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alvarosevilla95on Night Shift compared to f.lux

I think you don't understand what the comment was implying. If it was open source anyone could build it using xcode and install it in their devices themselves.

alvarosevilla95on Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation

I disagree. "that's just how the universe works. Time to update the Standard Model." means we learned somthing we previously didn't, and we have to update our model. On the other hand, what if acceleration caused by gravity suddenly became 5 m/s^2? this wouldn't be new information, but a fact that directly contradicts previous knowledge.

alvarosevilla95on Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console

I haven't looked at the data, but with the sales of the Wii and the NDS I'd expect Nintento to be able to survive two or three full-on busters.

alvarosevilla95on Zerocoin implementation bug

And every coin owner took a tiny bit of that loss.

alvarosevilla95on Zerocoin implementation bug

But that's literally what happened...

alvarosevilla95on The web sucks if you have a slow connection

Or, they assumed everyone nowadays has a browser with javascript and don't care about people who won't accept to using js or even know about these people existing

alvarosevilla95on Piskel – A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art

Maybe I'm a bit thick today, but what's the sheep refering to?

alvarosevilla95on Parse is shutting down today

Facebook bought it.

alvarosevilla95on Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality

Most probably he had already signed with Facebook by the time he left Xiaomi.

alvarosevilla95on Lessons from Outsourcing to India, China and the Philippines

For what I can tell, London has starting salaries in the £30-40k range which compared to the $60-100k in the valley seems absurd, specially as cost of living in London is not that much different.

alvarosevilla95on Microsoft is now a braver, more innovative company than Apple

There's a big difference between thunderbolt and thunderbolt 3/usb c. The former was proprietary by Apple/Intel, and very expensive, so no one else added it to their machines, and onlu very high end accessories included it. Usb C is the new standard that is already being adopted by most manufacturers, so I'm very confident it will spread quite fast. Not saying that launching a professional laptop in 2016 with just 4 usb c ports was a good idea though, but I guess they're really pushing for the standard to be adopted as quick as possible.

alvarosevilla95on After Mac?

I feel the same way. While I don't like the way macos has progressed recently, and I think the new MBP is almost a joke, I can't find any other brand that offers a good computer with a comparable trackpad, battery life and build quality. On top of this, Apple's support has spoiled me, and I can't imagine having to go through Dell's for example now. Lastly, while macos may have been lacking recently, as a developer having a unix OS of course is way better than Windows, while Linux has some issues when it comes to using it as a leisure computer. Right now I'm really happy my 2012 rMBP is still working amazingly, as for the first time I can't seem to find a single laptop I would want to buy.