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ropiku··on MacBook Pro
> - Support for the airpods using their new W1 chip

AirPods work over Bluetooth 4.0 so of course they work. The iCloud pairing is software, included in Sierra.

ropiku··on Update Regarding DDoS Event Against Dyn Managed DNS on Oct 21
It's not that hard but DynDNS can offer a much higher performance, reliable and advanced service. They use anycast with a lot more servers than it's practical for each company to manage. They also offer advanced georouting, failover, etc.

In the face of a DDoS I'm not sure a custom nameserver network would do much better than a company who does that for a living. The only advantage is that attacks would have to target individual services (which did happen other times).

ropiku··on Apple Responds to Dash Controversy
The Dash developer posted his side of the story including a recorded call with Apple: https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-and-apple-my-side-of-the-story
ropiku··on Apple to create new London HQ at Battersea Power Station
That's a totally separate idea and won't be done anytime soon. From what I read Camden Town station would need to be rebuilt and plus a lot of other upgrade works: http://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/we-need-to-talk-abou...
ropiku··on Investing for Geeks
No, Wealthfront and Betterment are not active fund managers. They invest your money in a variety of index funds and rebalance it often. Due to their hugely managed sums they can do a lot of tricks to try to improve your yield while still being broadly diversified.
ropiku··on Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack and Other Ports
I doubt that's possible since they are totally different design: Firewire is daisy-chained while USB hub, Firewire has DMA while USB doesn't.
ropiku··on Why drug prices in America are so high
I was astonished by that too. Vox had a short documentary about drug ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5jnn1AIt7Q
ropiku··on Hipmunk (YC S10) Acquired by Concur
> In the case that we are unable to find a reasonable alternative flight(s) or other means of transportation, due to a disproportionate price difference between the potential alternative transportation and the original price for the unused flights, we may agree with you on our proportional contribution to the costs associated with a mutually agreed upon alternative transportation.

This doesn't sound like a 100% guarantee. Most of the times on the day tickets will be a lot more expensive than advance purchases.

ropiku··on LinkedIn’s Hoffman Offers $5M for Trump’s Tax Returns
Even if it would be possible to fast track an audit, why should it ? The IRS has confirmed that there's no issue with publishing tax returns while being audited.
ropiku··on The careless errors of credit reporting agencies
American Express too.

However the bigger issue is checking the whole credit report not just the score.

ropiku··on iPhone 7
Apple already had their standard before there was USB-C. Do you think yet another port migration would be well received ?
ropiku··on iPhone 7
The official one is $9.99, it's not expensive at all.
ropiku··on iPhone 7 announced with water resistance, dual cameras, and no headphone jack
@Apple account accidentally leaked it on Twitter, it hasn't yet been announced in the keynote.
ropiku··on Rules of Thumb for HTTP/2 Push
Clients can always disable push using SETTINGS_ENABLE_PUSH. They can also reject each pushed resource (stream) https://daveyshafik.com/archives/69603-http2-server-push-you...
ropiku··on Rules of Thumb for HTTP/2 Push
Wanted to note that iOS 10 will support HTTP/2 push for apps too. iOS will internally cache the pushed content and requests for them will appear to respond instantly.

More details in the NSURLSession WWDC talk: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/711/

ropiku··on BT fault hits broadband users and banks
Arstechnica says Telehouse North Docklands http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/07/bt-isps-telehouse-...
ropiku··on U.S. Wins First Place at International Mathematics Competition in Hong Kong
Also the deputy coach is a Romanian (now also a US citizen).
ropiku··on I set up the petition for London's independence. Here's how it would work
Commissioners are not voted for by the general public directly. Each country appoints one. Why is the general public not annoyed at the undemocratic Prime Minister ? He's not voted for directly either. Same for each member of the cabinet.
ropiku··on UK votes to leave EU
It's still an EU border so unless they accept the single market (free movement of people&goods) it does have to become a real border.
ropiku··on UK votes to leave EU
They do need the HQ for tax reasons but they wouldn't need to hire that many people (more than in London for example). They do that because they want to.
ropiku··on The Lack of Options for Startup Employees’ Options
If you are talking just about $ then totally but there's more than just money. Big companies have bureaucracy, corporate politics, etc.
ropiku··on Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow Bolder
I wouldn't say 'very easy' but 6 years after you get an H1B you are cap-exempt. So any new employer can apply for an H1B for you right away though it only gives you the years left in the original visa not another 6y.
ropiku··on Electric Bikes Won Over China. Is the U.S. Next?
Also the intentional lack of parking. Even if I would get a car I wouldn't have where to park it (or it would be very expensive). The US mandates parking which prevents high density benefits and increases building costs.
ropiku··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2016)
Envoy - San Francisco (onsite and remote friendly)

Envoy is a beautiful, modern visitor sign in system for the iPad. Collect visitor information along with support for signing NDAs, printing badges, or automatically sending SMSs to their hosts. It's visitor management re-imagined.

We're looking for iOS and Rails engineers. We want people who use the right tool for the job. It's not always about perfect code, and it's not always about hitting deadlines; we look for a healthy balance of both.

We're a small but growing team. This is a great place to learn, grow and participate first hand in something that’s going to be huge.

More details at https://envoy.co/jobs/

Reach out to jobs@envoy.co or see my profile if you're interested !

ropiku··on Apple, Microsoft, and Google hold 23% of all U.S. corporate cash
It will lead to a lot of that but there are limits. Personal use of car/etc is considered a taxable benefit, only 'business use' can be expensed but it could be abused.
ropiku··on Startup Employees Invoke Obscure Law to Open Up Books
The problem with giving outright shares compared to options is you owe taxes on that. In the taxman view you got something (shares valued via 409A) on which you have to pay taxes even if the shares you got are not liquid.
ropiku··on ‘Brexit’: The Vote That Could Sink Britain's Economy
The EU commission is unelected in the same way the prime minister is unelected (directly), that does not mean it's undemocratic. There is 1 commissioner proposed by each EU country.
ropiku··on Announcing Heroku Free SSL Beta and Flexible Dyno Hours
They do but don't they have the same address & name ? At least it confirms identity.
ropiku··on Announcing Heroku Free SSL Beta and Flexible Dyno Hours
I think it's mainly to prevent spam/multiple account creation. Having different CCs is harder than just multiple emails. It also makes it easy to upsell you to paid plans.
ropiku··on Tech layoffs more than double in Bay Area
But that's only the US. UK/EU has shown that you can have instant free bank transfers.
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