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Either way if you are push the boundaries past other developers you will get noticed in your environment and that will follow through to other jobs.
- shorting doesn't work
What concerns me a little more than how the poorly developed people on /b seem to be deciding that targeting people just by association is acceptable for retaliation, is whats going to happen when they annoy someone that's living in a less digital world.. Ergo, someone that actually isn't afraid of using the virtual ante and responding physically
The one thing that strikes me as a bit batty from the 'CIA is going to kidnap him camp' is that in the cases of rendition the victims generally do not end up on US soil, in US courts.
Much rather in another country who's legal is system is more opaque (or transparent depending on your version of crime and punishment)
Given the US desire to put Assange on trial you'd figure they'd do the public legal stuff.
Native platforms are far from bug free
It makes sense for the business to release a just good enough HTML5 app rather than platform specific apps built by multiple teams at x times the cost.
It's easier to find a html5 developer than it is to find an android, iOS and any other platform you want.
How do you propose you solve these issues?
Remember they are all friends. The UK has the Falklands which Argentina (mates of Ecuador) are very keen to take ownership, especially with the discovery of every conspiracy theorists favourite motivator.... OIL
Yes boys and girls, perhaps this whole thing is less to do with Assange and wiki-leaks and more to do with a bit of dick waving over old wounds and money. That's a better theory for whats going on now
Secondly, if the us wanted assagne they'd have him, shifting to Ecuador is probably a lot less safe than hanging around an EU country IMO
Thirdly, he had his chance to go back to Sweden, he ran. He had his chance in the uk, he ran. He's not showing him self to be of good character if the acts of abuse of process he claims to stand against are being carried out by himself
Guilty or not, he's got questions to ask. Running away isn't going to make his issues disappear
And lets not forget, sexual assault is a serious allegation, and if you had any sense about you, someone lying about using protection would really piss you off. Apart from the fact it means putting a woman at risk of having to look after a brat for 18 years plus incubation, there's also the risk of disease, complication through pregnancy and common flipping curtosey.
That's why in places like india, Africa a $500 phone is still seen as laughable. Even ignoring developing countries and emerging economies, charging 50 bucks is going to be a stretch and seems a bit crazy if you want to appeal to people outside of the silicon communities....
But then again I thought twitter was a silly fad
"Funny thing. Adding arrays returns a string. Subtracting them returns NaN. Again, JavaScript devs will explain why. Maybe even try to convince you that it’s perfectly fine behaviour. It’s not"
Things like this in all languages, are what separates pros from tinkerers, in my opinion. It can be confusing, sometimes there are no good reason for this, other times there are.
I like JavaScript for all its quirks. It's the quirks hat have allowed it to be used in ways that were never envisaged.
To the OP, if you find something that doesn't work like everything else would, have a look at exploiting that difference before trying to make it conform
Otherwise nice post
Disclaimer: JS Dev to the core
Basically i reckon everything on facebook belongs too facebook inc. All your statuses, photos, comments. Complaining about a timeline is like complaining that the council changed the types of flowers in a public park.
Could people be a bit less naieve about facebook and realise it is in this for the money, nothing else. If people really hate FB that much, maybe instead of killing our accounts we should start pumping them full of junk data and destroy the SNR for facebook's business dev
When that happens you get people sending a thousand kilos of high explosives into a school bus and walking away with a book deal and secret service protection for life. If u catch my drift
I reckon this is probably q bunch of patriot hackers operated by some shadier puppet masters. Ironically probably someone that's not friendly with the US
If it was a paid for service that didnt allow contract termination that would be unacceptable. But this is a free ride thats getting a bit bumpy
Or even the military leave this just off the coast of some less than favourable country.
Great for setting up observation and living areas in hostile environments
Sealab anyone?
Edited: stupid iOS autocorrect
That said...
I responded to the OP who seemed to be making a general observation, based on a particular post. My reply was to be in generalisation too, so it may not be a correct view of the state of HN
I'm comparing the act of creating and reviewing. More explicitly I wanted you to think about how a new designer would respond to overly harsh and non-constructive critisim in the early stages of developing their skillset.
There is a point in being nice, it's part of being sociable. We could have all the best solutions in the world, but if we can't share them in an agreeable way then they are going to be useless
Think of a world where parents mocked their toddlers for presenting them with a anotomically and structurally defective picture of their family and home. Would the child continue to create with happiness or just associate experimentation with negative response?
Added to that a certain attitude of 'just because I'm right, I can be mean'
All just leads to an environment where trying new things is discouraged. The guy didn't follow the status quo, he tried something different. What happened wasn't quite a pitch fork smack down, but it felt pretty mean spirited.
I certainly didn't see anything constructive in the comments.
Given Facebook was originally intended for university age people, able to make a decision to fight, kill and die for their beliefs and country. I would argue such an environment is where one would expect to find people capable of making a judgment call over weather or notto place a bet.
If your argumentis that Facebook is a technology company and should not be involved in gambling then you are flat out wrong. Innovation should be followed where ever it emerges, otherwise companies will falter and die and we as a human society will miss out on great things. Not to say that gambling is an amazing piece of innovation although I am Sure there where some technical achievements in producing bingo frendzy, who should be the moral compass on what is a global network. If as a planet we can't even keep a clear line on what is statutory , on weather homosexuality is fine or a criminal offence, on of we should teach children about safe sex
It seems your stance against Facebook allowing play for real cash has little to do with the technology, and everything to do with a perception that gambling = bad. Please correct me if I am wrong
Which really is a shame to see on HN. I'd expect to see arguments pro or against based on the merits of what Facebook can deliver, on the demographics of the Facebook market, alternatives... Heck, how if in any way this alters the zynga play book.
I turn the question to you, where would an appropriate place for such games be?
Plenty of people drink, most arent alcoholics. Plenty of people take precription drugs, most arent addictded to them.
I think this is a move to capture an area of a market thats been growing, despite being shunned. Better still if its more sociably acceptable, we can only hope that those who do develop addictions feel as though they are able to seek help without fear of suffering social punishment due to the stigma associated
Alternativly maybe he just doesn't see gambling as a big industry.
Certainly not expecting Zynga to take this lying down
Sorry, I misread your comment. :redface
If you don't have access to ft.com (one of the few pay walls that are worth the money)
Bingo friendzy http://www.jackpotjoyfriendzy.com/
tldr; Gamesys Group have released the first play for cash game on the Facebook canvas
edit Added link to the game