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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/mihaianca; my proof: https://keybase.io/mihaianca/sigs/qFcJvIN77NF8UXpHRWzNuPUfLTdgrzvfGA_8UWQ4NgU ]

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ropiku··on Swarm: Foursquare's ambitious plan to split its app in two
The Verge has an in-depth article about Swarm including photos and a video: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/1/5666062/foursquare-swarm-ne...
ropiku··on Rails 3.2 Performance: Another Step Slower
I work at Twitter. Actually we use very little Java while almost every service is written in Scala.
ropiku··on Apple Updates iMac
See above, Apple usually gives free upgrade to people who bought a computer in the 45 days preceding the release.
ropiku··on Scala School
I went the other way, started working at Twitter without knowing Scala and it wasn't hard. We also have great internal Scala classes. Feel free to email me for more info (see profile). We're just looking for smart people, you don't need to have experience with Scala.
ropiku··on Twitter’s New Two-Factor Solution Kicks SMS to the Curb
It won't as it's using a public/private key not the time based auth that Google Authenticator uses. If you don't want to use the Twitter app you can use SMS.
ropiku··on Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy
Exactly. I'm a big Minecraft and FeedTheBeast(mod packs) fan. And the game keeps getting updated and mods get more and more complex.
ropiku··on Immigration reform in America
H-1B is an employer sponsored visa, valid only for working on a specific job (though it's possible to transfer to a different employer) so it's getting a job first then getting a visa. Then your employer can sponsor your green card application. Depending on the level you apply/qualify for you wait 1-6 years for a green card.
ropiku··on The Chromebook Pixel
But we're talking about something used to surf the web. An ARM is still powerful enough and will use way less power.
ropiku··on Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390
I never had issues with an Apple big screen but they replaced my 13" MBA for a single dead pixel. And the Apple Genius was very surprised as he never saw faults on those.
ropiku··on Verizon Is Blocking Google Wallet Anti-Competitively
There are a lot of MVNOs in US too. Also GiffGaff is owned by Telefonica (O2).
ropiku··on Verizon Is Blocking Google Wallet Anti-Competitively
I successfully verified my new Verizon number last month
ropiku··on The Gmail app for iPhone and iPad: version 2.0
What do you mean ? I seemed like web login to me. I got asked for my username and password then my token.
ropiku··on Kansas City subsidises Google Fiber
Add that OpenReach can take 3 weeks to install a landline, they give you a 6h time slot and the engineer is usually late or missing and there's nothing you can do. Where I live OpenReach (ADSL2) is the only option.
ropiku··on How we use feature-switching at FreeAgent
We make sure that the code works with and without the migration. Or you can flip a feature switch as part of the migration.
ropiku··on Braintree’s Payments Platform Launches Across Europe And Canada
That's a very good idea but unfortunately it can only be used by UK clients.
ropiku··on Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner
This is my main issue too, but I played around at the Apple Store with scaled resolution and decided to go for it.
ropiku··on 2013 H1B Visa Supply Nearly Exhausted
Some of them were big companies and one was 20 employees startup. I assure you they knew exactly what H1B is and they simple engaged with an immigration lawyer (see replies).
ropiku··on 2013 H1B Visa Supply Nearly Exhausted
I really did not feel that. I just graduated in the UK and will move to the Bay area in fall (when H1B starts). All the companies I talked to were totally ok with H1B.
ropiku··on MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge
Update: It's not but they sell a $9.99 adapter "The MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter allows you to use the MagSafe connector on your LED Cinema Display, Thunderbolt Display, or MagSafe Power Adapter to charge your MagSafe 2-equipped Mac computer."

It looks and I would guess it would be magsafe 1 compatible. Maybe it has extra features or power to it. Pretty much any MB* can be charged on any power adapter albeit slower (or not at all if heavily using it).

ropiku··on Foursquare Gets A New Look: Redesign Makes Checking In Stickier And More Social
As a Foursquare user I agree too. Also I love Timehop and I'm glad I used Foursquare a year ago, it's nice to see where I've been.
ropiku··on Netflix begins the deployment of their own content delivery network
Since it's a cache I don't think there's a big problem in losing a hdd and some cache capacity. I would expect it to be more efficient to use as much storage as possible even if a hdd will fail.
ropiku··on Engadget's Samsung Galaxy S III review
You're not comparing the same pixels, one is a true pixel out of 3 subpixels, one is out of 2 subpixels. Thus higher subpixel density. You could see the colour difference.
ropiku··on Apple to drop Google Maps in iOS 6 for in-house Maps?
Can you detail that ? I don't know that Apple ever offered a monthly turn by turn option, only carriers. The device locator was/is free.
ropiku··on Announcing Better SSL for your Heroku App
Unless you use SNI (which is only supported in some browsers) you have to have one IP per SSL host as the certificate is sent before decoding the request. ELB doesn't use that and must have 1 IP per hostname.
ropiku··on Redis 2.6.0 RC1 Released
Pusher.com is also using Redis pubsub, see their presentation about it: http://pusher-london-redis.heroku.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_osGzEL8Hw
ropiku··on Google Outs Google Drive On Its French Blog: Here Are All The Details
The US blog post now says "You can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB."
ropiku··on Google Outs Google Drive On Its French Blog: Here Are All The Details
Google also uploaded videos on Youtube about Drive and Go Google: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SjRH3SImlM

Update: Also Google Drive SDK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ee3R3tfdd4

ropiku··on Hotspots.io team (YCW11) acquired by Twitter
Summify wasn't a YC company
ropiku··on Jetty gets 'SPDY'
And just in time they announced on Twitter "Early prototype of nginx/SPDY works in the lab" https://twitter.com/#!/nginxorg/status/182176707275534336
ropiku··on Sparrow for iPhone
Here's my result: http://cl.ly/1p2M3C462Y0E0u0F0w3b
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