Hacker News: 37prime

New comment by 37prime in "Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Things Boxed Set"

37prime — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 09:22:31 +0000

+1 for Dr. Zoidberg reference.

New comment by 37prime in "Who Are the Real-Life Models of “Silicon Valley” Characters? We Have Them"

37prime — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 23:33:59 +0000

The author deleted this Medium story

New comment by 37prime in "Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windows 10 upgrade"

37prime — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:33:58 +0000

We’ve been getting a lot of calls from home clients since last Tuesday that their computer now runs Windows 10. There are still some printer and software issues, which were the reasons why they arestill running Windows 7.

New comment by 37prime in "Apple Watch – 6 Months Later, Not That Great"

37prime — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 23:57:38 +0000

One could easily make counterpoints to each and every single argument he has.

New comment by 37prime in "The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 in India"

37prime — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 06:28:40 +0000

This is similar with Bayer’s Nexavar (Sorafenib)and its India-market-only counterpart.

India had to impose an export-restriction for these drugs.

New comment by 37prime in "Faraday is probably a front for the Apple Car"

37prime — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 02:28:16 +0000

Clickbait Journalism from “The Previous Web”. The article offers zero substantial evidence.

New comment by 37prime in "The Founder of Firefox Wrote His Own Screenplay for HBO’s Silicon Valley"

37prime — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:24:13 +0000

Just don’t be Dan Lyon…… ;-)

One of the Season 2 Main Casts is a good friend of mine. I can you that you wrote a line or two for the character.

New comment by 37prime in "Website featuring only the highest rated Amazon items"

37prime — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:10:52 +0000

This is nothing more than a SPAMMY Amazon Affiliate site.

Flag this down.

New comment by 37prime in "'Happy Birthday' Hits Sour Notes When It Comes to Song's Free Use"

37prime — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:27:20 +0000

Cristopher Tyng clearly stated that Futurama Theme Song was an homage to Pierre Henry's "Psyché Rock”.

New comment by 37prime in "[dead]"

37prime — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 06:23:10 +0000

Besides the content of the article, this particular blogspot page is littered with tons of ads. The layover ad says: “This content requires Java Plug-in 12.4.1 Would you like to install now?”

New comment by 37prime in "[dead]"

37prime — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:18:05 +0000

It seems the author of the article couldn’t elaborate any further. Apple wouldn’t want their developers to write apps for iOS platform on anything but the Mac; not in the forseeable future.

New comment by 37prime in "Vox Media Acquiring ReCode"

37prime — Tue, 26 May 2015 23:13:13 +0000

Mixed Feelings about this. It would be acceptable as long as ReCode retains its editorial independence from Vox Media.

New comment by 37prime in "Indonesian army urged to stop virginity tests for recruits"

37prime — Fri, 15 May 2015 04:52:08 +0000

From the article:

A local plan to require schoolgirls in part of Java to undergo the so-called virginity tests before they could gain a secondary school diploma was scrapped after an outcry earlier this year.

That should make you scratch your head and yell some profanities.

There are a lot of “can’t make this stuff up” news about Indonesia.

Nazi-themed cafe draws fire in Indonesia http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/indonesias-nazi-themed-sol...

There’s no such thing as Free Speech Arrested for calling Indonesian city 'idiotic' http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-29035858

Muslims assault U.S. Embassy in Indonesia (Protesting Danish Newspaper over publications of Muhammad Cartoons) http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-19-indones...

It goes on and on...

New comment by 37prime in "If a Caller Says, 'I Am with the IRS,' He's Not"

37prime — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 06:48:01 +0000

My colleague has been getting these kind of calls at the office. The callers do have heavy Indian accent.

It is amusing for us for any of these scammers to call any of our direct extensions.

New comment by 37prime in "Macbook screen coating issues"

37prime — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 03:39:12 +0000

huh?

Those screens were damaged, both plastic and glass alike.

Some people think that since it is a glass screen, using cleaning solution like Windex is ok. That’s so not recommended.

New comment by 37prime in "Macbook screen coating issues"

37prime — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:13:02 +0000

I have seen many damaged computer screens, desktop and laptop. One of the most common themes is the cleaning solution used to clean the screen. A lot of people admits they are using the common household cleaning solutions to clean the screens.

New comment by 37prime in "Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud"

37prime — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:16:11 +0000

No, I am not employed by any financial institutions.

At that time my colleague added her Wells Fargo card to Apple Pay and it went through without any notifications from the bank. She has been using this card with iTunes store though.

Another colleague added her F&A Federal Credit Union card and went through with little notifications.

First National Bank of Omaha notifies the email address on file that that the card is added to Apple Pay.

US Bank actually sends a letter via mail that the card was added to Apple Pay.

This could change by now.

New comment by 37prime in "Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud"

37prime — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:27:30 +0000

Yes, only if the issuing bank flagged it.

New comment by 37prime in "Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud"

37prime — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:26:50 +0000

Some Credit Card issuing banks actually went through verification process when a card was aadded to Apple Pay. For example, a colleague added her United Airlines MileagePlus Club Card. She had to verify her identity before the card was approved for Apple Pay.

Meanwhile, another credit card issuing bank which shall remain unnamed, did not go through the verification process when the card was added to Apple Pay.

New comment by 37prime in "MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues"

37prime — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 05:17:08 +0000

I have worked on 6 units of 2011 MacBook Pro that had this issues. Two of them were repaired out-of-warranty, which cost $210+tax for parts and $100 for labor.

I talked to AppleCare rep a few hours ago and Apple will refund me the repair cost.