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In American universities and with kids in high school and younger, Snapchat and Instagram rule. Also Musical.ly is an up-and-comer with the even younger crowd.

Kid's parents and relatives are on Facebook. They don't want their crazy liberal lives on display for their parents, aunts and uncles. As of now Facebook primarily serves as a messenger when one forgets or loses contact information.

In America, Facebook is uncool, Instagram is cool. Reminds me of the days Facebook was cool. Warning, my mom has an Instagram account.

Re:16 year old app developer: Plagiarist or Prodigy? on Monday February 05, 2018 @03:31PM (#16311858)
I have a friend from college who had a 2.0 in high school and got rejected from the college of new jersey. He ended up getting into a much better school (possibly due to SAT scores) and graduated with a 4.0. He majored in math as well as physics and minored in CS. Worked for Google for two years after... smokes weed too.
Re:The Rise of the Social Media Fembot on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:13PM (#16310683)
or fired!
Re:If Workers Slack Off, the Wristband Will Know on Friday February 02, 2018 @10:32AM (#16291279)
Heard this one second hand from an email directly from bezos. It's nothing that people don't already know. He said something along the lines of we don't have to worry about treating employees well as automation will be replacing most of them.
Re:So you're thinking about investing in Bitcoin? Don't on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:11PM (#16153491)
Who the hell is writing these articles? The author sounds like the kind of person who loves his 20 second reads on Slate. I didn't expect much better coming from The Guardian. It makes me wonder, are they just pushing out these articles to force weak hands to fold or never enter in the first place?

So you're thinking about writing an article about Bitcoin? Don't

Re:Bitcoin is no long the only game in crypto-currency town on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:02PM (#16126058)
I wish we could stop posting articles under a paywall
Re:Should application users be database users? on Thursday January 04, 2018 @05:31PM (#16074723)
Is this even a question? I cannot believe the accepted answer says this practice is okay. Please, never do this.
You completely ignore the actual point, logical fallacies everywhere on your part.

strawman: misrepresenting argument to make it easier to attack

ad hominem: attacking your opponent's character or personal traits instead of engaging with their argument

appeal to emotion: manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or competing argument

texas sharpshooter: cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption

Re:The Future of JavaScript Will Be Less JavaScript on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @04:29PM (#15856194)
I second this. I will be hedging on JavaScript reigning supreme for the next 5-10 years
I expected there to be more discussion. This is literally Gattaca, about to take place. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
I prefer to write custom code for these types of behaviors, it's a lot easier to get exactly what you want.
Re:Survival of the Prettiest on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:00PM (#15287096)
It's short lived