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Just a word of caution on buying Magnatiles - there are lots of knockoff brands out there, not just for these but almost all kids toys these days (duplos and trains included), and some can be dangerous:
> Last December, Jennifer White of Appleton, Wis., received Imden Magnetic Blocks for her 4-year-old son as a gift. Her son was rushed to the hospital after the toy broke and he ingested some magnets, Ms. White said.
> The worst part? The Imden-branded product was listed right next to industry-leading brands like Magformers and Magnatiles, which meet U.S. safety standards.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-shoppers-this-is-how-to-...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/02/27/breast_feedi...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/02/27/breast_feedi...
"Because cloud!" seems to be the answer to most of the points raised in the original article, which kinda sounds ok on the face of it; but why can't those backend services be abstracted out as well? Why shouldn't I be able to choose some other provider for all these services, like location?
It reminds me of a commonly suggested solution to the browser wars in the 90s, when the reasoning for Microsoft's integration of IE directly into the OS was all the new possibilities from such deep integration: why not just allow different browsers/engines (e.g. mozilla) to be swapped in? Well, because then you wouldn't be using MS products anymore!
And I think a lot of that is repeating itself here.
Rarely wasted? Have you seen how many open issues and pull requests on github just languish there forever by unconcerned maintainers? Or projects with a million forks because the maintainer has moved on?
Stating up front that you're not going to even entertain bug reports definitely has an impact on those wishing to improve the software and contribute back. For one, it precludes an entire class of supporters (users who report bugs) from even helping out at all.
# TODO add crypto
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# TODO get someone to review the crypto later
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