Or a realization that people have strengths and weaknesses. I happen to find programming easy but if you wanted me to do something artistic such as a painting or write a poem then I would have great difficulty.

I don't know why there is such a great focus on getting people to code. I think that people need to know how computers work but you don't need to know how to program in order to achieve that. We don't expect everyone to become a doctor in order to teach them about health or you don't have to become an accountant in order to balance your bank account. But for some reason when it comes to computers we think that people have to become programmers.

But how is Samsung supposed to get money from Microsoft for putting their apps on the phones if they do that?

You don't necessarily need more stations. Because you aren't dealing with a dangerous product you can easily redesign the layout of your station to accommodate more vehicles at one time. Instead of the normal four or six pumps (at least it's normal for around my area) you could have parking spaces for fifteen or twenty cars with chargers. Then you spruce up your convenience store to make the time spent while waiting for the car to charge go by a bit easier. Maybe have a spot to socialize or a sit down area for drinks with free wi-fi. You aren't limited to the old model.

Don't know why you say it's an Apple issue because in Canada the iPhone has always been available unlocked from Apple the day they come out even when all of the carriers wouldn't sell you an unlocked phone.

Don't know if it would really be more convenient since then you would have to remember to scan the items when you use them, or at the very least when they are done. If you forget to scan them when they are finished you'll get warnings about food that is about to expire that you already ate. And you probably want to scan the food every time so it can nag you to use the other package as it is going to expire sooner. No thanks, I'll pass on that.

And for having things like the Nest memorize my behaviour in order to save me some money. It's a nice idea in theory but I don't like the practice. Chips are powerful enough that they don't need to send my data off to Google to perform that analysis. If you want me to pay $250 for a thermostat then my data stays with me. If you want my data then give me the thermostat for free. I know they are making money with that data analysis or else Google wouldn't have spent $3.2B on Nest.

Have to change modes to hit esc is a big fail. Real developers use vi!

Let's take more plant material off of the land which means that we'll have to replace the nutrients. We do that with fertilizer (most of it derived from fossil fuels) that don't completely stay in the fields and contaminate our waterways. Wonderful.

Where this sort of thing will happen a lot more often when relatively untrained (driving compared to a pilot) people will be in control.

There's lots of good music being made. But then I listen to indie artists so my experience may not be typical.

The camera hanging from the ceiling like the submitter wants to have kind of takes away from the low tech feeling from scene.

Instead of having a camera taking a picture of a chalkboard every X minutes all the time and uploading the pictures to a website how about replacing the chalkboard with a monitor that shows the menu from the website. Then change the menu on the website to look like a chalkboard. When the chef or manager wants to update the menu they use the computer in the office to change the file and upload the changes to the website. The display in the restaurant would get updated (it could poll the web server every minute or ten) automatically. Plus the menu becomes more accessible to those with disabilities.

You mean terminals in the US. In Canada we've had terminals capable of dealing with NFC enabled credit cards since at least 2007. With MasterCard they called it PayPass.

Try the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. The first two (The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man's Fear) of the trilogy are out now. I enjoyed them much more than GoT.

Cloud of Internet Things

Wondering who is going to be sending mail after a nuclear war. I think the water bill can wait and Sears isn't going to be doing mail order for a while.