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WtfBeacon (how shortwave works)(medium.com)
1 points by siralonso 12y ago|0 comments
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Collaborative list of hackers around you(github.com)
3 points by siralonso 12y ago|1 comments
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by siralonso 12y ago
It's not totally clear to me if they were asked by Apple to do this, or if they're doing it proactively. Either way, it's a bummer. Fork while you can :-)
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by siralonso 12y ago
I like the concept a lot - I was on a thread about the Lyft perks of reddit gold, and a Lyft rep was doing an awesome job of answering questions, joking around, and customer support. I think if companies really understand the (unique) dynam
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by siralonso 12y ago
Not only does HN not support markdown, but it breaks links you write using markdown :) Really nice work. Question - if you generate the private keys client-side and use a password only to decrypt them for use (still client-side), wouldn&#x2
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by siralonso 12y ago
You're pretty much spot-on. When you submit to the App Store, they give you boxes to tick for each potentially offensive type of content. If you have a lot of user-generated content, you tend to tick boxes that apply to content you thi
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by siralonso 12y ago
Yeah! Firechat came out while we we were building Shortwave. They use the iOS multipeer API, which you should definitely check out. It can use infrastructure wifi, p2p wifi, or Bluetooth. The drawback is that it requires both apps to be in
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by siralonso 12y ago
Hi! I helped build Shortwave. There are some interesting limitations to the ibeacon and corebluetooth APIs that we used - corebluetooth can broadcast in the background (but not receive) while ibeacon can receive in the background (but not b
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Shortwave: iBeacon-powered messaging(getshortwave.com)
70 points by siralonso 12y ago|43 comments
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by siralonso 12y ago
Yikes. Thanks for the heads up! I've always thought that distributing to a geographically dispersed set of beta testers was the ideal use case for TestFlight, and had no idea that wasn't encouraged by Apple. Maybe we'll see s
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Show HN: We made an iBeacon-based messaging app called Earshot(getearshot.com)
2 points by siralonso 12y ago|2 comments
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The best no-internet message I've ever seen.(vine.co)
2 points by siralonso 12y ago|0 comments
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Why Popcorn Time Matters(medium.com)
1 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments
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Integrate siri without jailbreaking (via pennapps)(betterthansiri.com)
2 points by siralonso 13y ago|2 comments
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25 IOT examples that aren't home automation(blog.getrobin.com)
4 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments
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by siralonso 13y ago
Other people have given you this advice already: Play around with an arduino for a while until you get comfortable with the hardware/software interface. If you're looking to incorporate sensors, get a few breakout boards from spar
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by siralonso 13y ago
I used to be an aerospace engineer as well, so I couldn't resist writing up some thoughts: https://medium.com/geek-empire-1/b6be6db5f3c3
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Software isn't easy mode, it's a different level.(medium.com)
2 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments
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What's it like to have your app go viral?(quora.com)
1 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments
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Valet: A Realtime Server for Rapid Prototyping(buildinternet.com)
3 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments
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Getting Physical(medium.com)
1 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments
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Alonso-packing: an NP-hard problem (pull request)(github.com)
1 points by siralonso 13y ago|0 comments