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Re:The weaker sex
on Sunday May 31, 2015 @01:17PM (#9634787)
It would be nice if Economist could post an article discussing the supply of "marriageable women" (using their words).
Also, plenty of old failing "you can have it all" narrative like:
"Women have learned that they can be surgeons and physicists without losing their femininity."
vs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3078210/Number-wom...
In much of the world they still enjoy social and legal privileges simply because they have a Y chromosome.
vs
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-logic-behind-France-banning...
But there were some good conclusions: "More generally, schools need to become more boy-friendly...".
Re:Ask HN: Is it worth competing with Google?
on Sunday May 31, 2015 @08:56AM (#9634009)
> ... kills Dropbox/Box/etc at consumer level ...
It takes more than just being better when you are late to market.
> Self driving cars are fast approaching. Will anyone beat Google at this?
Uber? They are the fresh blood and moving fast in everything.
> Maps will have offline navigation soon. Why use Bing or Apple maps?
I use Nokia Here Maps. They have offline navigation today. On my device. Which is not Android.
> Android is everywhere.
Not on iPhones. Not on content-producing devices.
> Google Now and their new Google Now features look great.
2015s version of Clippy. Predictive analysis is not ready. Beware of the hype curve.
> Is there any space that they are not in / won't enter?
Their business is still revolving around ads. They are lagging in enterprise. They cannot beat Amazon at shopping. They cannot beat Apple/Microsoft at premium device design quality. They are not perfect.
PS: It's great that Google exists, but don't put it on pedestal.
Re:Kung Fury – a comedy funded through Kickstarter [video]
on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:05PM (#9627780)
If something is nice Google either kills it or makes it not nice.
Re:The Supercomputer In Your Pocket: Metal and Swift
on Friday May 29, 2015 @02:30PM (#9626411)
Please add Metal & Swift to the title: mentioning these proprietary closed-source technologies might change peoples' expectation.
Re:Google Design
on Thursday May 28, 2015 @04:13PM (#9620852)
No pixel-perfect alignment. Embracing the flaws.
Re:Google Design
on Thursday May 28, 2015 @04:12PM (#9620842)
Well done Microsoft: inspiring not one, but two major competitors. Metro aka Modern aka Material rocks!
Re:The Arbitrary Logo
on Monday May 25, 2015 @03:10PM (#9601268)
I was expecting one of those trendy HTML5 logo generators...
Re:Mozilla overhauls Firefox smartphone plan to focus on quality, not ...
on Monday May 25, 2015 @03:05PM (#9601250)
That's part of their agenda. If they will let people easily use other languages, naturally only JS devs will use JS.
Re:Deep Dive into .NET Universal Windows App Development
on Sunday May 24, 2015 @08:09AM (#9596008)
You can use non-legacy non-ubiquitous languages (as opposed to HTML/JS/CSS), because it's not public-facing. Microsoft is sending a mixed message to enterprise: should they bet on HTML5 and possibly quit the MS ecosystem whatsoever, or XAML is still a major investment for Microsoft? They need to demonstrate that WPF/XAML team is more important than ASP/Azure team.
Re:Deep Dive into .NET Universal Windows App Development
on Sunday May 24, 2015 @08:06AM (#9596002)
XAML is quite verbose, they are not making any radical changes - that's the problem. There is no daring attitude that you can see in the ASP team.
Re:Deep Dive into .NET Universal Windows App Development
on Sunday May 24, 2015 @08:04AM (#9595996)
So you can easily just change a build flag without touching any XAML or creating a new project and everything just works?
Re:Deep Dive into .NET Universal Windows App Development
on Sunday May 24, 2015 @08:03AM (#9595994)
Is Visual Studio Code made with WPF? Is Visual Studio Online made with WPF? Is WPF open-source and multi-platform? Guess which one(s) will survive in 5 years?
Re:I am jealous of Swift
on Saturday May 23, 2015 @05:15PM (#9594406)
They were desperate to release something ASAP. The enemy is at the gates.
Re:Can Aging Be Cured?
on Saturday May 23, 2015 @05:12PM (#9594393)
That's cool, as long as everyone has both options.
Thousand years later, first colonists in a different galaxy:
- Remember that dude from our childhood?
- Yeah, choosing to live a mere 70 years - so weird...
- Never mind, let's keep Terra-forming..."
Re:Can Aging Be Cured?
on Saturday May 23, 2015 @05:07PM (#9594378)
Becoming rich within 1000 years is more plausible than within ~80 years. Unless the concept of being "rich" disappears due to progress.
Re:Can Aging Be Cured?
on Saturday May 23, 2015 @05:03PM (#9594370)
Most lives already end with a disease. You don't die from old age.
Investing in things other than not-freaking-dying - now that's awkward.
Re:Can Aging Be Cured?
on Saturday May 23, 2015 @05:02PM (#9594364)
In other words, investing in future will actually make sense.
Re:Eliminate the Gender Pay Gap by Banning Salary Negotiations
on Saturday May 23, 2015 @09:17AM (#9592817)
Appointing her as a CEO was such a great idea. Reddit thrives on censorship and social justice.
Re:Godot 1.1 Out
on Friday May 22, 2015 @06:53PM (#9591266)
"Python-based scripting language, designed to make games."
:(
Re:How Swift is Swift?
on Friday May 22, 2015 @06:50PM (#9591256)
"is the language named after some design philosophy that it is supposed to embody"
They stole it from a previous language and then swiftly forged the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(parallel_scripting_langu...
Re:Quasar and Akka – a Comparison
on Thursday May 21, 2015 @06:33PM (#9585778)
You can add Akka.NET stats: 2,352 commits, 6 branches, 28 releases, 52 contributors.
Re:Quasar and Akka – a Comparison
on Thursday May 21, 2015 @06:27PM (#9585753)
They have conveniently omitted the fact of existence of Akka.NET which gives C#, F#, .NET support.
This is not a minor feature.
Re:Future of Mono for Unreal Engine
on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:51PM (#9585601)
Let Unity3d eat them.
Re:Ask HN: How would you recruit developers to move to the Cayman Isla...
on Thursday May 21, 2015 @05:49PM (#9585590)
What about chicks?
Re:Renaming the Company
on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:21PM (#9579405)
Scala is definitely type-safe but Akka is not really reactive:
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/255047/why-is...
Re:Ask HN: Am I missing out by not being in sillicon valley?
on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @04:37PM (#9572965)
Not until you marry if you intend to. The quality of spouse material in smaller towns is higher.
Re:Meteor Raises $20M
on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @04:35PM (#9572955)
Is that still a requirement for start-ups? Now, if they are not going to spend at least half the money on a new fancy office - that would be a major concern for investors.
Re:Why GitHub is not your CV (2013)
on Monday May 18, 2015 @04:32PM (#9566710)
"... 'passion’ ... means you have an enthusiasm for your work that extends beyond your working hours"
For me passion is when you are up-to-date with the trends and strive to (re-)factor your code to be better.
Unpaid overtime is most definitely a NO though, but the pay doesn't have to be immediate.
Re:Ask HN: I'm an engineer looking for another technical co-founder [A...
on Monday May 18, 2015 @04:15PM (#9566616)
Thank you for not mentioning any specific languages or technologies (no sarcasm).