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entropy273on How do we pay for parking?

I was a mobile developer on a parking app, and this is a serious issue. Our solution was to add a button in the app to verify if a QR code is valid, but I was always bothered by how tucked away the actual button was.

entropy273on Espresso coffee mitigates the aggregation of Alzheimer′s associated tau protein

Look at the institute, sponsors, the authors funding, etc…? It’s not impossible.

entropy273on Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]

> I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't.

Privacy?

entropy273on New targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research

Sounds like there’s human trials in motion already?

entropy273on New targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research

OK, somebody please ruin my excitement now and tell me how this isn’t a miracle cancer cure.

entropy273on US smartphone shipments fall sharply, but Android more than iPhone

90% of apps (that don’t override the default UINavigationController behavior or use some custom cross-platform framework) support the back swipe gesture.

entropy273on PayPal “Buy Now” buttons have been broken for a week

This is 100% a 3DS/SCA issue. Are all of your cards one brand type (Mastercard, Visa, or AMEX)?