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ocean3··on React Native: A year in review
Don't have a production app, but i am developing a mobile app for a existing service. The app is very simple at the moment. App loads remote data and uses aysnc storage as well. I don't have Android exp except for tutorials. Getting to understand the React Native framework took some time but then its very straight forward easy process(Just Android app, have not tried out iOS). I do have good React exp which helped. For simple app it seems a very good solution.
ocean3··on Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
If its nothing why update the permissions at all?
ocean3··on My Disastrous Experience with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Thar (2015)
The last 2 OS X upgrades has made my laptop lag too much. I now do more setup on OSX then Ubuntu. Ubuntu on the same laptop runs so much better. Only issue i have is the touchpad. Could not make it behave the same as in OSX.
ocean3··on My Disastrous Experience with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Thar (2015)
Using 14.04 for last 2 years. Not issues till now except when i changed my config from AMD to Intel( along with video card).
ocean3··on Apple's Push to Flood India with Used iPhones Ignites Backlash
come on dude don't keep on changing criteria. Anyway "Not really, as that's not how they roll" this does not hold good. They are trying to get a bigger market share in India. Hence they are trying to selling refurbished mobiles. Which would be cheaper compared to brand new. Emphasis on it been "cheap". They already do that selling gen old mobiles.
ocean3··on Apple's Push to Flood India with Used iPhones Ignites Backlash
I don't think they have even 5% market share. (http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/24/9790810/apple-iphone-indi...). For a global giant its very very poor. Hence the need to sell cheaper mobiles.
ocean3··on Apple's Push to Flood India with Used iPhones Ignites Backlash
But that strategy did not work for them in India. Hence they are trying to sell cheaper refurbished models.
ocean3··on Apple's Push to Flood India with Used iPhones Ignites Backlash
Installment plans are recent trend isn't it. I see previously it was 2 year contracts for 199 etc. emi are common in India as well. Apple could have done the same in India.
ocean3··on Apple's Push to Flood India with Used iPhones Ignites Backlash
Or they can price it according to the market. How many people in US buy iPhone at full price? Most mobiles are sold at full price in India.
ocean3··on Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
Sure. People living there would be affected. But i don't know common those practices are. Might be just North India. I am from South. There are many difference between North and South states and within Southern states and districts.
ocean3··on Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
People don't dump bodies in rivers where in live. As i said India is huge. The cultural practices vary from region to region.
ocean3··on Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
Visited some relatives in Kerala. It seems municipality are pumping sea water. Pipe water is salty.
ocean3··on Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
India is huge and varied. If you saw corpe on a river does not mean its followed everywhere. The bodies are cremated and the ashes are floated on rivers. Outside the cities/towns people might still be fetching water from wells. But the ground water level has depleted as well.
ocean3··on I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
"necessarily to tinker" - i suppose is done by tech guys. Normal people would use it as it is. There are so many low-end to high-end Android mobiles sold in India. Most of them don't tinker at all. As long as it does the basic call/browsing/videos/music its fine.
ocean3··on That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and poor people
free? Does that happen only in USA? Apple care in India quoted me around 400 dollars for replacement with 6 months warranty. No way i am buying second hand Apple hardware in India if service costs so much.
ocean3··on Facebook is the new Excel
WhatsApp is huge in India. Most of the friend use it more often then facebook. If there is any conversations going on then its on whatsapp.
ocean3··on Frameworks Don't Make Much Sense
What kind of dependency issues?
ocean3··on Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-saving cures
So where does the 80 go?
ocean3··on Foreigners turn to India in search of cut-price, life-saving cures
If they charge $100, they might get the $20 from the insurance company - the remaining 80 goes to the insurance company?
ocean3··on Upgrading from React 0.11.2 to 0.14.7 in 347 easy steps
I just use npm scripts which calls Browserify. A very simple script which i used for many projects.
ocean3··on Upgrading from React 0.11.2 to 0.14.7 in 347 easy steps
I had upgraded from 0.13 to 0.14 along with redux and react-redux for fairly large project. I had expected i to be difficult, did ran into few issues but major ones were deprecation warnings. At the end it was far simpler then i assumed.
ocean3··on AppImage: Linux apps that run anywhere
I don't why you are been down voted. Normal people would to download the s/w , install and run. As a developer sometimes i wish the same as well instead of hunting down dependencies.
ocean3··on Why Go solves so many problems for web developers
The tar contains erlang runtime. It has config file as well which can edited to change the setting.
ocean3··on Why Go solves so many problems for web developers
If its the same architecture then you can copy the tar file to another system and run it. Its the same for Go apps except you get a binary. I do not want to recreate all the structure( I basically do web apps). Phoenix provides good defaults. If it was few lines of code then Go is fine, for larger project i prefer Phoenix( prefer might not be the right word since i don't have elixir prod apps while i do have Go apps)
ocean3··on Why Go solves so many problems for web developers
Using exrm its a very simple setup. You get a deployable tar file which gives you the ability to migrate up and down as well. The only issue i have is wrt to running migrations on deploy server. Go is very good for services. But i didn't find any mature libraries like Phoenix.
ocean3··on Microsoft Acquires Xamarin
So are you saying MS should give up mobile since it niche as well?
ocean3··on Why Go solves so many problems for web developers
Have you tried Elixir/Phoenix framework?
ocean3··on Scientists can’t agree whether salt is killing us
"Use salt to taste, most likely it won't kill you" - but salt has been used for centuries right. Has there been a change? As an Indian not adding salt is unthinkable.
ocean3··on Revisiting the Google Pixel C – Better, but Not There Yet
Is that issue wrt to Nexus 5X? I had used N4 and now use One X both gave me very smooth experience.
ocean3··on Go 1.6 is Released
exrm provides a deployable tar file. Granted its not single binary.
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