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  1. sweat shop for programmers

    lmao, yeah - working in air conditioned buildings, generous pay, vacation, benefits - exactly like sweat shops.

    I bet you also think the NBA is a modern day slave system too.

  2. Fragmentation has nothing to do with selling phone on Android Fragmentation Isn't Hurting Its Adoption · · Score: 4, Informative

    It has everything to do with being able to develop for phones. The article misses the point entirely.

    As someone who develops for both, testing in Android *is* a pain in the ass. Developing in it is a breeze. The minor issues you run into on varying handsets is just a nightmare to deal with. The small variances because manufactures can't develop to API specifications correctly.

    I question anyone who says it isn't an issue. Either you aren't doing development or you haven't built something complex enough to see the various issues.

  3. Yay more social startups! on NYC Tech Sector Growing Faster Than City Can Keep Up · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's like Facebook, for cats!

  4. Re:I hate them both on Java API and Microsoft's .NET API: a Comparison · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice rant, grandpa. Yeah, we should all be coding in ASM, because it produces such better products! Eyeroll.

  5. Re: Uhm Yeah on Google Files First Amendment Challenge Against FISA Gag Order · · Score: 1, Troll

    Lol, that's cute, you think the constitution still has bearing on anything in DC.

  6. Re:Free market my ass on Intel Streaming Media Service Faces An Uphill Battle for Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    One where the govt isn't so powerful it controls everything, where it can be bought by the highest bidder :-)

  7. Re:No iPad app on Microsoft Office Finally Gets iOS App · · Score: 1

    People like to complain. The whole sale price of Office to Best Buy or the like is more than a 30% discount from what Best Buy sells it at.

  8. Re:No iPad app on Microsoft Office Finally Gets iOS App · · Score: 1

    From my understanding signing up within the App isn't an issue as well. The question is, can the user use the App at all without paying?

    I have a mobile App that has our own private "cloud" storage. The user can use the App to their hearts desire. But, if they want our "cloud" they must subscribe via our Web portal.

    But, if they don't care about that - they can use the App indefinitely. I don't think there is a steadfast rule to it, all Apple seems to care about is if the App can be used (functional). Where, Netflix as an example fails at that end, because you can't use the App without having a paid Netflix account.

  9. Bigger question is, what is up with MS Marketing? on Microsoft Office Finally Gets iOS App · · Score: 1

    A few weeks ago Microsoft released an ad on TV comparing the iPad and the Surface. One "selling point" was the iPad lacks Office. (I mean, bashing a competitor because you didn't port your software to their platform of all things?)

    Then, Microsoft releases Office for iOS? Such disorganization.

  10. Oh, So now only the big boys on Congress Proposes Strategy For Fighting Patent Trolls · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can afford the endless rexaninations of their patents? Chuck is bought and paid for, so this won't help the little guy.

  11. Maybe they don't care? on Your License Is Your Interface · · Score: 1

    Perhaps their view is "I don't care what is done with it" - thus don't apply a license. Most licenses feel like you need to be a lawyer to navigate, so most probably avoid them.

  12. Re: OK,here it is good luck with the encryption on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    Silly human. They can take blood from you if they suspect you are DUI. What makes you think they can't compel you due to "dangerous texting and driving". Think of the children.

  13. Re:Alrighty then! on Demo Europe Hits Russia — and Start-ups Have To Beg · · Score: 1

    It's like Facebook, for cats,

  14. Re:It really annoys the hell out of me... on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 2

    If anything he is smarter because he got a decent paying consulting gig at BAH and didn't bury himself in college debt to major in some worthless field.

  15. Stupid write up on Google Glass Banned At Google Shareholder Meeting · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All photography and recording is disallowed. So, no shit glass is banned. I assume it has something to do with archaic SEC regulations. But, lets not let that stop writing stupid articles

  16. Re: Android on What Features Does iOS 7 Need? · · Score: 2

    lol, they all copy one another. Googles Game Center is a duplicate of iOS GC

  17. Wait, this is true on Google Loves The Internship; Critics Not So Much · · Score: 1

    most of the audience will walk away thinking that answer to creating software is eating pizza, going to a strip club, or drinking alcohol

    Well, I mean if you are looking to burn VC cash.

  18. Re:Incompetence on Labor Dept. Wanted $1M For E-mail Addresses of Political Appointees · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I love this logical fallacy. Because someone is only one sided in this, right? Pathetic.

  19. So in reality: Nothing will change on White House Announces Reforms Targeting Patent Trolls · · Score: 2

    "Executive Actions" mean diddly squat. Executive Orders are nothing more than directions to executive agencies how to enforce the existing law. He can't create new law (well I guess he can try) by fiat. So, unless Congress gets off its lazy ass and fixes patents, this does nothing.

  20. Perhaps Google does tell companies... on Questioning Google's Disclosure Timeline Motivations · · Score: 4, Informative

    And they simply don't do anything? I've contacted companies about security flaws I've found in their products and was met with deafening silence.

    Until I publicly announce them on platforms like Twitter, then you have their full attention.

  21. Should be on $30,000 For a Developer Referral? · · Score: 1

    Yet again, I get endless emails from lazy recruiters via LinkedIn begging me to refer my friends for their worthless jobs. Hey, how about you do your own job.

  22. Re: Not News to Fox on Why DOJ Didn't Need a "Super Search Warrant" To Snoop On Fox News' E-mail · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not shocking this is flagged informative by the left leaning slashdot. Gotta circle the troops around the commander and chief. God forbid he is worse than GWB, which is a feat in itself no one could have imagined.
    An administration spying on journalists and using the IRS as a political tool is chilling as fuck and every single American ought to be scared as shit of it. Oh wait, you voted for him? Makes it ok I guess!

  23. Re:Summary is Crap on Google Unable To Keep Paying App Developers In Argentina · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a wonderland!

  24. The problem yahoo has is on Ask Slashdot: Can Yahoo Actually Stage a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    There is no service they offer I'd go to use. Not search, not email. They don't have an OS. Love or hate MS, they at least have draw. There isn't much that would get me to use Yahoos services.

  25. Man, Marissa loves spending money on Yahoo Board Approves a $1.1B Pricetag For Tumblr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is a sexist joke in here somewhere. She has been on a spending binge for acquisitions...