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by altitudinous 6y ago
Pretty incredible. I would like to see the assets to scale though, otherwise it seems crowded up there when it clearly isn't. It reminds me of all those graphics a year ago of the Australian bushfires where the fires were represented b
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Pretty cool (I am a QLDer), well done - be interesting to see how many hits you get.. I think given the renaissance of QR Codes here due to the lurgy there is going to be QR codes on everything public transport, NFC is dead!
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Yes, I have said the same in another comment here but it has been downvoted out of existence by some “well meaning” folk! Google are losing out on the web property advertising and in app advertising. Not updating or supporting the major ap
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by altitudinous 6y ago
You are applying a technical reason here, but see the bigger picture. Google is being cut off on making money on iOS generally - in web properties, in apps via admob, etc, etc, so may have made a decision that it is no longer supporting it
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by altitudinous 6y ago
My unpopular opinion is that these specific Google apps are advertising supported, and Apple are cutting them off from advertising revenue with the unavailability of IDFA on iOS14.5. What is the motivation for Google to maintain these apps
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I see this diagram posted everywhere on the internet, and whilst of course Facebook collects a lot of data, in this situation I believe they just selected every option available to them for display on their app listing. If they declare ever
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I used to love posting detail about what I change in my apps. But now the text isn't really surfaced - folk have automatic updates turned on, and the text is deep in the app store now. My changes are mostly technical when I use the &qu
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Every corporate in the world.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I have nothing to say about the specific case - I think the app reviewer has an extremely valid case if he was following the app review process that Apple built.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
In this thread - People complaining about Apple generally and their own app review issues and not this specific case.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I completely agree. Writing apps for the app store is the perfect example. I started out coding well coded apps that didn't make money, and as time has progressed my apps have lower code quality but I make more money. I focus less on c
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Yes, the American focus of the internet is absolutely appalling. Assumptions of timezones - PST, CST and the others whatever they are. Northern hemisphere assumptions of seasons - fall, etc - in the southern hemisphere the seasons are the
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by altitudinous 6y ago
That is why it is so liberating.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
You seem to be trying to describe the point of my own post to me, I don't get why you would do that. I know the point of my own post. As I have just written to someone else above - you are just proving the OP original article. Why not
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Well, clearly not having money is not comparable to not having a phone. But you are just proving the OP original article. Why not just try something different rather than pointlessly arguing about the intricacies of it all on the internet
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by altitudinous 6y ago
You don't need a phone for any of the activities you described. Stores are pretty much open business hours, or 24 hours, they follow the same pattern. Or just show up and it is closed. Go somewhere else. Public transport runs to a sche
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by altitudinous 6y ago
An interesting experiment is to leave your phone at home when you go out. Try it. I don't mean take your phone anyway but don't use it. That is not the same thing. The value in this experiment is not to have your phone to fall bac
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I like that the comments here are generally proving that this article is pretty much on the money.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I have his book "A year with swollen appendices" - has he done anything similar more recently wrt keeping an online diary? I can take or leave his music but I did enjoy reading his thoughtful daily entries.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Hacker News (or indeed anywhere online) is probably not going to be the space to resolve this issue! Those who weren't at the dinner party are not here to provide insight!
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by altitudinous 6y ago
This - Hacker News is one of the worst: Arrogant trash highly technical programmers : "And I realized that the inherent bitterness and negativity of programming arguments and technical defensiveness on the web were making me bitter an
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by altitudinous 6y ago
They didn't demand it, they requested it. The recipient can say No, and they probably have.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
It is just a request. You can say No. That is the definition of request. They used the word request. Asking is fine. They could stay silent, or they could request. They chose to request. It is taken out of context, but as this is the only
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by altitudinous 6y ago
It seems a reasonable request to me. How else were they going to suggest that you do it? There is a cut and paste here, but it isn't a demand, it is a "request". Of course this is about to get downvoted because evil microphon
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Yes, I do agree, use of the word feels lazy, poor form. There are trendy stand up comedians and trendy authors who base their entire brand on the use of the word. It is a desperate fall back position.
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I'm in my 50's and I read less now, it's because writers are now younger than me and they tell stories I've already lived. I suspect all older folk might feel the same? Writing is for the young? Being published is for th
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by altitudinous 6y ago
A writer is having a mid-life crisis?
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by altitudinous 6y ago
Downvoted even though I am colorblind and actually know what I'm talking about!
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by altitudinous 6y ago
I'm colorblind, imagine you've seen colors a certain way your whole life - decades - and then someone gives you glasses to see colors "correctly". The colors just look wrong, not "correct". Why would I wear the
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by altitudinous 6y ago
"Hey Siri, how many days are left in the year?"

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