Osmium

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by Osmium 9y ago
It's a big enough application, I'm sure some people have issues with it under certain workloads. I'm the same as you however -- I've never had issues with iTunes performance. I don't love the design, I'm glad t
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by Osmium 9y ago
> They demand always-on Internet to connect to the cloud. It's interesting, you're talking about a syncing system (syncing requires connectivity) and have an issue with requiring access to one of the most convenient sources of
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by Osmium 9y ago
> It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging. I imagine they're hoping to get rid of the charging port altogether, so don't see the poin
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by Osmium 9y ago
> I can understand the compromise of the "notch" for the sensor bar in portrait-oriented UIs. Me too. Still, it'll be nice if there's an option to disable the notch and just use a slightly shorter display. There are n
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by Osmium 9y ago
That's true, but that sounds more like an additional layer to communicate charging info, negotiate which devices should get more power, etc. I do half-suspect Apple probably tried coming up with a better solution (e.g. one not involvin
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by Osmium 9y ago
> I see that as a hassle, not a feature. I said this in another thread, but it really doesn't seem unreasonable to require your attention to unlock your phone, since it requires your attention in order to use it! It really is the sp
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Neat, wireless charging, exactly like I had on my Nexus 5, around 5 years ago :) And I think we can all be grateful Apple decided to go with the Qi standard here rather than roll their own! What a mess that would have been...
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by Osmium 9y ago
True, but capacitive multi-touch hasn't been the only innovation in the iPhone over the years. We forget just how limited the original iPhone was (no 3G, slow CPU -- it took ages to render a webpage, even though it was a huge step up o
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Feels like a straight downgrade in usability. You know, it really depends how fast it is. You need attentiveness to use your phone, so requiring attentiveness to unlock it doesn't seem unreasonable, provided it happens in less t
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Do you think phones are a "done" thing? I mean what we are seeing these days is more of an evolution than revolution. It's always been an evolution. What we're seeing now is a trend towards cellular everywhere, and
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by Osmium 9y ago
Does a credit freeze stop you from accessing your free credit scores (e.g. CreditKarma, Mint etc.)?
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by Osmium 9y ago
In fairness, SpaceX is going to have real production line issues of its own to sort out -- how many landed rockets do they have in warehouses now waiting for refurbishment? Both companies are going to need to get good at this.
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by Osmium 9y ago
I don't know, lab tests in a hospital go off to be analyzed somewhere. I think there's a healthy middle ground between "do it all yourself" and "let's store the results on a server connected to the internet ind
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by Osmium 9y ago
I used 23andMe, and was a happy customer, but asked them to delete my data after -- I wasn't comfortable with them keeping that information (on a long enough timescale, everyone is hacked... or there may be regulatory issues with healt
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by Osmium 9y ago
This question is asked literally every time there's an Apple event :) HTTP Live Streaming streams can be viewed with VLC. It's also a open standard[0] (though not yet a formal standard); it's not proprietary. [0] https:&#x2F
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Perhaps this will be the "Big Bang" for consumer AR that everyone has been hoping for. I wouldn't expect it this year. ARKit is clearly their open beta so developers can get their apps ready, consumers can get used to th
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by Osmium 9y ago
By my math, if that were a single spherical water droplet, it would be almost 3.7 miles in diameter. If you have trouble visualizing this (as I do), the height of the Empire State Building is 0.2 miles. So imagine a sphere of water 20 times
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Or instead of iterating 5 times, you take your time and do it right on the 2nd attempt, figuring it out in 1/3 of the time. Hurrying only leads to mistakes. In an abstract sense this is true, but there are some fields were you do
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Americans tend to look down on anyone who has a doctorate from anywhere in Europe that isn't Oxford or Cambridge. Look, this just isn't true. I've heard it repeated a lot online, but I've never encountered it myself
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by Osmium 9y ago
Sadly looks like there's a turf war going on. So dumb. [1] "HMRC rejects Gov.uk Verify", http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450412927/HMRC-rejects-Go... [2] http://www.computerweekly.com&
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Arrival is arguably science fantasy since it's central conceit isn't very sciencey Read the original short story: the actual premise is actually very science-y, and completely "true sci-fi." Don't want to spo
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by Osmium 9y ago
It's the only explanation.
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by Osmium 9y ago
While true, the same math holds for 22 nm^2 (484) to 14 nm^2 (196). Real world gains will never be as high as the math suggests, as you get into leakage currents etc.
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by Osmium 9y ago
> They look really goofy. They should have gone with a standard design like Wayfarers I'm not sure about that... if you have a technology that won't quite fit in a 'standard' design, but you try and force it anyway, i
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by Osmium 9y ago
Swift has a clear policy on this, but basically: it's worth breaking things early on rather than freeze in bad design decisions. They provide a code migrator to help with this pain. However , this was only in the early releases. The p
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by Osmium 9y ago
I'm in physics/chemistry/materials fields. I've been around several 'world-class' institutions in the UK and USA, and had mixed experiences -- far more mixed than you'd think looking at simple rankings. I
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by Osmium 9y ago
> Now, it is seen as an extension of high school; the onus is on the college to mold all comers into more educated and productive citizens, even if that means re-teaching the basics. This seems to be the case with grad programs now too:
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by Osmium 9y ago
Self-fulfilling prophecy. If we shut down the conversation about literature when it starts, then yes we'll never discuss it ;) I'm always pleased to see posts on literature show up on the HN[0], but often disappointed to see so fe
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by Osmium 9y ago
It would be really nice if you could blacklist websites from using extensions in Safari, e.g. banking websites. There are lots of useful extensions out there that would be nice to use, but I'm concerned if they became compromised (whic
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by Osmium 9y ago
Yeah, that's really sad. If Apple wants to get back into this, they'd be welcomed with open arms. If Grapher ever gets abandoned, I really hope they open source it. An update for the icons to be retina-ready, and moving the backen

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