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Why would I want to when all apps seem to request root access to my entire phone as a requirement to install them?

Having had the same experience at my work (but from the other side), they possibly don't think you are crazy but would just like you to shut the fuck up.

Trying to edit my own submission title, but I can't.... It's back up.

I don't disagree with you that handles would be useful on the ends, but I think that the ones on the sides are for when you are flipping it.

Also, could I please please please have the option to move the notifications to some place other than on top of my browser tabs? I know it sounds like this wouldn't come up that often, but it is literally every day that I get annoyed by this.

I can verify that "POS" does not stand for what Moneris hopes it stands for.

Has this been a problem with other, non-Apple phones of a similar form factor? If so, this is a design issue. If not, this is an Apple design issue.

And yet, they had the gall to force an album down our throats during their reveal last week.

When I saw that U2 album in iTunes, I had to stop and ask myself why I was so pissed off about it. In theory, it was simply a nice gesture. But in reality, it was just a reminder that Apple is in control of my software, not me. It was a reminder that, ultimately, this company (and, in fairness, most companies) is going to fuck me over if it means more money for them.

So, sorry Tim Cook! but you are full of shit. You will totally roll over and fuck me when money is on the line, either as a business opportunity or to avoid a fine. And guess what? I am screwed no matter what I do, because the choice is between convenience and Richard Stallman-esque software self-cripling, and the Dead Kennedys already know how that plays out.

That's a good point.

Serious idea: Maybe a WYSIWYG editor that generated markdown, which you could then submit to the server to parse as HTML?

I think this is a problem with "markdown-style" HTML editing in general. Sites that use it seem to think that using their special markup language is somehow easier for newbies to use than vanilla HTML, just because it doesn't have angle-brackets.

IMHO, markdown etc. solve one problem only: when you need to have text that is easily readable by humans, but can also be easily converted to HTML. In a content-entry situation, it just seems to solve the problem of saving keystrokes for people that already know HTML.

What I think average users really need is a WYSIWYG editor (which, I'll be the first to admit, is a real PITA for generating sane HTML).

The political background of a CEO matters because the realm of a corporation is not just how much money it can make for its shareholders, but the manner in which it conducts its business as well. This is why people can be upset about companies using child labour, or sending jobs overseas, and so forth.

If a company promotes a bigot as a CEO, then people will question whether the company is being ethical in its business practices, or will be in the future. People will also think that it isn't fair for someone who is a bigot to be successful while trying to deny other people basic rights, and will be upset by that.

Re-schedule the meeting. At the end of the meeting, ask your team members what they thought about it and the subject, and why they skipped the meeting the other day (don't be accusatory, though).

It was unclear to me from your post when the meeting was scheduled during the day. Assuming it was in the afternoon, this means that your team members had already had 2 hours of downtime by the time they were given permission to work from home. Maybe they thought it prudent to go and get some work done? The only way to know is to ask.

Even better: Google buys Uber, then integrates it with their driverless cars.

It may surprise you to find out that lots of people don't think that the ultimate measure of a person is how much they can accomplish in a business setting nor how much money they can make their shareholders.

I understand your frustration with trying to do this "internally", but stay positive and keep with it. If you (and like minded supporters) keep talking about "best practices", your peers _will_ notice and _will_ start playing with them in their work.

At our workplace, we have a monthly hour-long "Lunch and Learn" where we all meet to do three things: listen to someone share some interesting code they worked on that month (which helps to generate some enthusiasm and spread some knowledge around); talk together about a specific best-practice; collectively review some code with a focus on using that best-practice to improve the code. It is a very simple, low-cost, low-time-cost way to formalize the fact that you want everyone to pay attention to these things, and (in our case) has really stimulated a desire among the developers to improve their code practice.

To implement this, put someone in charge (or take charge yourself :) and just start asking people to contribute. You will probably find there is a lot more interest in this than you think.

Also, be sure to go easy on yourself and your peers as you try to change habits. If you look back at code you wrote, say, three years ago, you will probably say to yourself, "What was I thinking? I could write that so much better now." In the same way, three years from now you will be able to say, "What was I thinking? I could [test|commit|organize|pair-program|etc] that so much better now."

Serious question, since you have the stats: have people replaced 90% of their desktop and laptop usage with other computing devices, or do they now use computing devices generally 10x more than they used to? That is, just because we have smart phones etc, do we really use "computers" less than we used to? I doubt it, since I don't think tablets have replaced computers at work to that degree.

For the ultimate "fuck you", this should be written to use SOAP.

That has nothing to do with whether he is right or wrong about this issue, though.

A fantastic site for those interested in meditation is http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/ I would recommend the talks by Gil Fronsdal in particular.

The site has MANY talks on different topics including several courses on beginning insight meditation. As a non-religious person (atheist, actually), I found their approach and presentation to be very easy to accept (eg, a focus on practice rather than faith).

"This is a long distance call. You must dial a 'one' plus the ten-digit number to complete your call."

Thank God companies never hire consultants, use suppliers, open branch offices or collaborate with other people that aren't located IN THIS VERY BUILDING or they would never be able to get anything done.

The difference between "The Dragon's Den" and having a potential client approach you with work is that the Dragons are being asked to _partner_ with the client, not do work for them.

If a potential client come to you with a questionable business and asks you to do work for them _as an investment_, you probably should walk away. If they want to pay you, then do what you think is best.

Gmail is working for me in FireFox. In Chrome, it is still crashing.

The cynic in me is reminded of the Segway at this point. I'm not calling bullshit on this, but I'll wait to get excited when something is actually shown.

Moderate fascists are still fascists.

I am not an investor, financier, etc, so this will be a horribly naive question. Please bear with me.

From the comments regarding FB's IPO on HN in general, I am under the impression that the point of an IPO is to gain the company as much money as possible, and that in this regard, Facebook's IPO was a resounding success.

From the point of view of an investor, though, the IPO was a huge failure. Knowing, then, that any company approaching an IPO is trying to get as much money as possible from its initial investors, why would anyone want to be one? Is it solely because they are hoping that the company will be wrong about its own potential measure of success? Or was the Facebook IPO somehow different than an "average" one?

I know it's not the same thing that the OP said, but, given Facebook's track record with privacy, there is no way I am giving them my CC number and home address.

That's not "nailing" social media. That's creating a clever marketing trick and then being happy that people shared it on social media. Did PSY "nail" social media because people "Liked" his video? Did <insert group name here> "nail" social media because your aunt forwarded their spam to you? Did some band "not nail" social media because their video didn't go viral?

Coke advertised their product. Some people got excited, and told their friends on social media. Just like other things. Coke didn't do anything special with social media, they just counted on people using it. Big deal.

I thought social media was something to do with connecting users on the web, not printing statistically relevant names on products.

(I'll provide the opposite single datum, resulting in a thread that neither proves nor disproves the point being made in the article.)

I did the same. I have five sidebar ads (I don't use the timeline): Two directing me to "Mature Singles" (despite the fact that I am in a relationship (though, maybe this is the correct demographic, statistically speaking), one for a local-ish restaurant, despite the fact that I have never (as far as I know) "Liked" any restaurant on Facebook, one for a company offering to help me get a pardon, and one asking me to advertise on Facebook (I think it's a third-party service, not an ad by Facebook for itself; I'm not going to click on it to find out).

This is just as bad (or good) as going to any random site on the internet and ignoring the banner ads there. So the experience isn't terrible. However, for a company that's supposed to be The Big New Thing In Advertising, I think it's pretty disappointing.