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by alliecat 8y ago
Thunderbolt is the reason for me. I'd own a 12", but no Thunderbolt limits my usage (I do a lot of audio work, and the Thunderbolt sound cards are my current favourite)
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by alliecat 8y ago
Solid. Socketed memory, good connectivity... I'm getting one. And it's _super_ sexy in black.
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by alliecat 8y ago
We still exist, yo.
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by alliecat 8y ago
Fruit's delicious though.
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by alliecat 8y ago
> Dont worry, Apple is hard at work implementing parts blacklists Source? We get iPhone repairs out of Apple very often - If we mention it's urgent they'll swap it for a refurb, which is a good thing: It's allowed me to be
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by alliecat 8y ago
Stallman's still upset that people use singular "they". It's bad grammar, or something. https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html I go by "they" on a day-to-day basis and gene
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by alliecat 8y ago
I am a strong believer in kids having access to technology, but also creating the frameworks in which they can learn how to keep themselves safe. I grew up around a software company and I was exposed to computers and the internet from a ver
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by alliecat 8y ago
Hear me out here; Apple's Swift Playgrounds on an iPad. I'm involved in an extracurricular thing in Scotland focused on giving kids an environment they can figure out computers. We've seen a lot of different approaches to the
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by alliecat 8y ago
Comment; I find myself using Nexmo and Mailgun a lot. Perhaps there's an acquisition that needs to happen there, too?
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by alliecat 8y ago
Wasn't the classic joke two things, because zero-indexing?
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by alliecat 8y ago
Apple don't maintain contact centres per se; instead, in the US have a fleet of teleworking contact employees who handle calls, online chats, etc. From what I hear it's a pretty good gig, minus dealing with the public.
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by alliecat 8y ago
Really? Stock Postgres is faster than a well-optimised Mongo deployment, in my experience. (Apples to oranges, sure, but Postgres has the capability to be a great document store as well.) > Especially if your data model is document orien
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by alliecat 8y ago
Then you don't have the resources to run the business. The technical side is pretty cheap compared to the legal manpower you need to protect your end users.
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by alliecat 8y ago
Aye. I care slightly less about this from my perceived threat model (if you go into the business then you know what's coming to you, whereas your end users are a lot less likely to understand the risks) but it's still worth thinki
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by alliecat 8y ago
The term "electrocution" means "death or serious injury caused by electric shock", "electric shock" being the thing a taser is designed to create. They're obviously not designed to cause death or serious
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by alliecat 8y ago
By and large, people are interested in VPNs because they're vulnerable, in some way or another. By becoming a VPN provider, you become a "pinch point" for the connections of a number of vulnerable people. That way, a hypothet
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by alliecat 8y ago
Cubesats are disposable; they're launched in a way that their orbit decays towards the end of their usable life, at which point they re-enter the atmosphere.
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by alliecat 8y ago
I work for an ISP. We filter packets spoofing their IP source address. SPF, implemented by most major email providers, helps to prevent FROM: spoofing. Hell, I'm pretty sure our VoIP product drops external calls where the Caller ID mat
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by alliecat 8y ago
I don't buy an iPad because I like Android...
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by alliecat 8y ago
I'm glad. It's been a long time coming. If the person I considered least capable of not being an asshole has developed self-awareness and has shown a genuine desire to change, then we have so much hope as a wider community. It is
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by alliecat 8y ago
I can't comment on cheese slices, but as somebody who lives alone and has an appetite resembling a small rodent, I very much appreciate individually wrapped perishables, especially when said wrapping is recyclable/compostable. I t
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by alliecat 8y ago
I wonder how long until Wikileaks denounce this leak as "irresponsible", or whatever?
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by alliecat 8y ago
In isolation, it's probably not, but most of the compute-intensive researchers I know also have a need for a reasonably powerful laptop anyway . From there, it's not a particularly expensive hop to getting desktop-grade performan
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by alliecat 8y ago
I've been considering going back to having a desktop on my desk and carrying a lightweight laptop; versus using a desktop-replacement at both my desk and on the move. I was considering a 5K iMac (and I may still go for one; it's s
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by alliecat 8y ago
Maybe it's just me but if you're submitting something to Show HN then it's helpful if your "Examples" navbar link doesn't send me to a `//TODO`!
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by alliecat 8y ago
PuTTY's been a thing for almost two decades at this point. That's quite a lot of inertia; It will take a lot more than three months for people to migrate, nevermind the people who aren't on W10.
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by alliecat 8y ago
Yup. It does entertain me, especially as my own experience of HN is center-right at best.
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by alliecat 8y ago
Appropriate as ever.
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by alliecat 8y ago
I dunno, I appreciate Apple's focus on compactness and portability. I have a fair few laptops, Apple and non-Apple and I always find fitting the Macs into my bag the least hassle. It was an absolute lifesaver when I used to carry aroun
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by alliecat 8y ago
>Chrome is even worse than before with this change. That's disingenuous. Chrome is 1) more secure, but 2) less accessible. These are separate metrics and you can't really roll them into one.

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