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by pudquick 15y ago
A better statement is: "Apple is not intentionally recording your moves." What they're instead doing is, when possible, retrieving cell network / SkyHook (wifi) data about Lat./Long. for towers/APs that your device can see and when it las
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by pudquick 16y ago
The majority of the OS X -specific aspects have to do with how it launches (launchd .plist files) and how it automagically resolves .dev domains (using /etc/resolver - see: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin... )
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by pudquick 16y ago
This is a bit of a moot point, as far as Apple is concerned. "[...] It is completely backward compatible with DisplayPort v1.1a and requires no new cables or other equipment [...]" - Bill Lempesis, VESA Executive Director. A 1.2 device will
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by pudquick 16y ago
Yeah, except that I've got settings like disabling image previews and such turned on (similar to the old reddit style) that don't take effect when you do that.
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by pudquick 16y ago
Speaking as a long-time reddit user - yes, I remember when it was originally catering to the developer/coder/sysadmin community. But I also knew that those interests are held by only a fraction of users on the internet. I completely underst
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by pudquick 16y ago
There are some page transition effects that are new as well. Not sure what browser you need to be using to see them, but I'm using Safari. When I load the "Mac" section, the icons for the various models of Mac sort of spring outwards to fil
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by pudquick 16y ago
I think an unspoken aspect to that principle, but very much along the same thought lines as the article, is: Try something new, don't try to shoehorn this product into your existing method. "Configurability is the root of all evil" because
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by pudquick 16y ago
And $50/2yr for wildcards from StartSSL is nothing to sneeze at! Very nice recommendation, will definitely be checking them out.
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by pudquick 16y ago
... which in turn reminded me of the Vanish project http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/research.html which leveraged both OpenDHT and Vuze's (aka Azureus) DHT to store data (specifically: redundantly stored encryption keys, with the intent o
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by pudquick 16y ago
Agreed on this point - it was the first thing I looked for. I was hoping to use this site as an alternate view into HN to find semi-recent submissions covering specific topics. In addition, it might be nice to expose the popularity of the a
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by pudquick 16y ago
Given that this was sent via the web, I'm guessing there was a trick or bug involved. It is true that on twitter you can send more "data"/bits using unicode multi-byte as the twitter limit is 140 characters - regardless of byte length. But
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by pudquick 16y ago
... as is running a VM instance of OS X on anything but the following: VM OS X Server (guest) on an OS X Server (host).
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by pudquick 17y ago
Well, if a 10 year old can make it with the help of his dad: http://adzoe.8m.com/Aerogelsa.htm ... then yes, I would hope it's getting cheaper.
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by pudquick 17y ago
Because it means with <single piece of secret info>, your entire customer base's worth of passwords is now decrypted. You've now gone from "Even if we get attacked, we've chosen a provably difficult / secure storage method. The dama
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by pudquick 17y ago
Registered just so I could post it. Thanks for giving me the excuse. If you're on Windows / OS X (and even under Linux, the Windows utility has a Gold rating in wine), I'd recommend the Airport Express: http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/