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They are excluded by the fact that we have minimum wages. That provides a lower bar to the required value an employee creates. As we raise this lower bar, we exclude more and more …

> For a SW person, heck, there is always something that must be mastered, and pronto. Unless a SW person can kick back and write COBOL all day, there is much more to learn and appl…

I've noticed that often in sports, it's the guy who reacts to a foul that gets called instead of the cool, collected, nefarious originator. What movements/teachings/oppressions in …

The notable difference is that historically the ownership of the outlets was widely varied. Now it is consolidated under the control of very few. That doesn't seem like a positive …

There has been growing violence and intolerance. Ignoring the issues on your own side to blame the other is part of the polarization. Such positions are symptoms of what is coming.…

I'm, unfortunately, familiar with hospitals. It's not as bad as you claim here, that anecdote seems wildly wrong. What does happen is the hospital bills you $50 for what amounts to…

There is also an individual or plan maximum, beyond which they cover zero.

> You're subtly conflating "native app" vs "app" by using slightly different terminology. For the purposes of being exact, I'll assume you mean "app" - regardless if it's a hybrid …

> This doesn't explain why PWAs are still a rarity on Android though. You'd think that the ability to target both desktop (web) and Android (web/PWA) would've attracted more develo…

> The majority of traffic is mobile and apps still rule that platform due to both a superior experience and better interfaces. There is no evidence of your second claim in the link…

I'm very senior these days. Most of my job appears to be unsticking people. But even I get stuck plenty, and while I can quickly unstick most problems the other devs face I can't s…

The web browser is the least closed most open distribution for software services ever. Anyone anywhere can publish and billions can access it without numerous gate keepers in the w…

We looked for a xamarin dev last year and couldn't find one. I'm not surprised listings are awkward.

The general definition is, theft is when nobody is home. Theft is to steal stealthily without the owner the wiser. Robbery is to steal under threat of force. Give me your wallet or…

4 hour technical assessment is a bit heavy after I've already invested 1.5 hours into the process.

> I wonder how anyone can question this. Some developers and teams don't need the crutches. Type systems are also an encumbrance that comes with a non zero amount of issues. They s…

1) That's a totally different number... Apples and oranges. Conversation in this case is getting an icon on the users phone as opposed to sale. Mobile stores have really really low…

Ahh yes, the infamous Facebook failure. Anyone can write a bad app. That's not necessarily a technology failure. But it's easier to blame the tech than to admit they did something …

I'm curious, how does adding notifications effect security negatively exactly? Performance? All this functionality is already available for apps including the security model. Nothi…

Also need to add, no big tech gatekeepers. Probably the biggest boon.

Why does a native app have to be better than a web app? Quite the assumption. The snark keeps me from even wanting to engage you...

The "browsers aren't operating systems" ship has sailed long ago, exhibit a: electron apps. Think of it this way. When feature parity of browser sandbox closes on everything a desk…

Kind of a narrow view. Not all of us who want this are building messaging apps.

Pricing is different for large customers, they can get special discounted rates. For the small guys, that's the ballpark as I understand it also. And I agree with you. That's the #…

Good examples. We still struggle with all of them as a society. Porn is arguably more impactful than all of them with it's ability to destroy marriages.