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by null_object 4y ago
> There is a lot of evidence that points to the virus spreading from a wet market in the city, not the Wuhan lab. But proving something didn’t happen three years after the fact is a challenge that may be impossible to meet. I find the an
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by null_object 4y ago
> what is with you people thinking like nothing else other than Apple products exist? I was addressing the specific claim that “everyone” had to give these permissions.
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by null_object 4y ago
> access to read, delete or change all content on the phone The article is pure fiction, as no app has any possibility of ever being granted those permissions on iOS. No such capability even exists for any app on an iPhone.
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by null_object 4y ago
Interesting to see all the negative comments on the article over on PetaPixel, and quite often the same cynicism towards film shooters here on HN, usually along the lines that it’s just a fad or only a passing phase for hipsters. But exactl
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by null_object 4y ago
One of the things I hate about IKEA is all the virtue-signalling they're always doing recently - including a lot of bullshit about not encouraging over-consumption and all the usual 'planet-care' stuff - and yet excellent art
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by null_object 4y ago
> It does affect your visual impression in the eye, though. If you're using a bright screen in a dim environment, your eyes will be hurt by the bright light, you flinch and that will reduce the perceptive contrast. See a few posts a
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by null_object 4y ago
Exactly - the author fictionalized some examples for his phony thesis.
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by null_object 4y ago
Ye article is complete bullshit and makes-up some fictional examples: for instance the bubbles supposedly on a “brighter screen” are shown as totally desaturated and ‘blown-out’ but unfortunately for the author’s thesis, screen brightness d
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by null_object 4y ago
I know this may come across as saying "who would want to carry a telephone in their pocket?", but the idea that we would all be required to sit with googles on all day, in a virtual 'office' environment, in order to do o
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by null_object 4y ago
> The only option is Safari and the conflict of interest is fully realized because other browsers aren't even allowed on the App Store. This is such a persistent myth on HN - I think I read it at least once a week - usually on one o
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by null_object 4y ago
> Which of these two gentlemen understands the zeitgeist better? I sort of understand the downvote for citing Gruber (I'm no fan of his Apple adoration, either - although I don't see it's relevance in this context). But T
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by null_object 4y ago
I think John Gruber[0] already said all that needs to be said about this latest Elon Musk fantasy: 'who looks at Twitter of all things and says “I’d like to see this expand in scope such that a lot more, if not all, of my digital life
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by null_object 4y ago
> Does the radio sync work for you? I have a 15 year old G-shock watch and the sync stopped working for me years ago The radio-sync may have stopped working due to simple geographic limitations? Where I live, I'm on the edge of the
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Immune reactions to severe Covid may trigger brain problems(theguardian.com)
8 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
> The one working at Apple was able to check their spouse's spending trend on App store You obviously could back this hearsay up with actual evidence I assume?
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by null_object 4y ago
This is happening on an unfathomably large and devastating scale in Sweden, right now. Old forest is being savagely clear-cut and replaced by monoculture plantations to the detriment of animals, insects, birds and the entire rich ecology of
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by null_object 4y ago
> With iOS you’re SOL. No extensions I’m reading this using iCab Mobile on iOS, which is a browser apparently no-one on HN has ever heard of, as I need to mention it every time this tired old and inaccurate assertion is trotted-out again
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by null_object 4y ago
> 2nd edit: this used to be the case many years ago, thanks for those who confirmed No - what other posters 'confirmed' is that www.apple.com was one of the choices that could be made for a new tab or homepage - absolutely no
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by null_object 4y ago
> Our family Mac we got in ~2011 did show Apple as the new tab page, or at least the start page when you opened Safari after booting Pretty certain this is also incorrect. My recollection seems to accord with the Wikipedia page on the hi
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by null_object 4y ago
> Safaris default new tab page is the Apple store and most don't know how to change that. There are a list of alternatives in Safari that the user themselves can choose from , including Favorites, Frequently visited, and so on. Non
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Celebratory Gunfire(1point21interactive.com)
2 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
> it will mean older people accepting that the world has changed and they aren't worth their inflated salaries any more. Kind of a sideline - but very worried to see this combination of ageism and the "we're hiring"
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IKEA teams up with Swedish House Mafia to help you create from home(creativeboom.com)
3 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music(theguardian.com)
4 points by null_object 4y ago|3 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
The whole article felt like one of those awful and shallow, self-promoting LinkedIn posts.
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by null_object 4y ago
> What is the most bizarre thing to me about the online zeitgeist is how so many people will allow comments of anonymous or pseudonymous strangers on places like Reddit or Twitter to shape their world view. Including journalists. I total
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The tiny murder scenes of forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee(aljazeera.com)
2 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
Genuine question: is there a possibility that Monero is being monitored covertly? It seems an obvious target to be a Trojan horse in the midst of criminals and tax-evaders.
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by null_object 4y ago
If an app needs a webview, it should always strive to open that view in an embedded Safari webview (called an SFSafariViewController) or link to the view in the user's own choice of browser. The app is prevented from seeing ‘inside’ t
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Amazon Promotes Ex-Private Prison Exec to Run Warehouse Training(mattstoller.substack.com)
3 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments

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