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Auto mode works on Bedrock now!

At first I was a bit confused about why The Onion’s spin-off site had a cloud offering, but that one is called ClickHole.

In theory couldn't it tunnel ethernet over the TB4 cable?

You can now renew your AppleCare+ on eligible iPhones, iPads and Macs at a monthly/yearly rate after the 2-3 year coverage period expires as long as you do it within 30 days of exp…

Very interesting concept, but I'd recommend people check out GRDB[1] if you're in search of a mature persistence layer for your iOS apps. It's a modern SQLite wrapper with a lot of…

Signal: https://signal.org/

I would love to see all “Share the Road” signs replaced with “Bicycles May Use Full Lane” [1] signs. This is the law in California but many motorists are unaware, or don’t care. 1:…

I would appreciate these disclosures a lot more if the author didn’t always include a flippant dismissal of security architecture improvements in macOS. Yes, it’s harder to write s…

If you’re concerned about your carbon footprint and live within 2.5 miles of work, you might want to consider a bicycle instead! Regular cycling has made a profoundly positive impa…

If you keep a customer with a recurring subscription for a year, Apple reduces its cut to 15%. This applies to all developers: https://www.apple.com/ios/app-store/principles-practi…

Whenever end-to-end encryption is not used, scenarios like these are bound to happen eventually. As far as I know, the only home surveillance products that use E2EE are ones that s…

I guess this will get lost in the noise, but a few years ago Apple relaxed its restrictions on IAP donations and allows developers to offer a "tip jar" where IAPs don't unlock any …

Yes it does? https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS

If you don't mind disabling SIP, you can still run Mojave on a lot of older hardware: http://dosdude1.com/mojave

The “One Plus” plan has unlimited international 256 kbps LTE and is juuuuust fast enough to get by. The low latency of LTE is helpful to make it feel a lot faster than a 2G connect…

Articles about App Store rejection are always a bit sensationalized. I'm not very familiar with Telegram, but I think the issue here is that by default on a fresh install there are…

The issue is that the peak power consumption could exceed the maximum power that the battery could deliver, not that the batteries were running out of charge. By throttling power c…

Probably for exhaust from cars idling at the entrance. You'll see a similar warning in the walkways to your plane in the airport.

Yep. You can use Signal Protocol over XMPP by using an OMEMO-compatible client [1]. You can pretty "easily" host your own XMPP server using Prosody [2] on a Raspberry Pi. 1. https:…

I run LineageOS on an old Moto G and think it's a great way for us technical people to keep our devices relevant beyond their intended lifetimes. For people less technically inclin…

The 5S was released in Sept 2013 and still runs the latest version of iOS. If they were still selling it in 2016 it will likely be supported with software updates until 2019. For c…

The iPhone 6 was released September 9, 2014, which is about 3.3 years ago.

You can use SQLCipher [1] with libsqlfs [2], which has a FUSE interface. 1. https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher 2. https://github.com/guardianproject/libsqlfs

Also Flock by Open Whisper Systems, which did end-to-end encrypted WebDAV sync for Android's Contacts and Calendars. (now discontinued) 1. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Flock 2…

Build near mass transit and in walkable neighborhoods and restrict the number of parking spaces. Make streets safer to walk and bike. Adding more housing units doesn't need to mean…