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Apache and PHP were not made with Websockets in mind - they're stateless, whereas Websockets messaging typically requires stateful persistent connections. This is a big reason a lot of developers are using these new web architectures (Node, EventMachine, TwistedMatrix etc), or migrating back to JVM based systems.

You should also link to data showing how H1B workers are paid less than Americans, this one says on average $13,000 per year less:

http://www.cis.org/PayScale-H1BWages

If other audio recording apps (I've never used any) work just fine then any excuses Apple uses to not support Siri the iPad is a load of bullshit.

Oops, I've actually never used it. So I guess Siri should be able to work on iPad 1 also. Anything Apple says about the hardware being incapable of using Siri sounds is probably a load of their typical bullshit.

I don't care about new iOS features, or any of their iCloud nonsense, I know it won't support Siri (ipad1 lacked a microphone).

What I do care about is the web browser on my iPad not receiving any software updates... ever. That's a serious problem. Without any software upgrades ever, the iPad will become the future IE. In fact, this is worse because of Apple's closed system they also won't allow 3rd parties to upgrade the software either. That means no new web browsers, audio players, or any other new type of software which might threaten their platform.

Apple wants to pretend that software can't be upgraded because you're using old hardware, which not only is completely retarded, it defeats the purpose of software.

  iOS 6 is not compatible with: iPad 1

Damnit, did I just have an aneurism? Seriously, the iPad 1 isn't old (or doesn't feel old to me), and it came out around the same time as the iPod touch 4th generation, which is supported. I'm really getting sick of this "throw-away hardware" culture that Apple is enforcing.

  Inside the box, you'll find a mobile Core i3 processor 

What? That's 2 generations ago. I have a 3 year old Atom system about that size. Sure, an i3 is faster, that's nice, but just let me know when Intel's top-of-the-line chip can run on a motherboard this size. If Intel thinks they can still produce new CPU's for the ATX form factor, they're nuts.

No, Microsoft has made some extremely serious mistakes in the past (eg. like repeatedly leveraging their monopoly to destroy competitors). And pretty much anything do won't make up for it.

Microsoft worked very hard to earn their hatred, and they absolutely deserve being shunned by the entire development community. I really wish this company would completely go away.

If you use Chrome or Safari on MacOS 10.8, they uses the new mini-scrollbar in the browser. Removing those old-fashioned scrollbars dramatically improves the look of web UI's.

Only the Social Network bubble is popped -- which is the majority of companies that YCombinator funds. Social network websites that can be built in 3 months and have zero paying customers or any potential profitability really shouldn't have existed in the first place.

The driver-less car seems like just a side-project of Google's primary business goal: to steal Social Network marketshare from Facebook in the form of shoving Google Plus down our throats. I mean, what's more important, innovating and giving people a technology which will improve their lives, or forcing them to use a website in which to show them cat pictures and click on context-aware advertisements?

It only increases the subsection of hardware I won't buy. Thanks for making my choice easy.

I don't get it. Sounds like you want me to target one person to spam or stalk each day. But if I already don't talk to these people now then why should I do it through this website?

It's just a (probably accurate) prediction. There are no numbers given that back up any of these claims.

Groupon isn't a stupid company, it's a great idea actually. They turned down a lofty Google offer and decided to go the IPO route. Only time will tell if their business can last, and not get eaten alive by competitors.

I think it's a good thing their share price isn't just going to the moon and then crashing and wiping out an entire industry like what happened in the Dom-Com crash. Maybe a subdued IPO market will mean this time it'll be more like a boom period, and not another bubble getting ready to burst.

Their trademark probably shouldn't have been granted. This company didn't trademark the word "Who", they trademarked "WhosHere" which is quite obviously a different word. This reminds me of McDonald's who go around the world suing every company that has a food product starting with "Mc" (eg. a Scotch distillery founded a hundred years before McDonald's even got sued). Unfortunately the US patent and trademark system is broken and can be easily manipulated by entities with money, and when abused by assholes like this, it just makes our world suck even more.

I hope their actions haunt these individuals for the rest of their hopefully short careers as business founders.

Tmdb and their API is awesome. But I wish they would provide a dump of their database. I wonder how did you get a copy of all their data, did you build scraper and grab every movie?

Raspberry Pi makes products like this completely obsolete. I see nothing here worth paying an order of magnitude more money for. Google seems to have a really bad habit lately of building products that nobody wants.

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It's beautiful! I just think it needs a bit more of a trunk.

It does have an h264 chip which might make HTML5 video usable.

Larry Ellison was right, "The Cloud" as used in today's marketing is simply a synonym for "The Internet".

I have no data points, because I don't know anyone that wants one these chromebooks.

So there's actually a market of people that don't want a fully capable laptop, and don't want a tablet + external keyboard, and want a web-only miniature laptop? I think these Chromebooks are targeted at market that actually does not exist.

I just love when job ads require 2-3 years work experience, but also have a requirements list so long that would take 10+ years of dedication in 7 completely different, or contradictory, disciplines to qualify for the position.

Now Hiring: Visual Studio/.NET + Ruby on Rails developers with Oracle DBA and jQuery UI experience, XSL and Adobe Illustrator experience a plus

Google's still trying to sell netbooks? Really? Sometimes I wonder if they are aware that the iPad has completely obliterated the market for underpowered/overpriced netbooks.

No, HTML5 audio actually kind of worked in iOS 3. But Apple plugged that whole and made sure it was fully sabotaged in iOS 4.

Yeah, it's very subtle. He's essentially saying that the TDD approach has made his code is flawless, and he is incapable of producing bugs.

I think Facebook should cozy up to Mozilla and use Boot2Gecko. Facebook's strength is in their web presence, and by leveraging a web-oriented phone, they could offer something that doesn't compete directly with other handset makers.

Settings -> Safari -> Audio -> On/Off, or with a permissions dialog

There is no good reason to have Audio off by default and have no way to turn it on for games.