MrScruff

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by MrScruff 15y ago
I don't think I do understand, no. What does Hacker News not being written in C have anything to do with the discussion? Weren't we talking about iPhone apps? Maybe I am wrong, I'm always happy to hear a different perspective at least.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
You didn't address my point. Pretty much all of the best known and regarded applications are written in a C variant, including the browser you're viewing this on. On the iPhone, pretty much all of the best applications are written in a C va
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by MrScruff 15y ago
By writing in inferior languages, you are creating apps with more bugs that take up more developer time (leaving less time to fix bugs, update older apps, etc). By your own claims, this means your apps will be dismissed. It's a mistake. I
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by MrScruff 15y ago
You're inferring engineering decisions based on product outcomes. You have no idea how the various extensions you describe were implemented, and with what regard to future extension. For example many people claimed early on that iOS 'didn't
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by MrScruff 15y ago
C64s weren't so bad. I remember reading an interview with, I think, Geoff Crammond (author of the class Stunt Car Racer) where he said the C64 (in comparison to the Amiga) was the last machine where you actually could know every last trick
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by MrScruff 15y ago
The whole "writing low level code is faster" mentality is WRONG for 99% of apps. I read this a lot but I don't know where it comes from. For me, 'fast enough' in terms of subjective performance of an application is 'as fast as the current
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by MrScruff 15y ago
I've read this argument a few times and the part I don't follow is how you can figure out the odds for an event (the spontaneous occurrence of life) that has only happened once to our knowledge. For all we know the odds are 1e100 to one.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Ad hoc distribution presumably. http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/distribute.html
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by MrScruff 15y ago
I wouldn't describe the webapp as great. Since it attempts to emulate aspects of UIKit it suffers greatly from the uncanny valley effect. The performance and feel is poor compared to a native app. I realise it's more convenient for Google,
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by MrScruff 15y ago
I'm pretty certain you're describing an effect of the display rather than the GPU.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
If the job of being in government was just to ask the people what they want and then deliver it, being a politician would be very simple. In reality people want a lot of things, some of which may be incompatible (lower taxes/better services
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Are you inferring it's not possible to read material from a non-approved source on the iPad or iPhone? Because that's not the case. Neither is it the case with videos or music for that matter.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Just as a data point, the TomTom turn by turn apps have been consistently in the top 5 paid apps over the last several years here in the UK. You could argue that's even more reason for Apple to provide their own solution of course.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
The claim wasn't that he was a genius because he endorses his own products (I wasn't claiming he was a genius in the first place). I was refuting the claim that the manipulation of customers was one of his primary skills.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
As you say, no more so than the average CEO. In fact, you could argue that for a while now his product unveilings were relatively spin free, since when he'd say "Isn't this great?" he actually believed it.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
I think you're being very presumptuous about what his role was at Apple. You're portraying him as nothing more than an exacting editor, yet there's plenty of evidence to suggest he contributed ideas and direction to Apple's products. And as
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by MrScruff 15y ago
But the point is, they SHOULDN'T have to compromise. That's just Apple deciding what people will use, even if it's the wrong thing. It's taking a little bit of good advice to such an extreme that what appears on the surface "visionary" wou
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by MrScruff 15y ago
At 11 stops up from ISO 100, you're getting to have a great deal of noise at the max ISO I would have thought even at full frame.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
What do emotions have to do with intelligence?
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Are you honestly claiming that the person who spearheaded teams that created the Mac, NeXT, Mac OS X, the iPhone and the iPad had little effect on your computing experience? Forgive me if I don't believe you. I think those that complain abo
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by MrScruff 15y ago
I've actually just begun the process of switching from an Eclipse + CDT workflow to Vim in an attempt to understand what attracts people to it. I'm working nearly exclusively in C++ with some python, developing on Linux. Some of the feature
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Missing poll option: I'm on facebook everyday, but for no more than 5 minutes total. There's really no need to be on facebook all the time to get the major benefits (messaging, event invites). The iPhone app alerts you when anything happens
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Looking through your post history and for your previous account, it looks like over half of your posts concern Apple with the vast majority of them having a negative slant. If people are moderating you down (I haven't) it's probably because
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Ignoring Dawkins for a moment, I think those here naming Christian scientists as examples of how science and religion are compatible are missing the point. Science isn't about the people who practice it and it's not about beliefs. It's abou
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by MrScruff 15y ago
If you're a Christian (as I am), you believe you've got good news to tell others. If you're an atheist, what's good about your news, and what difference does it make to tell anyone? The reason you think that is because you're only capable
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Courier was a concept video, not a product. There's a significant difference.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
I'm not sure why Google would make much more in Adsense revenue on Android than they would on iOS. I think the primary issue is not conceding control of the platform their revenue is reliant on to a competitor.
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Use of rubber bullets was authorised after the police finally got their act together. I don't think it was a worthy desire to avoid escalation that prevented their use earlier on .. more lack of organisation. Do you have a source for that
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by MrScruff 15y ago
Not that I agree with Cameron, but here are some differences. - Protesting is legal in the UK and happens regularly without undue interference by the police. - The riots in the UK mainly consisted of crimes committed against citizens so the
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by MrScruff 15y ago
It's undoubtedly true that you'll face some prejudice as a minority in the UK. However I would imagine if you have better qualifications than the other candidates most of the time you'll get the job. I would say in the UK race and class bot

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