tommymachine

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by tommymachine 6y ago
You’re kidding right? You think this is going to make a difference in the cut? The word you’re looking for by the way is “financially”. Fiscally is to do with taxes.
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by tommymachine 6y ago
Just thought this and came here to say the same. Well done then Epic.
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by tommymachine 6y ago
This all sounds very misguided on Fortnight's end.
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by tommymachine 6y ago
they don't have a price tier that goes negative
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by tommymachine 6y ago
You are confused. Apple never removes apps from users' devices simply because the new version did not pass review. Removing an app from the App Store, and removing it from user's devices are two very different things. When any app
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by tommymachine 6y ago
Kids take their phones with them everywhere. Location tracking is a huge differentiator between mobile/pc. Front & rear facing cameras are another. I am an app developer for iOS. It does directly affect me.
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by tommymachine 6y ago
hosting & review are just the beginning. They also maintain substantial support around the App Store. So their costs will scale with number of downloads, usage, purchases, etc, which is why their fee scales with it too.
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by tommymachine 6y ago
Beyond the obvious difference that Microsoft has a monopoly marketshare on PCs, and Apple has a minority marketshare of mobile devices, mobile devices are categorically different because they are always with you. This generates a whole diff
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by tommymachine 6y ago
You spend 130 a day on mass transit?
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by tommymachine 6y ago
https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/COVIDNet/COVID19_5.html This shows clear counter evidence to the claim of hospitalization rate being ~20% for all age groups. This CDC data shows a steep increase in the hospitalization r
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by tommymachine 6y ago
Efficiency is only material in terms of something. To provide a devils advocate to your last point, people could be most likely to respond on keyboards because a keyboard is an cost - efficient option for the majority of potential responde
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by tommymachine 7y ago
This should be sarcastic, but it seems like it’s not. “Just move your system files to Dropbox, and replace them with symlinks!” Sheesh!
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by tommymachine 7y ago
Lots of misunderstanding of how optionals are designed to work in this comment!
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by tommymachine 7y ago
By my reading of Munger, it’s not necessarily that people in general are optimistic, but rather that foolish optimism is one of the flavors of human misjudgment. Ever the practical ‘psychologist’, I don’t believe Munger focuses on diagnosin
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Ask HN: Developer Friendly App Development Contract Templates?
1 points by tommymachine 8y ago|0 comments
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The iCERT Portal System is currently unavailable(icert.doleta.gov)
3 points by tommymachine 8y ago|0 comments
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Mint is owned by Intuit, valued at 53.88B!
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Title should say "Mac App Store".
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by tommymachine 8y ago
same on Safari Version 12.0 (14606.1.36.1.9)
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by tommymachine 8y ago
not working on safari?
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Then we agree.
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by tommymachine 8y ago
They are two different companies. Apple had its share of turmoil during the 30 years it was a company prior to the success of iPhone. For instance, having around six months of money left to burn when acquiring NEXT in 1996. Tesla has been a
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Maybe if credit card processors started inventing platforms for software distribution and made them available and easy to use for anyone, they wouldn’t.
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Corollary being: can a PhD make up for lack of real world experience?
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Most guitars aren't in tune period [1]. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8EjCTb88oA
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by tommymachine 8y ago
They'll recognize the chords instantly, without even having to glance at the printed notes. In practice, these things are usually called "charts" or lead sheets (if they have a melody) because they chart out the changes, whic
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Apple can always threaten to walk away from China if they request something like that. Apple also doesn't play nice with the FBI over those kinds of requests. This fantasy of yours is just getting wilder and wilder
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by tommymachine 8y ago
A few misheard lyrics here or there is quite different from 9 / 10 notes having a different rhythm, as in the article's example.
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Maybe. But how bad would the user experience be if every time a user went to do an IAP, they were presented with a link to an external web page asking for their credit card information? Would that affect the security and privacy of the plat
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by tommymachine 8y ago
Sounds farfetched.

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