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cropr wrote: » Swift is definitely a serious improvement to Objective C, which I don't like at all. Nevertheless it does not solve the major issue, having a single development environment + language for mobile development: for iOS and Android. A…
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kiltedgreen wrote: » "Absence of a keyword should mean the variable is immutable". The "should" in there is only your opinion and Apple disagree. One of Apple's aims is to make Swift a safe language; in Ceylon omission implicitly equates to imm…
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knowitall wrote: » I suspect that using 'precondition' in Swift has something to do with the 'lack' of exceptions. Using 'union' is very C like and should be an implementation detail (of the language) rather than a language feature (I think). …
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kiltedgreen wrote: » What are you saying here? Let is immutable and var immutable and Apple strongly encourage 'let' unless mutability is required. Did I miss something? And I wish writers would drop that utterly pointless phrase "going fo…
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steven n. wrote: » Elimination of exceptions is the biggest plus to Swift. I have seen exception designs so hideous that it is sad. I agree that exceptions can be abused but I think eliminating them takes away a useful tool that should be appli…
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Swift is a nice language and certainly a few steps up from Java and Objective C, but there are better languages out there. Where I find Swift wanting is in support for union types (many of the newer languages have them or are adding them), not comp…
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Quote:Originally Posted by Danox Then Amazon would be happy if Apple kicked them out of the Appstore for being the parasite that they are. They want the benefits of the iOS ecosystem (access to users) but they don't want to pay for it. Apple shoul…
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I bought a lot of comics on Comixology so I thought I would try buying a comic under the new system. It's definitely not as convenient as the old system, but with the help of 1Password, it wasn't that painful. All I had to do was browse for comic…
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I haven't installed Flash on my system, and if I really need to view a site with Flash, I'll run Chrome, which has its own embedded Flash player.
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Way offtopic, but do these pumps accept Canadian postal codes, or do they need to be all numeric US zip codes? Would Canadians have to go inside to pay in this case? Quote:Originally Posted by DogCowabunga When I'm buying gas, the auto-pump alwa…
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Quote:Originally Posted by tzeshan I think in most cases law enforcement agency will have the suspect in custody in addition to the phone. What's your point? They'll still want to get into their phone to search for evidence.
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Quote:Originally Posted by tzeshan I don't think NSA will need the finger print sensor to identify the legitimate owner. They can do this today already. My point is that when law enforcement/three letter agencies want to get into a suspect's iPh…
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How will the NSA/law enforcement backdoor work for the fingerprint sensor? And, yes, of course there will be one since the NSA/police/etc would have asked Apple for one well ahead of time.
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My problem definitely happened later than 10.2. Perhaps I hit an edge case, so rarely doesn't mean never? solipsismx wrote: » 1) Sure, HFS+ is aging but that doesn't mean it's bad. 2) I'l defer to this article on how Mac OS X defrags itself. …
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solipsismx wrote: » 1) I believe it was version 10.5 that Apple stopped using .DS_Store files on remote systems. If you're in Mac OS X you don't see them as they are invisible. 2) I'm not sure why you'd need a defrag app on a UNIX system. If yo…
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How about a new filesystem in 10.9 not one that leaves .DS_Store droppings and requires me to pay for a defrag app?
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This is apparently the cause: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/ask-ars-why-will-apples-do-not-disturb-bug-fix-itself-next-week/
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2013 8-)
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Can I upgrade my Samsung phone to the latest version of Android? No? Why not? You said you were good for consumers, right?
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As much as it's a good thing that Samsung was called out for being the blatant Apple copying machine that they are, it's still tragic that software patents for trivial "inventions" (like one-click shopping) are rampant in the U.S. Software patent l…