191–195 of 195 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
My opinions are irrelevant against the backdrop of the collective mainstream agreement about 'the way things are', but I will say this: I think anyone getting offended about the opinion that ADHD, and the mental-health industry in general, are a load of crap .. needs to take a vacation somewhere less supportive of decadent navel-gazing.
Thank you, L. Ron.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> ADHD is a load of crap, and diagnosis of it is a purely western endeavour with very little actual merit. With all due respect, I must ask: have you ever interacted with an individual diagnosed with (severe) ADHD? Also, please clarify: are you claiming that those whom have been diagnosed with ADHD aren't sick or that they've been incorrectly diagnosed? I appreciate your time and look forward to your responses on thi…
My opinions are irrelevant against the backdrop of the collective mainstream agreement about 'the way things are', but I will say this: I think anyone getting offended about the opinion that ADHD, and the mental-health industry in general, are a load of crap .. needs to take a vacation somewhere less supportive of decadent navel-gazing.
I never claimed to be offended by your statements, but as an individual with ADHD, I'm interested in exploring this further.
In particular, I'm interested in the treatment(s) you reckon'll help the most with my symptoms. If you'd like, we can arrange a one-on-one IM session to discuss them, as these matters require individual attention, rather than broad generalizations over a particular (diagnosed) group.
I, once again, appreciate your time and look forward to your responses on this matter.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your entire post reads as a cheap appeal to emotion, rather than a balanced view of app purchase methods on mobile devices. Let's turn this around for a second. Why are parents letting children use their very expensive and unlimited purchasing power mobile devices without supervision? If the kids have their own phones, why are they linked to their parent's account for purchases, instead of using the (very cool) allow…
If you were capable of actually reading my post and not what you wanted to read into it, you would see that I was referring to chiseling children out of large sums re the post I was answering. Selling a child $99 worth of cartoon pony feed is mere cretinous larceny. This type of behavior actually happens. This is what we are condemning. I was not criticizing in-app up-selling, which I presume you mean to defend, but…
>Selling a child $99 worth of cartoon pony feed is mere cretinous larceny
I find it very funny that you chose cartoon ponies as your example, when the internet at large currently has an obsession with the My Little Pony franchise. All ages, mind, not just "children".
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The iOS devkit is Mac-only. You will also have to pay a $99 yearly fee to Apple for the right to develop apps that get listed on the App Store. However, that $99 fee also includes the right to get a testing certificate that lets you push what you develop onto an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to test with. So if you sign up for the developer program, you can test on a real device. You just can't get it loaded onto other…
Awesome, thanks for that answer! The testing certificate makes sense, I was really wondering about that, there's only so much you can test in a simulator (touch screen behaviour, for instance. I'd assume you could emulate it with a mouse, but you can't test the full UX that way). Good call on the JS/webapps too. I hadn't really considered what language one develops iOS apps in when I started investigating, but from w…
I know some (adult) people who are itching to get into (video) game design. The first thing I always tell them is "Learn to program. Start with Python." Then I point them to PyGame to let them get started building the kinds of programs they set out to build, quickly.
This despite Scheme being my favorite programming language, and the one I "think" in. But Python really is the micro BASIC of the 21st century. It's the best "type commands at it and see what happens" language for beginners. Not to diminish its obvious appeal to professionals, of course.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you were capable of actually reading my post and not what you wanted to read into it, you would see that I was referring to chiseling children out of large sums re the post I was answering. Selling a child $99 worth of cartoon pony feed is mere cretinous larceny. This type of behavior actually happens. This is what we are condemning. I was not criticizing in-app up-selling, which I presume you mean to defend, but…
>Selling a child $99 worth of cartoon pony feed is mere cretinous larceny Who's to say the person using the app isn't an adult? See for example Farmville, or Smurfland (whatever that goofy app is called). Are you seriously suggesting that the majority of purchases made there were from kids who don't know any better? I find it very funny that you chose cartoon ponies as your example, when the internet at large current…