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The comments on the internet suggest this. The number of people signing up to be drivers suggests otherwise.

The real pity is, I believe allowing this type of immigration would actually create more jobs than it would displace. Uber, for example, has more operational employees than enginee…

I'm on that as well, but last I checked it wasn't available anymore.

Anybody have any reference to language docs?

I still think this is an abuse of down-vote priviledges... downvote should be used to bury non-constructive comments, not express disagreement with a point or behavior. (That's wha…

Technically, quantum refers to physics at the atomic / subatomic scale, and not necessarily to the spooky effects like particle wave duality and such that we usually attribute to t…

Don't work for a startup. At least, not as a "developer for hire" to work on whatever they need. In my experience (albeit in U.S./ USD), those rates come to people with solid progr…

I hate this about myself. =P

Take a look at DuckDuckGo (if you prefer independent entrepreneurial upstart) or Bing (if you prefer massive well funded corporate competitor) to see what getting in the ring with …

Bad developers do have that power. But best practice is to use a SyncAdapter, which works very similarly. Actually, one of the biggest savings comes from apps all syncing at about …

Android has had "Sync Adapters" since the beginning, a very cool and powerful framework that allows apps to piggy back off each other's data connections, reducing the number of tim…

Actually, only a supernova or equivalent energy magnitude event. Fusion only releases energy up to iron. Creating heavier elements consume energy in the reaction rather than releas…

I'm pretty sure you didn't actually read most of this article.

Paul, curious if your enthusiasm for twitter has waned in light of the direction they have taken since? Obviously it is still an influential platform, but the grand vision we all h…

When you consider that distributed repositories are going to be cloned dozens, hundreds, or thousands of times, it starts to add up. Even if this larger project could handle that b…

There are some pretty serious potential health consequences for the improper use of such a device. In this case, I actually don't blame Google for keeping things locked down a bit …

I'm pretty sure this outcome is exactly what Google wants. Hardest tickets to get in town, even with a $900 price tag. Why else would they continue to give away such great swag at …

The number of calories you burn isn't just a minor detail you can brush away. Some sources of energy turn preferentially into fat, others promote a higher burning base metabolism. …

Surprised they made one in the first place.

I agree with you, but I also agree with the original sentiment. I think the difference is, he is talking about, in the past, forcing the external circumstances of his life to confo…

Highly recommend git-svn for committing from git locally to svn remote