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Comment Re:It's pretty impressive (Score 1) 405

Disclaimer: Android Fanboy

While they may have been the "de facto" device in 2011, it looks like they were overrun by all the various Android tables a while ago and are still in market share decline. For a single device compared against all others they may have the most share, but not by OS. With Apple just catching up to Samsung’s 2012 products this trend will probably continue.

Comment Re:Here we go again (Score 1) 143

Such anger. :) I'll just answer in /. fashion

Gift: something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation.

When people "Pledge" they do so with the expectation that they will 1) See the project complete and 2) get their reward. Sounds exactly like an investment to me.

you deserve to get screwed.

So you agree with me that when projects like Oculus Rift sell out they screw their pledgers. =P

Comment Re:Linux kernel (Score 1) 373

1 Handles errors gracefully.

This statement always hits me as mind numbingly stupid. In general try / catch and other error managing statements are for the lazy that don't want to understand the environment and inputs well enough to write the proper code to manage them. You want rock solid code that will last for years, eliminate the errors, don't "handle them gracefully". The only exception to this rule should be when the native environment forces it upon you or there is a lack of some proper check "doesThisReallyExist()".

2. Only reinvents the wheel when there is a measurable benefit in doing so..

I learn more reinventing the wheel and there is no substitute to working with code you are sure of and know how it's going to perform.

I agree with the rest.

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