TheFuture

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by TheFuture 12y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense if the nearby items themselves were broadcasting iBeacons? I think this is what Apple intends to do with the protocol.
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by TheFuture 12y ago
Because standalone iBeacons to trigger geofences is not what I believe Apple intends to use them for. This is what Estimote is selling. Sure the geofence triggering is kinda cool, but I've yet to see a practical use of it. Seems like &
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by TheFuture 13y ago
If you're sweating the cost of buying a Mac and the annual $100 developer fee, are you really planning to run a profitable business? Those costs should be the least of your concerns.
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by TheFuture 13y ago
The market rate for investment bankers is more attractive than my job. Doesn't mean I can just be an investment banker tomorrow. Or a nurse. If I live comfortably on my basic income doing whatever, how do I become qualified to work? Re
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by TheFuture 13y ago
That's right, it's still Bush's fault. We're in Obama's 2nd term, this is getting old.
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by TheFuture 13y ago
Patriot act was overwhelming supported by Republicans AND Democrats when passed. Let's not rewrite history here. The more we learn about the Obama admin, the worse it gets. This isn't a R vs D thing.
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by TheFuture 13y ago
The big assumption that everyone tends to make when talking about public education is that the politicians, school boards, principals, and teachers are advocates for students. Sure, some of them are, but the vast majority of them are lookin
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by TheFuture 13y ago
Having done this stuff for about 15 years now, it is amazing how much of your work is scrapped in 5 years or less. If you're writing some deep enterprise level back-end stuff that is going to be integrated in a large, expensive system, obvi
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by TheFuture 14y ago
You can have multiple prices of subscription IAP. You just can't do an auto-renew IAP subscription. They only seem to allow magazines to do that. There is a video from WWDC 2012 where they go through each kind of IAP. Worth watching for wha
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by TheFuture 14y ago
"* Due to App Store's restrictions, only Freelancer is available for in app purchase" Anyone know why that is?
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Why can't we just build new, safer nuclear power like India, China, Japan, and basically everyone else are building right now? Whoops, the left has demonized nuclear power so much in this country that people fear it more than coal! It alway
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Reality is a sad place right now. People are so scared of it, they're willing to believe anything just to not have to think about what's going to happen when the music stops.
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by TheFuture 14y ago
RIM bailout? That one I would believe. Open government? Wow, I remember that one from 4 years ago. Skilled immigration? They don't vote for Dems. Unskilled immigration is all he cares about. Pour more money into failing "green" tech. Yes, l
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by TheFuture 14y ago
If you can't afford to just buy a real iPad mini, you're not really serious about developing and testing on the device.
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Yeah, none of us are using Microsoft Word any more. Ever print anything from Google Docs? Look at the typography. Look at the letter spacing and kerning. It's a joke. And don't even get me started on javascript. I like to use word processin
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Bold? They're losing money like crazy. Advertisers haven't been paying the rates they need to survive for almost a decade. It was bold to keep printing and mailing the thing for the last 5 years as it became absolutely clear that printing n
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Actually, I've been considering how to do this for my next app. Not split testing the sale price though, it will be free. (It's just too hard to get people to buy an app outright) I want to split test in-app purchases. I think this should b
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by TheFuture 14y ago
My point was more how as programmers, the emotional toll of everything that we're making will be destroyed, usually in only a few years. Yes, we're paid. But it's hard to have satisfying work when the result you produce becomes worthless. I
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by TheFuture 14y ago
So true. Just crushed me...
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by TheFuture 14y ago
All the African nations have huge birthrates http://populationpyramid.net/Niger/2020/ 10-15yrs from now that is a big workforce.
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by TheFuture 14y ago
I too am having lots of doubts on responsive design. I've yet to see an example of a significantly popular and non-trivial website implement responsive in a convincing way. Anyone arguing that "they're just doing a bad responsive design"
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by TheFuture 14y ago
It's the glittering lure of write-once run-everywhere. Devs still fall for it, even though we should know better.
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by TheFuture 14y ago
I'm here, it is. At least certain parts are. There's about a 4sqmi area that almost certainly someone will be murdered in this weekend. Maybe a few. Shootings almost every day. If they're even reported.
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Is there a single Republican/conservative in any elected position in Milwaukee? I realize that the city elections are technically non-partisan, but there are clearly no conservatives in positions of power here. The only cities Milwaukee wou
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by TheFuture 14y ago
> small riot between blacks/whites after the state fair Uh, that's one way to describe it. A large group of black teenagers/20-somes started fighting with each other and then just started jumping white people, beating on them, then movi
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by TheFuture 14y ago
App Store profit for Apple is a rounding error on their balance sheet. Selling phones (and tablets) that can do amazing and powerful tasks is what makes Apple money. That's why they have invested so much into creating the iOS SDK, to enable
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Same here. Well worth spending $20 on wrist braces just to try.
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Every market is different, but there is a lot of housing supply in most of the US, prices are depressed and lending rates are the lowest they'll probably ever be in our lifetime. I have a couple friends (from our generation) who are buying
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by TheFuture 14y ago
> I don't plan on ever giving up the pace and energy of the metropolis Until you have kids, and you see how most urban school districts are run. This is the same reason our parents left the city and moved to the burbs. Things are not r
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by TheFuture 14y ago
Also think about how much easier it is to buy used vehicles. All the car buying websites have changed the auto sales industry in the last 10 years. The used car market is much bigger now and more selection, meanwhile consumers are more info

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