ryanpetrich

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1. 391.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   well, run a busy loop and something that works the GPU and network activity
2. 392.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   Swapping the drive on my aluminium MacBook requires removing one screw. I wonder why Apple's new designs don't include this?
3. 393.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   That is very good advice.
4. 394.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   London Stock Exchange?
5. 395.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   When's your Hacker News iPhone app coming out then?
6. 396.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   well, page-by-page technically
7. 397.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   Rotation is a system-provided feature. Apps that require the accelerometer access it directly; apps that require landscape would still be able to force that orientation (and would work as they do today)
8. 398.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   you're welcome.
9. 399.▲
   by ryanpetrich 17y ago

   I don't think those are on the list of fixes in 3.1; sounds like a carrier issue. Try removing and reinserting the SIM while the iPhone is on.
10. 400.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    There is no garbage collector.
11. 401.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    Unless you happen to be 4chan
12. 402.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    Perhaps now we'll finally get support for Canadian Banks?
13. 403.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    Agreed, this isn't a marketing issue but a security policy issue.
14. 404.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    Perhaps a mandatory nag screen at startup for binaries generated with the evaluation edition?
15. 405.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    Tell that to users that have to download the flash player to access your client's project
16. 406.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    GetTickCount() wraparound bug.
17. 407.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    I think whether the stack is executable depends on your compile flags (or rather, some bits set in the mach-o headers that the nested_functions compilation option sets) Some user databases are in fact readable/writable: /User/Library/Addres
18. 408.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    I'm rather amused by the women beaming with confidence as they proclaim "I'm on Alesse"... took me awhile to figure out it was birth control
19. 409.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    I wonder what sort of optimization Scala is employing ;)
20. 410.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    PowerShell isn't too bad, but the standard Windows cmd application+language is just horrible
21. 411.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    It's actually pretty simple to A/B test on App Store apps: 1. Prepare two versions of each feature you want to test 2. Generate random integer on first launch 3. Save to NSUserDefaults 4. Present A/B based on the value of a particular bit i
22. 412.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    The IT Crowd wins again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rNgCnY1lPg&feature=fvst
23. 413.▲
    by ryanpetrich 17y ago

    A couple mistakes in the article: The stack actually is executable on firmware 3.0, at least on my iPhone 3G S User databases are actually accessible directly from sandboxed applications (the frameworks are just wrappers around SQLite or wh