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ElectricPenguinon Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018

:-) In the demos that I've seen they even say... "Don't do this."

I think it's to emphasize that while it can mimic the native environment of either platform Flutter also has the ability render non-native custom controls to either platform.

ElectricPenguinon I Bought a Book About the Internet from 1994 and None of the Links Worked

The AOL disk in the back of the book doesn't work either.

ElectricPenguinon The Plane Giving the F-35 a Run for Its Money

This is the equivalent to saying that a cigarette boat could get a couple shots off in a fight with a battleship because of it's maneuverability and speed.

Well yes that may be true.

However, it's more likely a battleship would sink a cigarette boat with a precision guided weapon a second after it becomes visible on the horizon.

ElectricPenguinon Ask HN: How do you approach salary negotiation when you know the upper range?

Knowing the number in your situation doesn't change much in your situation. You still won't provide the first number.

However, since you know where the first number will be (within 5-10K) depending on your presentation up to this point.

Either:

A. You will provide a reason or reasons you are more valuable than that number (in value to the company, which they will accept or reject)

B. You will show you are more experienced than someone who would be a good fit for this position

C. You will accept their assessment of an offer in that range.

You should research the market value of this position it won't help your negotiation (I wouldn't recommend trying to convince someone they are paying their people too little) but it will tell you whether their offer is acceptable.

ElectricPenguinon Ask HN: What is the coolest thing someone has done with Amazon Mechanical Turk?

Solving Instagram’s Unshredder with Mechanical Turk and $0.50

This was more of a proof of concept but was pretty impressive. http://code.recollect.com/post/13372390010/mechanical-turk-u...