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> I remember thinking that math classes would be far more interesting if we were allowed to hand in a program to solve the class of problems they were asking us to manually and rep…

> It reminds me of what Microsoft used to do: embrace, extend, extinguish. I guess they still do it on the enterprise level. But they have fallen behind in terms of consumer ecosys…

You are right. Maybe I'm biased and a tad emotional. I was expecting more from Canada.

And the Juicero effect.

Correct. The 16 years old bit is for the driver license where, in north america, 16 is the minimal age to get it.

It's a long talk but https://youtu.be/ci4kbCmEmOI It's by James Whittaker. Basically people are downloading and using way less apps than a few years ago. Today to get the users to …

It should be pretty easy to filter out, given that there will be a very strong correlation between length of the drive and rating. Passenger rating does matter when it comes to how…

Uber drivers have fair wages, considering they are working in a saturated market and competing with people with the qualifications of a 16 years old teen. There are a lot of people…

I think it has to do with the traditional app model slowly being phased out. There is a huge saturation of apps on every major platform and it's getting harder and harder for new d…

It represent a backward country as these cases should never have happened in the first place. Also, the operation was lead by pretty much all of Canada's telcos. It's not an especi…

Doing any kind of business in non-USD currency is itself not a great move.

At least I'm pretty sure they (the cable companies) won't be able to use anything they got there in court. But let's be real for a moment, that man, if he sues, will get absolutely…

When I was about 6 or 7 there was a complete section of my math textbook which contained informations and example on the BASIC language. We, of course, never read those chapters in…

> I'm more concerned that I might go home for a visit and then get told no when I ask to come back Getting into a foreign country is a privilege, not a right.

> A lot of veggie imitation meats are low on fat and protein and extremely high on processed carbs. Which makes them pretty bad, even worst for dieting.

That's a shame. Curious, how do you normally figure out the phosphorus content ? Is there a guideline somewhere that gives you an adequate estimate ?

I've met people that were scared of Square as it "didn't look like a genuine POS". I guess using an iPad could make the consumer feel safer. Than again a "Pro" looking case for the…

That's a shame. I didn't think of that specific use-case (only one or two apps for the whole life-cycle of the unit). I'm still curious to know if it would be cheaper to buy Androi…

> Technically, for all or most of these purposes, an Android tablet would work equally well. But people still think "iPad" when a tablet is required. I'm still waiting for an Andro…

I've seen a few companies do this. They save big on rent but the impact on productivity is evident. I guess they are rich enough to waste their employee's time to save a few square…

Other than a few headlines in the news has it really been that bad ? Bad enough to change a whole business plan ?

I guess they went as far as they could without a proper package manager. > Shared libraries beyond that would bring the hell of version incompatibility. One need only look at Apple…

No secure communication AND Brexit ? Hope Europeans bankers will enjoy their new offices in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris.

> the situation in America right now There is no "Situation" right now. > I know a number of founders that had decided not to do the "move to California" strategy. Maybe because th…

I'm as far to mobile development as I can be but is there no shared libraries on those platforms ? Other than the environment provided ones, isn't it possible to bundle some dynami…