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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:54PM (#19049849)
Do they really get 1099s? TIL

Seems like this doesn't apply then.

Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:33PM (#19049687)
I have a hard time seeing the distinction between people paid by Google or Facebook to share their phone usage data vs people paid by DoorDash to deliver food. You're probably right though.
Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps on Thursday January 31, 2019 @04:44PM (#19049179)
Now I'm really curious if they're going to casually shut down doordash (afaik the doordash app for the dashers uses enterprise certs).
I believe the price is stopping it. Getting a telco to give you massively reduced rates on a few domains is drastically different than paying for internet access for everybody. Also, please correct me if I am mistaken, but I.org doesn't prevent you actually paying for full internet access?
Re:React and Angular Meeting on Saturday April 11, 2015 @12:50PM (#9359854)
> The only difference between Angular view layer and React would be the use of Typesript for the former and JSX for the later.

I think you meant either

1. the use of HTML for the former and JSX for the later

2. the use of TypeScript for the former and Flow for the later (this isn't true, can use either one with either framework)

Re:Computers Conquer Heads-Up Limit Hold'em on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:50AM (#8861339)
It's possible they simply created another AI and gave it full information (including the opponent's hand) - essentially making a "perfect" player (who cheats). Not a useful program, but a good play-mate.
Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:34AM (#8525568)
Huh, I haven't done that since Vista.
Re:Cursors on Sunday October 19, 2014 @02:59AM (#8477468)
Teasing people after hacking in noclip is quite fun.
Re:Yahoo Hacked on Monday October 06, 2014 @01:56PM (#8417172)
I'm not quite sure why you seem so sure he didn't also send an email to that address (or use that form)? I didn't read the article thoroughly, did he enumerate somewhere which ways of contacting Y! he tried?
There's different kinds of information that law enforcement can store.

Looking at extremes: keeping a record of which people have killed someone in the past seems like a very reasonable thing to do. On the other hand, keeping a record of how long each person brushes their teeth on average, seems like an invasion of privacy (and pointless when it comes to anti-terrorism).

Taking photos of an already well-photographed public landmark seems to fall in the latter category.

Re:What I mean when I say "I think VR is bad news" on Saturday July 12, 2014 @02:29AM (#8023870)
That's a little silly. This makes the assumption that everyone will be playing this "ultimate" MMORPG, and our society will turn into a dystopian future. People who play MMORPGs now, will play it. People who don't play them now, will probably not play it then either. Doesn't really change the overall landscape though...
Re:Announcing Internet Explorer Developer Channel on Monday June 16, 2014 @02:11PM (#7900543)
That dev tools screenshot looks pretty awesome. Seems to have even more detail than Chrome's timeline view. Gotta try it sometime.
Re:Introducing Mapbox GL on Thursday June 05, 2014 @04:48PM (#7854322)
Sooooo... where do I get the WebGL (demo on the page) version? I want that.
Re:Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter on Thursday June 05, 2014 @04:16PM (#7854097)
That's sort of the whole point... Lack of net neutrality leads to ISPs slowing down specific traffic (such as Netflix but not, say, Youtube).
Re:Striking Back At Recruiter Spam on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:28PM (#7847592)
> I'm wondering if people look at this and think "that's awesome, I can relate! I want to work there," or if they look at this and think "that guy has no problem spending time being mean to people he thinks deserve it, I might stay away."

I look at this and think - wow, these guys have an awesome sense of humor and don't hire (usually bad) devs peddled by such recruiters. Definitely raises my interest.

Re:A first-person engine in 265 lines of JS on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @07:53PM (#7843370)
I remember being amazed how simple raycasting was when I wrote a similar (though much simpler) engine in Java for a high school project. The "engine" itself was like ~200 lines of code in just 2 or 3 functions. Raycasting is a really clever technology. Cool demo!
Re:The new VirginAmerica.com on Friday May 23, 2014 @07:00PM (#7791844)
I believe Virgin partners with other airlines for all their international flights. Like, "Air Tahiti Nui operated by Virgin".
Re:eBay user data for sale? on Thursday May 22, 2014 @02:11PM (#7785291)
If choice 1 is to supposedly be good and suffer and choice 2 is to be an asshole - there's always choice 3: walk away.
Re:Script-injected "async scripts" considered harmful on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @06:56PM (#7775705)
[delete] wiki'd my question.
Re:Unpythonic Python on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @06:12PM (#7562837)
Ugly version: for(i=1;i<101;i++)console.log((i%3?"":"fizz")+(i%5?"":"buzz")||i)
Re:Announcing TypeScript 1.0 on Thursday April 03, 2014 @04:29PM (#7526321)
Strange, I'm able to compile 12k lines of code (that's output) in 5.2 seconds. Running this on a watch + autoreload process, so 6 seconds after I hit save, the results show up in my web browser. I do remember 0.9.1 being excruciatingly slow though. Edit: forgot to mention, I'm using the NPM package
Re:Atom on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @05:11PM (#7308426)
I believe the main benefit is that it is much easier to customize/change/tweak.
Re:AngularJS 1.2.0: timely-delivery on Friday November 08, 2013 @07:02PM (#6699938)
Here's your example without a watch: http://plnkr.co/edit/GCv7bQALiOTgJ0npavwi?p=preview
Re:Third Tesla Fire in 6 Weeks Could Spark Federal Inquiry on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:44PM (#6694303)
Engine overheating vs. accident are very different causes for fires.
Re:Third Tesla Fire in 6 Weeks Could Spark Federal Inquiry on Thursday November 07, 2013 @10:40PM (#6694286)
Such small numbers make terrible statistics. For instance, I could say that "the Tesla Model S is infinitely times less likely than a non-Tesla to suffer a fire which leads to a death." 0 for Tesla, X > 0 for others.
Re:How is JavaScript different from Java? on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @03:17AM (#6474671)
If anything, it should read "Java is an OOP language."
Re:Microsoft Retiring Master Certifications And Training on Saturday August 31, 2013 @03:21PM (#6307779)
I'd say that evaluating someone's GitHub account is way more meaningless than evaluating their certifications. Not everybody open sources all their stuff, nor necessarily uses GitHub. And most of the work one does, is usually for a company and can't be shared anyway.
Re:Microsoft reveals $900M write-down on Surface RT tablet on Thursday July 18, 2013 @09:27PM (#6067777)
Why is this a bad thing? I want the experience I have 10 years ago with tablet PCs. I want to be able to open up Word or Excel when I'm at the airport - without having to lug around a 10" laptop.
Re:Microsoft reveals $900M write-down on Surface RT tablet on Thursday July 18, 2013 @09:26PM (#6067772)
I think he meant compared to Surface PRO / Samsung Series 7 / etc, which have Wacom screens with remote-sensitivity, precise styluses and 32 pressure levels.
Before: copy file to thumbdrive/cellphone. Now: take picture with cellphone.

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