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Webpack can help you with this. But I'm really sorry to tell you this... you're going to have to learn how to use it first.

If you have a specific use case and mangled array of libraries, frameworks and build systems, you can't expect it to be handled automatically by a magic new tool.

What, with your knowledge, could be done with technology to solve this problem of handoff?

A notepad app probably wouldn't cut it, but is there any way to move the complex thoughts in a doctors mind into a database somehow?

This is actually the first time I've heard of Piwik but it seems like a great alternative to Google Analytics/Mixpanel/etc.

Kudos to them for also finding a business model alongside the open source application. That set up usually lends itself to long running OSS as there is (hopefully) always money coming in.

Waitrose have had the exact same thing for many years now.

How do you find taking on extra work outside business hours? I tried the whole freelance on the side of full time thing for about 6 months a few years ago and it was really tough. I was basically coding 24/7 with no time for anything else. Add on top of that the stress of dealing with clients and other freelance crap you have to contend with. I figured it wasn't worth the extra cash in the end. I did learn lots though.

That's a problem with people and their memory, not the news outlet. The headline at the moment literally says it was unlikely to be a drone, but that still doesn't rule it out completely. Following your rules, that wouldn't make it as a story because it isn't factually proven.

The broader population will only remember the drone accusation.

A drone maybe hitting a plane is far more interesting and sensationalist than a drone not hitting a plane. There are thousands of instances every day where drones don't hit planes.

That's just how the human psyche/news in general works. You can't accuse the BBC of not reporting the updated news. Some shadier outlets might choose not to however.

Interesting idea buying property on busy roads, but why would they become less busy solely because of electric cars? Yes, they may be quieter and cleaner, but you still have the eyesore of a road, and the associated people that roads bring.

So I imagine the question every self employed person with a car will be asking themselves right now is this: will I make more money driving for Uber or driving for Amazon?

What about this as a new side project idea:

A platform that allows you to find other random people at a similar stage in their side project and become 'buddies' and have to have a weekly catchup about your progress. Then you're both sort of accountable to your buddy, or at least have to report to them what you've done!

I think the other business model is that of donations. The obvious example being Wikipedia, which has done incredibly well to not have ads or a subscription service and still be top 5/10 most visited site on the planet (I don't know what it's exact 'rank' is)

That's so 2014!

What about a smart belt that automatically tracks your waist size? Other measurements may be harder to get automatically.

I'm working on a mobile app built with the Ionic framework. It's called Tripfix (http://www.tripfixapp.com) and is a tool to help you plan things to see and visit on a trip away.

The Ionic framework is great, and I found it really easy to get going with. So far it also hasn't yet hampered me by being a hybrid framework, so it's been a lot of fun :) (http://ionicframework.com/)

Wow, there's a lot of hybrid hating here.

Consider this though:

• You have an app that doesn't need to perform actions in sub 10-milliseconds. 11 milliseconds is just fine.

• You don't require access to a whole host of system processes, but maybe access to the file system, or the clipboard, would be a big help to your users.

• Your users are not super technical and won't even know what a hybrid app or native app means.

• You want to get your app to market on multiple platforms in days/weeks, not months, and without spending a ton of money.

I think hybrid might be a good option there. Not the ultimate best ever piece of software ever I know, but compromises and all that.

With electric cars drawing power from a grid you reap the benefit of centralisation. It's easier to upgrade a gas fired power station to increase efficiency/reduce pollutants than it is to upgrade every vehicle on the road.

You also have a better spread of options using the grid, e.g. renewables. Essentially with electric vehicles you are just moving the place where the power generation happens, but with countless benefits.

What other specialisms aside from WebGL/graphics, and QA, as mentioned, might be open to a standard web developer?

"Lately, after 30 years in the programming business, I've finally managed to cut down my projects to a reasonable size."

After 30 years of programming, you'd better be a pretty decent programmer. And maybe that's why their projects take less time to complete.

It sounded like a pretty major bug to me. Essentially a website could hijack the entire browser before now, presumably forcing the user to restart the app. For quite some time, Chrome and Firefox have had that little checkbox on alerts, stopping the site sending any more.

> before 1962 every middle/upper class white male wore an expensive formal hat with his suit

Now, nearly everyone has an expensive mobile phone with them at all times

Most likely that was the circle/district line. It's only one flight of stairs down from Cannon Street and Mansion House. Not sure how many metres, but it isn't far down at all.

I for one, will fight passionately against this, if he has the stupidity to bring it up again.

I don't think this would work unfortunately. Players in air travel face a) intense competition and b) tiny profit margins. This forces some 'creative' pricing.

My method is as follows:

- I don't have a landline phone

- If someone calls my mobile and they aren't in my address book, I just don't answer.

- If that number is withheld I especially don't answer

- If they leave a message I will listen to it and respond if necessary

- If the number is not whitheld but not in my phone book, I google it, and if it is a legitimate business, it will usually show a match on the company website. If I need to I'll call them back e.g. today I had the estate agent ring, but I didn't have their number saved so I didn't answer. I rang them back once I had googled their number

Its quite far into the building process now actually. The whole Power Station/Nine Elms area is getting a huge number of (quite expensive) apartments and 2 extra Northern Line stations.

Are there any legal precedents concerning domain squatting in any parts of the world?

Not my own purchase, but my previous employer paid somewhere in the region of £1-2 million (I forget the exact figure) for a 2 letter .com which was actively being used by a Brazilian company. They were using the .com and the .com.br and just used the .com.br as their main domain after the sale.

It was a huge amount of money but it made sense seeing as the buyer was a business with a 2 letter name.

Hopefully it will be that way with wind turbines when they are replaced in decades to come with some unheard of power source.

Doing it by country is racism. Doing it by religion is also racism. These things make up your race.

True, but this comes after many years and a monumental effort by Google, who are backed by huge financial resources.