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You don't have to be an activity at all, your service can do that. But the comment where someone might just be browsing their contact list makes sense too.

Actually, I don't think you need it. If you can request permission to read the list of activities and do so when your activity is paused, you can search for the phone application (…

Regarding the question of knowing what percentage of total equity your stock grant represents, most companies that are not incredibly early stage will simply not tell you. Pushing …

How about instead of trying to circumvent the problem, we could address the original issue? Namely, that your employer single handedly has enough power to send you back to your cou…

> gave up when it required me to use my Linkedin account Exactly.

Congratulations, you have successfully determined that scumbags are everywhere. The behavior of these people should not be directly correlated with bitcoin/tech/startups/whateveryo…

To be honest there's a lot more that factors in when you're buying a computer for business. It's not just the CPU and GPU that come with it, there's a plethora of other factors tha…

Just fyi, this is exactly the type of situation they hope to induce and, to be quite honest, I would happily do the same, even if only to avoid the hassle.

> but anyone else based in the US Why US only? Are there significant challenges into opening this platform to internationals? I always thought it was simpler (less taxes to deal wi…

Would just like to add to this answer that, as of Android 4.4, the WebView is based off of Chromium, enabling you to perform remote debugging with your chrome web developer tools (…

> These root certificates are managed by a small number of companies designated by some agency who decides on these things You're trying to explain how SSL is secure, that everyone…

I'm actually more interested in the US-EU negotiations, I wonder how long that one's going to take :)

Always always _always_ use git push . Always. Did I mention always? :)

I can see where he's coming from, my company is actually at fault on this exact point. The initial target was iOS and then clients requested Android compatibility as well. Designs …

One thing that I like about Android is that developers can choose to minimally style buttons and similar UI elements and these differences will be applied to whatever the base devi…

If you're looking to go be a bit away from the city (~1hr by metro), there's two cities called Povoa de Varzim (where I am) / Vila do Conde that have just about everything and are …

This actually sounds quite interesting. I might just go and do it. The question is, will SO approve? Edit: I'm guessing SO probably won't have an issue with it.

I can personally attest that it is incredibly hard to land a solid remote based job, even if you're very good at it. I have worked remotely most of my career (with frequent visits …

Hey I can blow things out of proportion and create unreasonable expectations just like the author does :)

But adding this as a requirement is perfectly reasonable? How about the fact that this is completely out of the developer's control (apps are sometimes rejected for no reason whats…

I find it hilarious that people think it's just gathering some pieces, applying glue and add pretty graphics.

What's that old saying? You get what you pay for. What did you expect for $800? "Oh but it's a simple app" - Well, so is the electrical grid! I delivers power to your house, simple…

That Twitter popup every time you select some text is incredibly annoying, I wish they'd disable it. I like to select paragraphs of text due to the higher contrast but here it's im…

While I commend the team at MongoHQ for detailing the attack, the strategy used to restrict any further damage and implementing new processes and additional security, I've heard th…

It is working but the US store seems to be down for maintenance.