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by headhuntermdk 14y ago
OSX was based on code from FreeBSD and NetBSD and not Linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X#History and Apple has used plenty of open source solutions (gcc, samba come to mind ). Not to mention putting money and resources behind openso
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
I'll bite.. why describe your UI in XML when interface builder does it for you? How does pegasus deal with localizing your UI in different languages? This seems a bit like reinventing the wheel for very little benefit. Who is the target de
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Looking at Lion's drive encryption with a skeptical eye(hasani.ws)
1 points by headhuntermdk 15y ago|0 comments
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
<lil jon>Hwhaat??</lil jon>
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Maybe devs will start to realize it is less/not about them and all about their target audience/user
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Actually if user_set.delete: logger.info("User set flag to delete file") delete_file() Becomes: if ($user_set_delete==True){ log("user set flag to delete file") } delete_file();
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Might as well as give it away for that price ( compared to how much Rupert Murdoch paid for it )
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Looks like the FBI and Scotland Yard are also making arrests for the lulz
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Well said sir/madam.. well said
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Developers will gravitate to what makes them money. If it was marketshare then more developers would be writing apps for Symbian than for iOS or Android.
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Good points.. it would be the same for a person who wants to get into programming but doesn't own a computer.. they still have to get the cash from somewhere to buy the equipment. Many years ago, I was in this exact situation. I planned acc
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
That's true.. I just find that owning a mac to be in the cost of doing business. That just maybe outside of the means of the average hobbyist developer.
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
The title didn't reflect that hence my snakiness about the numbers
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Today's Mac mini's are more than powerful enough to write code on. But the gist of your argument seems to be that the cost of buying a mac seems to be a big barrier to entry in some markets. While I would agree with that to some degree, th
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Maybe not, but my cost of materials are rolled into cost of the development I do for my clients.
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Like most people can't afford to buy a mac mini for development..
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
"Entitled Developer Economics 2011, the study shows that 67 per cent of developers code for Android, up from 59 per cent in 2010. IOS lags behind at 59 per cent, but that's also up from 50 per cent last year, most likely due to Apple's intr
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
"Shady" is a much nicer word than I would have used..
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
you forgot a BOOYAH!! at the end of that
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by headhuntermdk 15y ago
Maybe.. just maybe.. Apple is doing all the right things ( so far as profitability is concerned ) and the competition doesn't have a clue. They are competing on Apple's turf in much of the same way they have always done things, wondering wh
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
(Replying to myself here) On the other hand.. maybe it boils down to what the users will put up with. If you come to iOS with a real crappy interface 9 times out of 10 you will be massacred in the user comments and reviews. Maybe Android u
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
While I can't speak for Android, I think the simple answer is that Apple provides sample code and applications that are examples in great UI design on iOS. I'm not seeing the same level of detail or commitment from Google or its partners at
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
Doesn't your mining level have to be at least 230 before you can mine that?
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
keywords are "consistent experience"
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
Apple doesn't claim to be open.. Google does
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
Yeah.. it will be the last time I give them any money.. It was a complete waste of time
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Why I canceled my NBA league pass for AppleTv after 20 minutes(hasani.ws)
3 points by headhuntermdk 16y ago|2 comments
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
No one really knows outside of Google.. We are all really speculating. Meanwhile Apple makes no bones about how much cash iOS is brings to the table
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
Write everything twice.. Two separate codebases.. It's gonna suck but will at least give you the opportunity to deliver the best experience that your users expect from each platform
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by headhuntermdk 16y ago
Using this tool, how would a developer properly support localization? if (english) { // 100 LOC } else if (german ) { // 100 LOC } else if (french) { // 100 LOC } seriously? Might as well use the tools that Apple supports/uses ins

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