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They're mostly based in California, though they recently acquired Group Health Cooperative (largest healthcare provider in Washington State).

Have you ever worked with the Android SDK?

It most likely would have happened, if the airplane hadn't been invented. Now you can fly from Delhi to London in 8-9 hours.

They're just describing the data in terms that most members of Congress can understand.

The entire reason indie devs were making so much money in 2008-2009 was due to the mismatch between a wealthy customer base demanding apps for their new iPhones and the tiny ObjC-competent developer community at the time.

Now that everyone and their dog knows ObjC or Swift, plus the fact that most mobile problems are solved, the easy money is long gone.

A subscription model would definitely benefit specific types of apps (we make games and are excited at this possibility).

The easy money's already been made in the App Store; with a million+ apps it's a visibility issue. No amount of changes to the App Store will remove the problem of there being a dozen apps that already solve the problem that your app solves.

That said, a subscription model with a reduced cut could improve monetization prospects for a lot of developers, indie especially.

We've been seeing this too, with some apps being approved in <24 hours. Originally thought it was a fluke (it's happened a couple times over the past several years), but now it appears to be a regular occurrence.

Now if we could see a similar factor improvement in TestFlight beta review times...

Can't help but be reminded of this scene in Woody Allen's Bananas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-NL3R8wm0

> And remember this was time when slavery and lynching was cool thing to do in your society.

...and is all the rage in the Middle East today.

Because it gets more clicks than "towns in dire economic straits struggle to deal with debt collectors." Zeitgeist etc etc.

That I shouldn't post about debt on the Internet until I've purged all association with people in debt? Help me out here.

Debt collectors are awful. I've received foreboding messages on my voicemail, which turn out to be debt collectors asking me to rat out former roommates' contact info.

That said, I've found a quick and easy solution for avoiding them: don't buy shit you can't afford, and if you do fall in that trap, negotiate your way out. You can't expect to rack up a huge bill and be surprised you're being held to it.

Never knew you could be "racist" against a religion.

I get it though, take a powerful word with negative connotations and use it to put your target on the defensive, no matter how tangential the connection. Kind of like being called a "commie" in the 20th century.

> The Startup That Bet on the Genius of Regular Folk

Well there’s your problem!

Pro tip: if you want to review the correct pronunciation of the word "gai-jin," skip the tray and hand your cash directly to the clerk.

Agreed. My mid-2012 Macbook Pro Retina has been plugged in @ 100% nearly all the time it's been in use. Pretty much the only time it's not plugged in is when traveling. Battery is at 7845/8460 CurrentCapacity/DesignCapacity or 93%.

Not sure how a rude LinkedIn message qualifies as "shameful," but a deluge of nasty anonymous messages is surely a proportionate response!

Typical Millennial response. You hurt my feelings so I'm going to shame you on social media!

Good luck to anyone willing to step in the legal & PR minefield of employing this girl.