However more often than not now I’m seeing it used for really invasive applications. Such as when I rented my most recent apartment and they asked to use open banking to verify our finances, which as far as I know would have given them access to every single transaction going back a decade or so. The agent was confused as to why I wouldn’t go ahead with it and ultimately let us opt out, but I do worry that at some point I won’t have much choice but to accept.

I’ve also seen credit scoring companies that suggest you’ll get a better credit score if you use open banking to hand over your transactions. I have no need to use that but I suspect others who are desperate to increase their chances of getting a mortgage, etc, won’t have much of a choice.

Not always inaccurate, but often used to overlook nuance.

It has made an incredible difference. As a remote worker, I always felt stressed if I didn’t respond to a message straight away as it might appear as if I’m slacking off. With Basecamp, a delay is expected, so I finish my tasks before taking a look through my Basecamp notifications. I’m vastly more productive and far less stressed.

In addition, the proposals and comments on Basecamp are in far more detail and conversation is typically better thought out.

Could not recommend it enough.

Previously the majority of the books I read came in the form of cheap ebooks from the Kindle store. As a result, I often abandoned them (or even just forgot about them), only reading a few chapters. Now though, when I spend £30 on a single book, damn right am I going to finish it.

Plus, as a result of the curation, there isn't a single book on their site that isn't at least worth a glance. The same can't be said for many physical bookstores, let alone Amazon, etc.

And, the best part is, I don't really need these expensive books anymore. I've gotten into such a habit of reading because of them that I'm buying regular books again and I'm reading for at least an hour or two a night.

[1] http://foliosociety.com

In addition, Apple controls Lightning completely so when you buy an accessory that uses Lightning, as long as it isn't counterfeit, it has been tested by Apple and is guaranteed to work. They can't guarantee that with USB-C.

That said, it's an awkward situation. Overall I'd like USB-C on my phone however if they were going to do it, surely it would have been with the iPhone 7. It wouldn't be great if they announced it with the 7S after people had gone out and bought Lightning headphones.

Personally I think this is the great advantage of the touch bar. The only app that I personally use the Esc key in has it available, but all other apps use the space for more appropriate shortcuts. Plus it can be customised too (finally I can add a screenshot button!), although not per app yet, as far as I can tell.

For more information on WebKit content blockers: https://webkit.org/blog/3476/content-blockers-first-look/

Update: performance is the reason that it's 64 bit only https://twitter.com/awfulben/status/638526406805229568

I haven't tried one myself, although I am tempted as I often get quite bad back pain (at age 23 :-/ ), however I can't quite bring myself to add yet another device to my life that needs looking after, charging, etc.

However, I wonder if you can solve this problem purely with software. Could an app detect slouching by monitoring the user through the webcam?

It does cost. You can either pay for a subscription to use their servers, similar to Backblaze, etc, or you can pay $40 (this is what I did) for the stand-alone app. Personally I back my Macbook up to S3 - it costs me less than $5/month. I've been using it for a couple of years now and it gets regular updates and has saved the day for me more than a few times.

[1] https://www.arqbackup.com/

You can try it at http://trytrunk.com/ or get the source at https://github.com/timdavies/trunk

http://github.com/timdavies/trunk

1. I'll check the search tonight and add some tests to cover it, thanks for letting me know.

2. Agreed regarding the design - could do with some improvements. I'll tweak it.

3. The reason there's a notes icon is because I'm planning to have other icons there too (I'm considering a few options but perhaps bookmarks, contacts, files, etc - that kind of thing). Doesn't really need to be there now, admittedly, but it shouldn't be too long until there are other sections.

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