atomicdog

Microsoft following in Apple's footsteps? Unheard of.

You're really pushing it if you're classing Moscow and Tel Aviv as "European" cities...

Seein as Bronn won the duel dishonourably by running away until the opponent was tired, does this mean Bethesda will win the match by camping?

Getting a few blisters is preferable to doing absolutely nothing

Call Apogee and quote "Aardwolf".

Within reason. It's anyone within the Anonymous subculture that claims to be it.

I'm disinclined to trust any source that doesn't know the difference between Java and Javascript

I guess the fact that people have just downvoted rather than explaining confirms it's still a fad.

Considering this whole situation was sparked off by armed police firing on a man who (apparently) hadn't fired on them, things could get real ugly if more armed police are added to the equation.

Is Ruby still considered a "fad" or is it actually gaining weight as a serious development platform? I'm seeing more and more articles about it on HN these days.

'Enter' to rename is pretty insane also

>if schools had to compete for customers like any other business, if teachers taught students properly and methodically, starting with basic laws of logic, the situation would be better.

You mean like privately-run British boarding schools? I think you'll find bullying is even worse in those kind of environments. Look up "fagging" on Wikipedia.

>Nerds are unpopular in forced social settings like secondary schools because they're huge assholes,

No, they're unpopular because western society tends to reward athletic prowess and has a stigma against intellectualism. They're unpopular because they are not seen to be "alpha males".

>72 hour coding binge

Just listen to some prog epics. Genesis, King Crimson, Rush... you'll get through three, maybe four songs in that timespan.

What exactly is the 'lifetime' on an iphone app?

This article seems to only apply to American truck drivers.

This kind of 'fanboyism' for companies seems kind of unhealthy to me.

He should have recorded a Youtube video asking Eric Schimdt out on a date.

What are the possible ramifications of opting out from these companies? Purely positive? Are there any downsides I may come across in the future as a result of opting out?

Well he can probably see Sweden from his house!

We don't have the 5th in the UK

Although, of course, the police aren't the ones who would be patching up the security vulnerabilities anyway. So arresting unethical hackers and securing systems aren't mutually exclusive. What a country!

>and the editing tools were written in Objective-C.

I find this really interesting, Carmack's been using Objective-C long before he started his iPhone work.

Some of these are pretty stupid

>If your son is being investigated for drugs charges and you destroy the evidence did you know that you might be considered a felon!?!?

No shit...

>If you create a website that links to extremist websites you may be investigated as a terrorist!

:|

>Of course he had meetings with execs from NewsCorp.

He had Christmas dinner with Rebecca Brooks, he had a secret meeting with Murdoch on a private yacht before the election. There are meetings and then there are meetings.

I'm sure you have used a less confusing term than 'agency' here.

I think it's more of a "you should have kids/be spending all your time with your kids in your thirties!" thing more than a "you shouldn't be playing games in your thirties" thing. So if, ten years from now, the average age for childbirth has not increased, we may still be seeing this kind of prejudice.

Call me when there are more (and better paid) Ruby jobs than .NET jobs.

>Creates public artifacts

>Blog posts, open source tools, books

So if I worked at SO and I didn't have a blog, hence presumably scoring a 'F', they'd be having a "stern talk with me"?

>there's still going to be people with good and bad opinions of it.

An anecdote isn't an opinion, it allows others to come to their own opinions themselves.