jclardy

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by jclardy 9y ago
I must have missed the part of Netflix ToS that gives me ownership of all their content for $9.99 a month. I do agree with you for purchases that have DRM, but this is a subscription service - you watch when you pay, not when you don't
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by jclardy 9y ago
Yeah, if this laptop were cheaper I could forgive that. But it is 2017, this laptop starts at $1k and quickly rises but only has USB3 and mini display port. Change the mDP to Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C and i'd be sold. Or drop the propriet
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by jclardy 9y ago
For like 95% of apps the $99 yearly developer fee more than covers the storage and distribution. A terabyte of data transfer is about $100 on S3, most apps are a few MB at most and will never reach that many downloads in a year, even with r
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by jclardy 9y ago
If we still lived in 2008 this is relevant. But it is now 2017, server costs are so close to zero for an app binary download, and credit card transactions can be had for 2.9% + 30 cents with Stripe. App visibility used to be a bonus, but to
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by jclardy 10y ago
I'm not in the aerospace industry, but couldn't it deploy a parachute in the case of power loss? Or are the batteries too heavy? Also, what about helicopters? I guess the pilot might still have control after losing power because t
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by jclardy 10y ago
This is the more likely scenario.
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by jclardy 10y ago
Don't vending machines have the ability to check by weight/size? Couldn't a bank just have that in their counting machine? If you have like 50% fakes it is going to look fishy.
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by jclardy 10y ago
When amazon delivers things via Prime Now they typically come in brown paper grocery bags. Obviously when handing things off to UPS/USPS/FedEx you can't really do that. Though I will say recently I have had some things shippe
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by jclardy 10y ago
Your post makes it sound like the only place for tech jobs is the Bay Area...which I find is not true as an east coast remote. I mean, yeah if you move to rural South Dakota you won't find much, but there are plenty of growing tech cen
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by jclardy 10y ago
Yeah it can do all the follow/tracking/orbiting automatically. And also follow the controller signal as well (the others rely on image processing.) The only things it is missing are waterproofing and throwing it up in the air to t
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by jclardy 10y ago
Replace "code review" with automated static analysis and a 5 minute run through of the app and you are spot on.
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by jclardy 10y ago
I don't think we can really judge by the sales after launch, the real test will be holiday 2017 when it is competing with PS4 and XB1 (scorpio?) for holiday sales. I think Nintendo's biggest problem right now is pricing. $300 isn&
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by jclardy 10y ago
Hmm, I have to disagree here. I'm actually really excited about the Joy-Con's and the Switch's portability. Mainly because you take the tablet with you and you have the ability to do same-screen co-op just like that. For a ga
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by jclardy 10y ago
Hmm, that is an interesting thought, but at most gas stations I've been to the pumps have about three car widths between them, at worst, two and a half. Also being on the driver side judging distance to the pump right next to you is a
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by jclardy 10y ago
I think his point was being able to watch them without using a TV and antenna. I don't see why you would pay $35 a month though when you could get something like an HDHomerun and plug an antenna up to it. Or use an antenna, digital tun
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by jclardy 10y ago
I don't disagree, but is there really a problem with that if you get the design you want for the price you want? If you are talking something like a couch, then yeah you will have problems. But I have an Ikea table I use as a desk that
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by jclardy 10y ago
It is really a chicken and egg problem. We need more affordable hardware to create a market for the software, but to create the software we need that market to already exist. The only real solution is for the VR hardware manufacturers to in
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by jclardy 10y ago
I've used bitrise for about the past year as an iOS dev at a fairly small company. I really have no complaints with the service. Super easy to setup and maintain an app on there. Also a ton of integrations (Slack, cocoapods, carthage,
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by jclardy 10y ago
I think they are saying someone will pay for support, use it, then cancel the subscription. The assumption there is that you offer a refund for the service, which I don't think is necessary (Especially once they have used a support inq
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by jclardy 10y ago
The switch has a USB-C port though, which would be more than enough bandwidth for debugging. Mobile dev's have lived with USB 2.0 connections for building games just fine. The problem is likely just that it becomes easier to install th
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by jclardy 10y ago
It is interesting to me that you (and many others) associate cars with freedom. I think in a way it is ingrained into American culture (at least for people that grew up in the suburbs or further out) - getting your drivers license is a rite
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by jclardy 10y ago
I think the difference is that film has archival formats to keep them around. If you have a film reel you can rescan it for a new format, whether it be VHS, Betamax, DVD, Bluray, HD-DVD or whatever is next. For software we have the source c
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by jclardy 10y ago
Not OP, but I replied above - basically I never used HDMI other than plugging in my monitor, only at my desk. Now I plug in power, 4k display, keyboard and speakers with a single cable, so a much better solution for my setup (Especially con
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by jclardy 10y ago
I own one and I agree it is great. These seem to be the issues others have with it: 1. The price - Personally I don't think it is justified to essentially bump the "actual" MBP (meaning touchbar and 29w processor) by $500 for
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by jclardy 10y ago
Paid apps are essentially dead on iOS and Android, thanks to both of their terrible policies. Both search algorithms for each platform place way to much weight on volume (downloads, ratings, reviews) over other attributes which they could t
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by jclardy 10y ago
I guess what I'm really asking (given the original subject of the post being declining Mac sales) is who is going to buy it? You can buy a Chromebook with a 13" IPS touchscreen that looks better than the Air for $250. The air is a
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by jclardy 10y ago
It is, but should we really count a laptop with a horrible looking TN panel, 1440x900 resolution, and a processor two generations behind that costs $1k to be a viable option for people? That laptop should cost $700 max in 2017. The only rea
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by jclardy 10y ago
I have one as my main machine. I use the touchbar about as much as I used the function keys...so almost never. Well that isn't entirely true as I use it for volume all the time which I do like better than just having a key. Also TouchI
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by jclardy 10y ago
As far as AIO's go they are great, especially with the 5k display, but the main issue is that Apple doesn't spec bump them. It has been 472 days since the last iMac update and it will likely be at least until spring before we hear
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by jclardy 10y ago
Yeah, discontinuing the Air is crazy. The "entry level" laptop from Apple now (excluding their late-year models they kept around) is now $1299 and features a Core M3 processor. For people with a 2014+ Air that is a downgrade in pe

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