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Re: My Very Own Protocol Droid

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Post by _Simon »

pc86 wrote: post #189
_Simon wrote: post #187

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How dare I? Who are you!? My question was a legitimate one, I was being serious, not fucking fatuous like the OP . As I explained, the post came across to me as if the OP didn't have much day to day experience using Xcode, hence the question. The OP initial comment was aggressive to begin with! How dare I? Wow.

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that because you're new here[0], you haven't read the comment guidelines. I suggest you do, and modify your behavior accordingly. Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. [1] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=_Simon [1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Get over yourself. 1) I have been reading this site for a while, certainly since 2010 and have read the guidelines. Since your account is only 150 days older than mine, it hardly puts you in a position to lord it over me. 2) I absolutely would say everything that I have said to your faces. 3) I haven't been uncivil, my 'crime' is at worst misreading a post, however I don't think I did. Rereading the OP, he was looking to troll and I fed him. My bad, I will be more diligent in the future. You, on the other hand attacked me. Would you be so damned patronising to my face? Reading your history (how utterly childish) it looks like you are generally a bit of a patronising know it all. I won't respond further. Just waiting in anticipation for you to attack my spelling, grammar or punctuation, which seems to be the modus operandi of a HN troll.

Re: My Very Own Protocol Droid

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Post by Drakim »

nicholassmith wrote: post #184
Drakim wrote: post #169

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But the iPhone isn't just lacking in one or two options. It's a very locked down platform in several ways. I have a hard time applying your argument of "a lot of people have no use" when it comes to something as fundamental as being allowed to run an app or browser that Apple does not like.

Okay so here's choice. You can have chocolate or steak, what you can't expect is that the steak is made of chocolate. There's choice. Apple has presented a product with specific guidelines and won't budge, your choice is "Does this product do everything I want it do/or nearly everything" if the iPhone fits that then that's a fine choice, if it doesn't then you can go choose something else. It's Apple's party, and the…

But now the game has changed from "most people don't need this" to "if you bought Apple you get Apple".

The latter does not deflect the original criticism thrown at Apple here, they are overly restrictive to the point where it's bad for their users.

I think that is a valid point to raise against Apple without meeting a blanket "You bought their product and that's just how they roll". Under that, no company can be criticized for anything, ever.

Re: My Very Own Protocol Droid

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Post by Tyrannosaurs »

runjake wrote: post #196
Tyrannosaurs wrote: post #195

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Except perhaps the most important thing - the idea? Possibly worth looking too at what I was originally doing - refuting the idea that Android was a major Google innovation where Siri was merely an acquisition. Even if you say that Google have reworked Android to the extent that it's essentially new, the same is largely true of Siri if you look what it was when Apple bought it (small scale, movie tickets and restaura…

What idea? Android? Android was essentially an unknown brand when Google bought it. It certainly wasn't a technology (or at least a technology that has any similarity to Android today).

It was a mobile operating system. That seems pretty similar to me.

Re: My Very Own Protocol Droid

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Post by jjsz »

paddy_m wrote: post #200
jjsz wrote: post #50

A good tip for new Android users now that I feel obligated to evangelize Android a bit: Get cyanogenmod [0] and cyandelta [1]. First off your get: Android 4.2.2/3 and the swipable lockscreen widgets, the alternative top right swipe to access the notification toggles, the new 360/panorama camera, and updating is simple since cyandelta runs a scrip where it downloads a delta file of the next cyanogenmod and automagical…

where is there a good overview of the jailbreak landscape for androids. I don't know if I want a rom, root access or what. I find the forums that many of the mods are described on to be scary, I don't want to get a drive by virus or malware.

If you're just starting out, you don't need to run any scripts, battery tweaks, or do any overclocking. A ROM is just another OS for your phone. In order to overclock, do mods, or run scripts you need SuperUser, in Linux that means Administrator. In order to get SuperUser you need to root your phone. So if you want Cyanogenmod the process goes like this:

Root phone->Check if SuperUser works->Check if you have a Custom Recovery->Download a ROM->Go to Custom Recovery and Wipe Data and Cache then Flash It (Install It)->New OS on your phone.

Re: My Very Own Protocol Droid

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Post by scholia »

_Simon wrote: post #201
pc86 wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that because you're new here[0], you haven't read the comment guidelines. I suggest you do, and modify your behavior accordingly. Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. [1] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=_Simon [1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Get over yourself. 1) I have been reading this site for a while, certainly since 2010 and have read the guidelines. Since your account is only 150 days older than mine, it hardly puts you in a position to lord it over me. 2) I absolutely would say everything that I have said to your faces. 3) I haven't been uncivil, my 'crime' is at worst misreading a post, however I don't think I did. Rereading the OP, he was lookin…

Amused to see you going through the same process with other people as you did with me: ie you post silly statements in sloppy language, act all hurt when people point out your mistakes, and finally accuse them of being trolls (using yet another word you don't understand).

I really don't think you are properly equipped to debate things on HN. You should go back to Digg. It's your natural home.

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