Still, it is possible to develop applications that can work offline and sync with a remote server when network connection is available. Many new mobile apps do this. Office software should do it too.

Just noticed that the documents author is Ben Goodger, the guy that started Firefox.

Objective C is actually a good language. But too niche and awkward to be used in a funny /. comment.

What happens when the war is just over and drones continue operating? If they're controlled remotely, as they surely are, their "network" and remote systems could have been completely destroyed. This creates a war with a "long tail", much different than in those movies where people get to know about the end of war, catch the first train and go back home.

Oops, I meant "You should know"...

You should that countries other than the USoA have constitutions too. It might not be called "First Amendment" but there are free speech provisions in most countries.

For example, check "Article 21" in the Italian Constitution.

Ouch, no mod points today. Mod parent up!

I'm not interested in knowing a guy that pollutes air and makes a lot of noise for his pointless and childish hobby. Real nerds feel free to mod me down.

Ok, I don't have time to read the new and older policies. Anybody interested in summarizing what changed and its implications?

Canonical already made a great job in making the Linux desktop usable for the masses for free. They need to monetize their work if they're going to keep doing it. Giving Ubuntu for Android to the community as an unsupported do-it-yourself hack, would bring zero profit and lots of users whining.

^^^ This! And once you have your UI sketched on paper, you could use Qt (with or without Quick) to implement it. Your requirements for ease of cross-platform use *and* big datasets just begs for Qt.

You should read about how Galileo Galilei confessed his supposed crimes and then wrote a great book reiterating his "crimes".

Religions are often just a "cover-up" ideology for economical interest and can be interpreted in many different ways. From the peaceful mystical one to the nationalist and revolutionary one.

Believe me, you just can't group Europeans like that. I'm Italian. I simply cannot drink what they call coffee in any northern country. Spaniards, Greeks and Turkish have interesting ways of preparing coffee too. Northern countries are very similar to Americans in their coffee habits.