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by system16 9y ago
I can confirm this. I worked for a major game publisher at the time, and MSFT threw significant money at us to port iOS/Android titles to Windows Phone. I think their gamble was once our - and the hundreds of other developers' - t
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by system16 9y ago
I used Windows Phone for several years. It was a refreshing take on a mobile OS, and to this day I still think it had the best touch keyboard with the most satisfying tapping sound effects. When I finally did put it out to pasture, it was a
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by system16 9y ago
"Not only will America go to your country and kill all your people, but they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad." ~ Frankie Boyle.
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by system16 9y ago
To be fair, the Vietnamese communities in Southern California are stuck in a time bubble. Vietnam has changed dramatically since the Vietnam War (or War of American Aggression as it's called in Vietnam), but the Vietnamese diaspora&#x2
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by system16 9y ago
And arguably that they didn't hire enough lobbyists. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/05/opinion/la-oe-kinsle...
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by system16 9y ago
The reality is that for the majority of obese people, it's about taking personal responsibility for what you put into your body and how you treat it. I don't think it's a coincidence that virtually every time I see an obese p
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by system16 9y ago
An odd article that doesn't even acknowledge its title, let alone answer it.
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The reason is that it justifies huge budgets for narcotics enforcement agencies across the country, guaranteed numbers of inmates, and employment for thousands to enforce it all.
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by system16 9y ago
I think this is great, but 121 MB download for a game whose ROM file is 316 KB? I mean, of course I expect overhead but the cynic in me suspects most of that is analytics, tracking, and advertising libraries.
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by system16 9y ago
I work for a mobile design and development agency. We get many inquiries from clients with zero budget and a "million dollar idea" that is doomed from the start. When they hear the cost, that's usually the last we hear from t
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by system16 9y ago
> is a better app store experience for Apple please let me know It's definitely no Google Play Store, but as a general App Store search alternative I like https://fnd.io/ as it's a bit more web friendly. Unfort
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by system16 10y ago
Is it really difficult to see why this wouldn't have value for non-technical users? I'm a developer and I still enjoy it because I don't have time to mess with a pi-based solution, and I love the original NES controller.
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by system16 10y ago
> To this day, nobody believes I know anything I haven't done inside a for-profit company I have this same issue. I'm a PM who has been trying to move into a dev role for some time. For 6 years now I've self-designed, deve
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by system16 10y ago
Koreans have absolutely nothing to feel embarrassed about. I - and I'm sure many others - have actually gained a huge amount of respect for SK over this as it confirms the strength of your democracy and justice system.
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by system16 10y ago
After many unpleasant dealings with US Customs, I avoid flying to or through the US completely even if it costs me more. The last time I flew from Canada to Singapore through the US, the US Customs officer - on Canadian soil - was hostile,
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by system16 10y ago
Maybe I'm just cynical, but their response comes off as disingenuous. If the toxic culture is as widespread as is being reported, there is absolutely no way the CEO could not know about it - either by participating in it, condoning it,
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by system16 10y ago
Maybe with previous models, but considering the new MBP SSD storage is soldered in I don't think that would be practical.
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A sad farewell to 32-bit iOS apps(stephenceresia.ca)
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by system16 10y ago
> Japan is the most orderly and civilized place on planet earth It's certainly the safest. #2 is Singapore, which also happens to be one of the most multi-cultural places on planet earth.
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by system16 10y ago
Many people complaining that "1% is nothing to Chinese millionaires" are missing the point. These people didn't get rich by throwing their money away. Yes, they can easily afford an extra $10k or $20k or even more a year, but
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by system16 10y ago
What's bizarre is I thought the whole purpose of cutting off/restricting third-party clients was so that they could control what was in the feed i.e., serve advertisements. If they still allow some/limited third-party clients
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by system16 10y ago
Apart from killing their third-party ecosystem, I think Twitter's biggest failure has been their inability to monetize their huge celebrity and brand base, and I wonder if this partly has to do with their "verified account" s
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by system16 10y ago
This is fair, but as we've seen with their recent approach to Swift, Apple's shown it's at least possible for them to pursue a more open approach. I'd like to think Maps and Siri have been a huge wake-up call to them tha
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by system16 10y ago
Maybe for you, but growing up my friends and I all wanted to be cool and rebellious Bart. I found Lisa to be one of the most dull characters in the series, and most episodes that focus on her to be on the boring side.
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I don't think that's the answer. Maybe sanctions or other disincentives that would encourage China to play by the rules? When China joined the WTO they made a commitment that they are blatantly disregarding. What we have now is no
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by system16 10y ago
By the looks of it, it doesn't need to be open both ways at all. Like the article states, Chinese companies like Musical.ly have the chance to access and profit from the US market without US government intervention. US/foreign com
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by system16 10y ago
A lot of software development is far from creative. Many company projects involve making versions of X that do Y (Facebook for the enterprise!), or modifying an existing tool to fit a new requirement. A lot of it comes down to putting toget
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by system16 10y ago
There were a lot of uncles who lost jobs when rickshaws were banned. Progress requires change.
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Learning to order lunch or talk about the weather in a second language is not that hard. Communicating at a professional level takes years of practice. For most people - especially mid-career adults with limited time - that's not going
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I guess they need to do something to increase engagement because - anecdotally, yes - the amount of sharing and engagement in my feed has dropped dramatically in recent years. A rough guess would be ~3/4 of the content I see now are ju

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