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allwein

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About allwein

I'm a tech consultant fluent in the iOS development stack as well as the Microsoft stack. My current location is Pittsburgh, PA.

Email me at hackernews (at) allwein (dot) org

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    Comment #39745563

    ++ to fastmail. Their spam filtering has been excellent and they have a good stance on privacy.

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    Comment #38858428

    Anything is possible, but I don't think judgement of visual aesthetics maps at all to quality of writing. I'm a damn good technical writer and can break down complex ideas into cle…

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    Comment #38858284

    I think it's likely a sincere question. I, for one, would not wanting to be physically touching a radio that people may have been turning on/off depending on whether the device is …

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    Comment #32385333

    Thimbleweed Park was highly enjoyable. Done by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, two of the people from the classic days at LucasArts.

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    Comment #31354404

    Facebook/Meta has a freeze through the end of the year.

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    Comment #28876799

    > and if Visual Studio ran on Mac I'd probably switch my PC out also Not sure if it supports all the features you need, but it exists. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/

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    Comment #28605535

    We use Fluent Migrator for out C# based applications. https://fluentmigrator.github.io/

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    Comment #28471056

    It's not done using dynamic SQL tables. The key insight is to note that FIELDS table actually defines the name, ordering, and config for each of the fields of a given note type, an…

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    Comment #28328659

    Reminds me of this comic. https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2003/04/27

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    Comment #25685843

    The iPhone 12 User Guide warns about this. From the online version at https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/important-safety-info... : >Medical device interference iPhone contains…

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    Comment #25345661

    Ah, that's from the Press Release, which is for a more mainstream audience who maybe would expect all features to work otherwise. From the tech specs page on the product itself tho…

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    Comment #25188658

    "Secret tunnel" is one of my favorite TikTok genres. I find these fascinating as well.

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    Comment #25050833

    I imagine that it's someone that runs either either a lot of virtual machines or a lot of Docker Containers.

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    Comment #24943460

    > Do you carry liability insurance for your company? Have a contract lawyer that you know and use? If not then you are probably not big enough for the major RFPs. I just wanted to …

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    Comment #24516993

    Or "hide" the stuff you don't like. I like to do that so that when I come back 10 times later that day I don't continually have that annoyance when seeing the story again.

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    Comment #23403043

    Suddenly Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the Dead" makes a lot more sense to me.

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    Comment #23258598

    1. Yes. 2. Yes. Though like anything, you get out of them what you put in. 3. Set on a per-person basis. Some people need/want to meet every week. A lot of them are younger develop…

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    Comment #20395921

    TestFlight. The user limit is 10,000. If beta review is slowing down your dev/release cycle, you may be using it incorrectly. After initial beta review, it's usually unnecessary to…

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    Comment #20106736

    I think this is a great idea, security-wise. I prefer my installations to have as few attack vectors as possible. So having as few things enabled/installed by default is awesome.

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    Comment #20106708

    You can disable WiFi quickly by swiping down (from the top right) to bring up control center and then tapping the WiFi button.

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    Comment #19932356

    Um, vegetables, fruits, nuts, dairy, soy, etc.? I've been eating a vegetarian keto diet for a while now and have not been lacking due to a loss of sugar, grains, and starch.

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    Comment #19304035

    I feel like you're glossing over several factors. In your scenario: 1: Person must have physical access and control of your phone. 2: Person must have Phone pin-code or password, i…

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    Comment #19271209

    They said protein because that would also include such things as tofu, fish, and eggs; none of which are commonly called "meat". You're being overly restrictive by trying to move t…

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    Comment #18969224

    After reading this line: > Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. and seeing the initial scr…

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    Comment #18905757

    I would tend to argue that institutional racism is also bad for your health and mental well-being.