chrisdroukas | 1 year ago | on: Pixel Watch 3
Automatic (out-of-cycle) sleep tracking is coming in watchOS 11.
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chrisdroukas | 1 year ago | on: 'Meridian': Why Netflix Is Helping Competitors with Content and Code (2016)
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chrisdroukas | 2 years ago | on: Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia will be completed in 2026
There are a number of material and technology advances [1] that accelerated the pace of the Sagrada Familia's construction — the techniques used to construct the basilica have evolved significantly since construction began.
https://www.archdaily.com/964178/from-handcrafted-stone-to-3...
chrisdroukas | 7 years ago | on: InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employees work remotely
The most recent version of Sketch (52) seems to resolve a lot of the general slowness around large files. It's Metal-accelerated now.
https://blog.sketchapp.com/dark-mode-data-a-brand-new-look-a...
chrisdroukas | 9 years ago | on: This Is the Mindfulness App Apple Doesn’t Want You to Have
There are a few workarounds that don't involve undocumented APIs for this, as someone else in this thread mentioned.
Facebook's Groups app uses (disclaimer: as far as I can tell) an interesting technique involving saving data URIs to the home screen and then deep linking them.
chrisdroukas | 9 years ago | on: Let's crash the integrated browser in Facebook
You can roll your own browser interface using WKWebView — if (for whatever reason) your app supplements the browsing experience, you'd use WKWebView.
SFSafariViewController provides its own Safari-like interface and has an extremely limited set of configuration/customization options.
chrisdroukas | 9 years ago | on: iOS 10 and MacOS Sierra: Networking for the Modern Internet
Without going into tremendous detail, this is roughly how:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Networ...
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Digit: Save money without thinking about it
Bank of America has a similar program called "Keep the Change".
https://www.bankofamerica.com/deposits/manage/keep-the-chang...
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Show HN: Mechanical clock simulation in WebGL
Safari 9 on OS X 10.11 has this behavior.
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: A look at how Macintosh accessories are prototyped and tested
Apple did release peripherals today, so that's likely.
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Exploring Apple's 3D Touch
A long press is a function of time:
"How long has the user pressed?"
3D Touch is a function of pressure: "How hard has the user pressed?"
In practice, things that your application previously accomplished with long presses may be more suitably accomplished with 3D Touch — things like contextual menus or shortcuts come to mind. Additionally, iOS has new APIs for presenting content using 3D Touch. The article briefly references them.
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Validating Your Version of Xcode
It appears that a Chinese company named Kunlun licensed IP from Rovio and is developing Angry Birds apps specifically for the Chinese market. Perhaps they're also distributing the app themselves.
http://www.rovio.com/en/news/press-releases/621/rovio-gets-w...
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel (2007)
Opportunity knocks (rather, gets served by pneumatic tube): the domain http://burritos.nyc appears to be for sale.
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Exploit to get root on OS X 10.10 fits in a tweet
They've issued security updates as far back as Mountain Lion as recently as June 30.
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
> Seeing a lot of teenagers with them…
Could this perhaps be explained by a teenager's relative (price, legal?) difficulty entering into a cell contract?
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: Now Worth $10B, Is WeWork a 2000 Redux?
chrisdroukas | 10 years ago | on: An experimental tool to enforce Swift style and conventions
Is there an Objective C equivalent to this?
chrisdroukas | 11 years ago | on: Apple reportedly has a big problem with defective Apple Watches
Models ordered today won't ship until July.
chrisdroukas | 11 years ago | on: How to come up with a catchy name and logo for your startup
I'm not really sure what's gained by reimplementing scrolling in the first place.
chrisdroukas | 11 years ago | on: 13 Xcode Tips That Will Help You Conquer Xcode
On the topic of useful keyboard shortcuts, I like auto indentation of selected lines with control (not command) + i.
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