codev

6 ms·

31.
by codev 13y ago
Tried it with a few more accounts - if you try to use it with a regular gmail account it says "Authentication error: Google+ is required". It's a little off that Larry Page was complaining about Microsoft not using open standards but then t
32.
by codev 13y ago
I still use Trillian on iOS for Google Talk and it works fine.
33.
by codev 13y ago
I'm getting "Hangouts has not been enabled for your account". I'm guessing this is because my work account has Google+ disabled. So are you going to have to be on Google+ to use their messaging product now? Will they shut off Google Talk fo
34.
by codev 13y ago
It's right there at the start of the law you cite in A.1.: It is unlawful for an operator of a website or *online service directed to children*, or any operator that has *actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information
35.
by codev 13y ago
That isn't how it works. COPPA is pretty narrowly defined. You only have to take action to get parent's permission if: a) Your site or app is very specifically targeting children (LEGO or Disney for example) b) You have asked for some infor
36.
by codev 13y ago
Swatch had a time system like that for a while: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time 1000 beats in a day, 0 is midnight at UTC+1 but it doesn't adjust for time zones. It never took off and I think they scrapped it but it woul
37.
by codev 14y ago
It's similar to what Gruber posted on daringfireball: "Great new service, sort of like Google Voice but private." I guess implying that Google have access to your phone calls and this company isn't going to.
38.
by codev 14y ago
If you're going to write an article like this you have to cite some evidence - if Dwight Lundell really believes what he's saying he should apply to the Atkins Foundation and do some research - instead he's selling his self help book and
39.
by codev 14y ago
JANET (the UK university network) had a NRS (Name Registration Service - similar to DNS) that worked from least-to-most specific. So Cambridge was uk.ac.cam instead of today's cam.ac.uk. There were gateways to talk to email servers on ARPAN
40.
by codev 14y ago
I wrote a userstyle for Firefox mobile that gets rid of the different sized text on comments and makes the whole of hn more readable: http://userstyles.org/styles/82587/hacker-news-responsive-fo...
41.
by codev 14y ago
The reason they gave you a code is because they have competition in unlocking - you could just go to an iPhone unlock website and do it yourself. Once it becomes illegal to unlock your phone by any other method it won't take long for them t