So you can count on each of your Android users generating less than $0.0027 in revenue for you?! (Actually, I guess it’s even less if you factor in the existing customers.)
This is the douchiest post I've read in a while. I hope they enjoy their 15 milliseconds of fame they get from it before going back to their inevitable obscurity.
What I've actually grown to hate about Hacker News over the years is this particular "holier-than-thou" attitude like yours. It just seems like there are so many people on here that are offended by the slightest amount of conflict or controversy that they'd be much better-off living in a plastic bubble than in the real world.
I'd argue we're fine with controversy and conflict where it's warranted, but phone wars are easy to get into and are about as interesting and useful as arguing about game consoles.
It's a fine tradition it seems... Atari vs Commodore, Amiga vs PC, Sega vs Gameboy, Mac vs PC, PS vs Saturn, Dreamcast vs PS2, and so on... These days it's iOS vs Android.
In some bizarre way, if these are the "controversies" we're having, then we're doing quite well in general ;)
Haha, no offense taken! Writing angry things is fun.
I really didn't want to come across as pedantic, which is why I tried to keep it light and say I thought his mimicry was cute. And I love stuff like this! We need more 6th graders like this. I would have mad chilled with him and his app club.
That said, I do believe that the way we use language frames the world for other people. So I try to keep things in perspective. It's not that this isn't wonderful, it's that there're so many wonderful things that I prefer specificity of compliment to a general word ("great") that may suggest this is some sort of pinnacle to others. Greatness in turn becomes the people with such a tremendous sensibility that they can incorporate many, many wonderful things and, in the process, underline some deeper truth.
To me the important issue in the 'mimic' thing is that the kid is not a one-in-a-million special kind of genius. (At least you can't tell that from the video.) Instead, he's just a smart sixth grader. I think this is important because we should realize that what this kid did is something most smart sixth graders can do, if they have the interest and devote themselves to it. So we can hold him up as a model to other sixth-graders and say, "Hey, you can do this too."
We're talking about both (1) his presentation and (2) his programming skills. Other kids should be encouraged by his presentation, instead of thinking, "Cool, but unfortunately he's a genius (or super-special, or etc.); I could never do that myself."
Huh? No one is criticizing the child for not being a good speaker. Noting that his speech wasn't perfect is entirely orthogonal to cutting or not cutting him a "fucking break."
51 points in just 2 hours, but it’s currently off the first page. The Android-lovin’ douches are really feeling threatened by this one and doing everything they can to try and bury it via downvotes.
But you can’t downvote reality. (Although you can downvote individual comments... you know the routine... goin’ dowwwwnnn!)
Big-ups to you for knowingly launching a half-baked, half-assed product. Judging by the number of "hackers" you've inspired here, I feel great knowing that the main goal nowadays is to simply set the bar lower. Maybe even stick some ads on it if you're looking for other ways to "improve" it.
THAT ANDROID’S A DAMN FINE PLATFORM!!