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ppruitt··on Facebook can now read your texts
I did the same. I am several versions behind due to the requests for increased permissions, but this gave me the impetus to finally purge a bunch of applications with updates wanting additional, seemingly unnecessary, permissions. Though it was slow, I liked Bandsintown until a recent update wanted to read my contacts.

Facebook is now wrapped by Tinfoil-Facebook and Twitter is now relegated to the browser.

ppruitt··on Fourier Transforms – The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, and Homer Simpson’s Face
I found the book, "Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure" to be an intuitive explanation of the Fourier Series and transform: http://amzn.com/0964350432
ppruitt··on Project HAKMEM [Oldschool MIT]
See also: http://www.hackersdelight.org/
ppruitt··on Software Patents Shut Down RunwayFinder
AvWeb interviewed Ross Neher from FlightPrep. At 5:02 they discuss the RunwayFinder suit:

http://www.avweb.com/podcast/podcast/AudioPodcast_FlightPrep...

As a student pilot, I hope this gets sorted out soon. RunwayFinder has the best VFR-sectional-over-Google-Maps interface of the available online tools. Skyvector.com is a close second, but they don't seamlessly stitch together charts (you must manually switch between them).

ppruitt··on Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
Earn my FAA Private Pilot Certificate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_Unit...