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I see your point. Based on @SpotifyStatus [0], it wasn't uncommon for Spotify to have service disruptions before they did the move though.

[0]: https://twitter.com/SpotifyStatus

A typical fanboyism argument when one's favorite company screws up. Just mention the other rivals and add zero insight into the original idea being discussed.

> In case of Android what you only need is that your application can read notifications

This "only" is much harder to do than sending a Javascript URL.

That's actually a good explanation of your point. Thanks.

Assuming Facebook is lying isn't a very good technical argument. There are other ways for them to make profit than doing the shady things you are implicitly accusing them of doing without any base.

> whatever you're sending over WhatsApp is likely going to be used by FB

The article links to the technical white paper[0] which explains why your points are invalid.

> I'm still inclined to trust apple's iMessage a bit more

Do you have any proof why iMessage is more secure or is that statement also baseless?

[0]: https://www.whatsapp.com/security/WhatsApp-Security-Whitepap...

> It's a shame to see key words be killed off by internationalisation concerns.

I think it's actually a solid decision from WhatsApp since the majority of their users are from non English speaking countries[0].

[0]: http://www.statista.com/statistics/291540/mobile-internet-us...

I have a big respect for Jon Skeet, but to dismiss Jeff Dean's work because Skeet is the one who provides copy-and-paste snippets for programmers is wrong on so many levels.

Thanks for the informative post. I know you didn't make it to advertise, but do you mind sharing your product name/info? It might be interesting to people following the discussion who have a similar situation or concern.

What I meant to say is that all companies try to follow where the market is. Microsoft isn't doing that just because they are losing their leadership in the market (which the OP claimed).

I've been using Visual Studio for more than 10 years, it never required a login to work or sent any information to Microsoft without a clear permission.

Having said that, if you really feel that Visual Studio is disrespectful of your privacy, you shouldn't be compromising on that and simply not use the application. I don't understand people who whine about services while they are enjoying them for free.

It's always the same people you never hear complaining about having to create an Apple account to use their developer tools.

Xamarin session is on March 31 at 2:00PM PDT.

> Uh, any company that sells niche or upmarket offerings of commodity products, for one. I.e. Apple

Without thinking much I can come up with a list of instances where Apple did exactly follow where they think the market is. Example include making phones with bigger screens [0], using a stylus with tablets [1], smart watches, small screen tablets [2], the the list goes on and on.

[0]: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/jobs-no-ones-going-to-buy...

[1]: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/jobs-if-you-see-a-stylus-...

[2]: http://fortune.com/2012/04/17/what-steve-jobs-said-about-an-...

> Their position in the server world is not nearly so secure, which is quite possibly what this move is meant to address.

Microsoft never had the lead in server operating systems. So they're not doing this just because they are no longer the leader. This is a proof that Microsoft is just changing how they handle competition and FOSS under Nadella.

Could you name a single company that doesn't follow where the market is and try to monopolises it later?

Plus, Windows is still the leader in the desktop and laptop market until today. They are facing some tough competition but "not leader in given market" is not true.

You missed the idea. He was discussing that even complicated programs (and games) can be converted to use Windows 10 features (i.e. modern desktop) flawlessly without breaking existing code. He wasn't talking about replacing Steam.

Yes, it does.

Source and build instructions: https://github.com/accord-net/framework

They have an excellent tutorial [0] that shows using Accord.NET to implement a well known paper called "A tutorial on Principal Components Analysis" [1]. I highly recommend reading them both for anyone who doesn't know much about that field because they give a very good idea of how stuff like facial recognition, image compression, ...etc work.

[0]: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7463 [1]: http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/cosc453/student_tutorials/principa...

That sounds insulting to the scientific research itself. Comparing the huge amount of research Microsoft Research division does to whatever Apple does to produce their consumer devices is really ridiculous. You can hold back on a 1-inch increase in screen-size until it's "market-ready" but you can't apply that to the real research areas.

I'm a web developer with experience of technical editing, a native speaker of Arabic, have translated many popular Firefox extensions to Arabic, and worked in "Google in your language" project, since I speak English and German fluently. I'm willing to help any HN member who wants to localize his startup/website to a RTL language, for free. If you contact me, I will gladly review the Arabic localization and RTL design and help you with the globalization in general in my spare time. As a thank you for the community I'm a big fan of.

I would quote a sentence from your own profile: "Those who are afraid to make fools of themselves are fools already." :)

I don't agree. Interviewing and employment are vital for any start-up company. And those reverse applications certainly have some ideas that enrich that field.

I don't see his online marketing savvy reflecting on the way he chose to promote his own skills in the market.

Especially that he's saying "In this case the product is me, Matthew Epstein.". You're calling yourself a _product_ and yet you don't market that product remarkably, IMO.

Best of luck anyway, hope you'll get a good offer out of this.

Isn't the "LATEST TWEET" section supposed to show an actual tweet? It's blank and only has a twitter icon that links to his twitter account.

Even if she's blogging about her experience, her feelings aren't relevant anymore, interesting story or not, we shouldn't care anymore, you can easily subscribe to her blog and read her words.

I would never call her names, but it's obvious that she's enjoying all the fame and attention she's getting. God knows when she will stop complaining and thanking AirBnB and admit that they made it up for her generously, even though they were never obligated to.

Some argue that what they did was only out of PR pressure. IMHO, that doesn't make them bad guys, working for your company reputation isn't a bad thing to do.

EJ (and others) are still saying that AirBnB should have responded more quickly, for anyone who knows even the slightest bit about businesses and entrepreneurship, it's certain that this sort of insurance policy can't be done in hours, that needs days maybe weeks and they done it well. Does anyone think they should have shared their working details with her because she's writing post after post to complain about them so they don't sound like they don't care? Some do and that is very naïve actually.

If you're implying that what I said was for karma, you can check my submissions/comments history, I'm more of a lurker here, I don't comment that much and I definitely don't care about karma (less than a dozen comments in 2 years).

Thank you Dysiode, you've nicely clarify my point.

Even though I do agree that the _whole_ story has some valuable PR lessons, I don't think that this particular blog post adds any value to this field. The story was worth keeping an eye on for entrepreneurs to take lessons from. But we had more than a dozen articles about it on HN, which is, for me, too much noise.

You said that Airbnb was wrong and disappointing, I would argue that this wasn't mainly their fault, but that's out of our discussion point right now.

I hate to be that guy, but...

Why should we have every single blog post by EJ on top stories here on HN? Why is "how she feels today" so important and still relevant? She caused all the drama and blamed Airbnb for something she is more responsible about than Airbnb. Airbnb did the right thing after all, some think that it's late, I don't. I'm just pissed about the attention that we give to her words. I won't be surprised if she authors a book to talk about how "Airbnb should have responded much more quickly to my urgent pleas for help, that they should have communicated with more sensitivity, and that they should have taken decisive action to help me feel safe during what has been a desperate time.". Come on, stop blaming them, they didn't make your "integrity being called into question", and your "character publicly trashed". You did.

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Although I'm not a regular contributor, I'm pleased to see that Marc Gravell is here. Welcome aboard.

Thank you.

Would you post a link to the referred post?

>but the Khan Academy could change the face of education in this country.

It's not just one country. I sincerely can't express my gratitude enough for Khan Academy guys, their very rich educational materials have and are helping me tremendously in my education and my career. I'm from a developing country.