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Not only is surveillance a different issue, this is extremely hyperbolic.

I don't think so. I have an older MacBook Pro, and I'm running the latest OS X (and iOS). Comes up as 20$ each for Keynote / Numbers / Pages on OS X, 10$ each on iOS.

Sometimes I'm immensely proud to be part of this country (second-generation immigrant), but reading things like this make me feel like I live in the most backwards place in the world.

The richest country somehow can't provide a basic standard of living for so many of its citizens.

You do realize that its pretty common for shows to have a prime, pass it, and this has nothing to do with hipsters.

The link in the post to the fork is dead, which leads me to believe maybe they reversed their decision to fork it.

The nodeforward site discusses improving documentation, build and test tools: http://nodeforward.org/

Ah good advice, I will check it out.

Glad to hear it.

For the time being, for anyone with Amazon Prime, the HBO collection isn't bad: http://www.amazon.com/b?node=9097393011

It's not nearly as complete or up-to-date as HBO go of course, but it has lot of the most popular shows.

We have HBO go and actually use Amazon prime to watch HBO shows since Comcast has yet to support logging into HBO go on PS3.

This seems to be in the same vein as say, providing free dinner for employees.

It's a perk, but it's designed to make it easier for you to live your life in a way that's beneficial to the company. Work for us. Stay late. Delay having kids.

Haha, yeah. "Shareholders vote to make money".

Sure, if they got used to it, but I don't think it would make a huge difference.

Most people in the world get by just fine with one screen and one desktop – anecdotally, everyone I know who is not in tech or design does...

I don't think anyone is recommending a Chromebook to tech professionals (i.e. everyone reading these comments), but for those who need a computer at work primarily for basic office and productivity apps.

I agree with most of what you said, but I don't think the narrative here is that anyone can make it big... it's that if you have connections in Silicon Valley, it's fairly easy to raise money.

This shouldn't diminish the creativity and good-heartedness of the 10-year old, but if her dad were a fast food worker, I don't think we would be reading about her in the Times.

These all-in-one cards are expensive, and in an awkward space between traditional plastic cards and technologies like Apple Pay and Google Wallet.

I really can't see these things taking off.

You can get pretty bare-bones with DRF. I enjoyed working with it because it has magic for when you need it, and low-level functionality for when you need more control.

I don't even know how to use the web without a tabbed browser anymore.

"Hire Employees Who Are Excited to Wear Your Logo on Their Hoodies"

I was hoping this article wasn't as ridiculous as the headline, and some of the advice is good... but it's stuff like this, Silicon Valley.

Is it possible anymore to just want to work hard on an interesting problem, or do I really have to be a "fanatic" about it?

I agree. I think the age of massive OS overhauls is over, especially since all OS's are starting to look rather similar.

I use Dropbox, but mainly for sharing files between a team and with clients. Also for the Camera Upload feature to auto sync photos from my iPhone.

I otherwise don't really have need for cloud storage for my personal files (1 machine for work and for home!)

I patronize other companies that employee people whose politics I don't agree with, so I don't really see the need to get rid of it for political reasons.

"Going forward, Microsoft is planning to make regular, smaller updates to the Windows 10 codebase, rather than pushing out new major updates years apart"

Sounds familiar. Do all operating systems stop at 10 now?

Well in that case, they were lucky to have you as a resource. Please don't think I'm saying hard work isn't important, but it definitely is not the only factor in succeeding.

I don't know what it is that often makes successful people seem to lack basic empathy. I assume once you've succeeded following a certain path, you think the options that were available to you are available to anyone – if only they were good / smart / strong enough to make the most of them.

Such smart people seem to lack a basic understanding that the world is a complex place, and social, cultural, and economic forces can have as much a role in shaping life trajectories as one's abilities and ambition.

Or perhaps to put it another way, not all hardships are created equal.

I had the same reaction to the iPad as you, and now am a very happy owner. Because of this, I now withhold my opinions until I can try out products in person, although I personally could never see myself owning a smart watch.

Python, JavaScript (backend and frontend web dev respectively). I like to focus on one for a chunk of time (before lunch / after lunch), but sometimes that isn't possible.

"...are not ready to be distributed and cannot be be approved."

I found a typo, I'm rejecting Apple's App Rejections page.

Using curl!

Not all UX professionals are coders or start as coders. Some just understand UX principles / methodologies and how to apply them to solve design problems.

Also, UX isn't exclusive to software.

Used SeatGeek the other day to find concert tickets, the interface is fantastic.

They also maintain an interesting code+design blog http://chairnerd.seatgeek.com/

I consider developer productivity and code maintainability to be features. Sure, there are performance tradeoffs, but there are some obvious benefits.

It's either that, or the next Wes Anderson movie

I really do like this level of communicativeness from my backup service.