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by reidmain 13y ago
Reddit has given me a cynical view when someone points out "This has been posted before!". I apologize jacquesm.
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by reidmain 13y ago
Good call. I hadn't thought of that. Reddit has given me a cynical outlook when someone points out that something is a "repost".
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by reidmain 13y ago
So everyone who started visiting Hacker News 352 days ago shouldn't get to see this on HN?
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Aside from geeks, who cares that Android is 'open'?(ben-evans.com)
3 points by reidmain 13y ago|0 comments
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by reidmain 13y ago
Neither Sony or Microsoft have told me why I need to buy one of their next-gen consoles. I own a PS3, Xbox 360 and a gaming PC. The 360 came first and combined with Xbox Live it became my default gaming device. Probably 60% of my games are
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Introducing the Tweetium Model(davekilljoy.com)
2 points by reidmain 13y ago|0 comments
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by reidmain 14y ago
Good point. A quick Google search doesn't seem to bring up any laws that prevent employers from using polygraph results in determining whether to hire or fire someone.
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How to approach iOS icon design(davekilljoy.com)
2 points by reidmain 14y ago|0 comments
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by reidmain 14y ago
In most countries polygraph tests are inadmissible in court. They are typically used in criminal investigations as a way to make suspects feel uneasy so investigators can pick up visual tells.
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by reidmain 14y ago
Friend of mine had her ticket timeout twice because Google Checkout and Wallet kept breaking. How do they still have these problems after all these years?
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by reidmain 14y ago
How come it is always "Designers Will Code" and never "Developers Will Design"? Is there some sort of assumption that it is easier to teach a designer to write code than have a developer learn to design? In my experience the best designers
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by reidmain 14y ago
The first difference I picked up on was lowercase r's. Lowercase Helvetica characters never end on an angle. They are always flat and either parallel on the bottom or the edge of the screen. Toyota was a pure guess for me.
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by reidmain 14y ago
I'm confused. How is that any easier? It's six of one, half dozen of the other. I'd much prefer to write Objective-C code than pure C.
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by reidmain 14y ago
That is almost the exact experience I had. I got 17/20 and the ones I screwed up all had capital letters. I couldn't see any difference between Mattel and Toyota.
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by reidmain 14y ago
Well in this case I subclassed them so I could have the backing data source only weakly reference the items in the dictionary/array and because I subclassed them I can use them wherever NSDictionary or NSArray is an accepted parameter. Appl
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by reidmain 14y ago
From Foundation? NSDictionary, NSArray and NSOperation instantly jump to mind.
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by reidmain 14y ago
I'm 100% with you. I used nibs a lot when I started out but now I've slowly drifted away from them. The only thing I use them for is setting the frame so I can get a general idea of the layout of the view. Sometimes I'll set a few propertie
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by reidmain 14y ago
They are XML now but they are so volatile that merging is still a pain in the ass.
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by reidmain 14y ago
And you've listed about 90% of the things I usual end up subclassing because I've hit some limitation. Also I wasn't talking specifically about UIKit. Foundation is another great framework that I've subclassed many times. It's not perfect b
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by reidmain 14y ago
UIKit is designed to be built upon. A lot of Apple stuff may be a black box but it is designed to be subclassed. This is really an all or nothing affair. Either this works perfectly for you or you are shit out of luck and you have to compro
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by reidmain 14y ago
Are there any examples of really successful big name projects using third-party UI frameworks that cost money? Anything I use in my apps has to be open source in case either I come across limitations or support is dropped. I can't create a
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by reidmain 14y ago
I'm very curious how much Pixate differs from NUI. I looked into doing something like this and it seems like a pretty straight forward idea. Map CSS properties to UIView properties. It felt like it was lot of brute force work. Creating a pa
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by reidmain 14y ago
I absolutely loved the HFR version. It felt weird for the first scene but after that it was a subtle addition similar to how 3D wasn't gimmicky for Avatar.
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by reidmain 14y ago
Does it take you out of the app or bring up a part of the other app which you use to share and then dismiss and you are back exactly where you were before you attempted to share?
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by reidmain 14y ago
This isn't just for those people running Retina MacBook Pros. iPhone 4 and up, iPad 3 and up and certain Android devices would benefit from Retina assets. It's not a tiny fraction of the market.
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by reidmain 14y ago
Ah I see the disconnect. You're talking about Android running my microwave. I was thinking about consumer electronics like phones and tablets. While I agree a lot more devices will be running a more complicated OS with increased capabilitie
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by reidmain 14y ago
So what happens in Android with those apps? Your app opens your App.net client of choice?
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by reidmain 14y ago
Twitter and Facebook is integrated at a OS level with iOS. A few lines of code gets me access to the user's accounts (with their permission of course).
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by reidmain 14y ago
"I imagine we'll start to see more of this behavior in the future." I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this. Do you mean consumers will use/buy older Android devices for very specific tasks? I think the exact opposite of this will happen
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by reidmain 14y ago
The adoption rate of the latest version of Android may not be that high but does anyone know how MANY devices are running 4.0 or higher? I routinely tout the high adoption rate of iOS devices and how it justifies increasing the minimum iOS

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