john spurlock 2017

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"Most surprising, however, mutations that delay puberty and childbearing are more prevalent in long-lived people."Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving : Nature News & Commentnature.com

"You're holding it wrong" part deuxGripping buttons on both sides of iPhone X disables Face ID, recognition works with most sunglassesappleinsider.com

"The decision is a blatant taking advantage of the political and social deterioration of public space" – @ishmaelGBWhat of the “Town Square” in an Age of Racial Capitalism?medium.com

s3 in us-east-1 is melting down right now

"Unless Google opens WebAPK to third-party browsers, only Chrome can sign those on-the-fly generated APKs."Android Oreo takes a bite out of Progressive Web Appsmedium.com

"That smartphone web traffic hasn’t translated to app traffic. Americans opened smartphone apps 22 percent less."Smartphones are driving all growth in web traffic - Recoderecode.net

"The unibrow on the iPhone X is one of the ugliest design decisions that Apple has made in recent memory"Apple Has Lost Its Charm – Noah Halford – Mediummedium.com

"As good as it needs to be"

If you didn't know (and didn't see the OS paraphernalia) - which one of these would you think was Apple-designed?Opinion: Apple’s take on the ‘bezel-less’ UI is unintuitive, and Android is far better suited for it | 9to5Google9to5google.com

"It's just a tube of content"

No other phone has 4k@60 video recording, legit kudos to Apple for pulling this offiPhone 8 and iPhone X Support 4K Video Recording at 60 Frames per Secondwccftech.com

"The Feast of Saint Jobs"

"Developers will be free to use Java on any device, without requiring any additional licensing or other permission"Java: Free At Last – Life at Eclipsemmilinkov.wordpress.com

"The best apps are going to be the ones that work with the platform not in spite of it." – @stevesiDivergent: Thoughts on Cross-Platform (Updated) – Learning By Shippingmedium.learningbyshipping.com

"Even in 1896, an early visitor declared that if he owned Miami and hell, he would rent out Miami and live in hell"A Requiem for Florida, the Paradise That Should Never Have Been - POLITICO Magazinepolitico.com

"The Amazon's first headquarters is in Seattle."

Bargain basement writing atCleveland OH Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - cleveland.comcleveland.com, also "2HQ" 🙄Could Cleveland land Amazon's second headquarters? | cleveland.comcleveland.com

"And your stations too!"Sahil Kapur on Twitter:"Donald Trump called Chuck Schumer to bask in the positive press coverage of their fiscal deal.

An amazing quote:"twitter.com

"The universality of SSN as unique identifier has led to abuse."

Nope, SSN as a shared secret is the real problem.The Equifax Breach Exposes America's Identity Crisis | WIREDwired.com

But just for the patents again, right?PhoneArena on Twitter:"Report: HTC and Google"in final stage of negotiation" regarding sale of smartphone business -"twitter.com

"native is the new flash"

"Don't reinvent the wheel... unless you want to learn a lot about wheels."

"It’s a great idea in theory, but in practice, it’s just unwanted clutter."Here’s how to kill Android Oreo’s annoying ‘running in the background’ notification | 9to5Google9to5google.com

"It's like Juicero but for losing elections."

/deserialize.doA critical Apache Struts security flaw makes it 'easy' to hack Fortune 100 firms | ZDNetzdnet.com

But without the Frontline voice guy? Pass.‘Frontline’ to Launch Podcast Series ‘The Frontline Dispatch’ | Varietyvariety.com

"Constipation of Industrial Camelots"Benedict Evans on Twitter:"Italy: All the strengths and all the weaknesses of Genius (early infographic)"twitter.com

"Quite honestly, it's embarrassing that this is still a problem in 2017."YouTube, your volume controls are bad and you should feel badandroidpolice.com

"A blockchain is a highly processed thing, sort of like a Chicken McNugget. To hack it would be like turning a nugget back into a chicken."PBS NewsHour on Twitter:"Why are big companies investing in the technology behind the digital currency Bitcoin?"twitter.com

"A century ago, factory workers formed unions. Today, Silicon Valley employees celebrate their own exploitation."In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is for Losers - The New York Timesnytimes.com

Python/R Dad, Android/PHP DadA Tale of Two Industries: How Programming Languages Differ Between Wealthy and Developing Countries - Stack Overflow Blogstackoverflow.blog