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by dep_b 8y ago
Perhaps Apple could introduce a Mac Mini with an iPad-class version of the A12 for all people that need to develop for iOS but don't want to spend a ton on hardware. The basic tools like Xcode and some Apple productivity software could
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by dep_b 8y ago
https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/the-complaint-apples-paten... I see a fair list of patents mentioned here. Most of them are about software some of them are about sensors and other hardware. No rounded corne
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by dep_b 8y ago
Apple sued HTC over the features in the OS it was using, it was simply the first player to use Android. iOS had a ton of great ideas that simply weren't available in the older version of Android or any other mobile OS until that time.
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by dep_b 8y ago
That Groklaw article is quite biased. I see a lot of talk about the rounded rectangle while the case was never just about that. Many other vendors had rounded rectangles and weren’t sued because the phones were clearly different from the
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by dep_b 8y ago
My experience is totally anecdotal and I'm not even an Alexa owner, but I had a Skype conversation with a client that had one them set up in his office and it was constantly triggering, even when the word wasn't used. So if it tho
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by dep_b 8y ago
> It's the same theory as the reason that the most attractive people are often jerks Not true. Attractive people tend to be treated nicer and think that’s the norm for behavior.
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by dep_b 8y ago
Assigning variables through a switch-statement is really nice. Looks almost exactly like Elixir does it.
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by dep_b 8y ago
Moving to a different country
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by dep_b 8y ago
That's exactly what I meant, thanks
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by dep_b 8y ago
Thank god I bought the 2015. Not sure how long to hold out to buy a laptop for my wife. She's a graphics artist and is really really really tired of using Windows.
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by dep_b 8y ago
Static typed languages are harder to test. So if you do cover 100% dynamic is not so bad. However well built static languages reduce the things that need to be tested in the first place. Like non-nullabilty in Kotlin and Swift.
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by dep_b 8y ago
Working remote only with a mix of direct customers and customers through TopTal. To have TopTal as a backup is great. Land a new gig in a week perhaps two if you're picky (and your reputation is good).
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by dep_b 8y ago
Nice. Two of my old fetishes rolled into one. And it does seem to play at least a somewhat decent game of pinball as well.
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by dep_b 8y ago
Yes. I had a location tracking feature that would total your mileage automatically and submit it after your ride to your bookkeeper (this is mandatory for lease cars in some countries). I really had to explain that the app also might be bac
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by dep_b 8y ago
I'm working for years as a developer building iOS applications. Apple got so strict the last months maybe last year it's just incredible. Lots of questions about monetization and background services, they really want you to have a
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by dep_b 8y ago
Interesting. If I would know I was talking to an AI I might try to provoke it into giving privacy details like the woman asking for her first name. "What appointments does [name] have for the rest of the day?"
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by dep_b 8y ago
I have the same problem. Even for US standards low paid remote work for the US from outside the US pays more than a senior software engineer in most Western countries. There are some nice career options that I might need to skip because the
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by dep_b 8y ago
If iPhone sales growth would level to what the Mac is doing then there's not a real problem. Apple is pushing in Enterprise where it wasn't before, services and indeed wearables (I see AirPods everywhere). I think people will buy
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by dep_b 8y ago
Android is becoming more closed source every year up til the point that they basically forked it without officially forking it. Apple has open sourced Darwin but the real goodies are in the closed source part of macOS.
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by dep_b 8y ago
Sounds really weird. If you know what works then you know you need something new sometimes. Never used a NoSQL database but I know when it's time to start using one. I might not, as some younger people would, default to MongoDB. Also c
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by dep_b 8y ago
I guess if you have well-behaved and disciplined people below 30 things might work in favor of them, but the majority of developers I meet in daily life refuse to grow up any time before their 30s. Long days? Sure. Get the product shipped w
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by dep_b 9y ago
I think you're confused with iTunes Connect. Whatever I push with Xcode stays on my phone forever.
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by dep_b 9y ago
> ARM chips - developed by others, Apple's first use was in... iPods? iPhone? Not sure. ARM was created by Apple and Acorn to create low power chips for mobile devices like the Newton. You remember the Newton right? One of the first
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by dep_b 9y ago
> Makes sense: normally, these apps (and other “bloatware”) are pre-installed on phones when you buy them from a carrier. However the iOS one "just works". Disclaimer: I hate voice mail with a passion. Not using it unless I rea
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by dep_b 9y ago
> Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption Finally they found a way to start me looking into alternatives. Spoken messages was already a regression for me, then they added a terrible VoIP service people acci
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by dep_b 9y ago
I was looking for some kind of indicator when this article was written as the topic and style of design could be from the 90’s and the copyright goes from 1996 to 2014
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by dep_b 9y ago
I had to do homework assignments twice. Once was for TopTal, which kind of made it worth at the end since I've got a few years of work out if it already and they're supposed to check their candidates thorough. The other one was fo
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by dep_b 9y ago
At least the books aren't offensive in any way so they don't have to be neutered to conform to Apple's standard of family friendly.
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by dep_b 9y ago
> I don't know if HN can find any counter-examples, of a language that thrived through an incompatible, code-breaking upgrade. Swift breaks every major version at least but not as often and on a large scale anymore with point releas
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by dep_b 9y ago
One important thing to understand about MacBook SSD performance since the 2015 is that the 0.5 and 1 TB SSD’s are much faster than the smaller disks because only the larger configuratios will use all available channels. I would never buy a

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