atarian

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1. 151.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   Apple can get away with it because the devs are willing to put up with it.
2. 152.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   This doesn't look like a de-obfuscated copy of GHE. There are Dockerfiles, Gemfiles, and other build-related configs in the root directory. Also the README states: This is GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise.
3. 153.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   Looks cool! As a non-pilot, I would be really interested in learning what this does.
4. 154.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law >When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
5. 155.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   >People keep moving the goal posts on this. I think it's because the story is being politicized. People who want to reopen everything are saying it's a success. Whereas people who want to keep things closed are saying it's
6. 156.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   Hmm I can see this potentially creating a new market. The biggest issue is probably getting app developers on board with variations of their logo.
7. 157.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   Something they didn't really mention was that this requires uploading the document to their cloud, which I'm afraid is a pretty big downside.
8. 158.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   I can't think of a good business reason why they would want to open source SwiftUI. If I want to stay on Windows and develop an app using SwiftUI, why would I bother developing for the Mac?
9. 159.▲
   by atarian 6y ago

   Single code-base for common functionality.
10. 160.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    The opposite end of this spectrum is a company supporting far too many different properties like Yahoo did. How do you strike the right balance?
11. 161.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    Reminds me of a similar machine I saw for pruning tree branches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6UZ_2OAHNI
12. 162.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    That's a funny way of saying "smartphones are distracting"..
13. 163.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    I found an article from 2017, which mentioned "substantial opposition" from Houser against the sale to Softbank: https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/business/business-news/i-re...
14. 164.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    >The word cybernetics comes from the greek κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs) which means a pilot, governor, someone who steers. TIL that's also where Kubernetes comes from.
15. 165.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    I'm looking forward to when you can just build an app once and use it across iOS and Mac right out of the box. Catalyst seems like a good first step in that direction.
16. 166.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    There is a grassroots effort to recycle plastic into new things. The plans for creating the machinery are all open-source: https://preciousplastic.com/solutions/machines/overview.html
17. 167.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    All this trouble just to save 30% on a pair of digital trousers.
18. 168.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    I saw this story on the Chronicle and had the same takeaway, but that's probably because I knew there were people who barely escaped with their lives via helicopter (like you pointed out).
19. 169.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    That was a wrong example. I just skimmed the code at the end of the article, which turns out is not Solidity.
20. 170.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    Does anyone else think that Solidity is far too low-level for the purpose it serves? I really don't think connecting to ports (as an example) should be something in a financial contract.
21. 171.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    Or maybe Stripe changed their minds about having you guys as customers and made up a reason for you to leave.
22. 172.▲
    Oculus Research is now Facebook Reality Labs(tech.fb.com)

    1 points by atarian 6y ago|0 comments
23. 173.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    You just reminded me of Citibank's virtual number UI. It had sound effects and would play an animation that would show you a temporary credit card number using a slot-machine-like animation. It was hilarious but I would always dread us
24. 174.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    Were there any other wiki-like apps for Slack when you guys first launched? I know there are several now, but I'm curious what it was like in the beginning.
25. 175.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    Palmer Luckey, the original creator had this to say over on /r/oculus: I am already getting heat from users and media outlets who say this policy change proves I was lying when I consistently said this wouldn't happen, or
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    I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf](judiciary.house.gov)

    985 points by atarian 6y ago|357 comments
27. 177.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    Prove it.
28. 178.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    I said you cannot bypass the 30% cut on the Google Play Store. Hosting your app elsewhere is not the same thing as hosting it on the Google Play Store.
29. 179.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    >Android allows developers to integrate Stripe and take customer's credit cards and bypass the 30% cut. You are completely wrong. https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21003553/google-play-stor...
30. 180.▲
    by atarian 6y ago

    If Apple allowed other payment methods, that would incentivize developers not to go through Apple at all. Even paid apps would switch over to an unlock model in order to avoid the 30% cut. So I think it's very unlikely that Apple will