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by bitserf 12y ago
Google's implementation is carrier vetoable, since it's on the SIM. Additionally, Google's implementation requires the transaction transit their infrastructure, Apple's does not. They don't even know the transaction
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by bitserf 12y ago
Good job shipping! This was the kind of app I first worked on as well, but I never ended up putting it on the store, and kind of lost interest halfway through porting it to iOS 7 :) The Add Transaction screen was pretty much where I lived i
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by bitserf 12y ago
The mechanism underlying extension points (XPC, remote views), is pretty general, I would be surprised if the initial use cases were the end of it. ActiveX is pretty much a poster child for what happens when you rush this kind of feature, s
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Explaining iOS 8’s extensions: Opening the platform while keeping it secure(arstechnica.com)
81 points by bitserf 12y ago|26 comments
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by bitserf 12y ago
In general, perhaps not, but for a specific example, iCloud storage. At a minimum, there should be enough storage for a full backup of each device. NZ$125/year for 50GB is, to put it mildly, somewhat subpar.
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by bitserf 12y ago
His personal page appears to have a link to the "approved" ebooks ( http://www.informit.com/store/art-of-computer-programming-vo... ).
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by bitserf 12y ago
Don't need symlinks. Just set the CDPATH environment variable! Also set up case insensitive completion, saves the extra shift press for all those Mac paths.
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by bitserf 12y ago
Outside of Auckland, it's reasonably affordable. In Auckland, the average price is quite high relative to incomes. Most of my friends who entered the market recently were looking at prices of between $650k-$850k for something smallish
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by bitserf 13y ago
I'm a heavy user of properties in other languages like C#, but in Objective C, to define the anonymous category with all the property ceremony and verbiage, feels...excessive...if all you need is some private state, and you don't
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by bitserf 13y ago
Are they capable of shifting from device centric thinking? Feels like Google has a lock on the talent that could help Apple build out their capability here. They'd need to take services seriously as well, for starters.
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by bitserf 13y ago
I agree entirely. It's amazing how tone deaf one can get to this advice, people kept giving it to me. I'm 33 (soon to be 34), and fitter than I ever was in my 20s, with more energy. Difference? Eating differently (low carbs, high
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by bitserf 13y ago
Coming from a country where private security and completely private healthcare, and living in secure 24/7 guarded enclaves is how you secure for yourself the kind of lifestyle most Americans enjoy, I'm not sure dismantling governm
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by bitserf 13y ago
Did you miss the quotes?
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by bitserf 13y ago
Those are the Adobe responses to Australian government when queried about the discrepancy, correct. Not sure how much localisation is required since Australia, like New Zealand, is an English speaking Western democratic country. Pretty sure
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by bitserf 13y ago
Well, pretty happy I bought Lightroom through Amazon right about now. Reason: Adobe charges basically double the US price in Australia/NZ if you buy from them directly, and I refuse to pay a location tax since it costs them zero dollar
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by bitserf 13y ago
I just bought it, because I like where you are going with the design. However, I would echo the need for comment support. Check out how http://hn.premii.com/ does comments, I find that quite readable compared to news:yc. Th
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by bitserf 13y ago
If Find My iPhone is on, that locked phone is essentially a brick, it cannot be activated even if completely wiped, since its still associated with your Apple ID on the server side. You need to be able to sign in with the Apple ID to remove
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by bitserf 13y ago
Its their discipline that impresses me: How much they are willing to play the long game, and take short term hits to do it. While getting hammered by Wall Street and the press for not innovating, they stick to their guns and keep evolving i
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by bitserf 13y ago
Why would you want to use PostgreSQL in the contexts that SQLite is used? SQLite is fantastic when you need a data store for mobile or embedded use, you'd like ad-hoc queries over your data with the option of adding indexes to speed up
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by bitserf 13y ago
Interesting, what is the reason for the growth in Latin America compared to elsewhere? Does Nokia have a strong brand there?
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by bitserf 13y ago
Works even better when you pin that to the home screen as a faux app.
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by bitserf 13y ago
Regarding typing, I don't know if this is an actual phenomenon, but I've noticed that some programmers I've worked with who had problems touch typing seem to have had more attachment to the code they've written, than tho
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by bitserf 13y ago
I don't see a downside for Hong Kong/China in rejecting an extradition request. Cynically, it's leverage and they'll have the moral high ground in the eyes of the world.
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by bitserf 13y ago
Still getting an error (+64). 10 digit number incl. country code...any tips? Looks pretty clean, I like it. Also a one man team, keep on trucking!
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by bitserf 13y ago
Awesome, thank you! Spent 30 minutes this morning running through Identifont with no luck :) Think I prefer prefer the look of the regular weight on high DPI though: Regular: http://cl.ly/image/0r3B1M3C2a0I Light: http://cl.ly/image/2Q1s
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by bitserf 13y ago
Which font are you using? I can't quite place it.
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Software will not be patentable in New Zealand(nzherald.co.nz)
592 points by bitserf 13y ago|122 comments
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by bitserf 13y ago
Oh, wicked. Giving it a shot tonight :) Being able to automate this right makes me sleep better.
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by bitserf 13y ago
Well, I've never really quibbled over the price of a font if I liked it. I bought PragmataPro as well, a few years ago, and used it for quite some time. Answer is, Akkurat Mono looks rather nice on Retina, going to use it for a while and se
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by bitserf 13y ago
I don't suppose you have any screenshots of what it looks like on a Retina Mac display?

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