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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Google may eventually stop bundling Adobe Flash if it becomes obsolete, but there is no reason to do it out of spite. Plugins are a part of the web and are in line with Google's culture of extensibility. See also vendor modifications to And
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Google may eventually drop Adobe Flash if it becomes obsolete, but there is no reason to do it out of spite. Plugins are a part of the web and are in line with Google's culture of extensibility. See also vendor modifications to Android OS.
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
It is far too late for Jobs' illness to have any effect on the iPhone 5. That product is practically done from a design standpoint if it is going to be in user's hands by July. If anything the iPhone 5 will be largely similar to the iPhone
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
I think he means C-style syntax rather than C family of languages. Java certainly is made to read like C and C++ more than anything else even if it is very different under the hood.
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
It depends on what you think is cheap. But Java developers that even know a little are doing fairly well right now. Java developers that know a lot can demand top dollar and there are tons more opportunities to earn that amount than with pr
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Chrome is 100% compliant without extraneous h264 support. The HTML5 spec contains no requirement for h264. If you want to blame anyone then blame the W3C working group for not specifying a codec. As of now h264 is on the same level as Activ
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
A more factual account of the medals: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/medals/ The relevant excerpt: Professor Bohr's Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen had been a refuge for German Jewish physists since 1933. Max von
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
The font problem seems to be localized to Chrome on Windows machines. Chrome on my Macbook renders the font correctly. The page still renders unusually slowly on the Macbook though. Some of these games (e.g. Gates of Olympus) explicitly men
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
I have nothing meaningful to contribute, but I want to say this is a monumental step forward. Some people here seem to predict this heralds the end of language education for most people. Maybe that's true. But I actually think this will con
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Renders wrong in Chrome for me. Seriously guys? Good thing it's not an HTML5 gallery showcasing the benefits of open standards.
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Now officially confirmed to be in iOS 4.3 Beta 1 which was released today. http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/ios-4-3-beta-arrives-for-...
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Apple releases iOS 4.3 Beta 1, Mobile HotSpot included(engadget.com)
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
One way to monetize it is for standardized test preparation. Companies like Kaplan charge an arm and a leg for sample tests. Likewise you could align the questions with common curriculums and sell separate fortifying study packs for primary
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Looking at the actual jobs that get pulled up by clicking on "historian," it looks like they are incorrectly identifying engineering jobs that use a product called "Historian" or talk about "historian data" from monitoring devices as actual
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Flash and h264 are completely different and are not at all equivalent. Google doesn't support Flash. Google supports BROWSER PLUGINS. And Flash is by far the most popular plugin to the point of being ubiquitous. Google CAN'T drop support fo
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
The sooner these trade metrics are recalculated the better. The misinformation from bad trade data can be disasterous for economic policy and ammo for fruitless political infighting.
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Money gets taxed multiple times. That's not the point. I earn $50. I pay taxes on it. Then I buy something from you for $30. You pay taxes on that $30. Then you buy something for Jim for $10. Jim is taxed on that $10 you paid him. That same
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Keep in mind this freelancer is probably from overseas where the cost of living and wages are very different from the US. If this person is from India they would make a lot less working for McDonalds there.
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
On the flip side, in no other field can someone leave the university and expect a good job regardless of interest or talent in said field. Do you know what happens to art or English majors that aren't desperately passionate about their trad
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
A multiple choice test isn't the best way. But asking someone to write a real piece of software over a 4 hour period (a 'test' if you will) would be an extremely good interviewing method. Especially if you did it in something like EtherPad
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
It will probably be $20 per month on Verizon. That is what it charges currently for other phones. Verizon did make this service free on the Palm Pre, so it's possible it could be free for the iPhone 4 as well. But I think that was more beca
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Totally untrue? So one country in Europe works therefore all the other countries do as well? I would welcome more countries adding a plan like the one you described. But so far that's the only one I've seen. By comparison the Verizon plan s
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Two possibilities. First, Google could go software only for older hardware. It will suck for them. But by the time YouTube phases out h264 there will be few of these and the latest hardware will accelerate both WebM and h264. Second, there
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make with the 4-hour test anecdote. But I think most people here would agree a warm body has more potential for harm than a cold seat when it comes to software developers. However you want to ensure
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Don't switch. Period. Android is a huge step up from Blackberry or Windows Mobile, but it is a big step down from iOS. Android lacks basic usability touches; the manufacturer customizations don't make things any better. Battery life is dism
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Actually they are equivalent. HTML5 video tag is codec agnostic. In this instance HTML5 includes to both WebM and h264 video over HTML5. Both are DOA. So why support h264, which is scary and patent encumbered, when Google can give a little
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
I wonder if the dismal housing market and the rising demand for software will finally force corporations to figure out how to manage remote developers. It's not like wages for the common programmer are going to keep skyrocketing until compa
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Flash will support WebM in a future version. Additionally, Google could update the iOS YouTube app to support WebM in a future iOS version. Once both reach sufficient market saturation YouTube will be able to completely switch from h264 to
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
Sometimes all of the profit is where you'd least expect it. $10 per month for VZNavigator? How much of that is really a cost to Verizon? See also: extended warranties.
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by pedanticfreak 16y ago
HTML5 video is DOA and Google might as well lay the groundwork for the next round. Major content providers don't support HTML5 video. Netflix, Hulu, and anyone else with intellectual property to protect want nothing to do with it. So we're

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