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by dperfect 11y ago
That's a good question. Maybe "home automation" isn't exactly the right name for it, because that's just a part of it. It is nice to be able to control things by voice (lights, locks, window shades, music, TV, etc),
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by dperfect 11y ago
This may bring me one step closer to my personal "holy grail" of home automation: every room in the house[1] working with seamless voice-activated home automation. This is what I'm ultimately after: - A cheap device (DIY if p
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by dperfect 11y ago
That makes sense. I'm seeing index-free adjacency mentioned in some other comparisons. Sounds pretty cool. So if each node has pointers directly to related nodes (without needing an index lookup), does that also mean that inserts and u
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by dperfect 11y ago
Maybe I still just don't "get it", but this explanation didn't really show me how a graph database is any better than an RDBMS, apart from a somewhat simpler interface (which in my opinion is still no better than many OR
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by dperfect 11y ago
The pricing page is a good example of what not to do. If you're going to list distinguishing features/limits for various plans, please don't put "unlimited" on the free plan, limits on other plans, and force every
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by dperfect 11y ago
Looks like there's a setting (at least in the web interface) to turn off auto-schedule. Apparently I had turned it off for one of my Nest thermostats, but not the other one - turning it off now.
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by dperfect 11y ago
Not sure if it's the same problem, but a few months after getting my Nest it started ignoring my adjustments as well. After some investigation, I found that it had automatically set up a bunch of temperature schedules without my knowle
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by dperfect 11y ago
(responding to your comment and the other comment about a possibility of attackers) I agree that the baseline should be independent, autonomous, safe operation of each vehicle without any network/cooperation, but in time it's goin
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by dperfect 11y ago
> The equation to get to safety is sensors + computing + map / map geometry. The equation to get to safety is actually what you mentioned + roads where 100% of vehicles are tied in to a common network orchestrating each vehicle&#x27
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I agree - I wouldn't enable that option either, but at least it'd offer a better alternative for people who do like GIFs / GIF-like animations. It's a bit ironic that the autoplay functionality of BPG is touted by some a
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by dperfect 11y ago
> Gif lags on mobile internet, and MP4 requires that we explicitly hit the play button on mobile browsers. Wouldn't the more obvious choice be simply adding an option in browsers to not require hitting the play button (perhaps for
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by dperfect 11y ago
It sounds like you're assuming the majority of (iOS) App Store rejections deal with using unofficial/restricted APIs. My guess is that's relatively rare. Most of the apps caught in the review process are probably those that f
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by dperfect 11y ago
Amazon has just as much reason as Apple (or any platform provider) to want to restrict the types of apps that get published. As for the effectiveness of that control, there's little practical difference between "simply registering
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by dperfect 11y ago
One of the more impressive things about the Echo is its far-field mic. I've used a lot of different voice recognition technologies, but Echo blows everything else away in terms of being able to speak in a normal voice from the other s
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by dperfect 11y ago
I can tell you from experience working at another similar company that this is not surprising at all. Especially as startups transition into larger companies (with formal security controls and policies), a lot of things can get missed or fo
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by dperfect 11y ago
Not only did this person make several large and irresponsible mistakes in the process of uncovering and reporting the bug (dumping tons of private user information without permission, going far beyond simply discovering and reporting the bu
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by dperfect 11y ago
To be fair, did Philips ever list that as a feature when you bought it? I purchased a few Hue products myself, but never once expected it to be an open platform or even compatible with non-Hue products (even if I wish that were the case).
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by dperfect 11y ago
That was true at least as far back as the 1790's when James Wilson described a corporation as "a person in a political capacity created by the law, to endure in perpetual succession." To "endure in perpetual succession,&
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by dperfect 11y ago
This problem isn't unique to Philips Hue, and I'm not sure Philips is necessarily a bad actor here. They are, after all, just acting in their best interest (and contrary to common belief, companies are self-interested; the custo
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by dperfect 11y ago
Not everyone will agree, but 99% of the apps I use shouldn't need to interact with other parts of the filesystem. I'm not sure how the MAS prevents users from receiving support, or developers from giving support (or conveying info
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by dperfect 11y ago
A good point about utility/accessibility apps. For most everything else though, I prefer not to inherently grant all those permissions to every app I install. But again, Apple doesn't require distribution through the MAS (even i
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by dperfect 11y ago
Just to play devil's advocate: what specific things about the MAS "[do] more harm than good" or encourage "pump-and-dump" development as you say? I'm not trying to defend the MAS, and I think it definitely need
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by dperfect 11y ago
I might describe myself as an Apple fan boy, but I wholeheartedly agree with this. As one of the few technical people in my family, I get asked about problems with Photo Stream, iCloud, iTunes storage, etc. far more than anything else the
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Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris Attacks(nytimes.com)
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I agree with that. 16-bit color helps a lot (but doesn't completely eliminate the risk of throwing away data), and the approach you mentioned (correction vs grading) is a valid exception to my point - though if you're doing that,
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by dperfect 11y ago
Different people use Photoshop in different ways, but here's some feedback with respect to curves vs levels: Curves can do everything that levels can do, and more. If you understand curves, you really shouldn't need to use levels,
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by dperfect 11y ago
I don't think anyone claimed that there was 1:1 relationship between the volume of this (or any other) fraud and a change in bitcoin's market cap. As far as bitcoin is concerned, the particular details of the fraud are entirely ir
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by dperfect 11y ago
I understand that, but it still doesn't make the trend any less "real" than trends seen from other drivers of price movement. To explain a bit more: If a merchant receives fraudulent credit card transactions, he/she coul
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by dperfect 11y ago
> There is nothing that can guarantee that this ride is real I'm not sure what you mean by "real" here. Even if demand is created from questionable/fraudulent sources, the transactions are just as real as any others.
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by dperfect 11y ago
Cruise control may encourage similar behavior (and contribute to decreased reaction time), but the fact that cars naturally drift - even on straight roads - is a very effective reminder to drivers that their constant attention is required.

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