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From google's bridge page definition:

Not acceptable: "Websites that feature links to other websites while providing minimal or no added functionality or unique content for the user Added functionality includes, but isn't limited to, searching, sorting, comparing, ranking, and filtering"

The page in question provides the added functionality listed (searching/filtering at least)

It sounds like we have enough information in understanding the problems of aging and cancer that we're at a point where solving these problems is possible.

" The zero-sum-game hurts the overall tech community, so we've decided to come together to seek out new additions to Austin to help us all grow"

It's not a zero sum game. Every individual will produce a different amount of value depending on the position they are in.

Wow, that article is really one sided. Even if I accept the fact that it's all true, the teacher perspective doesn't seem to consider the parents perspective at all.

Teachers really don't know the kids as well as the parents do. This isn't the teachers fault, its because they're having to control 20 kids at once. Still, I've noticed as a volunteer many times where children have gotten reprimanded for doing something by one teacher when they were only following directions given by another. Because these children really cannot stand up for themselves, often times they don't know how to respond which can result in a number of different behaviors.

The burden of maturity should be falling on the adults (teachers and parents), not the children and yet so often its the children who respond in the most mature way.

Yes parents should not be so defensive when discussing their children with teachers, but at the same time those parents SHOULD be the advocate for their child who does not yet know how (or have the power to) to stand up for themselves.

Yes, SimpleDB comes with SDKs for iphone and android.

For what it's worth, my question was not intended to put down Parse in any way. I've recently been using simplDB and their ios SDK and so was genuinely curious how Parse was better / easier since after reading it, a lot of the code looked like the same basic code I used to set up and use simpleDB in my project using the ios SDK from AWS.

It's pretty simple to set up and use aws (simpleDB in particiular) to accomplish the same goals (back end support for simple mobile games) without having to write server / database code.

How is this better than using amazon web services?

more people working doesn't necessarily mean less jobs available. more people working can mean more jobs / value creation opportunities which results in more jobs overall

The entire attitude suggests a dysfunctional team environment. The author is creating a divide between him and those who report to him. All three points come across as complaining; complaining that it irritated him when someone on his team did not ask, debrief, or warn. My guess would be that the team lead is not an approachable person.

No where does he ask what he can do to help the team operate better.

In other words, you, my minions, should obey my superior intelligence and work in a way that doesn't annoy me.

"Even with advanced LOD algorithms, the open-ended world concept requires so many polygons to render that today's hardware is simply not sufficient to render it"

What? It's been awhile but ~ 5 yrs ago I remember implementing a quadtree LOD algorithm that pretty much allowed me to make the world as big as I wanted considering only the area nearby would be rendered. If its out of view, its a flat world.

Any advice on how to go about getting contracts for, say, server monitoring space?

A lot of people who are frustrated with being a "wage-slave" believe that other humans are forcing them to work or die. The distinction they view between "slavery" and "wage-slave" is that there are a few more options in the type of work you do.

This is probably why they don't just call it "slavery" and have given it a different name which is understood to be less harsh.

What kind of protection could be used to block it?

Some interesting ideas here but wouldn't want to post it up on the wall as the road map to success.

Just curious. Why do you think unemployment isn't overrun by scamers?

I was genuinely curious.

I appreciate you pointing out that it doesn't seem to have hurt company, although its very like that it did in other unmeasurable ways.

Your post seemed to excuse his actions as if its just his style.

Nope. I'm saying, "Are you defending this guy?"

Are you defending this guy?

I've heard before that EA forces employees to work long hours and for low pay but this part got me:

"The current mandatory hours are 9am to 10pm -- seven days a week -- with the occasional Saturday evening off for good behavior (at 6:30pm)"

Saturday evening off for good behavior....

Part of why the Segway makes you look smug is because you're standing up.

This thing has you sitting down so its ok... Closer to other riding vehicles

Your post reads biased against younger people. I find that the young suffer as much if not more prejudice than those older who are generally more often in position of power.

The young are more likely to just accept it because their entire life, they have been influenced to accept it.

"Respect your elders"

Good at least to see someone making games for people other than the hardcore crowd.

IMO, this shows that in gaming there isn't a straight line of worst-to-best but instead there's lots of different types of games that appeal not only to different types of people but different moods a person is currently in.

After reading his stuff, it's pretty frustrating to realize how much society depends on this bogus punishment/reward system.

How will the farmers who don't get any money be able to sustain their business when the farmers who do are able to lower their prices due to the subsidy?

Just want to point out that "stars" doesn't always equate to value. There's lots of developers out there that create amazing software (produce a lot and do things which are technologically very difficult) which does nothing for the customer.

If it does nothing for the customer, then what's the value?

It's also not usually (at megacorp) the developers responsibility to decide what will be valuable to the customer.

What if you're depressed the entire year?

and the next year?

"history repeats itself, try and you'll succeed. never doubt that you're the one and you can have your dreaaams. you're the best... around..."

FTA: "So what's he going to do now? Not buy a house or anything crazy"

He just sold for $170 million and buying a house is crazy?