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901.
by emsy 10y ago
Google has a terrible track record when it comes to protecting their user's privacy (and security to a second degree)
902.
by emsy 10y ago
It depends what you're developing for. These days, a lot of developers are web or app developers and for this purpose, Windows is terrible. Most app and web dev tools fit neatly into a *nix environment. You can get up and running with
903.
by emsy 10y ago
Here's an interesting take on the development of Twitter by Jonathan Blow. https://youtu.be/k56wra39lwA?t=448 I wondered about this before I saw this video as well. For all their dev capacity, Twitter is arguably a pr
904.
by emsy 10y ago
I'm interested how much of his articles you've read. Judging from his articles, he doesn't seem shallow minded to me. He is always able to raise clear and reasonable points in his articles. I wouldn't say he has insight
905.
by emsy 10y ago
On his Blog he wrote some insightful articles about how and why Trump will win. Unlike the mainstream media, he got it right. So I count at least two accomplishments.
906.
by emsy 10y ago
For me too. Whenever I do need something from Quora I disable their register coercion with a ?share=fuckyou query param. However, most non tech-users I know will simply enter their email and a password because it's so simple and they d
907.
by emsy 10y ago
You can install Alexa on a raspberry pi and make it so the mic only turns on when a button is pressed.
908.
by emsy 10y ago
That's possible, but VLC doesn't have a good UI for browsing your music library. Grove Music was good at this, but it was bought by Microsoft and imho has since regressed.
909.
by emsy 10y ago
Only if you want to spin it that way. You can also afford an iPhone and choose not to buy one because of the price (e.g. because you can get the same raw specs cheaper). But yes, there are people that can't afford an iPhone and I don&#
910.
by emsy 10y ago
Yeah iTunes makes transfering libraries or switching PCs unnecessarily tedious. I've had a lot of problems with it. I also think Apple's product decisions (hard- and software-wise) are becoming more dubious, which is why I was loo
911.
by emsy 10y ago
>What can we do? Buy an iPhone. No really. I was looking to switch to Android, but even after briefly reading up on security/privacy on Android, I came to the same conclusion. It's too bad iPhones are pricey and/or despise
912.
by emsy 10y ago
Dart is such a great and modern language, it's a pitty it isn't more popular. I'd love to see Dart as a general purpose scripting language that's easily embeddable, like Lua.
913.
by emsy 10y ago
I'm in the same boat. Due to Apple's most recent product decisions I'm losing confidence and I'm starting to look elsewhere. After reading up on the current state of Android and especially how to increase privacy and sec
914.
by emsy 10y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines
915.
by emsy 10y ago
I'm in the market for a new phone, and I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place. Android is a privacy disaster, but Apple's latest pricing and product decision make it unlikely to buy another iPhone.
916.
by emsy 10y ago
I saw the headline and went to Gruber's site curious how he will vindicate for Apple. He argues that it might be intended as learning material for design students or as a collectible art piece. I think that's fair enough, even t
917.
by emsy 10y ago
Also, the article was written by a "mindfulness teacher" which should raise the question of the article's objectivity. How was this upvoted?
918.
by emsy 10y ago
Many webdev environments I've seen are resource hogs.
919.
by emsy 10y ago
The trade-in value is really low. They offer UP TO $650, but most models are valued lower. Not a good deal for consumers.
920.
by emsy 10y ago
Another weird thing: I have a 3DS and a 3DS XL but purchases can only be installed on 1 system. This is also a problem if your system breaks, because your games are tied to your console.
921.
by emsy 10y ago
It baffles me that Quora is so successful despite their closed approach. You can't use a pseudonym and can't see questions unless you login (there are workarounds, but I'm talking about normal users). They also seemingly bloc
922.
by emsy 10y ago
This is an unnecessary generalization. There are many thousand patients today that suffer from pain relievers that wreck up your bowels.
923.
by emsy 10y ago
This is literally the reasoning of the German Health Minister
924.
by emsy 10y ago
The problem is that I want such an app to exist (and thrive), but that history taught me not to get my hopes up when it comes to Google products. Chances are they will fail to gain a significant userbase and/or the product (better ye
925.
by emsy 10y ago
A bit cynical but that was my initial thought as well. It's sad because FaceTime exists for so long and is so easy to use and I'd really like to have an app that I can use with both of my parents (one Android, one iOS). But I see
926.
by emsy 10y ago
IMO you're unjustifiably downvoted. As a previous reply already said, other services rely on sms auth as well. So why is only Telegram critizised? You can see from previous HN top stories that the mistrust in this service seems especia
927.
by emsy 10y ago
It really depends. In this example they used JSON to basically create a new programming language. I know a couple of projects where a DSL is used for declarative parts of the project. For example in one projects they took one or more inputs
928.
by emsy 10y ago
Sure dependencies can become absurd (like the NPM left-pad story). But should we on the other hand always code everything from scratch? Where does it end?
929.
by emsy 10y ago
The question is: will they get people to actually buy Nest products anymore?
930.
by emsy 10y ago
I switched from Firefox to Chromium due to one major issue: For some reason, the memory and CPU usage become way to high after long running sessions. Only restarting the browser will resolve the problem. The problem is so severe that someti

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