mbca
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Comment · 11 years ago
Public mudslinging between big names ... does that make Medium the new Twitter?
Comment · 11 years ago
> I’m fascinated how simple the __NSDictionaryI turned out to be.
There may be other cases where one gets something entirely different than the __NSDictionaryI class, depending on how the dictionary was created or how much / what kind of data it contains. There is some evidence[1] that Apple switches implementations of its collection classes based on various conditions, even something very simple, such as when an array contains more than X elements (where "X" is some threshold where the optimization characteristics change). Being able to dynamically change implementations is the main benefit of class clusters after all.
Comment · 11 years ago
Years of their skills and labor that could have been spent working at another company (including competitors).
Comment · 11 years ago
The quality of Uber drivers in San Francisco has dropped all the way to the point where I simply will not try to use Uber anywhere near downtown. They will accept the ride and the app will show they are "1 minute" away, however it will often take upwards of 15 minutes for them to reach me because they don't know their way around the city and are confused by all the one-way streets in downtown. I promise I"m not exaggerating, it really does take that long. I've stood there and watched them on the map spending 10-15 minutes driving very long distances away from me before finally turning in the right direction and painfully, slowly, starting to get closer. It's ridiculous.
If I'm in downtown or SOMA, I will use a taxi (either hailing or using Flywheel). It's usually a huge time saver (and there's no "surge" pricing either).
Comment · 11 years ago
This is what happens when you have an "app store" with no approval or review process. Google should be cracking down on this, just like those ads they were displaying[1] which would serve up malware-infected versions of Firefox whenever someone searched for "Firefox".
[1] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/IFl...
Comment · 11 years ago
Indeed. The essay mentions "predictability" as a problem with solar, but that becomes moot with good enough storage & transmission.
Comment · 11 years ago
They will find a way to opt-out instead. One set of rules for them, and another set of rules for everyone else.
Comment · 11 years ago
> there was regular black market where one could buy contract for cheaper rent
A precursor to AirBnB!
Comment · 11 years ago
While this isn't nearly as bad as companies like Valve which go around claiming not even to have any managers, let alone any policies, it still means you're going to run into this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessnes...
Comment · 11 years ago
Yet another chance to call out the highly relevant essay "The Tyranny of Structurelessness":
http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
It should be required reading for anyone pushing the "we don't need managers" line.
Comment · 11 years ago
For those who've watched the show Black Adder:
Comment · 12 years ago
> [I]t's only going to become easier and easier for competitors to enter the same space.
Not going to happen. Those "regulators" they decry so loudly? I'm sure they have plans to buy a few once they get big enough and use them to put barriers in place to put a stop to any competitors. Combine that with their size (and thus their ability to undercut any new competition), and I don't see anything but an Uber monopoly on the way.
Comment · 12 years ago
Android is only a "success" insofar as being the only game in town for an open-source iOS competitor. I'm frankly amazed it ever gained any traction at all, but when your competition is non-free garbage like Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows mobile, I guess you can just win by default. Especially when you have the might of Google's multi-billion dollar support behind you.
Android has already gotten miles better in the year since Rubin is no longer involved, seeing long-needed improvements such as Chrome for the browser and WebViews, radically better runtime, more unified UI design, etc. Overall, Android is much better off without him and I look forward to whatever comes next (for Android, not Rubin).
Comment · 12 years ago
Were these sodas sweetened with cane sugar or high-fructose corn syrup?
(I did look at the abstract of the actual paper, but it doesn't seem to specify. The full paper might say, but it's paywalled.)