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by mirkules 15y ago
That was just one part of the statement, and I agree with that general sentiment. However: "There are certainly some advantages to how iOS work, but this view is too focused on one specific detail to be useful, and glosses over actual simi
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by mirkules 15y ago
The point is that openness is irrelevant in this discussion. I really don't understand why the auhor of the post attempts to wage the open-vs-closed war, except to distract from the real issue: Android's UI is laggy.
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by mirkules 15y ago
This post basically amounts to: "There is no problem with graphics on android, it was designed to work this way because of the open nature of android, and other excuses" Well, the design is broken then. Clearly, it is possible to achieve a
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by mirkules 15y ago
What is actually more offensive to me is the tracking. Ads, I can choose to ignore them. But I don't like the idea of being tracked, and having my every move online watched under a microscope in the name of selling me a targeted product. Th
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by mirkules 15y ago
We could categorize ads into value-added, passive ads versus brute-force, active ads. Passive ads don't only push a product, but provide some useful content for the user, be it music discovery or news aggregation (I guess calling it intelle
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by mirkules 15y ago
At best, it's a stretch to go from in-your-face, unsolicited advertisements to "promotional vehicle" which we all use willingly. In addition, there is a value associated with this website that you just don't get from ads.
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by mirkules 15y ago
Hey thanks for mentioning Ghostery -- I never heard of it before, and it looks neat. I'm using ABP, NoScript and FlashBlock myself, and I think Ghostery will make a nice addition to my line of defense. (minor nitpick: it would take roughly
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by mirkules 15y ago
You're right, it was a bad example. I just looked through the book I referenced, this is what it said (p. 126): "...a beached whale will die from an overdose of gravity... The whale's diaphragm and rib muscles aren't strong enough to expand
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by mirkules 15y ago
Do you have Javascript turned off, in particular, google.com? Disallowing google.com only gives me search results. (gstatic.com is irrelevant, I think)
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by mirkules 15y ago
Humans can withstand much more than 2.4Gs although the time is exponentially and inversely proportional (for example, 3Gs is a space shuttle launch for a number of minutes, 10Gs is the maximum force allowed during space capsule landing, but
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by mirkules 15y ago
That's interesting. From what I understood of the article, to portray an existing object, they emit a constant sound, and the shape of the object modifies the sound which makes a unique sound (which is then transformed into an image by the
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by mirkules 15y ago
It could depend on the reviewer, or the app could have been grandfathered in before that policy went into effect? All I know is our client's app got rejected with that as the reason (ours was rated 9+)
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by mirkules 15y ago
This one is interesting. If your app does something more than just tethering, it will likely be approved. Your app should change the data in some way for the receiving machine. Automotive telematics systems do this already, for example they
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by mirkules 15y ago
Here's one to add: if your app has a in-app purchase of more than $100, your app HAS to be rated 18+ because of a fear of teenagers can run up their parents' credit card bills. It's somewhat unfair because 18+ means adult content, but an ap
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by mirkules 15y ago
This is a fantastic list! Thank you for putting this together. Question: can you elaborate on what this means exactly, and why it's necessary? "If you use encryption, you have registered with BIS and can provide documentation."
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by mirkules 15y ago
How do they know if someone opted out if their phone is off? Do they divide the number of cell phones by the total number of people in the mall? What if I forget my cell phone in the car or at home? Am I considered an "opt-out"? When I see
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by mirkules 15y ago
Take note: this is a great example of how customer service should be handled. 1) Explain what went wrong and why 2) Explain the countermeasures and how long it will take (obviously, they didn't meet their goal -- in that case, a note explai
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by mirkules 15y ago
Huh. I didn't know about the punctuation marks. That IS smart. Thanks!
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by mirkules 15y ago
If you really need to receive a test email, you can always use @mailinator.com (just make sure it's not sensitive info). Mailinator is a disposable, publicly viewable email address mostly useful for one-time account registrations, especiall
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by mirkules 15y ago
Not sure if anybody noticed, but the picture of Patrick B (the kid/man inside the box) has stamped on it "Berlin West" in 1982 and simply "Berlin" in 2011. I also love how the author kept the proportions of the images almost identical, exce
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by mirkules 15y ago
If that's true, and they manage to crack your password, then they will hold you accountable for two crimes :)
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by mirkules 15y ago
I know next to nothing about advertising online, so please don't think I'm being facetious by asking this: what is the actual rate of display ads vs. people that click and buy stuff directly resulting from that ad? From what I heard it's su
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Apparent cyberattack destroys pump at Ill. water utility(computerworld.com)
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by mirkules 15y ago
Hm, I just tried it, but it didn't crash. What's the trick?
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by mirkules 15y ago
I too found that Mobile Safari on my 3GS using iOS 5 crashes quite often, and you don't need 100MB to do it. For example, the Tim O'Reilly Apple opinion on Google+ causes it to crash on a consistent basis ( https://plus.google.com/107033731
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by mirkules 15y ago
I thought one of the selling points of these machines was that they result in shorter lines and quicker security screenings??
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by mirkules 15y ago
I think this is what the author meant. Any desktop mail app does't block on send, why should a web app?
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by mirkules 15y ago
The solution, of course, is to stifle our nation's genius so that nobody can steal it. Nice Highlander metaphor, btw.
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by mirkules 15y ago
Is there a possibility to craft a Siri server reply with malicious code? Shouldn't be too hard for the applidium guys to attempt (maybe even use a fuzzer?)
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by mirkules 15y ago
Heh, I do the exact same thing. Especially with Ikea furniture - I would tape the wrenches, manuals, etc somewhere not easily noticeable. Another thing I do is behind my TV, or in the back of my computer, I create little paper tags that I t

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