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by jan_g 13y ago
It is worth noting that all this is not free, but paid for by the tax payer. Many European countries have similar arrangements. Personally, I think all this is money well spent by the governments as it gives nice financial boost to young pa
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by jan_g 14y ago
>Google today, makes the Microsoft of yesterday look like a used child's toy. I agree with you completely with regards to privacy and all the information that Google has about users. However, the difference is that Microsoft of yesterda
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by jan_g 14y ago
I also think that there are two clear options: Cyprus gets a bailout under ECB terms or Cyprus doesn't get a bailout and faces insolvency. It seems that the government decided that the first option is preferable to the second one. The secon
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by jan_g 14y ago
There's also an enhanced version of 'Verified by Visa' and 'SecurePay': at your bank you order OTP calculator/card reader and for every online purchase with your credit card, you are prompted for OTP passcode. This card reader costs about 3
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by jan_g 14y ago
Yep, it's ranked #1 for me too, but this could be linked to regional and/or personal data (I'm not based in US).
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by jan_g 14y ago
Some Samsung galaxy tablets have 'S Pen' that also use Wacom digitiser system (pressure sensitivity and similar). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note#Stylus and http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/galaxy-n
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by jan_g 14y ago
I'm questioning the need to constantly repeat the obvious. Just about every thread that smells of Google gets derailed by meta conversation about advertising. For what is worth, I still consider these companies to be heavily tech oriented,
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by jan_g 14y ago
Yup, but you could say that for many IT companies. Why? Because most of them are getting money by utilizing advertising in one form or another. Is Twitter an advertising company? Is Facebook?
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by jan_g 14y ago
Nothing happens here, also. I just pasted some random Go code and got infinite 'Magic in progress'.
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by jan_g 14y ago
A problem exists, because there's no standard way to access microphone and camera. And this access is absolutely essential in order to implement voip. Hence, we've got flash, which is becoming a big problem, because it's been discontinued o
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by jan_g 14y ago
>The problem is SDP. SDP wasn't originally designed for browser-to-browser communications, and some of the things that WebRTC uses it for go above and beyond the specification. But SDP is just session description. In a way just metadata
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by jan_g 14y ago
You can enjoy all the freedom you want. Just root the phone (and install custom ROM, if you want). Carrier and manufacturer lock is then irrelevant. The only problem is locked bootloaders, but you can avoid that also - buy a phone that hasn
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by jan_g 14y ago
This seems very vague: I need you. A loving family that will take care of me during my school year in CA. Does he only need an address and a room, or full service including meals, financial aid, school tuition, etc.
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by jan_g 14y ago
Not that I'm arguing with your assessment of car companies' experiences, but self-parking and autonomous driving are completely different beasts. I wouldn't be surprised, if the first company that creates a viable driverless car isn't one o
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by jan_g 14y ago
I can't reproduce it either, perhaps it has something to do with localized and personalized stuff that Google always tries to slap on every request (obviously, I'm not from US). EDIT: it works if I use one of the provided links (see comment
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by jan_g 14y ago
> but it's not unserious: for my money, retina support is just not optional anymore. It's interesting how one thing makes or breaks the deal. I'm the same :-), however my top feature is keyboard (I type a lot). That's why I'm always sti
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by jan_g 14y ago
>If you are planning to run linux, seriously re-consider buying laptops with hybrid graphics. Yes, best buy in my opinion is thinkpad with only intel graphics or if you have discrete graphics, turn it off in bios (it works as expected).
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by jan_g 14y ago
Thanks. I've bought it, because the article was very informative.
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by jan_g 14y ago
It seems that he is talking about how fast new map data/tiles download and display when you are scrolling/zooming the map.
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by jan_g 14y ago
>Was this for content that can live outside of the app? I don't fully understand your question. We have a voip app that among other things allows users to call landline or mobile numbers. These calls are not free, so a user must pay. We
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by jan_g 14y ago
Yep, that's the reality of app store. Want to push a serious bug fix? Be prepared to wait 2 weeks or more. Could be up to a month, if reviewer decides that your app violates some rule that previous reviewer didn't notice or didn't care abo
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by jan_g 14y ago
You can't, because apple rejects your app, if it is in any way connected with a website that offers payment. In other words, apple doesn't allow you to circumvent this "30% tax" by accepting only website payments. If you accept payments, yo
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by jan_g 14y ago
I see a lot of bashing in this thread, but those numbers might actually be true, because of the explosion of Android on mobile phones. There's high probability that lots of activity comes from mobile users.
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by jan_g 14y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Chrome App Store just a fancy collection of links to various websites that also supports user comments and rating? edit: nevermind, I somehow managed to confuse it with Chrome Web Store.
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by jan_g 14y ago
One particular action won't demand that kind of speed, that's sure. However, think of scenarios, where there's multiple users down- and uploading stuff. For example, you and your family are watching tv via iptv provider (multiple tv sets in
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by jan_g 14y ago
I think that what many people forget is that Nexus line has always been targeted at developers. Not general public. At least that's what I've taken for granted since the first Nexus device. Yes, there are glaring deficiencies. However, it's
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by jan_g 14y ago
Excuse me, but I believe it's actually the android ecosystem that produces many different products and the user really has a lot to choose from. One example: http://youtu.be/AxE_Im20UZM Another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX9
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by jan_g 14y ago
I also think along the same lines as grandparent, however I would not suggest Android (as you seem to think), but the most obvious platform for news/magazines (text and images): html5.
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by jan_g 14y ago
Exactly, I still remember that story. Certainly a big red flag for majority of potential users, myself included.
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by jan_g 14y ago
Links don't work with annotations disabled. Took me a while to understand what links he's talking about. Very nice presentation, though.

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