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epaga
9,390karma·952submissions·March 25, 2011
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Java developer / team leader at inetsoftware.de by day
iOS developer by night
https://silentshark.app - Tactical map-based WW2 submarine simulator for iOS, Android, Mac, PC, Linux, Web
https://smoothtrack.app - VR-style head tracking app (iOS + Android) for PC sim games. Replaces the need for a $150+ TrackIR system.
https://mindscopeapp.com - Text canvas outliner, thought organizer (macOS, iOS)
http://appstore.com/johngoering - other apps
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I've been learning lots about orbital mechanics and rocket science thanks to Kerbal Space Program. What a sense of accomplishment with each step * made it to orbit * flew by the moon * crash-land…
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Interestingly this seems to have been flagged for some reason. Anyone have any idea what for? Is this not factual? I assumed Jerusalem Post is a legit news source...is that not the case?
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That said, current iOS 13 adoption rate is already at 93%...
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It's months. Amazing for employees and terrifying for employers. Someone I know took a new job somewhere, only to let them know a week or so after being there that his wife was about to have thei…
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What a frustrating article to read. tldr; "Why Are Alphabet Letters Arranged How They Are?" Because the Greeks modified the Phoenician alphabet a bit, and used that order. "Well...why w…
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I agree with everyone here who is praising the Quest. How they’d write an article like this and not mention the Oculus Quest even once is beyond me. It is a game changer and two of my friends have bou…
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Absolutely love this short story, it really gets under your skin. In one sense, I'm pretty sure it's a riff on Jesus' parable of the rich fool (recounted in Luke 12:13-21). In both case…
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Wow, this seems like there's a lot of insecurity going on (on both sides), if we're putting this much thought into simply asking "Did you try sshd?"
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You could say the same about Google Maps completely revolutionizing the burglary "industry" with its satellite imagery and escape route calculations. Or about Telegram/WhatsApp offering…
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Totally agree with the rule of thumb and deeply appreciate the decision to make an exception in this case.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21211084
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Messages, FaceTime, Maps - all apps that are used throughout the world for criminal purposes which endanger people and law enforcement. This does not mean they should be pulled. Nor does the app break…
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Probably 1. flagged by a number of Chinese users and 2. auto-detected as “controversial” which often are more noise than signal. I hope this is manually set as an exception. This is an extremely impor…
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> ideal for publishing to services like the new Apple Arcade and macOS/iPadOS Catalyst I was just looking into this yesterday but found no info - so you're saying it's now possible t…
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Not sure what you're trying to say with this. Does this belong to a different thread?
Also, note that "learning styles" has come into some intense criticism re: its validity as of late.…
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Apple cares, which is why they wrote the support page article - they'd like users of the Apple Card to keep their cards pristine and white. Ironically, it's this level of "caring" …