What makes you think it would? Refactoring is generally a precursor to new features being added. If you don't know what is to be added then refactoring is usually counterproductive.
I agree that certain teams might need to slow down and reduce the scope of what they do in a cycle - but I think it would be better for them to calibrate to a sustainable scope rather than skipping a cycle altogether.
Internal product churn and massive refactoring is bad. Make the UI themeable and keep the core mostly the same. However there is drive to converge the iOS and OSX APIs to where there may only be one platform.
I file bugs on every issue encountered. I suggest others do as well. The way Apple works (or used to) is that all bugs get read and possibly fixed, however there is little/no feedback as to timeline or whether a fix will occur. It's pompous, pseudotheatrical silence rather than engagement.
Definitely. If it's to be taken at face value, where is one dead person? "Died from sitting." Seriously?
I haven't seen a single shred of hard evidence of these FUD claims by the standing desk "cool kids" that are telling us "you're holding it wrong" and that we should do it their way "or it will kill you." C'mon. Trendiness maximus.
There are some concepts in hard sciences that are difficult to relate to using everyday analogies (monads, general relativity, particle physics, EC). In such situations, it may make more sense to look past the compulsion to find concrete (over?)simplifications and start looking at properties, behavior and utility. (Humans want to find patterns and construct conceptual models from these patterns... Even where there is no pattern and also where the pattern is far more complex than even the best minds could hope to imagine.)
I get ads past the adblocker sometimes that say "visit Michoacán to see the butterflies". Hmm, disrupt the butterflies and travel to one of the most dangerous areas on the planet? Sure thing, if it comes with Lloyds of London kidnap insurance and triple death payout. (I know someone from the coast that has stories of rural life from about two decades ago, however it's far worse now.)
The TL;DR action item (wrong species of plant) needs a blog article (how to identify the right and wrong ones with pictures) to get linked into the news. That might happen, but I won't hold my breath.
Ethics are important, without a doubt, just orthogonal to how much more poor people are struggling.
If it's any sign, look at the homeless camps in Silicon Valley. People (outside tech) were never so broke as now, it's almost a 1920's pattern, to a limited degree. Janitors live in their cars in our parking lot because they can't afford housing. I wish they were paid more. :((
Eventually, we may need redistribution of wealth, voluntary or not, because people need at least enough food and shelter, and some path to self-sufficiency, if possible. I don't advocate rash direct wealth transfer but at first voluntary subsidization/underwriting of bare, minimal essentials (food (organic, fair trade fruits/vegetables/etc.[0]), housing, transport, education) adjusted to income.
(Santa Clara county General Assistance (GA) for singles is ~$150 USD/month and food stamps (CalFresh) is about the same... Seriously not enough to survive on but also not enough for people to hurt themselves with either.)
0: to avoid workers being sprayed with horrible chemicals and such. (Btw, in California, CRLA are cool folks.)
Eventually, we may need redistribution of wealth, voluntary or not, because people need at least enough food and shelter, and some path to self-sufficiency, if possible.
And this is why at some level, a person is no longer entitled to additional wealth (even if it's earned honestly and fairly).
We know from history that when a small group of people control the vast majority of wealth, it creates an unstable system. So in order to maintain a stable government and economy, there must be some limits on wealth.
(and progressive taxes are one of the ways we control wealth, and prevent this instability.)
On a mid 2012 13" non-retina (the 16 GiB hackable, 2 SSD one) MBP, fixed wifi by doing a clean Yosemite install, no transfer settings and then deleting network preferences plists. :(
Works, stable on 10.10.1. (Discoveryd mdns announce disablement doesn't flag doesn work at all though.)
