I read through the entire affidavit when it originally came out as I have an interest in online gambling... but I couldn't figure out what exactly the FBI was after these asian gamblers for... the only thing it said was that they had multiple tvs and internet connections going into one suite and when the FBI saw what they were doing, it looked like they were only betting on World Cup matches over the internet.
There has to be more to it... I know online gambling is illegal in the USA, but why get the FBI involved because some foreigners are betting big online?
I think of it as the English language of programming. Picking and choosing all of the best bits from every other language, and bastardizing them into it's own everyday use.
However, it gets the point across; taking a bunch of bits from disparate well-functioning systems and smashing them together doesn't guarantee that you'll get another well-functioning system.
Do you like Go? Part of the process for creating Go was to take the best parts of other languages and glue them together, while also throwing out as many features as possible.
Funny you should ask :) I'm best known for my article criticizing Go's design. I think Go is a reactionary language; it says "To hell with the last 30 years of language research; we want the good old K&R days back!" while making a few token admissions to progress (like good green threading). In reality, this approach eliminated everything that made C elegant (C is universally compatible with basically all Von Neumann computers, and Go certainly isn't) without actually taking advantage of 99% of the progress we've made. I'd hardly say Go has many of the "best parts" of other languages.
>it's unlikely to do anything other than make you more alert and awake.
I find that extremely hard to believe.
If I drink 5 cups of coffee per day I get heart palpitations, an upset stomach, and am extremely irritable in general. The same goes for my significant other.
I actually went to a heart specialist and wore a heart monitor for 48 hours last year because I was having an irregular heartbeat and would black-out occasionally after jumping up out of a chair. The diagnosis? I'm fine. I just need to ingest less caffeine.
I think I'll stick with my one cup per day, below average amount.
It's just enough to wake up me, keep me alert, without any of the negative effects that caffeine brings with it.
> If you make a good product, customers will come back to use it again and again. They won't just forget about a product that worked wonders for them.
Ehhh I can turn that around. If you make a good product, customers will have enough confidence in that product to not want to consciously have to make a payment on a recurring basis. I'd suggest it's not something necessary for your product to succeed, but it's something your customers will probably want.
It's obviously no mechanical keyboard, but it's a full sized keyboard none the less, and it allows you to enter large amounts of text into your smartphone much easier than what was previously offered.
I would call that a major improvement in the keyboard arena, not a mediocre typing experience.
The limited rate of data entry was what pulled me away from owning a smartphone. I have a dumbphone and I use my laptop for all my serious work. It's nearly impossible to write code on any smartphone out there as of yesterday. But today I would consider getting a smartphone to actually work on. Probably with an HDMI output on it, too. Just in case.
I still prefer when the phone has an integrated keyboard [1]. Less battery drain due to bluetooth, more convenient since you don't loose screen real estate, and your muscle memory develops in no time.
Too bad the marked decided they didn't want this form factor anymore.
I know what you mean, I have tried to code on my phone far too often!
Wireless keyboard for smart phones aren't new, though. This one is convenient, but you can use existing wireless keyboard with just about any iOS device: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202041
>The first question is whether the government can lawfully compel the telephone’s owner to divulge the passcode. I believe the answer is that yes, a person can in fact face punishment for refusal to enter in the password to decrypt his own phone. If the government obtains a subpoena ordering the person to enter in the passcode, and the person refuses or falsely claims not to know the passcode, a person can be held in contempt for failure to comply.
I thought the exact opposite was true?
That no judge or any court can force you to disclose your password?
>The treatment is: Take B12 every day for the rest of my life.
Every human being on earth that I know of needs this. It's not just vegetarians.
What foods were you eating while homeless?
I imagine it's fairly tough to come by nutritional yeast and other B-complex rich foods whilst living on the street.
My girlfriend is a strict vegetarian, gets her blood checked regularly, and is apparently fine. We assume because she supplements all of the necessary nutrients that she lacks in her food. Mainly iron and the b complex vitamins I believe.
>The man I paid was in his forties, and he spoke to me in the most patronizing tone, as if I were some silly little girl who did not have the right to question his work, despite the fact that I was paying for it.
I'm not surprised in the slightest because as a young male this has happened to myself numerous times in the past before I got sick of it and decided to learn programming myself.
Generally programmers who you hire for a one-off programming job and don't really have any connection to will berate you if you call their work sub par.
In a way, I almost agree with their attitude. Because what do you honestly know? If you knew the best way to program what you think you wanted, why didn't you code it yourself?
In hindsight, the things I thought the programs I paid for should or could have done better were actually impossible and I appreciate now the bluntness of the programmers I paid to tell it to me straight.
Some of my instincts are telling me the interaction you are describing has little to do with age, either. I think this has to do with price point. I am young myself, and (if I didn't know how to program) I'd probably end up hiring someone at the low-cost end of the spectrum, because $100/hour for good people is... wowzers.
But that premium typically buys you more than just people who discuss things more professionally. Paying professional wages gets you people who, when they notice there might be a conflict between what you describe and what's possible, propose the best solutions, instead of just sassing you. Sounds weird, but that really is one of the most valuable skills freelance engineers can develop. And the more abstract you can get with your solutions, the better -- if you pitch the idealistically abstract "you will have more money", your life gets very easy. Obviously you'll use more details in your pitch.
I had the same happen to me, I was a 17 year old who was running my own agency (4 employees, the youngest of which was 21 at the time). That's not to take away from her experiences though, but I have experienced a lot of that myself despite being male. Great article though!
There has to be more to it... I know online gambling is illegal in the USA, but why get the FBI involved because some foreigners are betting big online?