It's telling boys that girls get to do things they can't, for no other reason than being a girl. Reinforcing sexism among the youth is not the best way to end sexism.

They specifically mentioned the NDK. It's possible to release as a single app that supports both, or as two separate apps, but it's up to the developer to do that. They could just develop for the vast majority and only support ARM.

I find holding the tablet in one hand a LOT easier than in two. I honestly can't think of the last time I held it in two hands, except to load up some random game needing two hands. Obviously, different people have different opinions.

You can claim his motives are whatever, but the reality is it doesn't matter why he is doing it. He is helping people with his money. It's better than him just hording it all.

Regardless of what you think, it's not a lie to tell the customer to expect at least 80% of their package speeds. It is, however, a lie to tell them they'll get the full speed and then only give them 80%. YMMV per carrier.

I work for an ISP. Most of our customers get somewhere from 80%-105% of their package level, while all showing the same connection speeds between our equipment and the router. It would technically be possible to adjust the speed profiles of every customer to guarantee they get the same rate. However, it's easier(to set up the customer and support the customer) to have a general profile for the package level and put the 80% in the contract.

Thats why most services are marketed as up to the given speed. It actually is cheaper to offer a mostly full speed connection than a full speed connection. As long as they provide a defined minimum connection speed and don't default to that speed most of the time, then there really is no reason for complaint.

Umm.. all I said was that AT&T was offering unlimited plans when they could manage unlimited plans. Mobile data usage has skyrocketed in a rather short period of time. On top of all this, because it's cellular data there are other limits on their ability to provide more bandwidth per user per tower.

The only issue in all this is with cellular data, there are practical limits to the amount of data to be flowing at any time to all the customers on a particular tower. You have to try to curb usage as well as charge for fair usage.

You do realize the load has drastically changed since they offered Unlimited data, right? I don't agree with AT&T's choice to throttle down to only 10% of available bandwidth, but realistically they sold those unlimited plans at a time when it was more feasible than now. I think AT&T is being more restrictive than needed with their data plans, but unlimited data caps doesn't equal unlimited speed on the connection.

I agree that there are places that are overbudgeted, or some programs I don't agree with. For those, it's all well and good to want to see change. The difference is, I feel we have a moral obligation to pay for a number of public services backed by our tax dollars. Personally, it's better to pay for everything than for nothing. I wouldn't expect everyone to feel the same, which is why I only state people are responsible for their choice whether to pay.

To be fair.. two similarly bad choices are still better than one.

Sure, you can go to another country. But, you are in the USA. Regardless of your opinion on it, you're responsible for paying (or not) your taxes.

People will always do stupid things. Some, more than others. I think leaving it up the customer is a good choice, because it doesn't prevent immediate usage. Yes, you need to take responsibility and get the battery replaced. But, you can continue to function in the short term. Ultimately, if the battery is sending a trouble signal it can be interpreted at any step in the chain. The battery manufacturer could put a kill switch in. The hardware manufacturer using the battery could put a kill switch in. The software vendor can put in code to shutdown when the trouble state is detected.

It sounds to me like they've been trying to do just that. This sounds like it's meant to be a stop-gap solution.