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by alexbell 13y ago
No need to! ObjC developers have soldiered on for years and years without such fanciness.
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by alexbell 13y ago
I think lots of video streaming is adaptive to bandwidth, and if you have an LTE connection that can handle HD video you'll get it. Still doesn't account for why the trend is supposedly 5s specific. Perhaps because the 5s can ha
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by alexbell 13y ago
I wonder if you'd allow a pilot to use the term? They do much the same thing, of course they are actually physically present (miles above). They are, however, about as likely to be injured (in these counter insurgency operations) as
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by alexbell 13y ago
Yeah, but...it's a cool thing to see on a Saturday for those that haven't seen it before. :)
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by alexbell 13y ago
That language will be web, I suspect. Perhaps Google will offer prerolled components specifically for Android? I strongly suspect that Chrome is the platform Google wants to push for client development now, with Android essentially as a s
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by alexbell 13y ago
Why not? What if the apps are purchased seamlessly through the play store and can run on Android or in Chrome? I have a feeling they will add more and more Android device APIs to whatever is coming, until it has just as many as the Java AP
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by alexbell 13y ago
It was down last night though, possibly related?
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by alexbell 13y ago
I've seen rms speak before, and one point he made really hit home. It is absolutely inexcusable for a school to teach using what is essentially a mystery black box. If a student wants to be able to open up the source code and see how thin
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by alexbell 13y ago
Yep. Say what you will about Apple products, but it's no coincidence that professional audio applications are so much more prevalent on Apple products. Core Audio is a fantastic base for developers to work with.
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by alexbell 14y ago
Not true. I live in Portland, and Alaska is the dominant airline here. I have flown with them over a dozen times, and never had a bad experience.
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by alexbell 14y ago
It's depressing how we are becoming numb to mass shootings due to their frequency. It seems like a week can't go by without a tragedy like this occurring.
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by alexbell 14y ago
I have a poli sci degree, about two years of CS at a community college. I am a techincal lead at post acquisition company, I started with them as an unpaid intern when the founders worked out of an apartment. Agree 100% about "curious peop
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by alexbell 14y ago
You are missing the real reason iPads sell well. "trendy, hip" is only part of it. Easy to use and simple is a much bigger part, and arguably contributes to "trendy, hip" more than any sort of consumer gadget fashions.
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by alexbell 14y ago
The article doesn't detail their planning, goals, etc...but it seems to me like they went all in without a solid plan. Just hoping to get rich. And it didn't happen.
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by alexbell 14y ago
Gee, I wonder why he didn't mention the maps? Apple's devices are still more compelling for me personally, but less so than they used to me. Hopefully Google builds and maintains its own iOS maps application.
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by alexbell 14y ago
It was pushed back from by end of 2012 to "sometime in 2013". And with Intel and Co's record I would not remain hopeful.
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by alexbell 14y ago
This will improve my life I think, installing now and thank you!
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by alexbell 14y ago
> I think almost all brand name tablets are on ICS now. I thought so too. Some are. Shockingly enough, I believe the Samsung tabs they gave out last year at I/O are still on 3.x. Tried to update my coworker's before heading to I/O wi
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by alexbell 14y ago
App and API compatability. New apps using iOS 6 APIs will still run.
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by alexbell 14y ago
That was narrow minded. You know it's possible to be a developer and never touch a web app stack professionally, right? Let alone the One True Language that is Ruby.
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by alexbell 14y ago
Hopefully university CS courses will stop utilizing Visual Studio now.
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by alexbell 14y ago
If this stuff interests you, I highly recommend David Mindell's Digital Apollo.
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by alexbell 14y ago
I hope Netflix's original content gets good/becomes a large enough library to threaten HBO. They would offer subscriptions over apps, set top boxes, and maybe even browsers shortly after. Content providers need to be smacked around by some
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by alexbell 14y ago
The problem is the human element. If you are doing something that can in some way be construed as going against the app store guidelines, eventually you are going to get a reviewer who rejects/takes down your app. Even if other reviewers
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by alexbell 14y ago
Grand Central Dispatch, I think you mean. :) It's on iOS 4+ as well.
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by alexbell 14y ago
I have a non CS related degree and am about two years in to a CS degree. I have not taken any classes in about 6 months and do not know whether I will resume doing so. So...I put non CS related degree.
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by alexbell 14y ago
I found the last paragraph/sentence a little weird - "Until then, I think people will still continue to mostly build in Rails with a large contingent going to iOS – the latter not due to the superiority of the development platform, but rath
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by alexbell 14y ago
Are these people in the third world putting their credit card into an app store and buying software? How do cheap android devices in third world countries validate android as a developer platform in the long run? I'm not trying to be snark
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by alexbell 14y ago
The reason Android is so successful on handsets is because Google made a conscious decision to sell their soul to the carriers to get there. They can try and gradually undo that by purchasing their own manufacturer... But it's going to tak
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by alexbell 15y ago
It's pretty impressive that an unsubsidized mobile device in the $500+ price range is putting up these numbers. Does anybody besides me think this indicates consumers are replacing their old "real" computers with iPads?

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