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Perhaps they needed to suspend the account immediately to cover themselves legally? Besides most things at Google are automated. It's likely that a human didn't actually press the button that suspended the accounts.

A. Landlords can most certainly terminate your lease because of that. They can't throw you out immediately because of tenant protection laws, and they have to let you get your belongings once you're evicted.

B. ToS are just as legally binding as a lease (provided they are presented in the right manner, which is how Google presents them). No one cares of you actually read them or not. As soon as you check the box that said you read and agree to them, you're legally bound to follow them.

C. No one ever said that repercussions have to match the violation. As I said, perhaps suspending the account is the only way Google can comply or protect themselves legally.

D. Google has no interest in attacking anyone. They simply follow the protocol they set for this occurrence.

The common denominator here seems to be that people are getting outraged that they can't break the rules and get away with it.

Just curious here, but why are people outraged over this? They clearly violated Google's policy, and there were repercussions. Those rules are there to protect Google; perhaps their only legal recourse to cover themselves after a rule violation is to suspend the account?

Good for him. Let's compare the 2 languages in 20 years, and see how the language for the infantilized target audience is doing. I'm fairly certain Elm won't even be a footnote in history.

I'd actually say neither the GOP nor the Democrats are heading towards a demographic death.

GOP isn't going anywhere because of the birth rate of religious groups, and the fact that religious immigrants tend to skew right the longer they've been in the country.

The Democrats aren't going anywhere because of the rate of attrition from religious groups. They have lower birth rates than the Republicans, which balances things out.

Balance of power is going to depend on:

1. The ratio of birth rates 2. The level of religious attrition in future generations

Look at that. It's all about the children :-)

I left fringe groups out of both sides.

Just because they have access to your contacts doesn't mean they store. Most likely all they do is check to see if they're on WhatsApp.

Microsoft just continues to amaze. Never thought I'd see this...

You're making assumptions about what I said. The US army wouldn't give its soldiers a choice of seceding or not. Using your logic that would be like Britain preventing its soldiers from joining the revolution, which most definitely happened.

And you're ignoring the fact that the family of a conservative service member is most likely conservative as well.

Except the National Guard could be called into federal duty by the president, which would most certainly happen in such a scenario. Additionally, their equipment is federal property, and they have to recompense the federal army for certain fungible items they use.

Do you actually think that active duty service members would secede along with their home state? Or that the military would allow it?

I'd think the US would not be California's greatest friend if this were to happen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

According to data from Google and Wikipedia, 2.5 million registered democrats didn't vote Democrat and 2 million Republicans didn't vote Republican. Non voters probably don't factor in. I'd think that non voters would be less likely to support secession.

You do realize that most members of the military love their country and would not secede? That's why they put their lives on the line.

And if you think the US military would simply allow "New California" to take its weapons and facilities, then I have a bridge to sell you.

Few questions:

1. Lots of talk about California and its economy. Is a possible reason it has such a strong economy because it's a part of the USA? Would it continue to have a strong economy as its own nation state?

2. How would they defend themselves military? Texas seems to have a lot more military inclined folk than California. What would they do without the support of the US Army?

3. If they put it to a vote, they need 2/3 yes to pass. The Democrats didn't have that many votes for Hillary in the presidential election. What makes anyone think that all Democrats + some Republicans would be OK with this? Forget about the rest of the states.

4. Did this joker really suggest that "small states with little diversity shouldn't determine Presidency"? Are you serious. Get a grip!

Another option is to use the web link under the link at the top of the page.

Taking a wild guess here, but I think most governments will collapse before hell freezes over.

I thought the election was over? Unless you mean to tell me they actually believe their vitriol...

I always get my best "aha"s when I've found the source of an OOM in Java.

If they're using it for Android development they should. Kotlin has just about first class support for it, while Scala is a pain to get working.

Just curious. Why is this post flagged?

I think it was in reference to it being a highly opinionated list. Especially since I've been developing for Android since 2010, and most of the actual "best libraries" were absent from this list.

Also, I've never heard of CloudRails (though they do seem interesting for certain use cases), but I'd never put them on a par with Retrofit, and leave out some of the more established names.

Whereas pressing charges months ago wouldn't have hurt her campaign.

Dun dun dun...

I wouldn't call it hybris either :-p

"Apple won the smartphone wars a long time ago"

So no data to back that up? Did this become a topic of opinion rather than fact? YoY sales and market dominance would suggest the opposite is true (http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/1/11836816/iphone-vs-android-...)

Also (and I know this is anecdotal evidence), in the past 3-4 years anyone I know who jumped ship went from iPhone to Android and never went back. Not a single person switched away from Android.

In my opinion (which is mostly backed by fact, but I'll keep it as an opinion) iPhone is quickly becoming a niche product, and there's nothing Apple can do to change that.

1. I want this!!!! 2. Too much anxiety, I'll wait until they have a couple billion more miles

Given the quality of software (in general) lately, I wouldn't be too worried.

I was about to scoff at the notion of reading more drivel (regarding the subject, not the content), but I'm happy I didn't. This was well written.

I'm getting sick of seeing SV expose how many stupid people are among its ranks (on both sides). The whole world used to think we were smart people.

Yay, election year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Maybe it's just me, but when I see a new product with iOS or Android only apps, I get turned off.