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Welcome (Back) Network Utility – new free Mac app(devontechnologies.com)
1 points by mattparcher 2y ago|1 comments
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by mattparcher 2y ago
A spiritual successor to Apple’s Network Utility, which was removed from macOS after 10.15 (a.k.a. Catalina, c. 2019). You can download Neo Network Utility from https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/freeware
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by mattparcher 4y ago
The elephant in the room: DDG's search results are primarily sourced from Bing. Unfortunately, as long as DDG depends on third-party crawlers, the suggestions to improve search results (& "the algorithm") seem far-fetched
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by mattparcher 6y ago
As Steve Jobs would say, “real artists ship”. (Except now, they’re shipping at a much larger scale...)
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Apple’s “Extended Dynamic Range” Brings HDR to Non-HDR Displays(prolost.com)
334 points by mattparcher 6y ago|209 comments
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by mattparcher 7y ago
IANAL, but “evade law enforcement” seems inaccurate. > HKMAP helps residents comply with the wishes of law enforcement (who communicate their demands by colored flags quickly raised in the dark). > …[the app] doesn't contraven
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by mattparcher 7y ago
Can you expand on your Google comment re. RCS? All I’ve seen recently is that they’re taking the reins from the carriers (at least outside of the US) to speed-up rollout.
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by mattparcher 7y ago
Arguably, Apple already offers a version of a “pre-load” button in Safari (on iOS and macOS), with the setting to “Automatically save Reading List articles for offline reading”. (Not on by default, but the user sees a prompt to turn it on t
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Developers Show What They Could Make If Apple Opened Up Watch Face Development(macstories.net)
1 points by mattparcher 8y ago|0 comments
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by mattparcher 10y ago
Not ideal, but in case you haven't seen it, Apple's Music Memos app has a built-in tuner.
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by mattparcher 10y ago
I realize that you’re referring to traditionally-typed text, but Monotype was recently commissioned to design a typeface for the illustrator of Roald Dahl’s books, and they did indeed include alternates for each letter (along with variation
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by mattparcher 10y ago
From Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs: >He didn't want outsiders to create applications for the iPhone that could mess it up, infect it with viruses, or pollute its integrity http://www.theverge.com/2013&#x2
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by mattparcher 10y ago
Ugh. I’m disappointed that they’re referring to storage capacity as “memory capacity”, perpetuating the pervasive confusion amongst non-technical users.
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by mattparcher 10y ago
Also see Craig Hockenberry piece, for more on the implications of all this for developers and designers: http://blog.iconfactory.com/2016/04/looking-at-the-future/ One of his key points: As a developer, you’
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Jonathan Zdziarski: On Ribbons and Ribbon Cutters (FBI vs. Apple)(zdziarski.com)
2 points by mattparcher 11y ago|0 comments
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by mattparcher 12y ago
One caveat to your point: in that comment, the Picturelife CEO was apparently criticizing Loom for shutting down their service after being acquired by Dropbox. In this case, it sounds like Streamnation really intends to keep running (and im
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by mattparcher 12y ago
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POLICE_TRACKING_AP... From the article: Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck complained in a letter to Google's chief executive on Dec. 30 that Waze could be &
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by mattparcher 12y ago
Note: The two donut charts for "Race and Ethnicity" are visually misleading. The color assigned to each race or ethnicity is not consistent between the two charts, so a visual comparison of the two is much less useful. ("Whit
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by mattparcher 12y ago
Thank you for the confirmation — I have had the same bug with the alarm sound several times now. What I found is that I could stop it only by opening the Clock app, and selecting a new alarm sound (e.g., by editing an alarm), triggering it
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Design Can Drive Exceptional Returns for Shareholders(blogs.hbr.org)
1 points by mattparcher 12y ago|0 comments
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by mattparcher 13y ago
I’m assuming that the service cost doesn't come primarily from storage, but rather from bandwidth usage, and the increase in hardware requirements for handling a larger number of torrents.
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by mattparcher 13y ago
This made me laugh: ...he contacted Hotmail support this morning to try to get help. Ironically, he asked them to contact him at his alternate email address, which is Gmail.
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Love, Actuarially: How to Hack OkCupid(wired.com)
11 points by mattparcher 13y ago|4 comments
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Powerslayer: A smarter way to charge your smart device(web.velvetwire.com)
1 points by mattparcher 13y ago|0 comments
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by mattparcher 13y ago
Something that caught my eye: the name "Simplify" is pretty close to "Simple", the online bank service. Different products entirely, I realize—but heck, Simple’s twitter handle is even @simplify.
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by mattparcher 13y ago
Somewhat related, on a more micro level: some have suggested a trend in which news about Anne Hathaway drives up the price Berkeshire Hathaway’s stock. Six examples from 2008-2010: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-mirvish/the-hathaway-eff
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by mattparcher 14y ago
Definitely worth checking out. Unfortunately, HTML5 YouTube players seem to start playing automatically, so I can’t just open links to YouTube videos in background tabs. I look forward to a setting (or simply changing the default for non-ac
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Critic Markup: Plain-Text Editing Markup for Humans(criticmarkup.com)
54 points by mattparcher 14y ago|30 comments
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by mattparcher 14y ago
A bit of unsolicited advice for your indiegogo campaign: dropping the f-word in your campaign title (“seed filmmaking equipment for our college, you f ckers”) probably isn’t a great idea. I am not at all offended myself, but I think it may
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by mattparcher 14y ago
Note: the linked article was not originally written by SFGate or the San Francisco Chronicle, but rather republished from Business Insider (the small logo to indicate this seems a bit subtle to me). I would argue that this is a worthwhile d

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