Hacker News: credo

New comment by credo in "WWDC 2023 Livestream"

credo — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:35:48 +0000

So far, in 35 minutes the Worldwide “Developers” Conference seems to be exclusively about consumer features, though they did mention API as an afterthought :)

New comment by credo in "WWDC21: Apple Keynote [Live]"

credo — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:15:54 +0000

It is interesting to see that Netflix hasn't implemented SharePlay.

The keynote lists many other partners (such as Hulu, HBOMax etc.)

In ‘Digital India,’ Government Hands Out Free Phones to Win Votes

credo — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:24:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/technology/india-government-free-phones-election.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18485094

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by credo in "New Cottonseed Is Safe for People to Eat"

credo — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 07:57:23 +0000

It is interesting to contrast the U.S system of genetically modified food (e.g. the "new" genetically modified cottonseed) with how traditional systems dealt with food (such as cottonseed).

Cottonseed is considered as a nutritious source of food in Madurai, India (and perhaps in other parts of the world). They don't genetically modify cotton, but they process cottonseed to create cottonseed "milk", a healthy, nutritious drink

ddg couldn't find many online references to cottonseed milk (Paruthi Paal in Tamil). However, here are a couple of links

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlD9gxef5mo Starting from around minute 18:00 onwards, this video shows a vendor talking about how he makes cottonseed milk. Unfortunately, the video doesn't have English subtitles, but it might be interesting anyway :)

2. http://www.themomandthecity.com/paruthi-paal/

New comment by credo in "Microsoft acquires Github"

credo — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:32:18 +0000

In all these years, GitHub didn't make a single penny as profit

Like most "successful" startup companies over the past decade, only way (for investors) to make money was to make the company a "product" that would be sold to the highest bidder

Why is anyone surprised that GitHub would be sold ?

App Annie: Games account for 31% of App Store downloads, but 75% of revenue

credo — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 23:38:17 +0000

Article URL: https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/31/app-annie-2857-ios-apps-make-over-1-million-a-year/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17217017

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

There’s a War on Middle Management and Tesla Just Joined It

credo — Thu, 24 May 2018 05:06:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/theres-a-war-on-middle-management-and-tesla-just-joined-it-1526648400

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17141238

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Microsoft tries a new role: Moral Leader

credo — Tue, 08 May 2018 09:08:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/technology/microsoft-moral-leader.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17019734

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Can being cold make you sick?

credo — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:04:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/well/can-being-cold-make-you-sick.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16686853

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by credo in "What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death"

credo — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 06:14:41 +0000

My older iPad (yes, first gen iPad from 2010) is eight years old and it works great (from my perspective :)

Yes, I can't download most new apps, but last year, I released an update for 'Economy for iPad' (#1 Finance app for several weeks in 2010) and that app continues to support the original iPad and iOS 5.1

Generally, the best way to keep old devices running well is to keep the old OS. (Old major version at its latest minor version e.g. 10.3). There is a slight risk of not being able to pick up security fixes that didn't make it into 10.3, but made it to 11.0. However, as a developer, who tests apps on older OS versions, I keep old test devices with old OS versions on them.

Btw I should also add that Netflix runs perfectly on my old iPad with iOS 5.1 :)

Why you need the flu shot every year

credo — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:51:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/smarter-living/why-you-need-the-flu-shot-every-year.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15936322

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

4.87 ounce iPhone? In 1991, the NYT's mobile phone weighed 130 pounds

credo — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:58:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/insider/a-4-87-ounce-iphone-in-1991-my-mobile-phone-weighed-130-pounds.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15222790

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

99 percent of microbes in your body are completely unknown to science

credo — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 06:10:07 +0000

Article URL: http://newatlas.com/99-percent-microbiome-unknown/51037/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15087965

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by credo in "US quits Paris climate pact"

credo — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:25:02 +0000

It was a bit disingenuous for Trump to describe India and China as top polluters

India (population 1.3 Billion) creates lesser CO2 emissions than the US

China's per-capita emissions is just around half of that of the US

[Edit: replying to comment about pollution and emissions

The Paris agreement is about climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

When Trump talks about polluters and withdrawing from the Paris agreement, it seems illogical to suggest that he wasn't referring to CO2 emissions]

New comment by credo in "Who Wins and Who Loses in the Latest G.O.P. Health Care Bill"

credo — Thu, 04 May 2017 21:34:11 +0000

I have no pre-existing health problems (that I know of) and I get no government subsidies. The scorecard lists people like me as winners in the GOP health care bill.

However, I think, most of us will lose from this bill, because we'll live in a country that is less fair

* less fair (if you believe that a market-based approach to healthcare is unfair to people who are born with - or acquire - serious health problems, aka pre-existing conditions ...... and if you believe that poor people should get subsidies to let them get affordable healthcare)

New comment by credo in "Apple approves and then promptly removes app that tracks US drone strikes"

credo — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:21:18 +0000

It is sad to see some HNers flag this report.

This was submitted 46 minutes ago and it is ranked #45 with 5 votes.

Meanwhile, at #39 is "Japanese researche firms part of global effort to develop spray-on solar panels" with just 3 votes (and submitted more than two hours ago). Btw I'm referencing #39 for ranking comparison purposes, I have nothing against that item.

New comment by credo in "Why many Indian politicians have a criminal record"

credo — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 06:01:16 +0000

India does have a high level of criminality and corruption in politics, but it is different from the U.S. in one aspect.

An Indian politician who brags about sexual assault and doesn't even deny video-taped evidence of the bragging .... would have no chance of being elected as Prime Minister. As we demonstrated in November, American voters have a much higher tolerance level when it comes to electing our president.

New comment by credo in "It’s Been Real, Android: Why I’m Retiring from Android"

credo — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:25:12 +0000

Like the op, I do both iOS and Android development work. However, as an indie, my platform preference is primarily market-driven. So most of my work has been on iOS

Unlike the OP, I like and use Android AsyncTasks. I have no problems with Android fragments either.

However, I did have a lot of other concerns with Android - primarily the low quality of Google's SDK for Android. Here is what I wrote about it https://blog.cascadesoft.net/2013/12/31/the-bigger-problem-w...

New comment by credo in "Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store"

credo — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:14:29 +0000

Interesting flagging behavior :)

The #3 item on the front page has (Longest humans can live) had 44 points and was posted more than 1 hour ago. The #4 item (Typora) has 42 points and was posted more than 1 hour ago.

However, this post on the App Store is at #8 even though it has 172 points and was submitted 47 minutes ago.

New comment by credo in "“... it's my fault that Google shut down Google Reader”"

credo — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:16:54 +0000

These tweets are great marketing for his new company Storyworth and I mean that seriously :)

No one (well, almost no one) would have known who this guy was and that a company called Storyworth existed, but now a lot more people will know about it and how the founder is older and wiser now compared to when he was at Google :)