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Can't you do that with Apple configurator by creating a profile and installing it on their phones? It is clunky though.

https://www.burnerapp.com/ ?

Note: no affiliation, just a satisfied user. Also, not free.

Only 23 mins? That is not terribly useful at least for any serious matters like, say, search and rescue operations.

You can keep your eyes closed or not look at the phone. I believe iOS needs your attention to allow biometrics. And a few times it fails, it will require the password.

Very refreshing to see this. It is so much fucking easy to grok bare metal C compared to the <flavour of the year>-script junk that floats around these days.

Honest question: Does stuff said in these Congress testimonies have any values/consequences? For example, like a testimony in court, do you get into any real trouble if you lie about something?

Again, very little knowledge about audio, but some knowledge about photography..

From what I have read, it is important to have a physically large condenser/diphragm for a mic to have high fidelity. Could you educate me a bit please?

At least for photography, I can tell you with certainty, an iphone camera is basically a toy when you are talking of challenging scenes being put on large fine art prints. It is nowhere near creating same "fidelity" images as even a micro 4/3rd camera, and there are medium format digital cameras out there.

I am probably one of the few that use my iPhone more or less like a dumb phone, so pardon my ignorance.

Is the iPhone mic able to pick the entire audible spectrum (and then some)? Does this mean companies like Neumann, Shure, Rode should feel someone is coming for their lunch?

Genuinely curious, what do you contemplate/would law abiding citizens be punished for and what is the risk?

> Tech is not the solution to everything. Am I the only one to notice the absurdity of needing yet another app to "connect with friends"? I can see the use of tech to reach out to people you know from abroad, but... Whats wrong with Facetime or similar tech?

That is so damn correct. I don’t have the typical social media presence. Some of friends and family constantly pesters me that I am hard to reach. In response I keep telling them, we kept in touch just fine when there was no Facebook, so just pick up the phone and call/text. And astonishingly, it works better than typical social connection avenues.

> People are so dismissive and set that blockchain is a scam

I have never heard/read anyone on HN saying blockchain is a scam. Blockchain is a mathematical construct. If anyone says blockchain is a scam, he/she/they may as well say addition is a scam, so is subtraction.

What IS scam, in my opinion, is the ability to exchange crypto currency for tangible and non abstract products that has a meaningful value in day to day life. Crypto is not backed by any real assets, hence my problem.

And in support of this comment, Apple ID users DO have the option of sharing their email addresses if they want to. So, from the receiving end, if you see somerandomstring@appleid.apple.com as the email address, it should be pretty clear what your users want.

Now you CAN choose to say, "I don't want those users", if they do not fit into your grand plan of things.

Apple does forward emails, so you can even contact those users for your password recovery use case you mentioned in other comments. I think your problem is not the fact that you do not have an email ID, your problem is, your users have the option of pulling the carpet from under you.

/me looks at .io and wonders.

Not sure how this was made. But this looked very impressive to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA

Odroid N2?

You are charging additional for shorter email addresses? Why?

Good points. But, with Amazon taking the lion’s share of online sales, how much of delivery is left outside of Amazon?

I am not advocating for Amazon, just wondering if this move is sustainable for the employees while Amazon gets (theoretically) strong armed.

As we have seen, apps decay over time. So someone has to keep track of the app. Also, given unlimited time, all cryptographic algorithms can be brute forced, especially something that has the same key for all hashes. So, now you have the problem of maintaining a key for your "counterfeit detection", and somehow get older keys revoked. Do you see a ledger now?

> The NFTs aren't really needed though, a manufacturer could just have a "scan this item with your phone to see if it's genuine" app and that would be sufficient.

Again, the problem of a centralised ledger comes back.

On a related note, how do I find a list of electrical codes (or any code for that matter) for my area without going through an expensive subscription?

That is true. And my philosophy is, I will sell the moment it vests (subject to sell windows of course). I will take the money and invest it elsewhere.

Sure. But there are so many companies listed. Will the world for you totally turn upside down if you stay away from one listed company? Maybe a particular trade is legal, maybe it is not. Why bother to take the trouble?

> It's a consumer being able to unilaterally say "give me my money back"

That is actually not true. The credit card company must follow established guidelines and pragmatically look at the available information/user agreement/contract and decide on whether there was a breach of contract. They can not blindly stick the bill to the business.

Here is my take.

1. If what you ask for was completely out of budget, they would not have spent time interviewing you.

2. If you are happy with $30 but still quoted $40, and now you accept $30, you are opening a can of worms. It means, you CAN and WILL be pushed around financially as long as you are in the company.

3. If you have faith in your skills, walk away. You will always find another company willing to pay you the money you ask for, as long as it is realistic.

If I was in your place, I would have walked away if it was a penny under $40.

You should talk to FedEx and UPS and ask for discounts. I can ship things often cheaper than USPS flat box when shipping FedEx express.

I actively try to get things outside Amazon as well but most of the time end up buying from Amazon anyway. And people have rightfully said quite a few times, stuff is listed cheaper than on Amazon. However for most independent stores, manufacturers I notice that either they charge for shipping, or has a 50$ minimum to get free shipping. I have tried to bounce off cash back portals to cover for some of the shipping, but most of the time it is not enough.

In addition, I have a Amazon card from Chase that offers 5% of cashback on amount spent at Amazon. Most of the time factoring in shipping and cashback seals the deal for Amazon and covers for the price difference.

When did UltraEdit go subscription? :(

Probably, or maybe because medium format and large format lens reviews does not get him enough traffic/sponsorships/street-cred.

This is so much correct. Modern lenses feels very clinical to me. It is like showing someone a passport photograph and asking if it is a good portrait.

He does break down technical stuff is average Joe language. But, one this that does tick me off is his lens analysis does not consider larger formats.