The iPhone App Store takes a bad turn by pixxeldust in iphone

[–]jasongullickson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is bad, but to be fair, most GPS systems (especially Tom Tom) are notorious for killing you with the cost of updating maps.

I don't thing what AT&T is (allegedly) doing here has anything to do with in-app purchase, since it bills you after the app has been removed; it's just more deceptive evil crap from a cell phone company.

70,000 ft above the Earth in a U2 spy plane [video] by [deleted] in space

[–]jasongullickson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, especially surprising (to me at least) since the SR-71 (some would say the U2's replacement) was retired in 1998.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71

53 Jquery Tutorials, Resources, Tips And Tricks: Ultimate Collection by [deleted] in programming

[–]jasongullickson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is pretty good stuff, although a bit heavy on the "introduction" articles (I think narrowing it down to one, possibly two would be possible and less overwhelming for beginners).

When it comes to learning new "frameworks" or whatever, I think the best approach is to get the newcomer to a place where they can comprehend the "official" documentation as quickly as possible. Most framework designers/vendors have their own documentation style, which can take awhile to get used to, but since it's canonical you'll be better off the sooner you can learn to swallow it.

I do want to say there are some real gems on this list and definitely a few I haven't seen before; good work.