I was really hoping he'd detail what exactly he'd put together on the technical side: what was bought off the shelf, what did he create himself etc... Hopefully more details will show up online. It's a very impressive project
Why was the bridge placed to the right in the first place? Could they not have placed it in its final position when construction started? (My apologies if this is a stupid question: non civil engineer here)
There are many good reasons to move to the US but having just done so I look around at friends filing and complaining about their taxes and dread having to do it myself.
It's interesting to note the psychological toll that wealth can have on people, though it's possible the author's response is due to the instant and fleeting nature of his "wealth". I'd be interested to read more of people's experience on their rise to billionaire status and the changes that occur along the way.
Personally the thought of having someone waiting on me at every moment and having very little privacy is quite off-putting but I'm sure as the author says one could adapt in time.
I'm not really looking to learn as a means to expand my field of working expertise but more for the sake of it. My programming experience has been firmly rooted in higher level languages and I think this is a perfect opportunity to learn something new and potentially useful. I don't like the idea of having the lower levels of programming remain a black box as such
Completely agree. One of the points people like to make when they discover I use Dvorak is that keyboard shortcuts become a huge pain. After a while they become as natural as the QWERTY ones.
It saddens me that, even in a quest to convert the hardcore/crazy right-wing that Santorum would even consider pledging things like this. Not only will such a law never come to fruition but it makes a mockery of politics to even suggest such things. Call me a naive idealist if you will but I'd like to think that Presidential candidates would try and campaign on real issues, not fire and brimstone nonsense.
This feels like a stunt on the part of Google. They have the money to throw around at ideas at the moment; KR seems to be a beneficiary of this. They get to hire a trendy name and hope that they can turn around G+ and other services.
This works incredibly well. I wasn't sure how accurate this could be without the kinect-style depth sensor but it's surprisingly accurate. Great work guys!
One of the more interesting things I noticed about the new UI when it hit my account was that the usage meter that sat in the bottom left of the screen has now been hidden in a dropdown. Presumably this is so users will be more likely to hit their storage limit without noticing?
It doesn't matter that Apple are a big company: they're still subject to the same rules as anyone else. This is by far the best way to have this issue resolved. Talking to people usually works a lot better than spamming them with legal documents.
I don't know how I missed this. Everything I was thinking seems to be included. The only potential feature that it lacks is access to information on users other than myself, such as would be available through the web interface. I can see numerous reasons, however, as to why Google would not expose this information through an API.
With regards to issue #1. The drain of numerous applications using the GPS hardware on the phone and thus killing battery life makes me wish Google Latitude had an API that devs could use to request my GPS co-ordinates. If you can login via Facebook why can't you do location via Latitude ?
I would have thought things like the Issues and Pull requests features of GitHub would be perfect for such discussion of projects. What in GitHub is lacking that you think would merit a different site?
I've signed up but it seems that none of the buttons are working on the site? Seems JS is throwing some errors trying to call methods on undefined objects. http://trickod.com/i/Personal-20120208-124103.jpg
Agreed. Trying to pass automated emails as personal never works. It is, however, a step in the right direction. Knowing that a dev is looking after the API users is somewhat comforting.
It's easily automated. It's still a nice thing to do for your users. Also just because you're a fortune 500 doesn't mean you shouldn't take steps to build relationships with your users. The same attitude works in reverse. You have freedom of choice with the service you use.