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The yearly cost of a US prisoner is $47,000 [1]. I am sure this is a whole lot more than society is willing to invest in the person outside of prison.

http://www.lao.ca.gov/PolicyAreas/CJ/6_cj_inmatecost

> What the fuck? Seriously what the fuck?

Please stop overreacting, especially in this manner. Nothing says they're planning to implement it, for all we know it could be a preventive patent, so no other can use the technology without Apple's consent.

I wholeheartedly agree, WeChat OA / apps were borne out of a need for a simpler, faster and lighter mobile communication channel as opposed to bloated websites and apps. Message bots reduce the barriers for interaction and offer a more focused experience: they simplify payment, reduce data load, remove or simplify account setup, offer better discoverability, etc. They are also easier to add / remove and don't install anything on your OS.

Some of these issues can be solved by the OS: offering a unified notifications center with a better customizable UX, a per channel notification history, and more freedom to define follow-up actions. But unless the OS offers an alternative to apps, the barriers to install an app will remain bigger than installing a message bot, especially for one off communications.

I see an interesting future in a consolidated, block-chained B2C communications app, with a unified API for payments, notifications, and common UI elements. I can easily add contacts, and if I want marketing, I'll install the app or visit their website.

ps. I can recommend the recent discussion around bots on the a16z podcast.

I am excited about Rails API becoming an official part of the Rails ecosystem. I don't expect Rails to solve my client-side needs (templating was always slow, sprockets suboptimal), but I love to use it as an API and have a simple node server to proxy my website calls to that api. An additional benefit of this is that your client consumes the same API, as your other clients, so you don't have to worry about two api versions anymore and it improves your TDD.

Full updated list is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_exchange_poin...

I try to use DDG every once in a while, because I really would like to use them. But after a while, I almost always switch back and vow to try them again in a few months.

If you compare a query like "static webserver", you'll see why Google's results are much more diverse, than DDG's:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=static+webserver

https://www.google.com/search?q=static+webserver

The cartoons are a very key part of this story. By censoring them, you're censoring a part of the news, which has nothing to do with the voice or stance of your newspaper.

Sure, email is not perfect, but it is the most flexible communication method the internet has to offer. It is not tight to a single organization, or "owned" by a single company and reasonably portable with an open protocol. Tools will be invented to further optimize the experience, but in essence it will remain the same, just like a telephone call hasn't changed. I will not commit an essential part of my business again, to a single company's closed-sourced product (like for instance MS Office in the past, though OSX being the exception).

I recently started using Mailbox as my personal Email Client again, and I am very impressed in how they "optimized" the experience. It basically converts your emails into task items, with different priorities, in lists etc. When combined with notes, it could make any task / note app obsolete.

Unfortunately it only works with GMail and iCloud, but I hope Dropbox keeps investing in the product.

> Just from a UX perspective - security aspects aside - this is worse by a magnitude.

This is not true, clicking a link in an email, or copying a number from an sms is much easier than first logging into my password manager, finding the entry and then copy it into the field.

Also, this also works for apps as well, not just the browser.

Besides, password manager usage might still be quite low. So what the writer advocates is not less secure than having a single password for almost all their websites, like most people have.

It is a matter of staying ahead of the curve and not let your competitors catch up. Whether that means in terms of marketing, or product quality doesn't matter. So far plenty consumers are convinced that Apple's prices are justifiable and don't have a reason to switch an ecosystem they have invested in.

You are right that Apple faces a crisis if their sales drop, so does every other company. The worst reaction though, would be to start competing on prices, and thus quality. This inevitably leads to a race to the bottom, where they're unable to compete against companies that are based in cheap labor countries. Much in the same way as Philips, or Sony couldn't compete against companies like Samsung once they lost their competitive edge in their product categories.

Quoting the mirror is not helping your case.

From the article:

> Ms Merkel had even warned European countries could end up warring with each other if the euro collapses.

What Merkel actually said:

> She told the German parliament: “No one should think that a further half century of peace and prosperity is assured. If the euro fails, Europe will fail.”

Taking your news from the Mirror is a surefire hit to general cynicism and anti European rhetoric.

> a lot of greeks have seen the europe as the fourth german reich.

This is just inflammatory hyperbole, firstly because it is not backed up with any data, but also, which may be as anecdotal as what you say, a lot of Greeks are actually happy with the outside pressure to force changes to their public sector and governmental system.

Same in Germany, price went up from 25 to 45 euros, but is definitely still worth it. Their video catalogue is not all that bad either, though lacking original language (non-dubbed) films. But then again, Netflix is not available in Germany so far.

Thanks for the reply. This is almost exactly what I wanted to write, especially in terms of programming costs of Rails vs. nodejs.

I am working on a project with exactly the same setup now, Rails for the API and a NodeJS Proxy for the web – works beautifully and with the mature ecosystem around Rails, development of the API has been very easy and focused.

Much of the critique regarding the slowness of Rails relates to earlier versions of both Rails and Ruby, but nowadays it can match the most mature frameworks.

Just started using Telegram, it's awesome and so fast. Also their desktop apps are very useful.

Wasn't the US also slow in adopting SMS? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/618c4f5c-37ac-11db-bc01-0000779e23...

I find it rather depressing

it's because of the hyperbole:

> next generation web framework for node.js

I don't think they need that, just list the stand-out features first. And yes, referring to past accomplishments does give it more credibility.

Only until you're replaced by a robot.

And a worthy reply: http://www.howardlindzon.com/two-idiots-log-into-a-crowdfund...

Yes, who cares, the user decides for an eco system and that's it. I am happy with Apple, they serve my every perceived need and as long as they are not too expensive or too far behind, I am not going to change.

This is mostly preaching to the choir anyway.

@rich_harris:

1. Great library, thanks for contributing!

2. What was your motivation to add transitions and animations, isn't that a bit out of scope?

3. I has no dependencies, why did you choose not to?

This is an awesome achievement.

There are so many improvements to this version that are not immediately visible, but which are maturing Rails in tremendous ways. I think it compares with the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6). Especially in the perception on different types of users (experts to consumers).

On a different note, moving from 3.2 can best be done one gem at the time. For instance, implement strong parameters and you're one step closer to Rails 4. https://github.com/rails/strong_parameters

Completely agree, another example is the UI layered on top of a photo. UI and content should not be mixed, especially if that content is the key asset on the page and of the service.

I can completely relate to this.

On the one hand you need a broad scope, an interest in everything that affects and inspires your work. But on the other you need the ability to focus and use all that information to create better work.

Compare it to the scope of an architect. An architect needs to be knowledgeable about all facets of building creation: from the limitations and innovations on the engineering side (a new type of concrete, etc), to art history and trends in design. Therefore, an architect's education is often much broader in scope than that of a programmer or designer.

I consider myself there in the center of design and development. Zooming in, I see a low-level programmer on the one end and a painter on the other.

Being in the center to me means to have good comprehension of the back-end, being comfortable with frameworks like Rails, having great front-end skills and on the design side having a good feel for user behaviour (UX facets).

Abstracting this, it depends where your rational comfort zone is (logic -> irrational). I have a good feel for user behaviour and can use my analytic skills on UX challenges, but also foresee and implement these on UX – dev challenges.

The biggest benefit of these center positions, is the ability to converse with both departments and to voice new insights and concepts which are often outside the scope of these departments.

Unfortunately the job market has little understanding of this profile. Department stake holders (CD or senior devs) are protective of their area and recruiters have a hard time profiling you. This might be anecdotal though, being from Europe, which is not so innovative as some areas in the US.