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I have hundreds of starred articles in Google Reader. So yes it was more than just RSS.

It was more than a RSS client. It's also an API for third party apps.

You seem to forgetting something. Privacy. I want to subscribe to RSS feeds without letting my friends and work colleagues know what they are. And I sure as hell don't want Google tailoring advertising or search results based on them.

Except that the H.264 standard has been fantastic for consumers. I can get video from my Canon DSLR or Android phone, edit it in Final Cut Pro, save it to YouTube and watch it on my iPad. Or use the huge array of competitors e.g. Nikon, Premiere, Vimeo, Nexus 10.

You seem to be arguing that standards prevent competition. When in fact they cause it to flourish.

From that list Apple, Microsoft and Sony are licensors.

Hence are very much key members of MPEG-LA.

http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx

Apple has 170 billion in liquid assets and annual revenues of 100+ billion.

Given that licensing isn't broken out or even mentioned in their market conference calls gives you a pretty good indication that it is a pretty insignificant amount.

Like ? I use Reeder on iOS and OSX (very popular client apps) with hundreds of starred articles.

By all means enlighten me as to a suitable replacement. I think people forget that Google Reader was an API as well as a client.

Safari had a button for RSS as well. Not sure why they removed it.

That said every single blog I've ever seen has a prominent RSS button. But that isn't the reason for lack of widespread adoption. It's more to do with the fact that most people aren't dedicated "read this every day" consumers of lots of different blogs. Generally it's a small handful which isn't what RSS caters for.

Do you honestly think Nokia, MS or Apple could care less about the tiny royalties that come from H.264 licensing ? And if they did why provide free APIs for developers ?

And the reason H.264 is successful is not because of its superior quality. It's because MPEG-LA has companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Canon, Nikon which means H.264 is supported from capture to editing to publishing to viewing.

   Really, it's just a bit of fun and the best outcome would be to raise some money for women in tech.

Yes. You're doing a wonderful thing to advance the cause of women in technology.

I am sure women will be out in droves dying to buy this shirt.

The "line" for professional conduct is really simple.

If you are thinking about doing something ask yourself this question, "Would I do this if the CEO of our company was standing next to me".

> People like that are hard to be around, constantly tip toe.

It really isn't.

Most of us that actually work in a professional environment aren't making crude jokes about sexual topics. And we sure as hell are on our best behaviour at offsite events. Clearly this is a foreign concept to you.

Well this is the most ridiculous logic I've seen for a while.

Just because I send two emails from my Gmail account doesn't mean they are related and/or relevant.

Are you new to HN ? Bashing MongoDB seems to be a sport around here.

Just waiting for the inevitable "this would never happen with PostreSQL" comments to appear.

Remind me again why that you think MongoDB is "still not a good technology choice" ?

Given that you're (a) not using it, (b) making judgements based on a series of blog posts, (c) extrapolating bugs that only manifest under specific scenarios, (d) are clearly new to technologies like Apache, ElasticSearch, Git, Redis etc so haven't seen some equally disturbing bugs.

Are you suggesting that most people have micro screwdrivers suitable for opening cases ?

Because that doesn't seem right at all.

10.8.3 came out days ago.

Apple may or may not have an official fix. Either way it it takes time for Apple to QA before pushing it out to tens of millions of users.

  Want to pop an off-the-shelf SSD into your Air? Not gonna happen.

A typical SSD is larger than the MacBook Air. But you can add third party SSD modules:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Air_2012

  The proprietary screws and integrated battery mean you can't remove the potential to stop the damage before it happens and then clean things up yourself.

You can buy a pentalobe screwdriver for $10 from iFixit or $2 from eBay. You can also buy third party batteries off eBay.

Google Plus isn't a replacement for RSS.

I am subscribed to 100+ RSS feeds that have no corollary in Google+ and likely never will.

Reader is a desktop RSS app and it has been pretty popular app for OSX and iOS.

I don't know any company who would remove features that millions of people use every single day.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

The facts are that Evernote has in excess of 30M users, with lots of paying users and growing rapidly. There is no evidence that this mythical complexity is affecting adoption.

And I don't see how Google Drive and Evernote are competition. Very different use cases.

It is a pretty high proportion though (>1M) and the user base is incredibly loyal. Combine with the lock in effect, lack of decent competition and opportunities into enterprise market and you have recipes for a bright future.

And there is no evidence of them selling. It is just FUD.

Evernote is a very successful company with a successful business model and whilst I don't expect them to outlast humanity I do expect at least a few years.

Google has a well established record now for abandoning projects. Especially those that are free.

Retro is one of the worst parts about agile IMHO.

It encourages everyone to ignore/bottle up issues until the magical retro day where everyone can spend a couple of hours venting their frustration. At which point nothing gets done and the process repeats. Project issues should be resolved immediately, directly with the people responsible and with actionable outcomes. Not during a glorified weekly/fortnightly 'meeting'.

One reason is to shift blame. I've seen countless developers use the "if only we were truly agile the project would be fine" excuse. Another reason is ego/power. Developers can use the "we know agile better than the project managers" mantra to drive change within a project that they couldn't before.

At the end of the day successful projects happen because of good communication, clear requirements and hard work. No amounts of tricks can save you if you don't have all three.

No. It is unprofessional and unbecoming at an outside of work event.

You don't think he would have been fired for a black or Nazi joke ?

> She never even bothered to give them a dirty look.

How old are you ? 10 ? Grow up.

Firstly he is not a bozo because he made that statement. He is a bozo for releasing slow, buggy, insecure Flash versions. Apple had every reason not to want it on their phone given the statistics they get from CrashReporter.

Secondly Bob Mansfield is one tough, demanding, ridiculously smart guy who has a long history of delivering. The fact that Kevin Lynch is reporting to him says it all. He is very much on probation and will have his ass handed to him super quickly if he doesn't live up to expectations.

In what way does any of that invalidate his point ?