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Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by Segmentation »

jcutrell wrote: post #109
derefr wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Let people be who they are. Measure them by their output and their product, and the effectiveness of their decisions. Not on whether or not they conform to your taste/style. I would guess that the true point being made is that these people are not "being who they are," because someone else has caused them to "conform to [their] taste/style." Your reaction is actually pointing out exactly the same thinking on their…

That makes sense. However, there's one problem. > these people are not "being who they are," because someone else has caused them to "conform to [their] taste/style." This is assumption based on cultural hints. There have been quite a few times on HN where hackers have proven to indeed not be aesthetes, because hacking marketing requires aesthetic. This goes down to whether or not you appreciate aesthetics of your ow…

> But someone posts a link on HN, and people bitch and moan because the primary subject of marketing is sporting a beard.

I see two posts making fun of beards. Two.

Why are you even making this discussion? Meta discussion is frowned upon on HN. If you feel someone's discussion is off-topic, down-vote them and move on.

The irony is your meta discussion is now the top-voted post, instead of discussion on the actual product.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by sitharus »

codezero wrote: post #9

This is pretty clever, but is this much better than the existing Bluetooth proximity unlock utilities? The iPhone app that this pairs with costs $3.99 by the way. If you use Mac OS, Proximity is similar to BlueProximity, there are probably other solutions that don't require an iOS app and accomplish the same thing without the magical novelty, all the same, I think it's neat and if the app weren't $4 I would try it ou…

Funnily enough MacOS itself used to have bluetooth proximity unlock built in, in 2005.

It also could receive and send SMS on the machine and pause/resume music on phone call.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by kaolinite »

vinautomatic wrote: post #82

Love the site and design. BUT something already does this, for free, it's called keycard. As someone else pointed out, very hard to find on app store, then also, it suddenly costs $3.99 in app store. YOU HID THAT PART NICELY. One other thing, why name your zip file "latest.zip" - took me a good minute to find it in download folder. Apple should already have this crap built in with new ios/mavericks though :( Also, do…

Keycard is really unstable and more often than not doesn't work. This works every time - very impressed. The setup was very slick too.

Also, complaining about $4? Really?

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by eddieroger »

stcredzero wrote: post #90

Here's a controversial position: This is not going to be popular amongst iOS devs (I am an iOS dev) but the best thing for iOS as a platform is for Apple to appropriate this. With the M7 coprocessor, iOS would be able to register a callback for a given "gesture," like two knocks. Then the phone could implement such functionality while staying in standby! Combined with a facility for securely determining proximity, yo…

How you reconcile which app gets which gesture then? Would two unlocks trigger both a machine unlock, a text to my mom, and to start playing my podcasts? Not to mention that it's like pulling teeth to get Apple to allow things to happen in the background.

I was intrigued at how they did this from a locked phone, and it turns out they don't. You have to have the app launched before knocking, meaning at it's core, this is just a shake listener with a count and some Bluetooth code. Not that it's not worth $4 (yeah, app isn't free), but it's not getting my $4 yet, since typing my password is still easier and plenty secure.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by woutervdb »

vinautomatic wrote: post #96
hnriot wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

* One other thing, why name your zip file "latest.zip" - took me a good minute to find it in download folder. ls -lrt ~/Downloads

So you want me to terminal to find something the latest i've downloaded in my folder? should just be named correctly, professionally.

Personally, I think you should already have your downloads sorted by date, not alphabetically. No matter what the file is called, you can always just assume it's the first/last file in your downloads. I agree the filename should be changed though: latest.zip seems like something you send your friends to give a proof of concept.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by cmiller1 »

songzme wrote: post #92

I have been knocking my iPhone 5s for the past 10 minutes, but nothing is happening. On my mac, it seems that everything has been setup correctly, I can see my iphone name in the unlink button, so everything must be set up correctly. On my iPhone 5s, I see my personal icon for my macbook Pro retina 13'' and a big picture of a macbook pro. I have been knocking everywhere in my iPhone: the picture of macbook pro, my ma…

I had the exact opposite experience! Knocking and knocking and knocking, not working... pick it up off the table, works in my hand.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

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Post by jcutrell »

Segmentation wrote: post #111
jcutrell wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That makes sense. However, there's one problem. > these people are not "being who they are," because someone else has caused them to "conform to [their] taste/style." This is assumption based on cultural hints. There have been quite a few times on HN where hackers have proven to indeed not be aesthetes, because hacking marketing requires aesthetic. This goes down to whether or not you appreciate aesthetics of your ow…

> But someone posts a link on HN, and people bitch and moan because the primary subject of marketing is sporting a beard. I see two posts making fun of beards. Two. Why are you even making this discussion? Meta discussion is frowned upon on HN. If you feel someone's discussion is off-topic, down-vote them and move on. The irony is your meta discussion is now the top-voted post, instead of discussion on the actual pro…

Totally agree with the idea that meta discussion should be limited. And, to be fair, it's not my fault my comment is the top voted post. I think the discussion about the fake/real login screen should be upped more than this one, certainly. But, I will say that I don't agree that this thread is invaluable or should be frowned upon for this discussion.

I think the product is quite nicely done. I bought it. And I believe the discussion revolves around not only the product, but the presentation and the reception of that presentation. So the "meta" value here isn't limited to the beard conversation. It's a larger discussion about the HN community, which isn't quite "frowned upon." It's important that we all contribute to moderation and encourage better thought.

I posted early in response to a initial negative discussion (which indeed is a pervasive issue on HN) about the pretension of the video, the aesthetics, etc. It's not just a response about beards - it's a response regarding the product and a more valuable way of understanding marketing, which I think will contribute to the discussion of the OP in the future.

And thus, I think it is quite relevant to this particular thread. But I will rest my case here.

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