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by philwebster 13y ago
With regards to FileVault for Mac, some friends who used to work as Geniuses at the Apple Store have mentioned having to request special software from corporate that would fix or recover FileVault in some way - they weren't clear and s
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by philwebster 13y ago
Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3958627
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by philwebster 13y ago
The problem is that Twitter was using real user accounts with made-up tweets. It's ok to make up tweets for the demo, but they should have also used fake accounts.
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by philwebster 13y ago
Yes, but they also used someone's profile picture, so I don't think that was the issue.
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by philwebster 13y ago
Very cool. If you're interested in this technology, you can get larger handheld air cannons that shoot big blasts of air quite far. (They're a ton of fun!) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_vortex_cannon
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by philwebster 13y ago
I'm not saying this is a good thing, but what if the drone gave out more warnings than tickets (ignoring the issue of delayed feedback) and based infractions on average speeds. If the tickets were reserved for seriously reckless offend
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by philwebster 13y ago
In case you're wondering about the cool status bars for Vim/tmux, it's Powerline: https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline
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by philwebster 13y ago
I have this ( http://www.amzn.com/B006W8U2WU ) flash drive and love it. It's much sturdier than the typical plastic drives and has a great simple design. Unfortunately it is only USB 2.0, so I wouldn't recommend it
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by philwebster 13y ago
It turns out the iOS Facebook app has this feature already under the sidebar > Find Friends > QR Code > Scan Code. The URL is in the form https://www.facebook.com/qr?id=########### . Unfortunately when I scanned cod
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by philwebster 13y ago
Facebook should include a QR code scanner in their app to do this. I rarely scan QR codes because I would rather type in a short URL than find some QR scanning app. (I realize Google's app can do this, but you end up in an in-app web b
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by philwebster 13y ago
This isn't that surprising. I've always assumed that logging out of any Google service will log me out of any other Google services I'm logged into (with that account). I do think they could make it more obvious what is going on behind the
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by philwebster 13y ago
Another reason to use LastPass is if you use multiple computers. (I use 5+ computers at work in tech support and 2+ at home.) Using 1Password would require that I install the desktop application on all of these computers, whereas with LastP
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by philwebster 13y ago
Agreed. I also miss being able to see photo titles for all of the displayed pictures. Now, in order to view the title, you must mouse over the photo which is a tedious task when there are hundreds of images.
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by philwebster 13y ago
If you're interested in the (imagined) implications of always-on recording devices, I'd recommend watching The Final Cut ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364343 ). Although it deals more with memories, the issues of privacy and behavior of th
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by philwebster 13y ago
Interesting, I just heard an interview [1] with Marty Cooper (inventor of the cell phone) who is working on a simplified phone for seniors called the Jitterbug. He mentioned that the phone has a dial tone to indicate that the phone has sign
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by philwebster 14y ago
I also use Safari pretty much exclusively because I like the UI over Chrome, but the one feature I love about Chrome is its tab closing/resizing. When a tab is closed, the remaining tabs resize and shift appropriately so that your mouse is
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by philwebster 14y ago
Udacity is another great online learning tool for your list. It's extremely approachable and I really appreciate the structure of each course. http://www.udacity.com
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by philwebster 14y ago
Someone on reddit made an auto-updating GIF which can be found here: http://primis.org/time/output.gif Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1aye8m/time/
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by philwebster 14y ago
Based on Google's previous app releases (YouTube, Gmail, Maps, ...) I wouldn't be surprised to see a native Google Calendar app instead.
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by philwebster 14y ago
I love Reeder for iOS/Mac and was relieved to see that the developer has plans to continue without Google. See https://twitter.com/reederapp/status/311995748482945025
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by philwebster 14y ago
I haven't used Fever personally, but I do know the popular Reeder RSS client for Mac and iOS has Fever support.
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by philwebster 14y ago
I'm going to echo the other commenters here and ask why House of Cards was a hugely bad decision. It's funny because just today I reactivated my Netflix account so I could watch the show. There is a problem here though. Because I'm sure I'l
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by philwebster 14y ago
Yes, very disorienting. I zig-zagged my way down the page, unsure of where to focus next. Kind of like the Facebook timeline, but without the little ticks to indicate where each section fit in the order.
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by philwebster 14y ago
Thank you, American Gods sounds great! It didn't occur to me to look for audio dramas, but I have always liked them because I grew up listening to a show called Adventures in Odyssey that was extremely well done. (It was built around an ext
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Ask HN: What are your favorite audio books?
5 points by philwebster 14y ago|3 comments
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by philwebster 14y ago
It's a shame seeing such an interesting historic logo get replaced with one that has little personality and uniqueness. Something similar to the Starbucks logo redesign might have been more appropriate, keeping the idea of the original logo
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Pinokio, The Animatronic Lamp That Is Aware of Its Environment(creativeapplications.net)
6 points by philwebster 14y ago|0 comments
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by philwebster 14y ago
It's always surprising to me when developers give away their product for free when they launch. Seems like creating some buildup before the release by getting the game into reviewers' hands would be a better solution. When I see a deal like
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by philwebster 14y ago
I made this point in another comment, but here it is again: This product can be about much more than solving the problem of forgetting your keys. People with limited dexterity (such as my father, a quadriplegic) would love a product like th
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by philwebster 14y ago
There are more advantages to this than you realize. For instance, my father is a quadriplegic and has limited dexterity so it is extremely difficult for him to handle keys. If he wanted the ability to lock a door on his way out, it would be

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