angrytapir

Shameless plug: I interviewed Contiki's creator Adam Dunkels recently - https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/438327/contiki_an_o...

I scan a QR code at my local coffee shop almost every (week) day. I use an app that acts like an electronic loyalty card - you scan a QR code when you get a coffee, and every 10th coffee is free (and I find I'm actually more likely to do it, unlike with cardboard loyalty cards where it feels like you're inconveniencing someone when they're busy by making them mark it).

I'm pretty sure there's something similar mentioned in one of the Red Dwarf novels (with the experience ending in the use of genetically engineered players).

> I guess the next thing they want after .biz is .cool .startup .awesome and .hip

.hipster

It may well be that, but that doesn't make it okay. They shouldn't be building an email database by scraping, which is almost certainly what happened.

In a vaguely related note: I recently had a situation with an organisation that kept bulk emailing a plug for its conference and would ignore requests to eliminate all addresses using[mydomain].com from their database (they were sending email to aliases as well as actual mailboxes).

I don't know about other language conferences, but certainly in the past it's been needed at other developer conferences.

(It's one of the reasons projects like the Ada Initiative have been set up - http://www.techworld.com.au/article/412523/breaking_down_gen... )

Which raises the point: Is there some way to report spam on Hacker News?

Based on this story I assume: http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pudding.asp

There's this famous case too: http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pudding.asp

Interesting link. What would be nice would be some kind of comparison of different offerings (e.g. the online Codeacademy-style stuff) by either an experienced developer or a novice to see how they stack up against each other in terms of usefulness.

> Average salaries are around (but slightly less) than San Francisco junior industry averages.

What's the industry average? (Sorry, I'm from Oz so don't know.)

"To fully use the services you need to create your own account, without violating other peoples' rights."

That misplaced apostrophe is killing me.

I enjoyed it a lot. Sure it's not a AAA title - but it's good, mindless fun. Especially given its extremely appealing price point. (And, yes, I haven't finished it.)

Has anyone found a page that has a TL;DR?