neonfunk

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by neonfunk 14y ago
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com is helpful, too.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
I actually agree with metering; I think it's the only fair measure. Granted, the metering you describe sounds atrocious, and there'll probably be a long messy transition to the point where our internet bill is more like our electric bill.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
For me, it's the NYT's habit of referencing noise that they helped to create (the "soap opera") as if they were a completely impartial 3rd party; it's like they're blind to their own influence. Reminds me of a Tom Tomorrow cartoon (which I
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Admittedly, I remember being surprised both when Apple opened up ratings/reviews for its own products on store.apple.com, and also when their apps on the App Store followed all of the same rules as 3rd party apps. Both instances seemed aty
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by neonfunk 16y ago
I don't understand your first sentence.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
It's not so much "love" as it is obsession; and obsessive people tend to be at least colorful , if not interesting, just given how much time they're willing to devote to a subject seemingly so minute. This article is the 1st I've read sin
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Immaculate UI/UX. Whether in landscape or portrait orientation, there are many clever flourishes: it uses Tweetie's "pull up to refresh" mechanism for moving between articles in a feed; or you can swipe an article left or right to return t
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Reeder for iPad is great, too; really fast UX.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
I haven't tested it, but I'm intrigued by Shuan Inman's Fever reader ( http://feedafever.com/ ). Basically the idea is that you separate your feeds into two distinct types: essential feeds that you read completely, and supplemental, high-v
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Exactly why I'm skeptical about these reports, including my own! (And if the old method to access the field test mode hadn't been disabled, I'd be the first to give you dBm measurements.)
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by neonfunk 16y ago
It's a somewhat reasonable account (notably by an iPhone owner), though I remain skeptical (i.e., not trusting either side). I've had an iPhone 4 for two days now, and I have yet to be able to reproduce the problem; I even tried licking my
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Or when your entire browser crashed instead of just a single tab.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Is there an iAd daemon? Anyway, I'd hope that explicitly disabling all location services would do just that. If headless apps were still powering on the GPS and triangulating cell towers and wifi... well, that'd certainly be misleading. B
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by neonfunk 16y ago
In fact, you can completely disable location services with one switch. (Settings --> General --> Location Services --> Off) If you prefer a more granular approach, all apps (including Apple's own), allow you to disable location
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by neonfunk 16y ago
I think we're probably making too much of the word "fan", and that Gruber was just using it to indicate preference (as opposed to devotion). That said, I'm a fan of Apple because I admire their work. I'm enamored with the substance of thei
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by neonfunk 16y ago
I don't think being a fan of the iPhone doesn't mean you can't also be a fan of Android; they're not mutually exclusive (I have an Xbox and a Wii). That said, in 2010, there is a strong break between not only the fanbases, but in the guidi
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by neonfunk 16y ago
And they publicly donated $100k to fight against Prop 8.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Yeah I guess you're right, looking back at this. I mean, why not just give the original drive back? There's no good reason. You're right.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
When I've sent a laptop to AppleCare, they're very explicit about the possibility that they won't return the same drive, and that you should backup your data. That said, they've never actually taken a drive from me. So Winer's claim that
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by neonfunk 16y ago
No one's going to stop them from doing what's within the law; that's a given. I'm saying it strikes me as unethical, and it assumes a certain infancy in the public's tech acumen... which perhaps there is! But it still seems like a poor as
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by neonfunk 16y ago
The extra usability is a function of the carrier's network, not anything on Skype's end. And since many of us are already paying our carriers for data plans, why should Skype arbitrarily charge us a second time? I still don't get it.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Background VoIP support in iPhone OS 4 suggests Apple has no intention of blocking these apps; in fact, it seems that they're encouraging them. And as I understand it, G Voice is not a VoIP solution yet. (And that's not to say I agree wit
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by neonfunk 16y ago
iPhone? I'm sure this will apply to Skype's Andrioid client, too. (Also, "you idiot"? Really?)
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by neonfunk 16y ago
From Skype's perspective, how is the cell network different from any other ISP? It's the carriers who will shoulder the burden; and there's no indication that any of the fee is going to them, given that Skype says "operator fees may still
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by neonfunk 16y ago
"he was ready to submit The Impossible Game ... to the Xbox Indie marketplace ... Unlike Apple's App Store, this outlet has no corporate gatekeeper - the games are reviewed and rated by the community." Is that true -- that there's no editor
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by neonfunk 16y ago
I didn't read anything about the relation between greatness and bank accounts. It seems like you want to paint him according to your existing preconceptions. I read, "I really do take this stuff to heart, and you're telling me I'm just in
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by neonfunk 16y ago
"no matter how great Jobs thinks he is"... "Jobs is deriding and belittling their work just the same"... I didn't read that Jobs thinks he's great or that his employees are stupid.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
It's funny: I thought I liked scrolling better, too. But as soon as Instapaper added the option of pagination, I switched and never looked back. Anyway, it's best just to have both.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
Another fluff comment about "apple fanboys". If you want to refute fluff, use substance. I thought it was less adoration than it was exploration of process -- and context for where the iPad is now.
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by neonfunk 16y ago
How is this news? $(this).css("opacity", 0); [Admittedly, this is helpful if yr trying to style w/o JS, but it's not exactly a new technique -- as evidenced by the publish date.]

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