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811.
by objclxt 13y ago
I did something similar once when I was freelancing. Knowing the company had some payment issues in the past, I modified the contract so that I could delay delivery until I'd been paid in full (rather than invoicing upon delivery). Whe
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by objclxt 13y ago
In the case of California and the SFO-LA route, isn't it pretty much universally acknowledged that SFO is one of the better airports for security, precisely because it's not run by the TSA but out-sourced instead?
813.
by objclxt 13y ago
> At the time they could maybe reliably shoot at the equivalent of ISO 800? (some historically informed cinematographer, please feel free to correct me. It would be unusual to shoot on film stock as fast as ISO 800. In most cases 500 wo
814.
by objclxt 13y ago
Before David Simon created The Wire he was a reporter on the Baltimore Sun, covering the crime desk. He somehow managed to convince the Baltimore PD to embed him in the homicide department for a year. Ed Burns (who co-wrote a lot of the ser
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by objclxt 13y ago
The counterpoint to that would be that many brands would prefer to not use discounting as an advertisement strategy. I can see how mobile offers at Facebook can be beneficial, but it's not totally clear how that gets extended out to
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by objclxt 13y ago
Out of interest, why did you (or your work) decide to use RubyMotion (vs Objective-C)? Were you all using Ruby already / familiar with the language, or was it something else?
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by objclxt 13y ago
> For the same reason Microsoft made the Surface and Google has the Nexus devices. The Nexus handsets are basically third party handsets with some input from Google, but primarily engineered and built by the hardware partner (LG, Samsu
818.
by objclxt 13y ago
Apple use a centralised credential system. If I was to speculate I would assume what's happened here is the metadata attached to the developer portal (developer contact information, company info, etc) was compromised, not the actual Ap
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by objclxt 13y ago
> this seems slightly amateurish for a company with so much cash I know there are people here who probably have been in the start-up space for all of their working life, but never underestimate how piss poor architecture can be at bi
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by objclxt 13y ago
Not quite, there's a week or so to go, but it's not unusual for it to be that empty. The bill is in second reading, which is the first opportunity to debate the subject. Those attending are therefore those with an interest in the
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by objclxt 13y ago
You can't have the same movie run for years (well, unless it's Rocky Horror), but you can have the same premise . In the same way you can have the same kind of game (Farmville -> Cityville, etc etc) but with a different sett
822.
by objclxt 13y ago
The UK has the world's largest DNA database. The figures Wikipedia cites suggests the UK has 10% of the population's DNA on file, whereas the US only has 0.5%. In my opinion, British people (like me!) should be far more worrie
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by objclxt 13y ago
I'm pretty sure Logic has been $199 since 2011, when it went from retail box to app store download.
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by objclxt 13y ago
Spark Inspector is another commercial alternative: http://sparkinspector.com/ I'm holding off directly comparing them until Reveal announce their final pricing. They both have pros and cons, I wouldn't right now p
825.
by objclxt 13y ago
I think they're talking about the power itself, rather than the lighting systems. Although modern lighting systems all run over ethernet I've never come across an installation that wasn't closed-loop (before moving into sof
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by objclxt 13y ago
From the link: > In the UK, it is perfectly legal for an individual to record their calls - and there is no need to inform the other party nor obtain consent. This is missing an important qualifier. In the UK it is legal to record a cal
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by objclxt 13y ago
> we as a country don't do actual engineering anymore ...is that really true? The UK is currently home to Europe's largest civil engineering project (Crossrail), my hometown produces Trent jet engines and designs wings for all
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by objclxt 13y ago
> What you are living in is not safety. It is the illusion of safety Statistically, people are safer today than in the past, if you are looking at violent death rates. It's really not an illusion. Life expectancies are higher not
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by objclxt 13y ago
I think it's really important to have some context for this. It's not just a matter of "we can't show ads" - more that the BBC cannot enter certain markets in the UK that fall outside their remit. A number of years
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by objclxt 13y ago
> So what is that doing being shown on the commercial arm of the BBC? BBC World News is distinct from BBC Worldwide, they're different commercial groups. It has a much closer relationship with BBC News, which is publicly funded. BB
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by objclxt 13y ago
It wasn't a 'huge diplomatic incident' - it didn't really impact UK/Russian relations in any meaningful or long term way. It was nowhere on the scale of, say, Litvinenko, which did have diplomatic consequences. Co
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by objclxt 13y ago
> I am trying to imagine what leverage we have over Russia. It's not about leverage, it's about the rules of the game. Russia and the US manage to be on fairly good diplomatic terms whilst both spending large amounts of money
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by objclxt 13y ago
A lot of RFPs are going out now that require a clear plan to update and keep apps current in a cost effective manner. This could range from strategic use of HTML/cross-platform tech, or some form of retainer agreement. That being said,
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by objclxt 13y ago
What's not totally clear to me, and I'm not sure if Dave would be willing to share (but worth a try!) is whether Agant was primarily financing itself through up-front development fees or through revenue share. Because I know for a
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by objclxt 13y ago
I agree that it is tough being a small agency building apps, but I don't think high value apps are in themselves unprofitable. I think whoever submitted this has perhaps misjudged the title a little. The problem is that as time has g
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by objclxt 13y ago
> So, the next time you’re about to make a subclass. Think hard and ask yourself — what would Go do. I enjoy using both languages (Objective-C by day, Go by night), but I'm not sure this advice is necessarily something I would fol
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by objclxt 13y ago
...this may be true, but there's also a huge market for games that run on iOS and Android. And since iOS doesn't support Java, but Android does support C/C++ through the NDK, it makes complete sense to go down that road.
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by objclxt 13y ago
> There are well-known stars who make between $10-20 thousand per contract (which may last about 6 months, commonly) despite having a leading role You might be thinking of Off Broadway - all of Broadway has to pay Equity rates, which as
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by objclxt 13y ago
> I wonder what Apple run at their data centers? They've posted job ads for their data centers in the past that mention Solaris and IBM/AIX. I don't know if there's anything official beyond that.
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by objclxt 13y ago
> As a matter of fact, I have never seen or heard of instance of any tugging around their powerful station to do any special purpose work Live events work, video work, anything where you need >2 external display outs and top performa

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