apayan

11 ms·

91.
by apayan 10y ago
Interesting. I was unaware that Xamarin maps widgets like that. Thanks for enlightening me. :-) How does it abstract away the more fundamental differences between platforms Activities/Fragments vs. UIViewControllers?
92.
by apayan 10y ago
tl;dr. The success of Unity can't be used as an indicator that cross-platform frameworks are good for productivity/utility apps. Xamarin and Unity don't have anything in common, other than the fact that Unity uses C# for scri
93.
by apayan 10y ago
Google purchased Motorola for the patents as a defensive measure, so they ward of suits from Apple, MS and Intellectual Ventures. Google has NEVER sued another company over patents. Examine the timeline of patent suits on Wikipedia: https:
94.
by apayan 10y ago
This is still the initial draft of the law, and it's common for laws to get marked up with changes that benefit those in power.
95.
Old School Color Cycling with HTML5(effectgames.com)
3 points by apayan 11y ago|0 comments
96.
Lawrence Lessig, 'The Failed Branch: Is There Any Way to Fix Congress?'(youtube.com)
3 points by apayan 11y ago|0 comments
97.
Digital Show and Tell: Digital Audio Signals [video](xiph.org)
6 points by apayan 11y ago|1 comments
98.
Library's Tor relay now restored(arstechnica.com)
3 points by apayan 11y ago|0 comments
99.
by apayan 11y ago
iOS 4.2 was delayed to the point of never being released. Apple went straight to 4.2.1 instead. http://www.iphonehacks.com/2010/11/developer-reports-major-v... Source: I found/reported the bug mentioned in th
100.
by apayan 11y ago
Apple also said they would make FaceTime an open and interoperable protocol "later this year". So being sceptical of Apple's promises of openness are justified.
101.
by apayan 11y ago
If Mozilla creates their own distribution of Android and sells phones with it, then they're extremely relevant in the mobile space. Take a look at the principles of the Mozilla manifesto[1]. Nowhere does it say, 'we need to have a
102.
by apayan 11y ago
This is a welcome change from Mozilla, but I think they should take it a step further and ditch Firefox OS completely. The original reason d'etre of Firefox OS was that it would run on lower spec'ed and cheaper hardware than Andro
103.
by apayan 11y ago
I think you and Lawtonfogle are in agreement. For example, anonymity on the internet is illegal (or very close to it) in China, and Tor is meant to circumvent that law. Thus, it was designed for an illegal purpose as far as the Chinese gove
104.
by apayan 12y ago
You might enjoy using CyanogenMod on your phone. No google account required, and it gives you a lot more control over Android.
105.
by apayan 12y ago
So then we can be pretty sure Apple won't be releasing a laptop/desktop computer with a touch screen?
106.
by apayan 12y ago
Thanks for your reply kephra! That's good info to know.
107.
by apayan 12y ago
Can you go a little more in depth about the maintenance contracts you have with customers? Does that mean they get a fixed number of hours of your time every month? What if they go over that time? Does it mean being on call? Thanks.
108.
by apayan 12y ago
tldr; this was fixed. It just didn't get marked as fixed by Google. I was following this issue on the Nexus 4 (comment #20 of OP[1]), way back when and even filed a more detailed follow up issue [2]. In short, the APIs needed for echo
109.
by apayan 12y ago
This American Life has a great podcast about the manufacturing plant, and how it went from being one of the worst in America to producing the best cars (all pre-Tesla). http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/epi
110.
by apayan 12y ago
According to moxie, that's unlikely. Source: https://twitter.com/moxie/status/534757705466908673
111.
by apayan 12y ago
The article points outs that the FCC is required to disclose what was discussed at those meetings, and even has links to the slides of the presentation that the representatives made to the FCC while they were there. If you click on those li
112.
by apayan 12y ago
Apple filed a patent on this Virtual SIM card in 2011. More info here: http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/11/apple-in... The linked article suggests it's a method to save space in the hardw
113.
by apayan 12y ago
Piracy on iOS is just as high as it is on Android. The only difference is that Google acknowledged that DRM doesn't work and made a license check option available to developers instead (years ago, nothing new). We released our game for
114.
by apayan 12y ago
I've had the pleasure of using one of these for the past month and it's been really great. I have a Chromecast that I used all the time before, but because I can cast to the Android TV (Player), I don't use the Chromecast any
115.
by apayan 12y ago
For what it's worth, WKWebView is still astonishingly buggy and hangs quite a bit when loading some pages with XHRs. There are some other bugs that trigger these 10+ second hangs, but we couldn't delay shipping anymore so we rever
116.
by apayan 12y ago
Re: promo codes They are unnecessary on Android. If you want to give your app to someone, you send them an email with a link to an APK and they install it directly.
117.
by apayan 12y ago
The amount of private data about individuals that JP Morgan has makes it a very attractive target to attackers despite any difficulty (perceived or real) it takes to get the data. Extending that logic, it means the NSA is an even more worth
118.
by apayan 12y ago
You probably don't have flash installed, and Firefox doesn't have Media Source Extension support for h264 yet, which YouTube has required for 480 and 1080 video since last October (IIRC). According to this bug, support for MSE h26
119.
by apayan 12y ago
Google cache because the site is down: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z3RhU-_...
120.
by apayan 12y ago
I think you're referencing an episode of This American Life. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/513/1... It was a very informative episode, and did a great job highlighting the financ

More ›