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Apple Announces Businesses Can Accept iPhone IDs(macrumors.com)
11 points by wstrange 3y ago|2 comments
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Obituary Scams(cbc.ca)
2 points by wstrange 3y ago|2 comments
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by wstrange 3y ago
A relative recently passed away, and echovita.com scrapped the obituary and reposted it. They monetize these by taking a cut on memorial tree planting, or selling overpriced flowers. I suppose this isn't illegal - but it certainly see
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Dart 3.1 and a retrospective on functional style programming in Dart 3(medium.com)
3 points by wstrange 3y ago|1 comments
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by wstrange 3y ago
Except when it impacts profits (I E. China)
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by wstrange 4y ago
100%. Chromebooks and an old-school flip phone. In addition to being more resistant to malware, chromebooks are really easy to remotely support. I also setup 2 factor with a yubikey for my Dad's chromebooks, with my phone as a backup a
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Flutter 2023 Strategy(docs.google.com)
11 points by wstrange 4y ago|2 comments
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by wstrange 4y ago
Bill C-18 is a big wet kiss to a few large Canadian Media companies. Their business model is under stress because of the internet. Link taxes won't fix this and they set a terrible precedent. Quoting from Candaland[0]. "In Austra
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by wstrange 4y ago
Paypal will not let you add Wise online (at least in my case - Canada), but I called and talked to an agent and they were able to add Wise as a bank.
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by wstrange 4y ago
"If her hard disk is active for more than a second per hour, or if her CPU utilization goes above 4%, she either has a computer virus, or she made the disastrous decision to run a Java program"
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Apple Could Open Its App Store Without Opening Its App Store(eff.org)
13 points by wstrange 4y ago|0 comments
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by wstrange 4y ago
I don't work for Google (no inside knowledge), but from what I can see, their use of Dart has if anything increased substantially. Dart/Flutter are highly unlikely to be abandoned.
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Consumer Reports finds hybrid cars are more reliable than gas-only models(engadget.com)
6 points by wstrange 4y ago|2 comments
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by wstrange 4y ago
From the article: "Apple says that the main limitation here is that the antenna to satellite connection simply isn’t as strong as dedicated satellite devices, for example a Garmin inReach or SPOT tracker" So don't give up you
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by wstrange 4y ago
This is really going to eat into Garmin's Inreach market (ditto for Spot, Zoleo, etc). It says free for the first 2 years. I'm curious what the yearly cost will be after that, and how it will compare to an Inreach plan. On an ongo
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Don’t buy the cloud repatriation claptrap(infoworld.com)
1 points by wstrange 4y ago|0 comments
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How Iran can track and control protesters’ phones: hacked documents(theintercept.com)
305 points by wstrange 4y ago|103 comments
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by wstrange 4y ago
They don't get a lot of love on HN, but Chromebooks are awesome for seniors, and those that need to support them. They are malware resistant, and easy to remotely support. They are difficult to really mess up, and you don't need t
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Thoma Bravo to take software firm ForgeRock private(reuters.com)
1 points by wstrange 4y ago|0 comments
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by wstrange 4y ago
firestore / firebase have a free tier
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Whats New in Flutter 3.3(medium.com)
3 points by wstrange 4y ago|0 comments
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by wstrange 4y ago
What makes you think a user rating system wouldn't be gamed?
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Data and Definitions(stratechery.com)
6 points by wstrange 4y ago|0 comments
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A Man Owns the World’s Most Advanced Private Air Force(thedrive.com)
16 points by wstrange 4y ago|1 comments
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Crypto Exchanges Refuse to Freeze All Russian Accounts(vice.com)
14 points by wstrange 5y ago|0 comments
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by wstrange 5y ago
I have not tried it, but I'm told Rive is a good example of a very complex app written with Flutter.
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by wstrange 5y ago
Plenty of examples here: https://flutter.dev/showcase
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by wstrange 5y ago
Curious if you have tried this. I was under the impression the snow/water content would block the signal
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by wstrange 5y ago
Step 5 - the co-op members dont always agree. Create a government council and police to settle disputes.
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by wstrange 5y ago
Untraceable digital cash facilitates crime, money laundering and tax evasion. None of these things are good for a stable democracy.

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