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2014-06-30T03:39:19Z

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== Ars Technica: Aereo puts operations on hold, refunds customers last paid month ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-puts-operations-on-hold-refunds-customers-last-paid-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear, Auto, and TV save you from skins, and OEMs from themselves ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-auto-and-tv-save-you-from-skins-and-oems-from-themselves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Public officials’ personal texts and e-mails subject of open records flap ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/public-officials-personal-texts-and-e-mails-subject-of-open-records-flap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Serious Android crypto key theft vulnerability affects 86% of devices ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/serious-android-crypto-key-theft-vulnerability-affects-86-of-devices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== **Ars Technica: Why do dynamic languages make it difficult to maintain large codebases? ==

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

Yevgeniy Brikman (lead developer bringing the Play Framework to LinkedIn) has said in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z3h4Uv9YbE#t=2439' video at JaxConf2014] that large code bases are hard to maintain if they're written in dynamically typed languages.

Ars Technica [http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29 explores why this might be the case], including a response from Brikman. The gist seems to be that large codebases are hard to maintain anyway, but dynamic languages make it harder, because, for example:

They don't have a compiler that detects certain kinds of errors, instead you have to write test suites to do the same thing.

Many of them are allow code to be self-modifying

They are often - although not necessarily - weaker in organisational features such as namespaces (e.g. javascript and php)

== Ars Technica: Yup, 1-800-COLLECT is still in business—and charging massive fees ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/yup-1-800-collect-is-still-in-business-and-charging-massive-fees/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How to mine cryptocurrency and save the planet ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/how-to-mine-cryptocurrency-and-save-the-planet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Pornographer gets to see six strikes copyright warnings of accused infringer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/pornographer-gets-to-see-six-strikes-copyright-warnings-of-accused-infringer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Nexus program manager says Nexus devices “can’t ever go away” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/nexus-program-manager-says-nexus-devices-cant-ever-go-away/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Largest US law firm unamused with parody blog, threatens trademark suit ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/largest-us-law-firm-unamused-with-parody-blog-threatens-trademark-suit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A test drive with Android Auto, a simple solution to clunky car software ==

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/06/a-test-drive-with-android-auto-a-simple-solution-to-clunky-car-software/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Russian goalkeeper, like many players before, struck by laser pointer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/russian-goalkeeper-like-many-players-before-struck-by-laser-pointer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Remember Facebook Home? It may be on the chopping block ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/remember-facebook-home-it-may-be-on-the-chopping-block/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Signs of life? Mario Kart 8 sells 2 million in less than a month ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/signs-of-life-mario-kart-8-sells-2-million-in-less-than-a-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Airship flies above NSA data center, decries “Illegal Spying Below” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/airship-flies-above-nsa-data-center-decries-illegal-spying-below/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: In Aereo’s wake, Fox targets Dish’s TV streaming service ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/in-aereos-wake-fox-targets-dishs-tv-streaming-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Apple to cease development, support of pro photo app Aperture [Updated] ==

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/apple-to-cease-development-support-of-pro-photo-app-aperture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A more intuitive approach to computerized clustering ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/a-more-intuitive-approach-to-computerized-clustering/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Facebook threatened with contempt for fighting NY over user privacy ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/facebook-threatened-with-contempt-for-fighting-ny-over-user-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Verizon Wireless employee stole 900 phones, made $270,000 profit on eBay ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/verizon-wireless-employee-stole-900-phones-made-270000-profit-on-ebay/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Fossilized poop shows that Neanderthals ate their veggies ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/fossilized-poop-shows-that-neanderthals-ate-their-veggies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Tiny elephant-like mammal discovered in Namib Desert ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/tiny-elephant-like-mammal-discovered-in-namib-desert/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Mozilla takes the Web 3D with Oculus Rift VR experiment ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/mozilla-takes-the-web-3d-with-oculus-rift-vr-experiment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: YouTube announces 60 FPS support, tipping, and “Creator Studio” app ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/youtube-announces-60-fps-support-tipping-and-creator-studio-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How Chromecast will talk to smartphones without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/chromecast-will-talk-to-smartphones-using-ultrasonic-tones/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Traffic booms following MPAA subreddit takedown request ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/traffic-booms-following-mpaa-subreddit-takedown-request/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Impressions: WildStar revels in its old-school MMORPG rigidity ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/impressions-wildstar-revels-in-its-old-school-mmorpg-rigidity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Changing farming practices could cut the intensity of heat waves ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/changing-farming-practices-could-cut-the-intensity-of-heat-waves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Thursday Dealmaster asks, “How many ports are too many ports?” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/thursday-dealmaster-asks-how-many-ports-are-too-many-ports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Aereo investor Barry Diller: “It’s over now” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-investor-barry-diller-its-over-now/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: We don’t need net neutrality; we need competition ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/we-dont-need-net-neutrality-we-need-competition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Killer drone report downplays “PlayStation mentality” of pilots ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/killer-drone-report-downplays-playstation-mentality-of-pilots/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google “moonshot” group demos modular phone that (almost) actually works ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/google-moonshot-group-demos-modular-phone-that-almost-actually-works/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/some-of-the-earliest-animals-with-skeletons-helped-build-reefs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Researchers figuring out how lithium batteries really work ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/researchers-figuring-out-how-lithium-batteries-really-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Parking spot auction startup defies San Francisco’s orders to shut down ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/parking-spot-auction-startup-defies-san-franciscos-orders-to-shut-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Autonomous filing cabinet embodies our everlasting data trail ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/autonomous-filing-cabinet-embodies-our-everlasting-data-trail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Over NSA worries, Germany ends government contract with Verizon ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/over-nsa-worries-germany-ends-government-contract-with-verizon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google begins removing links under “right to be forgotten” ruling ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/google-begins-removing-links-under-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Burglar logs in to Facebook in victim’s house, forgets to sign off ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/burglar-logs-into-facebook-in-victims-house-forgets-to-sign-off/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Music streaming, promotion, and the next song on your radio station ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/music-streaming-promotion-and-the-next-song-on-your-radio-station/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear smartwatches make Google Glass obsolete ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-smartwatches-make-google-glass-obsolete/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/exclusive-a-review-of-the-blackphone-the-android-for-the-paranoid/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

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2014-06-30T03:37:19Z

Prospectacle: /* *Ars Technica: Why do dynamic languages make it difficult to maintain large codebases? */

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== Ars Technica: Aereo puts operations on hold, refunds customers last paid month ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-puts-operations-on-hold-refunds-customers-last-paid-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear, Auto, and TV save you from skins, and OEMs from themselves ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-auto-and-tv-save-you-from-skins-and-oems-from-themselves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Public officials’ personal texts and e-mails subject of open records flap ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/public-officials-personal-texts-and-e-mails-subject-of-open-records-flap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Serious Android crypto key theft vulnerability affects 86% of devices ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/serious-android-crypto-key-theft-vulnerability-affects-86-of-devices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== **Ars Technica: Why do dynamic languages make it difficult to maintain large codebases? ==

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

Yevgeniy Brikman (lead developer bringing the Play Framework to LinkedIn) has said in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z3h4Uv9YbE#t=2439' video at JaxConf2014] that large code bases are hard to maintain if they're written in dynamically typed languages.

Ars Technica [http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29 explores why this might be the case], including a response from Brikman. The gist seems to be that large codebases are hard to maintain anyway, but dynamic languages make it harder, because, for example:

They don't have a compiler that detects certain kinds of errors, instead you have to write test suites to do the same thing.

Many of them are allow code to be self-modifying

They are often - although not necessarily - weaker in organisational features such as namespaces (e.g. javascript and php)

== Ars Technica: Yup, 1-800-COLLECT is still in business—and charging massive fees ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/yup-1-800-collect-is-still-in-business-and-charging-massive-fees/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How to mine cryptocurrency and save the planet ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/how-to-mine-cryptocurrency-and-save-the-planet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Pornographer gets to see six strikes copyright warnings of accused infringer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/pornographer-gets-to-see-six-strikes-copyright-warnings-of-accused-infringer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Nexus program manager says Nexus devices “can’t ever go away” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/nexus-program-manager-says-nexus-devices-cant-ever-go-away/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Largest US law firm unamused with parody blog, threatens trademark suit ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/largest-us-law-firm-unamused-with-parody-blog-threatens-trademark-suit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A test drive with Android Auto, a simple solution to clunky car software ==

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/06/a-test-drive-with-android-auto-a-simple-solution-to-clunky-car-software/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Russian goalkeeper, like many players before, struck by laser pointer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/russian-goalkeeper-like-many-players-before-struck-by-laser-pointer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Remember Facebook Home? It may be on the chopping block ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/remember-facebook-home-it-may-be-on-the-chopping-block/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Signs of life? Mario Kart 8 sells 2 million in less than a month ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/signs-of-life-mario-kart-8-sells-2-million-in-less-than-a-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Airship flies above NSA data center, decries “Illegal Spying Below” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/airship-flies-above-nsa-data-center-decries-illegal-spying-below/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: In Aereo’s wake, Fox targets Dish’s TV streaming service ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/in-aereos-wake-fox-targets-dishs-tv-streaming-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Apple to cease development, support of pro photo app Aperture [Updated] ==

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/apple-to-cease-development-support-of-pro-photo-app-aperture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A more intuitive approach to computerized clustering ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/a-more-intuitive-approach-to-computerized-clustering/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Facebook threatened with contempt for fighting NY over user privacy ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/facebook-threatened-with-contempt-for-fighting-ny-over-user-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Verizon Wireless employee stole 900 phones, made $270,000 profit on eBay ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/verizon-wireless-employee-stole-900-phones-made-270000-profit-on-ebay/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Fossilized poop shows that Neanderthals ate their veggies ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/fossilized-poop-shows-that-neanderthals-ate-their-veggies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Tiny elephant-like mammal discovered in Namib Desert ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/tiny-elephant-like-mammal-discovered-in-namib-desert/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Mozilla takes the Web 3D with Oculus Rift VR experiment ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/mozilla-takes-the-web-3d-with-oculus-rift-vr-experiment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: YouTube announces 60 FPS support, tipping, and “Creator Studio” app ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/youtube-announces-60-fps-support-tipping-and-creator-studio-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How Chromecast will talk to smartphones without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/chromecast-will-talk-to-smartphones-using-ultrasonic-tones/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Traffic booms following MPAA subreddit takedown request ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/traffic-booms-following-mpaa-subreddit-takedown-request/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Impressions: WildStar revels in its old-school MMORPG rigidity ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/impressions-wildstar-revels-in-its-old-school-mmorpg-rigidity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Changing farming practices could cut the intensity of heat waves ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/changing-farming-practices-could-cut-the-intensity-of-heat-waves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Thursday Dealmaster asks, “How many ports are too many ports?” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/thursday-dealmaster-asks-how-many-ports-are-too-many-ports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Aereo investor Barry Diller: “It’s over now” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-investor-barry-diller-its-over-now/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: We don’t need net neutrality; we need competition ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/we-dont-need-net-neutrality-we-need-competition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Killer drone report downplays “PlayStation mentality” of pilots ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/killer-drone-report-downplays-playstation-mentality-of-pilots/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google “moonshot” group demos modular phone that (almost) actually works ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/google-moonshot-group-demos-modular-phone-that-almost-actually-works/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/some-of-the-earliest-animals-with-skeletons-helped-build-reefs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Researchers figuring out how lithium batteries really work ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/researchers-figuring-out-how-lithium-batteries-really-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Parking spot auction startup defies San Francisco’s orders to shut down ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/parking-spot-auction-startup-defies-san-franciscos-orders-to-shut-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Autonomous filing cabinet embodies our everlasting data trail ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/autonomous-filing-cabinet-embodies-our-everlasting-data-trail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Over NSA worries, Germany ends government contract with Verizon ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/over-nsa-worries-germany-ends-government-contract-with-verizon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google begins removing links under “right to be forgotten” ruling ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/google-begins-removing-links-under-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Burglar logs in to Facebook in victim’s house, forgets to sign off ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/burglar-logs-into-facebook-in-victims-house-forgets-to-sign-off/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Music streaming, promotion, and the next song on your radio station ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/music-streaming-promotion-and-the-next-song-on-your-radio-station/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear smartwatches make Google Glass obsolete ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-smartwatches-make-google-glass-obsolete/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/exclusive-a-review-of-the-blackphone-the-android-for-the-paranoid/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

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== Ars Technica: Aereo puts operations on hold, refunds customers last paid month ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-puts-operations-on-hold-refunds-customers-last-paid-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear, Auto, and TV save you from skins, and OEMs from themselves ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-auto-and-tv-save-you-from-skins-and-oems-from-themselves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Public officials’ personal texts and e-mails subject of open records flap ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/public-officials-personal-texts-and-e-mails-subject-of-open-records-flap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Serious Android crypto key theft vulnerability affects 86% of devices ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/serious-android-crypto-key-theft-vulnerability-affects-86-of-devices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== *Ars Technica: Why do dynamic languages make it difficult to maintain large codebases? ==

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

Yevgeniy Brikman (lead developer bringing the Play Framework to LinkedIn) has said in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z3h4Uv9YbE#t=2439' video at JaxConf2014] that large code bases are hard to maintain if they're written in dynamically typed languages.

Ars Technica [http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29 explores why this might be the case], including a response from Brikman. The gist seems to be that large codebases are hard to maintain anyway, but dynamic languages make it harder, because, for example:

They don't have a compiler that detects certain kinds of errors, instead you have to write test suites to do the same thing.

Many of them are allow code to be self-modifying

They are often - although not necessarily - weaker in organisational features such as namespaces (e.g. javascript and php)

== Ars Technica: Yup, 1-800-COLLECT is still in business—and charging massive fees ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/yup-1-800-collect-is-still-in-business-and-charging-massive-fees/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How to mine cryptocurrency and save the planet ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/how-to-mine-cryptocurrency-and-save-the-planet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Pornographer gets to see six strikes copyright warnings of accused infringer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/pornographer-gets-to-see-six-strikes-copyright-warnings-of-accused-infringer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Nexus program manager says Nexus devices “can’t ever go away” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/nexus-program-manager-says-nexus-devices-cant-ever-go-away/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Largest US law firm unamused with parody blog, threatens trademark suit ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/largest-us-law-firm-unamused-with-parody-blog-threatens-trademark-suit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A test drive with Android Auto, a simple solution to clunky car software ==

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/06/a-test-drive-with-android-auto-a-simple-solution-to-clunky-car-software/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Russian goalkeeper, like many players before, struck by laser pointer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/russian-goalkeeper-like-many-players-before-struck-by-laser-pointer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Remember Facebook Home? It may be on the chopping block ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/remember-facebook-home-it-may-be-on-the-chopping-block/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Signs of life? Mario Kart 8 sells 2 million in less than a month ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/signs-of-life-mario-kart-8-sells-2-million-in-less-than-a-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Airship flies above NSA data center, decries “Illegal Spying Below” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/airship-flies-above-nsa-data-center-decries-illegal-spying-below/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: In Aereo’s wake, Fox targets Dish’s TV streaming service ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/in-aereos-wake-fox-targets-dishs-tv-streaming-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Apple to cease development, support of pro photo app Aperture [Updated] ==

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/apple-to-cease-development-support-of-pro-photo-app-aperture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A more intuitive approach to computerized clustering ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/a-more-intuitive-approach-to-computerized-clustering/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Facebook threatened with contempt for fighting NY over user privacy ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/facebook-threatened-with-contempt-for-fighting-ny-over-user-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Verizon Wireless employee stole 900 phones, made $270,000 profit on eBay ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/verizon-wireless-employee-stole-900-phones-made-270000-profit-on-ebay/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Fossilized poop shows that Neanderthals ate their veggies ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/fossilized-poop-shows-that-neanderthals-ate-their-veggies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Tiny elephant-like mammal discovered in Namib Desert ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/tiny-elephant-like-mammal-discovered-in-namib-desert/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Mozilla takes the Web 3D with Oculus Rift VR experiment ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/mozilla-takes-the-web-3d-with-oculus-rift-vr-experiment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: YouTube announces 60 FPS support, tipping, and “Creator Studio” app ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/youtube-announces-60-fps-support-tipping-and-creator-studio-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How Chromecast will talk to smartphones without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/chromecast-will-talk-to-smartphones-using-ultrasonic-tones/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Traffic booms following MPAA subreddit takedown request ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/traffic-booms-following-mpaa-subreddit-takedown-request/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Impressions: WildStar revels in its old-school MMORPG rigidity ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/impressions-wildstar-revels-in-its-old-school-mmorpg-rigidity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Changing farming practices could cut the intensity of heat waves ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/changing-farming-practices-could-cut-the-intensity-of-heat-waves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Thursday Dealmaster asks, “How many ports are too many ports?” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/thursday-dealmaster-asks-how-many-ports-are-too-many-ports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Aereo investor Barry Diller: “It’s over now” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-investor-barry-diller-its-over-now/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: We don’t need net neutrality; we need competition ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/we-dont-need-net-neutrality-we-need-competition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Killer drone report downplays “PlayStation mentality” of pilots ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/killer-drone-report-downplays-playstation-mentality-of-pilots/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google “moonshot” group demos modular phone that (almost) actually works ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/google-moonshot-group-demos-modular-phone-that-almost-actually-works/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/some-of-the-earliest-animals-with-skeletons-helped-build-reefs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Researchers figuring out how lithium batteries really work ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/researchers-figuring-out-how-lithium-batteries-really-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Parking spot auction startup defies San Francisco’s orders to shut down ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/parking-spot-auction-startup-defies-san-franciscos-orders-to-shut-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Autonomous filing cabinet embodies our everlasting data trail ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/autonomous-filing-cabinet-embodies-our-everlasting-data-trail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Over NSA worries, Germany ends government contract with Verizon ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/over-nsa-worries-germany-ends-government-contract-with-verizon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google begins removing links under “right to be forgotten” ruling ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/google-begins-removing-links-under-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Burglar logs in to Facebook in victim’s house, forgets to sign off ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/burglar-logs-into-facebook-in-victims-house-forgets-to-sign-off/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Music streaming, promotion, and the next song on your radio station ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/music-streaming-promotion-and-the-next-song-on-your-radio-station/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear smartwatches make Google Glass obsolete ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-smartwatches-make-google-glass-obsolete/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid ==

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== Ars Technica: Aereo puts operations on hold, refunds customers last paid month ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-puts-operations-on-hold-refunds-customers-last-paid-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear, Auto, and TV save you from skins, and OEMs from themselves ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-auto-and-tv-save-you-from-skins-and-oems-from-themselves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Public officials’ personal texts and e-mails subject of open records flap ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/public-officials-personal-texts-and-e-mails-subject-of-open-records-flap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Serious Android crypto key theft vulnerability affects 86% of devices ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/serious-android-crypto-key-theft-vulnerability-affects-86-of-devices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Why do dynamic languages make it difficult to maintain large codebases? ==

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

Yevgeniy Brikman (lead developer bringing the Play Framework to LinkedIn) has said in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z3h4Uv9YbE#t=2439' video at JaxConf2014] that large code bases are hard to maintain if they're written in dynamically typed languages.

Ars Technica [http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/why-do-dynamic-languages-make-it-difficult-to-maintain-large-codebases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29 explores why this might be the case], including a response from Brikman. The gist seems to be that large codebases are hard to maintain anyway, but dynamic languages make it harder, because, for example:

They don't have a compiler that detects certain kinds of errors, instead you have to write test suites to do the same thing.

Many of them are allow code to be self-modifying

They are often - although not necessarily - weaker in organisational features such as namespaces (e.g. javascript and php)

== Ars Technica: Yup, 1-800-COLLECT is still in business—and charging massive fees ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/yup-1-800-collect-is-still-in-business-and-charging-massive-fees/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How to mine cryptocurrency and save the planet ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/how-to-mine-cryptocurrency-and-save-the-planet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Pornographer gets to see six strikes copyright warnings of accused infringer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/pornographer-gets-to-see-six-strikes-copyright-warnings-of-accused-infringer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Nexus program manager says Nexus devices “can’t ever go away” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/nexus-program-manager-says-nexus-devices-cant-ever-go-away/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Largest US law firm unamused with parody blog, threatens trademark suit ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/largest-us-law-firm-unamused-with-parody-blog-threatens-trademark-suit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A test drive with Android Auto, a simple solution to clunky car software ==

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/06/a-test-drive-with-android-auto-a-simple-solution-to-clunky-car-software/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Russian goalkeeper, like many players before, struck by laser pointer ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/russian-goalkeeper-like-many-players-before-struck-by-laser-pointer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Remember Facebook Home? It may be on the chopping block ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/remember-facebook-home-it-may-be-on-the-chopping-block/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Signs of life? Mario Kart 8 sells 2 million in less than a month ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/signs-of-life-mario-kart-8-sells-2-million-in-less-than-a-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Airship flies above NSA data center, decries “Illegal Spying Below” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/airship-flies-above-nsa-data-center-decries-illegal-spying-below/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: In Aereo’s wake, Fox targets Dish’s TV streaming service ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/in-aereos-wake-fox-targets-dishs-tv-streaming-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Apple to cease development, support of pro photo app Aperture [Updated] ==

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/apple-to-cease-development-support-of-pro-photo-app-aperture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: A more intuitive approach to computerized clustering ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/a-more-intuitive-approach-to-computerized-clustering/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Facebook threatened with contempt for fighting NY over user privacy ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/facebook-threatened-with-contempt-for-fighting-ny-over-user-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Verizon Wireless employee stole 900 phones, made $270,000 profit on eBay ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/verizon-wireless-employee-stole-900-phones-made-270000-profit-on-ebay/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Fossilized poop shows that Neanderthals ate their veggies ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/fossilized-poop-shows-that-neanderthals-ate-their-veggies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Tiny elephant-like mammal discovered in Namib Desert ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/tiny-elephant-like-mammal-discovered-in-namib-desert/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Mozilla takes the Web 3D with Oculus Rift VR experiment ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/mozilla-takes-the-web-3d-with-oculus-rift-vr-experiment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: YouTube announces 60 FPS support, tipping, and “Creator Studio” app ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/youtube-announces-60-fps-support-tipping-and-creator-studio-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: How Chromecast will talk to smartphones without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/chromecast-will-talk-to-smartphones-using-ultrasonic-tones/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Traffic booms following MPAA subreddit takedown request ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/traffic-booms-following-mpaa-subreddit-takedown-request/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Impressions: WildStar revels in its old-school MMORPG rigidity ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/impressions-wildstar-revels-in-its-old-school-mmorpg-rigidity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Changing farming practices could cut the intensity of heat waves ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/changing-farming-practices-could-cut-the-intensity-of-heat-waves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Thursday Dealmaster asks, “How many ports are too many ports?” ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/thursday-dealmaster-asks-how-many-ports-are-too-many-ports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Aereo investor Barry Diller: “It’s over now” ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/aereo-investor-barry-diller-its-over-now/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: We don’t need net neutrality; we need competition ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/we-dont-need-net-neutrality-we-need-competition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Killer drone report downplays “PlayStation mentality” of pilots ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/killer-drone-report-downplays-playstation-mentality-of-pilots/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google “moonshot” group demos modular phone that (almost) actually works ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/google-moonshot-group-demos-modular-phone-that-almost-actually-works/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Some of the earliest animals with skeletons helped build reefs ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/some-of-the-earliest-animals-with-skeletons-helped-build-reefs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Researchers figuring out how lithium batteries really work ==

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/researchers-figuring-out-how-lithium-batteries-really-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Parking spot auction startup defies San Francisco’s orders to shut down ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/parking-spot-auction-startup-defies-san-franciscos-orders-to-shut-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Autonomous filing cabinet embodies our everlasting data trail ==

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/autonomous-filing-cabinet-embodies-our-everlasting-data-trail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Over NSA worries, Germany ends government contract with Verizon ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/over-nsa-worries-germany-ends-government-contract-with-verizon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Google begins removing links under “right to be forgotten” ruling ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/google-begins-removing-links-under-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Burglar logs in to Facebook in victim’s house, forgets to sign off ==

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/burglar-logs-into-facebook-in-victims-house-forgets-to-sign-off/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Music streaming, promotion, and the next song on your radio station ==

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/music-streaming-promotion-and-the-next-song-on-your-radio-station/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Android Wear smartwatches make Google Glass obsolete ==

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-smartwatches-make-google-glass-obsolete/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

== Ars Technica: Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid ==

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/exclusive-a-review-of-the-blackphone-the-android-for-the-paranoid/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

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2014-06-27T13:16:06Z

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2014-06-27T09:46:58Z

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Looks like web-developer plugin has some of the required tools

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2014-06-27T09:43:42Z

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Will have to grab the http headers and post info and such. I wonder what plugin to use.

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2014-06-27T09:42:05Z

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2014-06-27T09:41:49Z

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Articles:Watch the Watchers with Federal Contracts Database

2014-03-21T01:27:57Z

Prospectacle: Created article, based on: http://soylentnews.org/articles/14/03/20/1547235.shtml

[http://soylentnews.org/articles/14/03/20/1547235.shtml (Original Article & Comments)]

The EFF has put together a quick tutorial[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/transparency-tip-how-track-government-projects-defense-contractor] on finding out what sorts of surveillance technologies US federal agencies have been buying. This is accomplished with the search feature on FedBizOpps[https://www.fbo.gov/], a website for government contractors to find "federal business opportunities".

Examples of documents that anyone can retrieve from the database include the Director of National Intelligence's funding of a program to dramatically increase facial recognition algorithms[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9af4574d0fcf89a2fbcd9eb2d8c8921f&tab=core&_cview=0], the FBI purchasing fiber-optic tapping systems[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=120f042888a2f4e60c30b111f7706671&_cview=0] and a contract for drone programs in Burundi, Kenya and Uganda[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1088159-fa4890-13-f-q106-j-amp-a-redacted-6.html].

==External links / Further reading==
[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/transparency-tip-how-track-government-projects-defense-contractor EFF Tutorial]

[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=5b4b8745e39bae3510f0ed820a08c8e2&_cview=0 Example of FBI Soliciting Malware]

[https://www.eff.org/about About the Electronic Frontier Foundation]

[https://www.fbo.gov/ Home page of the FBO (government contractors site)]

==Revisions==
<li>Included Explanation of FedBizOpps
<li>Links to the FedBizOpps site and example results mentioned in the article
<li>Link to "About" page of the EFF, for background

Articles:LA Sues Time Warner For Unpaid Franchise Fees

2014-03-17T03:10:10Z

Prospectacle: Add link to original article. Paragraph splitting. Move PDF link to directly next to mention of lawsuit

[http://soylentnews.org/articles/14/03/16/1333202.shtml (Original Article & Comments)]

Time Warner Cable Inc. has stirred anger over its hike in subscription rates for customers, and its efforts to extract hefty fees from rivals to air the L.A. Dodgers channel. Now Meg James reports at the LA Times that the city of Los Angeles has sued the cable giant, alleging Time Warner Cable stiffed the city on franchise fees over four years through 2011[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-time-warner-cable-lawsuit-20140315,0,6140488.story].

The city seeks nearly $10 million in fees, money it said could have helped ease its budget problems during the financial crisis. 'Time Warner owes L.A.'s taxpayers millions of dollars for the privilege of having its franchise,' says City Attorney Michael Feuer. 'This is a day where we are standing up and saying enough is enough.' The 24-page lawsuit[http://www.atty.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@atty_contributor/documents/contributor_web_content/lacityp_027826.pdf], filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, contends that Time Warner Cable "blatantly refused to live up to its obligations to the city" to pay franchise fees to operate its cable network over city-owned rights of way while collecting more than $500 million a year from customers in the city. The city is seeking $9.7 million from Time Warner Cable which includes $2.5 million in franchise and PEG (public, educational and government channel) fees and support for 2008 and 2009, plus another $7.2 million owed for 2010 and 2011.

The lawsuit comes just a few weeks after Time Warner Cable alerted its Southern California customers that it planned to hike rates by an average of about 6% a month for homes that are not covered by a promotional package. Time Warner Cable, in a statement, denied the allegation that it had cheated the city. 'As a major job creator, tax contributor and service provider in the city of Los Angeles, Time Warner Cable is an active and responsible corporate citizen,' the company said in a statement. 'We are disappointed the city has chosen to bring this action, which we strongly believe is without merit.'

Jonathan Kramer, a Los Angeles-based telecom attorney and a member of the California chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, said it was 'inevitable that [more] of these types of lawsuits will be filed' and that other cities are considering similar action[http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/los-angeles-sues-time-warner-cable-over-fees/148872], but that 'Los Angeles is first to pull the trigger.' 'It's the devil you know,' Kramer said. 'We know Time Warner. But Comcast is much more aggressive when it comes to pushing back (against) local jurisdictions.'

==External links / Further reading==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_franchise_fee Cable television franchine fees]

[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-time-warner-cable-lawsuit-20140315,0,6140488.story LA Times Story]

[http://www.atty.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@atty_contributor/documents/contributor_web_content/lacityp_027826.pdf Press Release and copy of the Official Complaint]

Articles:LA Sues Time Warner For Unpaid Franchise Fees

2014-03-17T02:03:20Z

Prospectacle: Page created, based on article: http://soylentnews.org/articles/14/03/16/1333202.shtml

Time Warner Cable Inc. has stirred anger over its hike in subscription rates for customers and its efforts to extract hefty fees from rivals to air the L.A. Dodgers channel. Now Meg James reports at the LA Times that the city of Los Angeles has sued the cable giant, alleging Time Warner Cable stiffed the city on franchise fees over four years through 2011[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-time-warner-cable-lawsuit-20140315,0,6140488.story].

The city seeks nearly $10 million in fees, money it said could have helped ease its budget problems during the financial crisis. 'Time Warner owes L.A.'s taxpayers millions of dollars for the privilege of having its franchise,' says City Attorney Michael Feuer. 'This is a day where we are standing up and saying enough is enough.' The 24-page lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, contends that Time Warner Cable "blatantly refused to live up to its obligations to the city"[http://www.atty.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@atty_contributor/documents/contributor_web_content/lacityp_027826.pdf] to pay franchise fees to operate its cable network over city-owned rights of way while collecting more than $500 million a year from customers in the city. The city is seeking $9.7 million from Time Warner Cable which includes $2.5 million in franchise and PEG (public, educational and government channel) fees and support for 2008 and 2009, plus another $7.2 million owed for 2010 and 2011.

The lawsuit comes just a few weeks after Time Warner Cable alerted its Southern California customers that it planned to hike rates by an average of about 6% a month for homes that are not covered by a promotional package. Time Warner Cable, in a statement, denied the allegation that it had cheated the city. 'As a major job creator, tax contributor and service provider in the city of Los Angeles, Time Warner Cable is an active and responsible corporate citizen,' the company said in a statement. 'We are disappointed the city has chosen to bring this action, which we strongly believe is without merit.' Jonathan Kramer, a Los Angeles-based telecom attorney and a member of the California chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, said it was 'inevitable that [more] of these types of lawsuits will be filed' and that other cities are considering similar action[http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/los-angeles-sues-time-warner-cable-over-fees/148872], but that 'Los Angeles is first to pull the trigger.' 'It's the devil you know,' Kramer said. 'We know Time Warner. But Comcast is much more aggressive when it comes to pushing back (against) local jurisdictions.'

==External links / Further reading==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_franchise_fee Cable television franchine fees]

[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-time-warner-cable-lawsuit-20140315,0,6140488.story LA Times Story]

[http://www.atty.lacity.org/stellent/groups/electedofficials/@atty_contributor/documents/contributor_web_content/lacityp_027826.pdf Press Release and copy of the Official Complaint]