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by robmcm 11y ago
While the article may have a pro Apple bias this comment exudes a negative Apple bias. Equally distasteful.
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by robmcm 11y ago
Simply serving the adds from the same domain as the content. Ad blockers are really simple currently. After that I imagine the blockers could step it up and start looking for script names, or reporting on common scripts shared accross domai
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by robmcm 11y ago
You may also want a website you a reading to stay in business and proffit from their work. I think ad blocking days are numbered, the more mainstream it becomes the more likley the ad networks are to respond.
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by robmcm 11y ago
I did the same, but found I was alert as much as with caffine, just unable to control when. For example I was far less productive in the mornings and after eating, and more alert in the evenings and when I wanted to sleep/relax.
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by robmcm 11y ago
Obviously not programming, but perhaps the visual design [1] ;) [1] http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/12-artsy-ani...
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by robmcm 11y ago
Again it will likley be imported from countries with lower labor costs. You need something perishable, and of low enough cost that importing is unlikley. Bread would be a good option but has the issue that it's not as common in Japan a
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by robmcm 11y ago
It needs to be consistent quality and non imported ideally. Guiness for example is going to cost a lot to ship, or local beer could be very low quality in order to keep the price affordable.
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by robmcm 11y ago
How about work hours, programming hours, developer hours, or perhaps even just simply hours? Could in theory be done by a really talented member of anothery species.
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by robmcm 11y ago
Or Siracusa...
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by robmcm 11y ago
I don't get the point of these "x in n lines" posts. Fewer lines of code doesn't always equate to simple, comprehensible code.
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by robmcm 11y ago
This is what chrome does with Flash now.
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by robmcm 11y ago
I thought Samsung signed a deal with MS to licence the patents infringed by Android. Something in the region of $10 per handset. Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240738/microsoft_signs_androi...
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by robmcm 11y ago
The irony that you chose American Idol as the TV show is delightful. It's a prime example of people often from impoverished background trying to better them selves rather than sitting around doing nothing :)
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by robmcm 11y ago
This kind of thinking smacks of ignorance, it is akin to saying we should ban international travel to avoid terrorist attacks over seas.
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by robmcm 11y ago
This is the worst part about your contact details, just think about the number of times you get those spam emails when one of their accounts gets hacked, not to mention address books mobile APIs. Now think about how they often contain your
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by robmcm 11y ago
What is the "anti-FlashBoys" book? (Asuming you don't mean FlashBoys)
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by robmcm 11y ago
I'm guessing they can just optimize for the watch when they come up with a new trick. It also means they can optimize for different devices.
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by robmcm 11y ago
Oh yeah, that makes more sense.
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by robmcm 11y ago
> the asynchrone nature forces you to have abstract classes everywhere Could you elaborate?
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by robmcm 11y ago
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. –Einstein, Albert
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by robmcm 11y ago
It depends on the market conditions. If you are the only player you should spend your time investing so when the competition comes out with pointy sticks they can't get through your electrified Graphene perimiter. If you don't the
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by robmcm 11y ago
The use case in these discussions is never about framework or shared code. Taking the example of the lookup tables for error messages, imagine if you shipped your framework and lots of teams started using it, then you iterate to change your
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by robmcm 11y ago
Working on software with 10s of developers it is vital.
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by robmcm 11y ago
Unfortunatly most "buzz words" can be used to avoid doing work, this seems to be the selling point of Agile in a lot of places I have worked. I think what the pro and anti YAGNI groups can agree on is that maluable code is better.
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by robmcm 11y ago
It was the best browser on any platform at the time, and paved the way for strong web standards support. People often forget about this when bashing IE.
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by robmcm 11y ago
>As a developper I look at native app development the same way I saw the web in the early 00's. Different platforms, screen sizes, versions, programming languages, paradigms ...etc. This is because you are using tools and paterns to
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by robmcm 11y ago
> bad developers develop bad software I whish this phrase would die and be replaced by bad "teams" produce bad software. I have worked on some projects with fantastic developers, but awful or no UX, or a misguided vision, rushe
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by robmcm 11y ago
I find pre-sense works well, the only issue I have had is when you want approach a car that is turning left/right and pull out (around it) at the last second. The car doesn't know you are both steering in the opposite directions t
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by robmcm 11y ago
Apparently in the early days of HDTV, cable/satellite companies would slowly reduce the quality of broadcasts until people started complaining. At which point they stopped. When BBC HD was a channel, its quanily was black and white to
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by robmcm 11y ago
Dont worry, you will be able to emulate it through a browser in your watch in 10 years :)

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