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jaydz··on Introducing Swift
I can't think of a reason why they wouldn't allow unpaid devs to play with Swift.
jaydz··on The Swift Programming Language
Looks like the xcode beta is only available to members who paid $99 :(
jaydz··on Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes rose from $15k to $72k
Current CUNY CS major here. Yes, the majority of CUNY CS majors are clueless individuals who have zero business being here. However, there are many diamonds in the CUNY rough (some can be found here: http://cunytap.wordpress.com/) who love CS and programming. There's some good talent here for startups in the alley to scoop up if they cared to look.
jaydz··on NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years
I don't know about that. Yesterday, my sister (a person who has no interest in tech, government, and is downright afraid of both) asked me about Heartbleed and stated it was the topic of discussion during breaks at work. I was pleasantly surprised.
jaydz··on Why don’t designers take Android seriously?
Give Android Studio a shot. Makes laying out the UI in XML a breeze with its excellent intellisense.
jaydz··on 'Netflix for piracy' Popcorn Time saved by fans
I signed up for the netflix free trial and no HD on any movie I attempted to watch. It was like watching an xvid avi file.
jaydz··on 'Netflix for piracy' Popcorn Time saved by fans
http://popcorn.cdnjd.com
jaydz··on Popcorn-app
Its quite useful for people who cannot download an HD file in 20 minutes.
jaydz··on Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit
Any guess who this is? “well-liked at GitHub” and “popular in the community.”
jaydz··on Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit
A really bizarre story.
jaydz··on General Assembly raises $35M Series C
So they're the modern tech version of University of Phoenix? I wouldn't surprise if GA gets acquire by a for-profit.
jaydz··on The indignity of no work
Requirements could help make the math work. For example, only adult citizens with no income may participate in the program.
jaydz··on Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
If that's the case we really should reconsider our support for netflix. Cancel your subscription.
jaydz··on Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now
I actually hope he stays put in Russia. These Latin American countries would be an easy target for the American govt to bully.
jaydz··on Bank economists warn of disruptive threat from mobile and crowdfunding
The casinos did this with online poker and it worked.
jaydz··on Open Letter to the NY Post: Snowden is a Hero, Not a Traitor
There's a reason the paper only goes for a quarter, not much journalism takes place at the New York Post.
jaydz··on Mark Zuckerberg addresses PRISM
I agree, the funny thing is Obama already admitted the programs existence (WSJ article).
jaydz··on The madness of the bailout in Cyprus
Banks are closed on Tuesday too (they extended the bank holiday).
jaydz··on Introducing Graph Search
The example queries remind me of Prolog.
jaydz··on Introducing the new compose in Gmail
Agreed, these ux complaints are getting annoying.
jaydz··on NSScreencast: Bite-sized Screencasts for iOS Development
Good stuff hope to see more videos soon. Also, really good domain name!
jaydz··on Reddit: a necessary change in policy
So you believe teen girls in swimsuits is child porn? I'm sure you can find these same pictures all over facebook, should facebook remove those "child porn" images too?
jaydz··on NYC Man Earns $55,000 A Year Peddling Candy On Subway
Also, he's not paying any taxes and is likely stealing revenue from the legal tax paying subway newsstands. The MTA needs to step up and end this.
jaydz··on What is your favourite C programming trick?
Here we create a dummy struct which makes copying arrays easy for us

  typedef struct { int array[SIZE]; }Array;
  Array a = {{10,16,2011}};
  Array b = a;
jaydz··on It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad
HP is moving deeper into the Enterprise business. First with hardware and now with software. Are they trying to clone IBM or SAP?
jaydz··on Ask HN: what would happen if the US defaulted?
Don't forget the borrowing cost of EVERYONE will go up. Since the triple-A U.S debt notes are used as a benchmark for all other debt.
jaydz··on Ask HN: what would happen if the US defaulted?
The U.S government cannot print money, only the Federal Reserve can. The government can only get cash from taxes and debt notes, which is why it's important to raise the debt limit.
jaydz··on Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?
Code Rush is a doc filmed about 11 years ago. It followed the engineers of the Netscape browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u404SLJj7ig
jaydz··on Request for Google+ invite here - Let's help each other.
Thanks!
jaydz··on Request for Google+ invite here - Let's help each other.
Looking forward to playing with Google+. My email is jeffreydiaz27@gmail.com. Thanks!
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