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by Twisell 10y ago
Clearly he consistently sided with Orcale thought all this case. And I think it's totally ok to consider that he's not independent and very subjective. But by following he's blog since a few years I often found very interesti
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by Twisell 10y ago
I didn't want to citation here but here is what he wrote about your point. Again, if you have proof he is a liar share it no problem, but please don't blindly accept and repeat mainstream opinion without seeking information by you
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by Twisell 10y ago
This is total FUD. (EDIT ND: because thoses lines of code are already out of every discussions to be held in the current retrial, they are already ruled out the only remaining question is fair use) This trial should now be entirely focused
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by Twisell 10y ago
I can't agree more, I made this chart a few months ago. https://www.tradingview.com/chart/AAPL/2P4KPhz8-Updated-AAPL... If you follow the link at the bottom of the chart you should see the other chart I made
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by Twisell 10y ago
Well yes of course like every space programs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX#Setbacks But it's slightly different to assume a risk into an ambitious space program where everybody know that risk exists than t
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by Twisell 10y ago
The main drawback of a lot of Cloud based business model I have seen is that nobody think its fine to pay for leechers. The per user pricing is pretty reasonable but only when you think of seeders (publishers/editors/pushers call
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by Twisell 10y ago
However being system admin of a PostgreSQL database managing a lot of timeseries I was just like "meh use timestamp and good index, what's the deal?". Also for performance sake just cluster the data using the most used index.
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by Twisell 11y ago
I didn't activate two-step verification cause the process was a little bit of a hassle (I'm lazy). But when upgrading to last iOS update I was prompted to activate two-step authentication and I was a really smooth process. Already
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by Twisell 11y ago
By far not as popular as foo https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=foo&type=Code&ref...
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by Twisell 11y ago
Focusing on iTunes to argue that Apple can't design simple software anymore seems a little bit unfair, while on the other hand I understand that it might be the only Apple desktop software used by people who run on MS Windows. But stil
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by Twisell 11y ago
This is plainly wrong the device is fully encrypted RTFM https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf PS: But yeah the optional iCloud backup is currently the weak spot.
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by Twisell 11y ago
Actualy I think that messages are only kept until all registrered devices (at reception time) get them. For instance if you register a new device to iCloud you never get previous messages (otherwise San Bernadino case is moot cause they cou
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by Twisell 11y ago
And there is one more thing... If Apple is finally compelled to write this backdoor code, and that backdoor code is used against a lawful customer, what happen if this customer then trie to sue Apple? Will the DOJ be sued as well as they mi
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by Twisell 11y ago
[In walk the drones] "Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. [Apple's hammer-thrower enters, pursued by storm troopers.] We have created for the first time in all history a ga
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by Twisell 11y ago
Just noticed that this other project popped up a few hours after with a slightly different approach on the same question. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11053525
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by Twisell 11y ago
Being mostly a database guy I often feel dumb when I read discussions comparing a popular Python framework over some cutting edge js "unicorn powered" new framework... So it suddenly make me quite reassured that some others are te
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by Twisell 11y ago
TL/DR iOS is crap cause it is not customizable and because some of iPhone specs are getting worst (while still better on average). So he search and found the holy grail of specs and install a stripped down alternative version of Androi
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by Twisell 11y ago
Actually I would not necessarily oppose toggling and branching. These two method remains tools that can be used separately or together to achieve some goal. I don't see why one shall not use branching to implement a toggling API.
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by Twisell 11y ago
Actually for me since about two week the full screen mode in html5 with Safari is quite buggy too. So yeah maybe on this specific realease during holyday season they might have test a little more on different platforms and/or delay thi
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by Twisell 11y ago
I'm so pleased to see that I was not the only freak out here doing that!
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by Twisell 11y ago
Really nothing new but always fun to notice than years after years this video become even more relevant and ridiculously more accurate than most forecast of the 1980's.
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by Twisell 11y ago
If the webmaster forget to renew how exactly do you think a permanent link pointing to the dead website might help? It's up to webmasters to enforce consistent permalink in their website, no one else can do it better, end of story. We
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by Twisell 11y ago
If someone at Apple is reading this... please fork it (or built up from scratch) a solid open source SSO system and become an official (but optional) identity provider for your millions customers. This would be a win-win as this could help
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by Twisell 11y ago
I immediately though about this XKCD post. Does they mention it in the article? Not going to say it's a ripoff, but I can't imagine that the didn't get inspired by it.
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by Twisell 11y ago
And this is a perfect reminder that you should never try some crazy things on your only administrator account on your production machine. Had he test his point on a dummy account : delete account = problem solved
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by Twisell 11y ago
Thats unfair he put a lot of disclaimers in his post. It's just that they don't appears in the TL/DR that people share afterwards :P
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by Twisell 11y ago
It's also interesting to read the counterpoint arguments of Florian Mueller on his FOSS patents blog. http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/01/api-copyrightability-to-b... The crucial point being that code written
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by Twisell 11y ago
However since at least 3 majors versions of iOS, iAd have an opt-out switch to allegedly prevent any tracking. I even think this opt-ou switch is now an explicit part of the set-up procedure when you activate the phone. You still have to tr
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by Twisell 11y ago
Well i'm by far not an expert. But a lot of people consider that GPL is an open but maybe too restrictive licence. Notably, "derived works" using GPL copylefted code must be redistributed under same licence. So basicaly if yo
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by Twisell 11y ago
I see this as an hilarious welcome joke from the community : https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/17 Its developer's way to say FIRST

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