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This, to me, is one of the most interesting topics of our time, and I find it fascinating the similarities (both philosophically and economically) to that of the railroads at the t…

If you log into the developer center, there is an iOS 8.2 beta available with a new version of Xcode and WatchKit.

Foreign infrastructure funding has been going on for a while now in the form of toll roads. Particularly, there is a Spanish group called Cintra who does a lot of business statesid…

If I am not mistaken, Apple has been awarded patents in the area of localized haptics using tiny actuators. It may be that no rival solution has emerged. I was also quite upset whe…

Imagine trying to teach philology, while also teaching them their first language! This is exactly the problem that CS program directors face. I work as a researcher in the computer…

On reliable help to professors: I work as a research engineer (MS EE) at the University of Alabama, and we have experienced a similar problem for our faculty members. The problem h…

I develop apps for both major mobile platforms, and when I speak with designers and artists about Android and iOS, they overwhelmingly prefer iOS. Since they use iOS devices themse…

I'm not knocking this or any particular xxxx-to-mobile platform, but as a native iOS and android developer, I would highly recommend just learning the native languages and framewor…

Reminds me of a story... This year my dad, a football coach, lugged an overhead projector with a bucket full of transparencies and visa-vis markers to a football clinic he was aske…

I think a lot could be said here for maintainability. As others have mentioned, it really goes a long way to take the time and refactor the class to inherit the extra/common functi…

I work at a development house at the University of Alabama, and we have found that our free GitHub micro account has been a wonderful gateway drug of sorts for learning git. But, h…

Alabama resident here. One of the reasons for the very high amount of single parents in the South is the VERY harsh sentences for non-violent drug crime, especially among African A…

I remember as a child the first time understanding the gravitas of significant amounts of money. My parents had helped me save up with chores, birthday money, etc. to the point whe…

This is, in my opinion, the best answer. The dynamic nature of the language is something that allows for great flexibility, especially in passing objects of varying types down the …

We can say what we will about TED Talks, but it is a hell of a lot better for humanity than Jersey Shore or much of the useless crap on television. Like anything, given enough time…

This is the reason people aren't moving to North Dakota: https://www.google.com/search?q=fargo+nd+cold&oq=fargo+nd+co...

Just published an app to the Google Play store for your site. It's called Banker News and is available here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mattyork.b... It is a…

If anyone has used both, please let me know some overall impressions. I am considering building a game soon and am curious about the best platform moving forward.