they certainly ban people who do GPS spoofing although I can't speak to how rigorously enforced those checks might be

That is auto-triggered by software detection at a device level isn't it?

I tried spoofing GPS with Niantic's Ingress game, just about the second time I played, and the spoofing apps relied on the fake location flag in the dev settings - of course Niantic checked to see if that was set and refuse to work if it was [until the system was rebooted, with the flag disabled, AFAICT]. Haven't tried with PoGo as I'm more interested in playing it [with my kids, honest!] than working out how it works.

Not necessarily. At least on Android, it is rather simple to just use Xposed Framework to basically "mock syscalls".

No clear answer to this as far as anyone can tell. From the evidence it definitely looks like there's a server component, though.

Before I authorized the browser to send geolocation information, it dropped me in Russia. Maybe it's the default?

it feels more like Python 3 is similar to the transition between PHP 4 and 5. Painful, sure but ultimately not a deterrent to language adoption.

I'm sad about this, I loved programming Perl a decade ago but the last side project I wrote in Perl was all the way back in 2010.

I would think that the PHP4 -> PHP5 (relative) slow transition was more about hosting support than developer's adoption. Because of of the extreme (and often infuriating) stance on backward compatibility migrations were not that difficult : http://php.net/manual/en/migration5.incompatible.php

It was mostly new things, not different things. I don't even remember the new object model being that hard to pick from the PHP4 one. I think lots of developers got more stuck on the 5.2 -> 5.3 transition.

Isn't Python 2/3 more about libraries and compatibility than hosting ? My personal anecdote is that it deferred me way too long to learn the language seriously. I didn't want to waste time learning an old version but too much things were on it, especially Django and Flask (being mainly a webdev).

PHP7 vs Hack could mirror that though.

everyone with any interest in the AK-47 should read http://cjchivers.com/aboutthegun (The Gun, by CJ Chivers). Although it spends a lot of time examining historical contexts for machine guns, and assault rifles in general - the AK-47 stuff is great.

The comparison with the M-16 in particular is pretty brutal.

I'm seeing the same error, trying to visit http://www.flipmeme.com/image/VR3oq from http://www.flipmeme.com/image/XWkG2

Great site, I can see myself hitting the right arrow key for hours on end :)

For people who's departure causes significant external ripples, it's never really couched as firing though, is it? There is a carefully coded message (perhaps even internally) about departing for other startups as yet unspecified, or of pursuing different opportunities or of spending time with the family.

In many cases, will we even know if it was mutual or just an understandable need for a change of scene? Contrast the departures of Bret Anderson from Facebook, Naveen Selvadurai of Foursquare and Marco Arment from Tumblr [and these are just CTO/co-founder examples]

import isn't instantaneous - I uploaded my delicious links, and was promised an email when import finished.

Still no email (an hour or so later) :) - tbf, there's about 3000 links

Shouldn't take that long. Could you email me at hello@kippt.com with your username and I'll take a look?

mail sent, thanks for taking a look. Same username as here.

they need constant care and monitoring - especially after heavy storms or bad weather of any sort, really.

The tree lined boulevards in my city routinely disrupt traffic after monsoon rains - most are close to 40 years old, and every so often will shed a branch or three onto the road.

Depends on the tree and type of maintenance. Some monitoring and directional pruning goes a long way. In general the larger the tree the more maintenance and monitoring is required.

Did you mean Robert Heinlein? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers

Damnit, yes, thanks. I now feel a bit stupid. I dug through a mixed stack of Bradbury, Heinlein, and Niven earlier in the year, so who-wrote-what is a bit mixed up in my brain.

I really like the idea and UI, thanks for sharing.

Minor typo: Let it be investors, founders, owners or just jourself should be "yourself".