mbarr's comments

On: Examples from The LaTeX Companion book (3rd edition)

[mbarr]

Here's the link to the in-print version:

https://www.informit.com/store/latex-companion-parts-i-ii-97...

On: Examples from The LaTeX Companion book (3rd edition)

[mbarr]

Looks like there's an update to the tutorial:

https://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf

On: The deterioration of Google

[mbarr]

I recommend Microsoft's Launcher, it's simple and gets out of your way. Similarly, Edge's search widget just launches a browser and executes your search. This really should be the stock behaviour that Google should provide.

On: BazelCon 2024 Recap

[mbarr]

Selenium has a pretty good Bazel setup which uses a lot of different functionality:

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/

On: Ask HN: Getting back into an IC role as a manager

[mbarr]

IC stands for Individual Contributor, i.e. non-management positions. It's pretty common in the industry.

[tiborsaas → mbarr]

I know it's standard, but I misunderstood it since forever :)

[gardenhedge → mbarr]

I don't think it's used in Europe, is it?

On: Android Malware Increased 3,325 Percent in Seven Months

[mbarr]

"... application stores are fast becoming the prime delivery mechanism for infected applications..."

I completely disagree with that statement. People downloading pirated or fake APKs from the web is the prime delivery mechanism for infected applications.

[mc32 → mbarr]

Juniper Networks seems to agree to some extent on that claim:

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/security/

They cite lax submission process, lack of code signing, and review process.

Sure it's a bit-self serving, but I don't imagine they're that far off in their assessment.

On: Google's Android Market is crippling small development teams

[mbarr]

Regarding #1, it's a pain when the stats break, and I agree it needs to be more robust and accurate, but it has no effect on your rankings what so ever.

On: App.net

[mbarr]

That's been possible on Android Market since the website was launched in February:

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/02/introducing-android...

On: Impressions of Android from a dev's perspective

[mbarr]

You can target apps to Colombia, it's in the rest of world section beneath the countries where Android Market is officially launched.

List of countries where you can publish free apps: https://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/a...

List of countries where you can publish paid apps: https://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1437...

On: Google tries new angle on hiring

[mbarr]

Engineering has been good at getting rid of trick questions, but some other groups still use them.