jmgrosen

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by jmgrosen 12y ago
My phone has wireless charging; I used to use it, but I eventually switched back to wired charging. Why? Two reasons, which I think are the biggest ones that explain why wireless hasn't completely taken over wired: efficiency and relia
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
That's an interesting response, though this blog post seems to refute its statement that it's only done when the user explicitly turns on Mi Cloud.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
In addition to the other commentors' responses, I'd like to point something out: when you use Verizon to send an SMS, you know that they can read it (and may or may not actually store it), whereas in this case, it was being done
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Did you guys change your name from Pwnies? Too bad, I liked that name :( Glad to see you're still actively developing this, though -- I've used it more than once :)
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
A great resource is PicoCTF, which, although designed for high schoolers, is a pretty good way to get into the scene: https://picoctf.com (It was from PicoCTF that I went from knowing nearly nothing about security to qualifying
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Hm, do you know how? I'd guess certificate pinning, which would be rather prudent of them, but I'm not sure.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
As a dissenting opinion, I like this pattern. I generally don't move my mouse over something unless I want to interact specifically with it.
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All Children Should Be Delinquents(nytimes.com)
73 points by jmgrosen 12y ago|75 comments
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Not working for me on Chrome 37 OS X, interestingly enough. Error in console is 'Uncaught ReferenceError: gapi is not defined'. My bet is on an HTTP/HTTPS discrepancy, but I'm not sure.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
You should try some "real" hacking some time! That is, the kind the scary-looking criminals do, but for good (or simply fun). CTFs are probably the best way to get started -- check out PicoCTF, one specifically for high schoolers.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Eh, I suppose I could do that; I did have a Facebook account for a couple years, but I deactivated it a couple months ago, mainly over privacy concerns[0]. I could create a new account specifically for this, but I'd be worried that I&#
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Of course, there are those of us that don't use Facebook... ...but I guess we're in the minority :) Cool effort, in any case. I'd definitely join if I used FB.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
As someone currently working on a type inference scheme himself (although for a completely different purpose) and who is a Rust programmer, this sure was an interesting article! The inner type theorist in me says that losing any amount of e
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
I've often seen OCaml compared to F#; as someone who knows Haskell and Rust (among others), which is better to learn? I'm not really a Windows guy, which makes me think OCaml, but I've seen that Xamarin now works with F#, whi
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
It's probably a case of selection bias as well :) Most of my friends are the nerdy programmer types, so perhaps it's natural that we're not interested much in cars (although I feel that sentiment among my not-so-geeky friends
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
I can certainly anecdotally confirm this. The only reason I'm even in the process of getting my license is because my parents want me to, and many of my peers are similar in that regard. Additionally, when my dad got a new car recently
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
I don't think he means ABI in this strict sense, but just in terms of API compatibility.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Perhaps more comparable to the comprehensions shown in this post would be generator comprehensions: list(p.first_name + " " + p.last_name for p in people) dict((p.first_name + " " + p.last_name, p) for p in peo
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
What don't you like about the native client for Spotify? I (on OS X) find it quite nice, actually. (Maybe you're speaking of the Linux client, which I haven't used in a while.)
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
If it were unlimited music streaming, that'd be pretty much fine. However, it's not -- it's free music stream for a particular six services .
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
T-Mobile customers will be much more likely to stay with the established brand (e.g. Spotify) because they get free data for it, whereas an indie-Spotify, because it is smaller and doesn't have the awareness, doesn't have a deal w
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Virtual Reality and The Future of the Web [video](air.mozilla.org)
2 points by jmgrosen 12y ago|0 comments
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
(No, I'm not the author.) Code: https://github.com/evil0sheep/qtwayland-motorcar-compositor Thesis: https://github.com/evil0sheep/MastersThesis/raw/master/thesi... Defense Slid
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Wayland 3D Compositor with Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra [video](youtube.com)
95 points by jmgrosen 12y ago|27 comments
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
How you implement that channel operator is really hacky. I love it.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
I guess my primary question was whether apps can define their own actions -- can they, or is there an Apple-controlled set?
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Hm, that doesn't sound too bad. Do you say a certain extension "implements" a certain type of action or something? E.g. the Bing translate implements "com.apple.action.translate.web" and thus when Safari asks for ac
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
If I'm understanding the article correctly, the only extensions iOS allows are keyboards, document pickers, photo editors, sharing services, widget things, and "action extensions." Assuming the action extensions aren't a
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
If you have discoverable mode on, sure. But typically that's specifically user-activated and only lasts for a couple of minutes.
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by jmgrosen 12y ago
Anecdotally, I've taken notes in my math classes using org-mode + LaTeX snippets for the last two years, and I feel like I'm learning the material better this way. I can look up background knowledge around a subject, view an alter

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