dirkgently

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by dirkgently 12y ago
Rather aggressive, but I agree. I deleted my profile 2 years ago, got back few more minutes of my daily life, and read more books. I am still on GPlus since it doesn't have any noise (and going by the trend, it's not likely to rep
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Then go and tell Apple.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
I see it as "Let's make it easy for kids to learn programming", so that those who find it interesting are aware, inclined and develop further interst, if they choose to. I see it less of "Kids to develop awesome Android
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by dirkgently 12y ago
When the most discussed aspects of an OS on a technical forum like HN are the icons and UI, it's time to take my coat and leave.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
But how does anyone one know if they are "good enough" already? Just because Apple published some of it? Or the claim came from actually developing appls that make use of it? I don't think somebody gained the experience withi
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by dirkgently 12y ago
I am fine with the downvotes. It's pretty easy on any Apple/Android/iOS/Google thread. > And yes iOS8 does provide better extensibility than it did before That wasn't my point. I asked specifically if iOS provide
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Yes, Android intends are great, and that's why I was surprised when I read "this extensibility stuff might be enough to tempt me back to Apple from Android". What I meant to ask was, what do you mean by "enough"? Do
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by dirkgently 12y ago
> this extensibility stuff might be enough to tempt me back to Apple from Android, at last. I am not sure if you are serious or not.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
When design of an _Operation System_ boils down to just how "truculent" and "flat" (but with "a bit of depth") it is, you know we are talking less about the Operating System and more about the GUI/Window M
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by dirkgently 12y ago
So assuming your comment is based on a fact (and I still don't see any citation), do you mean to say the "whatever kind of profile" google uses can still be tied to your google account? If not, then it's _anonymous_ as f
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Seriously, nobody wants to read what Google has published a million times, before bitching about Google and it's "complete disregard for users' privacy"? This is not news. Yes, Google collects your history and associates
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by dirkgently 12y ago
> Google still collect this data so far. Citation please. Or at least you meant to say Google still _anonymously_ collects this data?
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by dirkgently 12y ago
I doubt Google wrote special code especially for you. It has _always_ been opt in.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
> How do you propose they fix it? It's their technology. Why should I provide the fix of a system that's not built by me, and have no control over it? It's like saying, user x can't use a website, so he/sh should
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by dirkgently 12y ago
If it's not deliberate, then it's just incompetency.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
>but I’m still sorry for any stress I caused anybody at Apple or who works with Apple. Wow.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
> If I remember most top-end phones had crappy resistive screens that required a stylus Then you remember it wrong.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Invented ideas like "slide-to-unlock" and "rounded corners"? Are those innovations?
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Because "slide-to-unlock" is an innovation.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Because "slide-to-unlock" is a cornerstone of technology, the one only Apple would ever think off.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
A very simple (or simplified) example could be - say you have just one table - a transaction table from a local deli shop with a volume of around 500 transactions / day, and all you are doing with it is producing a report of how many i
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by dirkgently 12y ago
A salesman needs a product to sale. For a product to exist, the foundation has to be in place. The guys who laid the foundation need to be in order for the foundation to be in place. A salesman is just that - a salesman.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
Good points. I should've been clearer. I meant the scene is not such that there is enough work done that a relatively non-techie person can sift through the jailbreaking community work and apply it him/herself.
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by dirkgently 12y ago
> I expected Apple TV to come in and crush it, rather like they did to the smartphone industry. Good luck unlocking/hacking an Apple device.
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by dirkgently 13y ago
Or Android.
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by dirkgently 13y ago
What about your ISP? What about your network provide? Do you trust them? And if it's in Apple's interest to protect your data, it's in Google's interest all the more to protect your data - because they do make money of s
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by dirkgently 13y ago
> Both are valid strategies in my opinion and appeal to different customers Absolutely. One is for customers who don't want to lose any file or data. The other is for those who don't mind losing old stuff, no matter how importa
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by dirkgently 13y ago
No. The real trick is to puke at such comments.
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by dirkgently 13y ago
Jesus. Why does TED has to go and spoil every fucking good thing?
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by dirkgently 13y ago
One of the biggest problems with this forum is very narrow minded view of things looking through a limited binoculars of a capitalist culture when everything has to boil down to profit in pure money terms. What this guy is achieving is more

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