"Or the API changes in Android?" At least Google releases the support library to overcome that
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Java is also installed on a bazillion desktops, numbers don't change the fact that the ui framework is very bad.
Historically applets lost to flash for that same reason
I wondered to the street and found a coffee shop next to the consulte that provided all the services you'll need, lockers (this part is strange since you can't pretty much bring anything to the consulte e.g. a mobile phone lockers are essentials, I know that other consultes like the one in Sydney provides lockers), printer, and for a fee will feel up your forms.
So this isn't a new idea, but its an interesting phenomenon.
BTW I got my visa, and I must admit that the consulate service was outstanding
Looks solid but I fear that this attitude (let's add features) is bloating chrome which will destroy my favorite browser
Very nice effort
When Android 1.0 was released a lot of vendors approached it with caution, 2 years down the road same story again...
Nuff said
BTW A short poll how many HN readers are into F1?
From an industry point of view its always the DB size that matters. When MS bought Giant it was due their DB size, it was huge and useless e.g there were installers that generated random guid for active x controls, registering those guids as a signature was pointless but they still went with it, when it was time to sell the MS guys fell for it. I worked for a company that was sold eventually and it was the same story when the founders decided that its time to sell it was all about the number of signatures.
Kasperskey are known to have a brilliant engine, this leak is a huge blow for them
On a different note: I wonder how this happened in the first place, the security companies that I worked for were pretty strict on code access, I couldn't checkout any code I wish, only a few people could pull the entire code repository.
The post was fun to read and I can pretty much agree with everything.
One difference that I spotted was the accent barrier. For non English speakers Australia can be painful it doesn't matter how good your English is you find yourself repeating your sentences, or spell out every name in the family including my boys English names (no Aussie could understand the name Dean when it came out out of my mouth). In California no such issues (I felt vindicated when I moved over here) only comments that my English is too British (which is the result of the effort I put to get Aussies to understand me).
Another thing that I miss about Australia is that life aren't serious, every man is with in his right to make an arse of himself any now and then and that's just fine.
One thing that I don't miss is the property obsession, everything in Australia is about the property. We don't build proper highways because we can stuff in a few more units, we don't build a railway because it will generate noise which will hurt the property market in that area. If you want to build a startup it will sense only if it will: speed up building property, help people pay the mortgage on the property, help banks claim the mortgage on the property etc...
All I want to add is that I do wish the Health / Education to be here as in Australia.