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Last time I checked, pure NDK apps are best for games that use OpenGL as their primary interface. If you want native controls, you can't really do that entirely from the NDK side.

It is certainly doable. I haven't done it myself, but I know of people who have done it successfully on Android. Unfortunately, I don't think Phonegap is a very good solution. Depe…

So, I've been involved on Clojure/Android for a long time. I really like what Alexander has done with Skummet, and I think there is still room for improvement. However, I have to w…

Just a few thoughts: 1. Clojure is a general purpose programming language. Just because it isn't used much for desktop GUIs doesn't mean it's not usable for that. What percentage o…

Additionally, at least with Vanguard, if you have a lot of money invested you get access to funds with lower costs. For example, for $3,000-$10,000 you can VFINX which costs 0.17%,…

It's not so much that you are paying only for algorithmic/mechanical money management, but there are transaction costs as well. For example, an fund that tracks a particular index …

Those lists aren't even close to being correct. For example, Clojure was accepted last year and this year. syslog-ng, Python, and X.org were all accepted this year.

We don't know, yet. That would be tell-tale if the number of students also dropped significantly.

What is most interesting to me is the number of accepted organisations is down significantly: from 190 last year to 137 this year, the lowest since 2007. Naturally, the question th…

No idea, but it does seem the programme has been scaled back. Last year there were 190 organisations accepted, and this year only 137, the fewest since 2007.

I don't think it's so much that it's hard to get a productive working environment. In my experience, getting vim-fireplace working with a new Leiningen project takes nearly zero ef…

I generally agree. Even as an experienced Clojure developer (but not much of a web developer), it took a bit of time for me to get a ClojureScript working environment integrated wi…

Pretty neat. Figwheel is pretty new to me, so it's something I'll have to look into. I just recently got my head around using ClojureScript with vim-fireplace and Austin. It took a…

It is entirely possible to dynamically generate and load DEX files in Dalvik, and it should be possible in ART. To the best of my knowledge, there are too projects for generating D…

Well, some of use vi bindings, and Ctrl+a isn't as commonly used there.

I used to think that fingerprint sensors were pretty cool, and even purchased the option on a laptop some years ago. That was until I found out the relative ease of duplicating fin…

I'd like to thank Alexander for all of his hard work. It's entirely my fault that his Neko work hasn't been merged in, but it's something I am going to get done soon.

This is the same state where car dealerships are only allowed to be open one day of either Saturday or Sunday. There was recently a proposal to get rid of this law, but it failed. …

This article didn't seem all that great. It just claims "the prices are higher" without any substantive recommendations on how that problem can be solved. Nonetheless, it does make…

I think this is sometimes indeed the purpose. I haven't verified this, but I remember reading that there was one part of the Affordable Care Act that was intended to be some pork f…

Arguably, a big part of the reason why "lactation consultants" exist is because breastfeeding has become relatively uncommon in places like the U.S. It's not that the nipple isn't …

I wonder if it would make sense for companies looking for Linux talent to somehow target users of less 'user-friendly' distributions such as Gentoo or Arch. I don't know how well i…

Maternity leave is also not necessarily paid. In my experience with maternity leave, the only pay involved short- and long-term disability insurance. Of course, individual employer…

Perhaps I'm confused, but shouldn't the distance between your elbows and eyes be roughly the same regardless of whether your sitting or standing? If not, then what's the best non-(…