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The github project has a license file that says MIT

I feel like it should be clarified here that async/await is not exclusive to TypeScript, but a ES7 (?) feature that is also available if you use the Babel transpiler.

Having type safety is great of course, but it might be too heavy to add if you just want good async handling.

Hehe, there aren't.. I looked in the source code. Another aside is that getting the Blockchain technology opens you up for the hackers that steal $10M, so it's really just a big loss.

Also got this error somewhere around $1B in profits!

This game was a great way to spend a transatlantic flight though, bugs aside!

Doesn't WET stand for "Write Exoressive Tests"? I didn't think it was anything negative

Even if everybody does not have the same aptitude, that should not mean that the people who might have more difficulty with certain subjects should avoid them.

Sure, it might be more difficult for me to learn to play the piano than for some virtuoso, but my life will still be richer after I learn it, instead of giving up because it is difficult. No?

Yeah, this would be really simple, and even without this, I do not believe that fingerprinting the phones and using that as an ID to join identities is that complex these days?

If you read the case decision, specifically paragraphs 137 - 140 it becomes even more ridiculous: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m721...

This quote sticks out as a bit of an exaggeration regarding the difficulty of this operation:

"Notably, integration of WhatsApp's and Facebook's networks would require matching WhatsApp users' profiles with their profiles on Facebook (or vice versa). This would be complicated without the users' involvement since Facebook and WhatsApp use different unique user identifiers: Facebook ID and mobile phone number, respectively."

However, after reading this I feel like the decision focused mostly on the possibility of Facebook merging WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger into a unified communications platform. This feels different to me than merging user-ids over platforms to improve targeted ads. But IANAL, and there are probably documents that I have missed.

Same here :)

Your RFID card is very easy to attack. Recently I heard of an attack where a guy was sneakily putting a RFID card reader against people's pockets on the subway. With this he was able to charge each card $20 without them even having to authorize the transaction. (above $20 usually requires some auth)

Phones authorize the transaction differently and are this still safe to use for tap & pay.

Swedish prisons are very similar.

This is not really true. Immigrants are not being appointed housing in Stockholm City and they do not contribute to the housing problem. Most parts of Sweden actually have problems with housing for the opposite reason, urbanization is pushing big parts of the population into the big cities so there's rather cheap housing in the more "rural" parts.

The issue with housing is Stockholm has existed way before it became popular to blame all problems on the immigrants.

edit: had unclear language

Nobody has commented on that Russia only has 2% of jobs that they see are easily automated. That feels utterly ridiculous

Such a great moment when they open the "Buzzfeed instant app" and half the screen is covered by an ad..

Yes, but you can still see how the model (mistakenly) arrives at this date

It's actually quite amazing how much the self-driving car hype is focused around Google and Tesla. This thread has been up for four hours and only has 6 comments, meanwhile the submission about Tesla has over 200 comments (!)

I think you mean increase electricity and reduce gas?

this is not how science works

Currently using Parse for Push notifications (it's simple to send a request to Parse and it handles iOS vs Android issues).

Is there any tool out there that has similar functionality? Ie. you register all your users devices there and they simplify the sending of push notifications.

Wow, I never think I've had a confirmation email arrive so fast.

FWIW, I'm also hitting the rate limit exceeded error when trying to access the "first_steps" level.

Not the parent but I thought I'd chip in.

When I get stuck using one of the Native APIs, I usually look in the source code. It usually becomes very clear which issues that might have occured. What I'm saying is; there's no need to read the full source code, just reading the relevant component/API adapter goes a long way.

(At least for the problems I have solved. Your mileage may vary)

The increase of "Alexander" starting from the mid-80s looks really weird: http://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html?Gend...

It's easy to see why names such as "Buzz" have the curves that they have (space race), but it's hard to trace any event that influenced more common names. For example, check "Jacob", "Justin". Does anybody have an idea as to why these curves have this shape?

Does this book contain references for the facts he cites? I would like to use several of his arguments in my own work but it's hard without proper references.

I spotted the type B person!