pretty amazing stories about cyclists cheating - perhaps because the sport is so grueling that small advantages can rea
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by chickenbane 11y ago
An excellent read, Haoyi is a great Scala engineer. Additionally, if you love using the Scala REPL, he has a entertaining and compelling video here: https://youtu.be/dP5tkmWAhjg
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by chickenbane 11y ago
I love IntelliJ, but it makes a lot of sense for Google to make their own branded IDE for Android development. Android applications are written in Java, but they also have a specific structure and conventions, build and deploy stories, dis
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by chickenbane 11y ago
IntelliJ 15 was released in Nov, so we're talking 6 months. What features of IDEA 2016.1 do you need for creating an Android application that aren't present in AS 2.0? I use both frequently and it's hard for me to feel behi
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by chickenbane 11y ago
Ironically, I find government funded news - e.g., BBC and the PBS Newshour - some of my most reliable news sources. The advantage of publicly funded news organizations is that they don't have to chase ratings (and they obviously don&#
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by chickenbane 11y ago
Direct link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LI1PysAlkU
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by chickenbane 11y ago
Consider the possibility the team doesn't mind the executive getting the credit, or perhaps does enjoys doing great work regardless. I also used to view myself as a lowly peon, but that overshadowed the satisfaction of a job well done
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by chickenbane 11y ago
Yes and no. Looks like many of these changes are just at the app level - Notes, Car Play, Health. However, because Apple doesn't separate these apps from the system (ie., you can't update them from the app store) they get bundle
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by chickenbane 12y ago
Soon I imagine most DSLRs will be running Linux, specifically Android. Android has dramatically improved their image rendering pipeline in the Lollipop release, and it's just a matter of time before the remaining camera manufacturers