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by vlozko 4y ago
I'm not sure how that's directly related to the issue of subprime borrowers but in my recollection this was a good change. It was a regulation that was costly and difficult for smaller banks to constantly adhere to while larger ba
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by vlozko 4y ago
A username (or email, same thing really) is required because there needs to be an identity to match a source of auth to.
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by vlozko 5y ago
I’m going to be that guy. It’s not “the Ukraine”, it’s just “Ukraine”. There’s a significant historical reason why this matters.
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by vlozko 5y ago
Strafe a pretty commonly used word when dealing with first/third person shooter video games. Probably self explanatory why more guys know it.
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by vlozko 5y ago
No joke there about how disorganized they are. At one point a couple of years ago I had 3 different recruiters simultaneously reach out to me to work for Audible for the same role. I wonder if their pay is partially commission-based and the
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by vlozko 5y ago
Assuming NSO would even allow itself to be purchased, various nations would get involved to prevent it. Too many national security issues on the line for them. If anything, Apple would be better off starting up a new office and try to hire
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by vlozko 5y ago
3 years lifespan for suspension is unacceptably and inexcusably short. No one is asking for parts immune from wear and tear but people should be able to expect at least a status quo.
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by vlozko 5y ago
I think it comes down to an ability for a company to recruit. They can't recruit someone in SF with a salary based on rural Canada's cost of living. The justification is that it's in the company's best interest to reduce
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by vlozko 5y ago
A lot? Certainly far more than I can ever get to. Even more on PS and PC. Not exactly sure what you're getting at.
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by vlozko 5y ago
This article reminded me of an experience I had as a developer for an online retailer. The product browse team, the one responsible for showing lists of products from searches, categories, brands, etc., had a slew of AB tests to see product
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by vlozko 5y ago
You’re correct in that SwiftUI is just another library built on top of Swift. SwiftUI heavily takes advantage of a relatively new Swift feature: result builders. So while SwiftUI code is technically Swift code, at times it does feel like a
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by vlozko 5y ago
Videos where you see that happening is usually because the drywall was built on studs spacing more than 16" on center. 16" on center is pretty universal and it takes a significantly larger amount of directed force to create such h
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by vlozko 5y ago
This is not explicitly true. They are allowed to create their an account separate from their personal one. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28242037
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by vlozko 5y ago
That's not what is meant by private APIs. There's a difference between the ability to call an API and getting a specific result of the API. What you're linking to are entitlements. The APIs for these entitlements are very muc
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by vlozko 5y ago
Whatever Republican’s views are on climate change, they’ve been consistently pro nuclear power.
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by vlozko 5y ago
If you build it, they will take it away from you. That's the European market for you and compounding legal issues like this make it a difficult one to foster innovation in. This strikes me differently from the App Store issues. There A
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by vlozko 5y ago
“User ID also includes your account password…”
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by vlozko 5y ago
Fakespot is a privacy nightmare: https://www.fakespot.com/privacy-policy Personal Information We Collect Identifiers: User ID: Such as screen name, handle, account ID, or other user- or account-level ID that can be used to
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by vlozko 5y ago
The exploit targets existing C code that did image decoding and used CoreFoundation to handle data reads. Blast door is Swift-based and likely very memory-safe. What I’m curious about is where the limits of BlastDoor are that it couldn’t co
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by vlozko 5y ago
I've had to deal with some on my own property. The best solution I found, short of replacing the layer of infested dirt, is to inject some concentrated glyphosate into its hollow center stalk closer to the root. It tends to be resilien
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by vlozko 5y ago
I assume you mean Japanese Knotweed? That stuff is nearly impossible to fully remove.
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by vlozko 5y ago
Prepaid doesn’t require a social security number. And postpaid plans with poor credit already require a deposit. It’s been like this for decades.
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by vlozko 5y ago
> Why should T-Mobile care who it is they are giving phone service to? As long as the bills are paid on time, it shouldn't matter. Here's my order ID and my password Therein lies the problem. Phones these days are sold on loans
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by vlozko 5y ago
Is there a reason that these social security numbers are persisted? I can understand the need to do a credit check for a new customer but after? The only use case I can possibly come up with is for customers looking to add additional lines
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by vlozko 5y ago
In light of all the details that has come out with regards to buying out Instagram to prevent them from being a competitor, it's a massive uphill regulatory approval climb even if money is not an issue.
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by vlozko 5y ago
I think you’re referring to the TV and movie ads banner at the top? There’s a technical reason for it and a pretty simple fix. That banner shows for whatever app you have in the top left corner of your apps list. To fix it, all you would ha
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by vlozko 5y ago
It means if you’re using CarPlay, you can charge the phone and the MagSafe. It’s trying to say that it’s safe to charge your phone while plugging the cable in for purposes other than explicit charging.
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by vlozko 5y ago
The scope and utility of a piece of technology is a weak argument in anti-trust debates, in my opinion. You have a similar set of issues with game consoles, too. Why should publishers like EA have to fork over 30% of their PS sales to Sony
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by vlozko 5y ago
They haven’t done so for 14 years. Given their posturing on privacy and their history, it stands to reason it’ll still be like this for another decade at least.
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by vlozko 5y ago
It supports Atmos (not sure about DTS:X) but the reasoning behind decoding on device is for audio mixing for things like Siri. That said, I wouldn’t have minded having a setting to let my receiver do the decoding.

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