Ultimately that's a job for the designers though. The coders job should be to just implement what they're told in a robust performant, but also pragmatic way.

The number of designers learning to code seem to be increasing so it behooves programmers to be familiar with the design part too.

Emojis have no relevance to how technical someone is

Exactly, they have appeal to people independent of technical skill; hence my hypothesis that they make sure to emphasize the things that are more likely to resonate with larger groups of people (like emoji) rather than things like Project Treble or a "native C/C++ API for high-performance audio", even if the former really have little to due with the OS itself.

If we're going down that route, it's also worth noting that "old people" such as GP referred to also can like emoji; my parents and grandparents enjoy using emoji.

Down syndrome IS a genetic disorder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/down-syndrome/...

I think he/she was shooting for ‘inherited’ instead of genetic.

Just use iTunes then to rent TVs and movies ?

Apple are design focused, and so with it comes the focus collaboration. People isolating themselves is not good for productivity and teamwork.

This is such a cool idea. Going to backup Soundcloud myself tomorrow !

Chill dude. I was playing along with the joke. Also, a boss would say "You must use this code!" not politely discourage it... also W3C

Yeah some of my best friends are the ones who I've focred to go with me to an airport for 2 days. Not sure if they can say the same though

It was discovered no one actually really used Alexa

That's not true! I use it to reply to Ashley Madison fembots. (It's a vicious circle really.)

TLDR; It's a mess.

I don't know if I'd say its a mess. There are three options that are well aligned with emerging trends: Plex, Emby, and MythTV (to a lesser extent). The rest have a lot of catching up to do if they want to remain relevant.

Yep. It's still difficult to get devices (my experience is with DVB-T) that are well supported, especially if you want dual tuners.