Posts by JustJasonThings

Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children

Re: Not necessarily.

I'm curious why a bush pilot in Aus would use pounds? is it an aviation thing, because we (in Aus) pretty much dont use pounds at all

Pandemic? Check. World in peril? Check. CES is on? Check. So of course Bluetooth Smart Masks are now a thing

Re: Hmm. Just because you *can*

I have apnea, but when I'm awake

so i'm building a device that gives me a small haptic feedback when i hold my breath to remind me to breath

data points such as respritory rate can be valuable for people with such conditions

JavaScript survey: React everywhere, Jest, Webpack on the up... if only it had static typing, sigh developers

Re: A quicker fix.

<Michael Scott "Thank you" Gif>

Apple won't be appy: US Supremes give green light to massive lawsuit over App Store prices

Re: Possible contributing factor to the 6% drop?

I hope the larger entities do stand up for the little guy

Apple dominates the iOS application store, with 100% market share. That's pretty dominating

Azure IoT heads spacewards to maintain connectivity at the edge, courtesy of Inmarsat

Satya Nadella buzzword drinking game

Anyone got a link?

Six things I learned from using the iPad Pro for Real Work™

By that logic mobile phones are a good alternative to lugging around a laptop.

There are interfaces for AWS and Azure, SSH Apps and VPN Apps.

I think the important thing to take away from this is that whilst the iPad Pro CAN perform basic tasks, roles that require any kind of real software to perform shouldn't rely on an iPad in the place of an actual computer.

Get ready for laptop-tab-smartphone threesomes from Microsoft, Lenovo, HP, Asus, Qualcomm

Re: Battery life and form factor are welcome

So buy a laptop. Just because a product doesn't fit specifically for you, doesn't mean it isn't a fit for anybody.

Google sued for paying women less than men

"The skills required to perform these jobs are equal or substantially similar."

Front end and back end require significantly varying levels of skill. In this case they only state the accusers years of experience, not their degree of competence, and the accuser believes that backend and frontend are similarly difficult? This indicates a degree of ignorance. Inequality in tech is a serious issue, but this sounds like a load of baloney.