chaz72

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by chaz72 11y ago
As far as free developer tools, I again don't know what is different from before. I hear you, but haven't experienced the nirvana you describe: I've been on Windows, where development tools have very often been free to play w
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by chaz72 11y ago
I wasn't sure how to answer this yesterday. I never experienced Apple's "better days" as I've been developing in Windows for the last 20 years. Apple's current days, well, they seem pretty good for my needs, bu
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by chaz72 11y ago
Well, I agree with you there (in general I mean, I don't know the miPhone). I would love to see a truly open source handheld computer. I've thought about picking up a Firefox OS phone. I just don't think it's Apple'
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by chaz72 11y ago
Unless you are trying to argue that iOS is replacing desktop operating systems, I don't see why the presence of a locked-down device is a threat to a general purpose computer. I find general purpose computers are not expensive at all a
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by chaz72 11y ago
I've been spending some time trying to understand this today, and I don't understand why such users don't just go buy a device they can root and take full control that way. Why blame a vendor that doesn't ship what you w
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by chaz72 11y ago
The naive outnumber the skilled by so very many... perhaps the skilled need different devices and different operating systems?
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by chaz72 11y ago
Outlawed? Just because one vendor sells a non-general-purpose computer, you feel like general-purpose computers have been outlawed? I don't understand.
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by chaz72 11y ago
It would be ridiculous for a bad swimmer to blame the creator of his or her swimwear. On the other hand, a bad swimmer might be pretty upset with the creators of his or her boat , if hypothetically the goal is to stay out of the water. I
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by chaz72 11y ago
Responding to your edit, "We certainly won't win this battle by trying to teach them information theory (good luck! :) )": I think your goalposts are shifting here. A simple example that is easy to spread and easy to demonstr
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by chaz72 11y ago
I don't agree at all, I would even think that you are missing the point by saying "they don't see it that way". Well, they don't see it that way because they are ignorant. I agree with the author: Finding a way to c
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by chaz72 11y ago
For me, "locked down" is a choice I make when I buy an iOS device. It's not something I look for in servers or desktops, but in tablets and phones it is very much something I appreciate. Many people have other philosophies fr
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by chaz72 11y ago
For some reason, this surprises me. I have seen countless calls for Apple to be more open in general (do not want), but your suggestion would only open it up to other browsers. I'm intrigued and torn: I feel like Mozilla might have som
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by chaz72 11y ago
Possibly uncertainty inside Google... but like as not the uncertainty is from the outside and the rumor mill got it wrong. Certainly it's confusing. :)
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by chaz72 11y ago
Nonsense. The author still has a right to call him out in public and say "this jerk lied and claimed my work as his own". He did not give that right away when he used a permissive license.
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by chaz72 11y ago
Legal is the default state for devices that don't use public roads, public airwaves, etc.
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by chaz72 11y ago
It'd be completely accurate, you would just need to keep every single human on Earth in controlled conditions. Good luck!
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by chaz72 11y ago
Anecdote.
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by chaz72 11y ago
The issue is not the 20 characters, but the underlying reason for it. There's no technical reason they would need it unless they were storing it insecurely. Granted it's possible they're limiting it to 20 for a nontechnical r
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by chaz72 11y ago
That too can be queued up, with a list of functions to call to free those resources.
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by chaz72 11y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure the signs will help people, it's kind of out of their hands - but I like the idea of airport staff being able to spot bottlenecks more easily and shift resources where they can.
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by chaz72 11y ago
Nonsense. They're selling them as fast as they can make them. Perhaps it will flop, but I don't think we know that yet. Personally, I find hands-free Siri very useful, it's a nice piece of jewelry, and I'm surprised by h
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by chaz72 11y ago
Well, to be fair, I have no idea. I saw some reference here in the comments that there was not enough data for someone to replicate it. I saw some other reference here in the comments that they are going to sell diet packs and have a commer
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by chaz72 11y ago
Exactly so.
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by chaz72 11y ago
If it can't be independently verified, it can't be called science, no matter how promising the study is when they run it.
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by chaz72 11y ago
Well, they don't have to sign then... Sign up after most people's three months run out. Or negotiate for better terms. Or walk away from the table. It's not like their fate is entirely in Apple's hands.
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by chaz72 11y ago
Okay. Go ahead, look around, let us know if "possibly conspiring" turns up any "evidence". In the absence of evidence: Their description that freemium might have an upside for artists seems... very optimistic, and one-si
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by chaz72 11y ago
And a small number of tools for composing JSON.
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by chaz72 11y ago
Yeah, I saw that conclusion, and I've seen several like it before. :) The question was my way of suggesting that the comment I was referencing was probably unsubstantiated - while still giving him a chance to come up with data if he ha
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by chaz72 11y ago
That's an interesting theory. Do you have data?
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by chaz72 11y ago
Don't have a citation handy but I have read that some banks would authorize cards for Apple Pay without any decent authentication. So thieves that had stolen credit card numbers elsewhere registered those cards on their Apple Pay devic

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