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Ive used various AR apps to see how products fit in physical spaces--like Ikea used to offer. I've also worked on VR projects for car interiors. With VR you really do get a sense o…

This page probably has the most detail: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651 This article is a few years old, but has more of a plain-English, third party explanation: https://ap…

> If you look at how Apple detects contraband imagery, they hash every image that gets uploaded into the photos app. Those hashes are transmitted to servers that compare them to ha…

I have no idea about Android, but my understanding is for wired CarPlay a GPS in the dash is optional and for wireless CarPlay its required. The thinking is you can use a larger, b…

> why is obtaining Python separately better than using a Python provided by the image? I mostly work in a different domain than webdev, but feel strongly about trying to decouple b…

There was a similar story where he insisted on painting manufacturing machines for aesthetic reasons. It cost a lot of money, the paint caused problems with the machines, and the s…

> The problem is that it just doesn't work on modern, fast displays. I'm very confused by this. From what I've seen it's been getting a lot better (since transitioning from CRTs). …

> I think this would have a negative effect. How? Disclosure should already be legally required--class-actions and lawsuits should already be a thing. The Have I Been Pwned data se…

Right. Just like the article, HDR is too vague to mean anything specific and a label that's slapped onto products. In gaming, it often meant they were finally simulating light and …

> Ugh. I will never understand the obsession this effect. All of it (lens flares, motion blur, film grain, DoF, tone mapping, and exposure, frame rate) are artistic choices constra…

Stereo film has its own limitations. Sadly, shooting for stereo was expensive and often corners were cut just to get it to show up in a theater where they can charge a premium for …

Check out this old post: https://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/thought-for-the-day/ HDR in games would frequently mean clipping highlights and adding bloom. Prior the "HDR" exposu…

https://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/thought-for-the-day/ It's crazy that post is 15 years old. Like the OP and this post get at, HDR isn't really a good description of what's ha…

iTerm2 has had Tmux Integration for a few years now. That's not something I want, so I'm not sure if it ticks all your boxes. https://iterm2.com/documentation-tmux-integration.html…

The first option presented is a one month non-renewing subscription for $10. I think the intention is periodically (once a year, once every few years?) you run it to reclaim space.…

If you'd like. In the blog post he says he wrote the prototype in an afternoon. Hyperspace does try hard to preserve unique metadata as well as other protections.

This is unrelated to viewport rotation, but I've always wanted to play with multiple inputs for posing characters. There was always a lot of interest in "full body IK" which seems …

Sooo many forum postings of parents lamented the loss of VHS when DVDs and Blu rays took over because of the kid factor. I saw a lot of people backing up their discs and giving the…

I think the point the parent was trying to make was that when using ANC you likely listen to things using a lower volume setting--reducing the chance you'll develop tinnitus. Witho…

> MacOS got a total ground-up rewrite in between versions 9 and 10, and it helps they built the UI on top of an existing nix. The reason the parent mentioned NeXTSTEP is while MacO…

I think part of the reason apps like Photoshop and Word got bloated is that their audience got watered down and are fairly mainstream software. I'm sure there's a lot of old niche …

They're not copying or spoofing the chip on the card, they're skimming the mag stripe and getting the fixed credit card number, right? Then stealing your pin (second factor). I'm n…

iPhones have had Power Reserve for a few years now. For up to around 5 hours after your phone turns off due to low battery you can still use things like Find My or Express Card tra…

Their website says keycards /can/ be offered, just like physical keys (mentioned in the article). Apartment complexes opt not to support those things.

That's true, but just like adults, what kid's brains "need" isn't always the same thing they're most stimulated by. I also think since adults are often around it's very very apprec…