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It’s not universal, it’s not quite the end of the year, it’s not official yet — etc., etc., etc. But for New York City, at least, the New York Times Reports: Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s Yup: It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there

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And that does it for Patreon Bonus Strip week! These are always a ton of fun for me to draw and I'm happy I can share them with y'all. If you'd like to see them the moment they get posted, you can subscribe to my Patreon here!

Regular strips resume Monday.

Earlier this month, Google confirmed that in its dispute with Amazon, it planned to pull the YouTube app from both the Echo Show and Fire TV devices.

At the time, it was expected that the YouTube app would be pulled on January 1 of next year, but it looks like Google has decided to cut the cord a bit early. As first spotted by Fast Company, a screenshot shows Amazon is already redirecting Fire TV device owners to either use the Silk or Firefox web browsers to access YouTube content.

Up to this point, it sounded like Google and Amazon were in talks that were going well, but apparently they weren’t going well enough. It’s unclear if it was Google that pulled the app four days early or if it was Amazon that just decided to stop supporting it ahead of the planned removal.

What do you think of the battle going on between Google and Amazon?

Android apps only recently made the jump over to Chrome OS, but for folks who might have switched to Google’s operating system from something like Windows, one drawback might have been clear right out of the gate: Apps unable to run in the background.

While there are some exceptions to that rule right now, like the music streaming app Spotify, the general rule of thumb for Android apps on Chrome OS is that they pause when they are no longer the sole focus of the user. That’s a big change from how apps work on other desktop operating systems, and it’s one that Google appears ready to set straight.

As first revealed today by Chrome Unboxed, the current beta version of Chrome OS 64 includes the ability to run Android apps in the background. This means they will no longer pause when they are no longer being used by the user, which should be a welcomed change.

Chrome OS 64 is still in the beta phase right now, but it is expected to move over to the stable channel soon. When it does, Android apps working in the background should be a solid bullet point on the new additions list.

You can see the new feature running in the video below.

If you use Chrome OS, is this one feature you have been waiting for?

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It’s Christmas, and thus technically too late to actually go caroling. Like any good project, we’ve delivered close enough to the deadline to claim success, but late enough to actually be useless for this year!

Still, enjoy some holiday carols specifically written for our IT employees. Feel free to annoy your friends and family for the rest of the day.

Push to Prod (to the tune of Joy To the World)

Joy to the world,
We’ve pushed to prod,
Let all,
record complaints,
“This isn’t what we asked you for,”
“Who signed off on these requirements,”
“Rework it,” PMs sing,
“Rework it,” PMs sing,
“Work over break,” the PMs sing.

Backups (to the tune of Deck the Halls)

Back the system up to tape drives,
Fa la la la la la la la la,
TAR will make the tape archives,
Fa la la la la la la la la,
Recov'ry don't need no testing,
Fa la la la la la la la la la,
Pray it works upon requesting,
Fa la la la la la la la la

Ode to CSS (to the tune of Silent Night)

Vertical height,
Align to the right,
CSS,
Aid my fight,
Round the corners,
Flattened design,
!important,
Please work this time,
It won't work in IE,
Never in goddamn IE

The Twelve Days of The Holiday Shift (to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas)

On my nth day of helpdesk, the ticket sent to me:
12 write arms leaping
11 Trojans dancing
10 bosses griping
9 fans not humming
8 RAIDs not striping
7 WANs a-failing
6 cables fraying
5 broken things
4 calling users
3 missing pens
2 turtled drives
and a toner cartridge that is empty.

(Contributed by Charles Robinson)

Here Comes a Crash Bug (to the tune of Here Comes Santa Claus)

Here comes a crash bug,
Here comes a crash bug,
Find th’ culprit with git blame,
Oh it was my fault,
It’s always my fault,
Patch and push again.

Issues raisin‘, users ‘plainin’,
Builds are failin’ tonight,
So hang your head and say your prayers,
For a crash bug comes tonight.

WCry the Malware (to the tune of Frosty the Snowman)

WCry the Malware, was a nasty ugly worm,
With a cryptolock and a bitcoin bribe,
Spread over SMB

WCry the Malware, is a Korean hack they say,
But the NSA covered up the vuln,
To use on us one day

There must have been some magic in that old kill-switch they found,
For when they register’d a domain,
The hack gained no more ground

WCry the Malware, was as alive as he could be,
Till Microsoft released a patch,
To fix up SMB

(Suggested by Mark Bowytz)

Oh Come All Ye Web Devs (to the tune of Oh Come All Ye Faithful)

Oh come, all ye web devs,
Joyful and triumphant,
Oh come ye to witness,
JavaScript's heir:

Come behold TypeScript,
It’s just JavaScript,
But we can conceal that,
But we can conceal that,
But we can conceal that,
With our toolchain

Thanks to Jane Bailey for help with scansion. Where it's right, thank her, where it's wrong, blame me.

As per usual, most of this week will be a retrospective of our “Best Of 2017”, but keep your eyes open- there will be a bit of a special “holiday treat” article to close out the year. I’m excited about it.

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This is based on a true story…where I simply corrected my daughter in the pronunciation of gif. If you don’t know how to pronounce it, it’s gif. Not gif.

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