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I must admit that I preferred the "old" new one. Really can't put my finger on why. I'm interested in the impact on users when one changes things several times quickly like this. A…

I completely agree with you. On the other hand, good knowledge and understanding of them can be very useful when formulating ones own arguments. But running around telling people t…

I think you are missing the point. The apple guidelines do not state that a program can only consist of an executable. That would not make any sense. Rather they state that any app…

Well you obviously weren't careful enough. Nowhere in the article does he talk about a 4 GB binary or binaries. To quote him:"A 4GB Tex distribution dependant on over a 100 binarie…

Don't think that is the case. It was limited to merchants in a few countries, but it was not limited to US customers. I once purchased a computer from UK using Google checkout, and…

How ironic. They talk about providing the best user experience on the web, yet their site offers a sub par experience on my phone. The text doesn't scale when zooming, so basically…

This article on its own simply makes no sense. First he talks about the launch of GNNS and apple including support for glonass, without mentioning any of the benefits (if producers…

Yeah. I read that. But I'm mainly into academia. So I'm not really referring to my professional life when I call my self a programmer, though I do program in my professional life a…

I have much the same history as you. Started out in basic, but turbo pascal was what really got me going. I must admit that sometimes I really miss those days. But then I remember …

Hmm. Nibbles.bas and gorillas.bas are probably the main reason why I'm a programmer today.

AFAIK, based on the last talk by RMS I attended he condoned copyright on works of fiction only, not on works of fact. So no copyright on manuals, textbooks, scientific articles, et…

I hear you. I too cringe each time I see a post about RMS here. I know I "have" to read it, at the same time as I know I will get angry and extremely disillusioned about mankind do…

But it has further use as well. You can have your own personal identity on your gmail address and your official corporate identity on apps. Mixing roles is never a good idea and g+…

Not quite sure about this comparison. AFAIK Ghandi is famous for living by example. I have never heard or read about RMS saying anything about living by his example. I have however…

This blog post is just silly, and in my own opinion nothing more than failed linkbait. In no way, shape, or form is this hypocritical. By borrowing a phone, RMS is not making the p…

You can't blame that on Stallman. He has always been completely clear and up front about what he will and will not speak about. And he always agrees on the topic ahead of time with…

Here in Europe I have seen lots of smart use of QR codes in advertising lately: - Scan the QR code to receive a rebate coupon for the product advertised - Scan the QR code to recei…

Try attacking it from a different angle: The first thing he does is post a link to a google blog post that clearly states that they are releasing a new and changed version of googl…

Try looking at it again: It's posted in "Friends of the Unofficial Google Reader API" and he says: "I realize that we're using an unofficial API, so we have no right to complain ab…

Hmm... To me it seems like the similarity is simply that both use a typical 3 column layout. Mountains of molehills?

The title here is misleading. The guy is asking if the unofficial google reader API is being retired, not if google reader is being retired. (Google reader is getting an overhaul t…

At least here in Norway, most banks provide multiple ways of easily transferring with a phone: SMS, Android and/or iPhone apps and mobile web pages. My bank has all of these option…

So you signed up for community testing a product, and you don't bother to report problems? That just seems wrong to me (but I know, it's probably a rather common thing to do). That…

I completely agree. This would be the one killer feature that would take g+ over the top. This would simply render g+ superior to all other social networks.