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by rloc 10y ago
>> "He really said that?" http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/05/08/beats "The problem with this theory is that those licenses (to my understanding) aren’t transferable in the even
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by rloc 10y ago
I remember when Gruber was telling us that Apple was not buying Beats for the streaming service and its associated contracts. The truth is Apple acquired Beats almost solely for this asset. This move makes totally sense if you consider that
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by rloc 10y ago
Apple is A/B testing if it's the right time to make macOs even more like iOS with this change (small radio button but huge consequence). Looks like people are not happy with it so they'll probably roll it back but until when
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by rloc 10y ago
This is huge. As an ex-Microsoft, I really don't understand that move. It doesn't make any sense. If the goal is to compete with the like of Facebook, I don't think it'll work as Linkedin is a business network. It makes
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by rloc 10y ago
Right, I didn't notice at first. http://introjs.com/#commercial Looks like if you use it as part of a commercial product, you have to pay the license.
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by rloc 11y ago
Cool stuff (plus they're French !). I wonder how this works with a standard thick notebook (with hard cover). Can I just put the slate beneath it ? And you still need to carry the slate. One concern though, it's only made for App
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by rloc 11y ago
I personally prefer paper. The idea is nice but reaching a perfect product is hard. I won't buy this, some thoughts: - the pen is too big and low quality. It makes click noises when writing. - you can't use any pen you want and wr
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by rloc 11y ago
Interesting that my mandrill dashboard shows I can send 62000 emails "absolutely free". I'm on the free tier.
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by rloc 11y ago
I disagree with some other comments. I think it is totally possible that Apple removes Uber from their Store. That's the danger of all the "closed" and "restricted" app stores. 1- Uber has a web app that works on al
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by rloc 11y ago
> "NO, you will still do basic things in PHP, fill form, submit, store, display or do a boring API" The "basics things" power a lot of projects in today's tech world. E.g. Twitter is about filling a tweet form,
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by rloc 11y ago
I feel like Apple is intentionally over simplifying it for the purpose of this letter or maybe to push back on the FBI ask more easily. Apple could propose to secure access to the FBI using the same level of security that it uses to protect
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by rloc 11y ago
A lot, see that yet another recent study: http://www.talentsmart.com/articles/Multitasking-Damages-You... I use an Android phone that lasts consistently more than 2 days (Sony z3 compact). Of course I don't have F
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by rloc 11y ago
I'm not sure any OS really suffers from system crashes these days. The expected quality bar is now much higher (Fyi: I use Windows, Mac and Debian every day).
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by rloc 11y ago
I'm on the last El Capitan. Actually I have to restart the Finder every few days because the network drives either disappear or are no longer reachable. Sometimes the shortcuts disappear as well especially the ones that are located on
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by rloc 11y ago
It worked, the story is ranked 3 right now on HN.
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by rloc 11y ago
No Android app ? Is it planned ?
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by rloc 11y ago
Yes thanks. This looks more like a documentation than a blog. I meant there is nothing more personal like here is how we migrated our app x to Swift (real world examples) with: - What was challenging ? - Lessons learned - Performance meas
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by rloc 11y ago
It is hard and costly to rewrite an app, even for Apple. In this case it means learning new skills (or hiring new devs). This is huge and will probably take years to be adopted. They could also force it at some point by releasing new APIs w
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by rloc 11y ago
I don't understand how people manage to log every purchase they make and keep on a budget (this app is no different). I find it so inefficient and time consuming. I can't even plan a budget. I prefer to focus on how much money I c
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by rloc 11y ago
Thanks for sharing this and keep trying ! I've been also working alone on a project for 3 years in my spare time (SaaS). I'll soon switch full time on it. News are usually full of startup stories funded with millions. As readers w
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by rloc 11y ago
> and will keep it until it breaks Or until it becomes too slow after an OS upgrade.
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by rloc 11y ago
In France working 35h/week is actually enforced by law. I personally think it's good for productivity (France is still considered a very productive country, more than Germany for instance) but this law remains regularly critiziced
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by rloc 11y ago
My solution is to build habits. I wear only 3 things, wallet, keys and phone each always in the same pants pocket. When one's missing I notice right away. When I remove them from the pants they're always gathered in the same place
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by rloc 11y ago
Not always true. I'll soon leave my job in one of the biggest US software company. I'm very happy there and love working with so many clever minds. But the reason I'm leaving is to pursue something else in my life. I want to
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by rloc 11y ago
1% paid conversion rate when featured, that's really low. 6% for free downloads is not that high either. This reminds us how hard it is to earn decent revenue from app stores.
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by rloc 11y ago
There are dumb ads on the internet, look for "The Deck" network. They claim they make decent money without targeting neither tracking users.
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by rloc 11y ago
I tried Google for a few days. I admit the notification telling me when to leave work to arrive on time for my next appointment with the best route was impressive when I saw it first (the AI behind at least). But quickly I stopped using it
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by rloc 11y ago
Yes that's exactly what I experienced. A knowledge repository built upon who fights harder and who gives up first (in most cases due to lack of time arguing for every sentence) is kind of broken.
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by rloc 11y ago
I tried once or twice to edit articles but was quickly rejected by editors that usually believe they sort of "own" the content. I've quickly become demotivated as explained in the analysis and never contributed again. Another
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by rloc 11y ago
But do we know if it's still in use in the new app (probably...) ? The libraries were introduced a long time ago and were probably first developed for the iPhone. For this new app they outsourced the effort despite the fact that they a

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