ozmbie

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by ozmbie 5y ago
The energy spent on bitcoin’s proof of work is not tied to the volume of transactions though. At a technical/protocol level, the same amount of mining would be needed if there was $100 trillion being stored or $1 being stored. Althoug
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by ozmbie 5y ago
And don’t forget the bane of working from home in the suburbs: leaf blowers. It seems at least once per day there is an active leaf blower in my neighborhood vicinity. Same goes for my colleagues. Noise cancellation is great for, well, can
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by ozmbie 6y ago
My bull case is this: over the next few decades, cryptocurrency will find its use case. Even if it’s just another asset class like Gold or Silver that some people and institutions put their money in as part of diversifying investments. That
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by ozmbie 6y ago
I deleted an unofficial Reddit app from my phone, since I found I was wasting too much time on it. I figured for the occasions I wanted access to reddit (mostly from searching for topics on Google), I’d just use the web version. But the web
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by ozmbie 6y ago
> What can we do, now, as developers ? Get a job at one of Apple's competitors, and make those competing products better. Apple beats competitors because their product lineup is simpler and their products don't generally suck a
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by ozmbie 6y ago
How is it that Google create/rebrand/close so many music and chat services over the years. While Apple have a single message service (iMessage) and a single music service (Apple Music) that have been consistently branded with cons
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by ozmbie 6y ago
I’ve worked in the games industry and this is pretty much my advice for people who are interested in it: Just make as many games as you can. Don’t get hung up on some big new MMORPG game you’ve got in your head. Just start by making Pong, t
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by ozmbie 6y ago
Once the business model and psychology of content aggregation and habitual user feedback loops was discovered, there was no going back. That model is just too powerful and too economically successful. It sucked all the oxygen out of the roo
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by ozmbie 6y ago
I’m so sorry you have to live with that system. I’m in Australia and had my first child not that long ago. After multiple hospital visits due to ongoing complications during pregnancy, an induced labour and an emergency c-section followed b
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by ozmbie 6y ago
This what my takeaway from watching Baraka again recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(film) While the film doesn't focus on any particular person, it covers society at large. It portrays the build-up of
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by ozmbie 6y ago
I would love if Apple started treating app analytics like they do my GPS location or my camera permissions. Basically, if apps want to send analytics, they must go through an iOS API. Then as a user, I can inspect what apps are sending and
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by ozmbie 7y ago
That “stuffed ears” feeling took me about a week to get used to. Now it’s no longer an issue. Everyone is different though I suppose.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
In my experience when people focus too much on sprint deadlines, they miss the purpose of sprints. Timed sprints exist not for the benefits of managers, but for the benefit of developers. They exist so that the development team has a shield
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by ozmbie 7y ago
Do you have any other google apps installed in your phone? Apps from the same developer can share information.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
We should be doing both. Exploration of the solar system could be the greatest human endeavour of the next hundred or thousand years. Both manned and unmanned missions will be needed.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
That's why I love UK and Australian/NZ power plugs. It's impossible to plug them in "the other way around". They only go in one way.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
Being able to track the location of objects (or other people) through walls, for displaying in AR glasses. That's my guess.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
Is this a uniquely American problem? My Australian mobile phone receives maybe one spam call per year. It’s my single phone and I give out the number to various businesses and people.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
To “observe” something, you need to interact with it in some way, such as bouncing a photon off it. That interaction changes the quantum state.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
The scenarios are usually less about creating realism, and more about crafting interesting combat puzzles. “The Last Of Us” does a great job imo. Each fight offers different strategies and paths. And the enemies are usually there for a reas
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by ozmbie 7y ago
You can already set "background app refresh" permissions on a per app basis in iOS12 (and it is disabled system wide if you're in low power mode). I hope this carries through to the new background tasks in iOS13.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
Apollo 11 is such a great documentary. They restored a lot of 70mm film and the clarity of the image is surreal. It didn’t get screened in any cinemas where I live, but the bluray looks absolutely stunning. I wish they did a 4K release.
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by ozmbie 7y ago
It’s not a lack of control, it’s a different kind of control. Driven by algorithms and engagement metrics which appear to promote extreme content. That difference is what has people worried because the political and social endgame is not ye
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by ozmbie 8y ago
At a studio I worked at once, two others and myself were assigned to a new project. Since we were the only ones working on the project, we got permission to clear out a storage room and convert it into an office. It was just the three of us
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by ozmbie 8y ago
With macOS and BetterTouchTool, I set up trackpad to do so much: - 2 finger swipe left/right: go back and forward - 3 finger tap: open link in new tab - 3 finder swipe left/right: move between tabs - 3 finger swipe up: new tab&#x2
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by ozmbie 8y ago
Apple have different distribution methods for different use cases. Enterprise distribution is meant for internal company apps. Testflight is meant for test customers. Use any of these in a way that Apple doesn't approve of and you&#x27
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by ozmbie 8y ago
Every time "design thinking" comes up the responses around here are similar: That's it's an obvious and somewhat natural process. I think that's part of the point. It's a natural process for creative people wit
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by ozmbie 8y ago
Make an effort to make friends with some locals. Otherwise it's easy to get stuck in the "expat bubble" where all you do is work, drink, and travel to places outside Singapore. My best memories are with local friends going to
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by ozmbie 8y ago
I really hope they won’t kill the AppleTV. Yes the device is expensive (it’s an Apple product after all...) but it’s so refreshing to use a TV OS that is performant, responsive, and doesn’t have ads in it. And I personally love the trackpad
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by ozmbie 8y ago
Brands crate their own AI-rendered influencers, so they have complete control.

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