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True, but I do think experience has a lot to do with the equation there. Pretty much all insurances are based on the chance of payout but I don't know if that should apply to the prices of things like physical goods or in this case air travel.

It's dangerously close to an argument such as "People of color have to pay more or can't use this service at all" or "Blonde hair blue eyes" you know?

I hate to be that guy but should we be charging people more (effectively punishing them) for something outside of their control? Sure it may be "fair" in terms of economics, but it's a slippery ethical and moral slope if I've ever seen one.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-461_l537.pdf this is still working for me.

It was obvious from reading the story that there was more to it. The hurt and pain caused is of course awful but leaving out this sort of information is disingenuous and makes this piece essentially propaganda when it didn't need to be.

That said, your comment is off. The suspect is not the father of the child as it appears they were visiting the suspects house.

If you app has sections (say...a news app) this actually is a big issue. Not every app is about sharing photos.

The catch is a pretty big deal, and by deal I mean a deal breaker for me.

Why do I have to share something back with someone in order to see what they've shared back at me? I understand it's great for engagement but who would use this over Snapchat or Instagram.

It's almost out of a movie. One of your larger national companies is being extorted and you fail to follow the people doing so?

It also had to be a pretty big vulnerability for them to have to pay that much in the first place.

Its not always a bad choice. For example, I use it for caching built JSON for requests when a less than reliable API goes down. I can now serve up the cached response for the view without rebuilding it and let the user know we're still awaiting real time data.

Its not storage friendly but it is what I believe to be a valid use case.

As someone with a Windows Phone, I was excited to hear my local Starbucks had installed wireless charging last year and went to try it. Unfortunately it is PowerMat, something I've never seen anyone have.

Seems like Duracell (they are the primary backer) is trying to make another push against the market.

As a developer working in the information industry in Boston, its like pulling teeth to get the MBTA to even respond to you. I'm blown away and inspired by the work done here. Well done to the authors and hopefully we can see some improvements for my daily commute.

My instinct told me what the article is claiming, but there just aren't any other compelling alternatives that will surface the content and serve as a solid navigation on many small screen devices.

We're still in infancy on small and touch screen devices and we don't have a ton of reliable data as things are still changing too fast.

It's something to keep in mind but does anything have any alternatives when you have more than 5 items?

I work in a news organization. Seating is scarce, the environment is loud and distracting, and going on vacation means you just might be moved to a new desk when you return. Fortunately as a developer my computer is off limits to most but the open office layout completely wrecks my anxiety and pushes my stress levels through the roof while my productivity plummets from distraction.

I'm a fan of how my Windows Phone does it in 8.1 It gives me the option between mobile or desktop identification to sites, but then also gives me the option to use a Readability like function and constrict the content down so I don't have to side scroll. Seems to be the best of both worlds.

This is great, but it'd be far better if I could put in multiple ones and get out a sprite sheet. I'll take a look at the repo to see if this is possible.

A release for journalists would be nice too...

They're in entirely different markets. The Surface is an ultra portable laptop that can act as a tablet or also do desktop things while the iPad is a tablet and can only do tablet things.

This was my first thought as well. However...aren't we going to run out of names eventually for projects? Unless we all start making words up which defeats the purpose of a memorable named (unless you're Google).

Looks like it went under and the sites down for me.

I was thinking about it until they decided to charge MORE for the developer edition. As there isn't a Windows (Phone or otherwise) version out there I couldn't use it.

Yes, I know, I run a Windows Phone and don't own Android or iOS devices but companies should at least give people the ability without pay walling it.

If you've seen Gamer, this is eerily similar, but it'll look more like Second Life...and be awful.

Looks like a great product, just haven't had the chance to actually give it a full spin yet.

Citi Student Loan website maxes out at 6 or 7 characters and is utter garbage on top of that. Worst case though, someone could pay my student loans for me I guess.

Thanks, as a developer working at a news organization, it's always great to see this kind of stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/... One Second After (nearly done with it) is focused on a small town in the midst of something described here. Pretty good read on the topic.

I worked with in the real world at a non tech focused company regularly struggle with WordPress, Twitter, and Email. Just because HN is tech focused doesn't mean everyone's coworkers are.

XP is over a decade old and you seem tech savvy enough that I can't tell if you're joking or not. There are plenty of legitimate reasons for not upgrading due to hardware or certain software but your post reads as either being stubborn or a joke.

Most of the questions you asked are readily available via a simple Google search.

I believe (so don't take it as fact), if your turn signal is on and they're behind you, you have the right of way. IF they edge forward to the line (as many do, which I think is legal?) and are to your front-right you should wait.

Again, driving and biking laws get muddled so it's hard to tell.

I ride a bike and drive a car. And while doing both, I do my best to obey the laws and not injure other people. In Boston, and more specifically in my area of Cambridge we have major issues with drivers turning without looking at the bike lane and bikers running through red lights or riding on sidewalks.

In MA, we have very specific laws regarding how bikes are to be treated under the law and whenever riding I abide by them because they exist to keep myself (most important) and others safe. As the biker nearly hit me (I fortunately jumped out of the way with less than a foot of clearance), he yelled at me calling me an asshole and continued through the intersection with himself having a red light.

I watched a college kid die last year while walking to work as he slammed into the side of a truck. It ignited a debate about who was at fault and if trucks should be allowed to turn at that intersection. Nothing but finger pointing was done, a young man was killed, and just last week another pedestrian was hit at that same intersection crossing the street to catch the T.

Our transportation is changing in this country and instead of adjusting, in most areas we're just pointing the finger, much like you did in this post.

I think in the long term you'd learn to cope with this, a lot of the user issues seemed to do with depth perception more than lag.

I'd love to try this for a day but I think after a few minutes with the dev Rift you tend to strain your eyes in my experience. Fantastic ad though.

As someone who was nearly run down by a cyclist running a red while I walked a cross walk this weekend, I agree wholeheartedly. Boston is in a constant battle between cyclists and motorists and neither side is playing by the rules.