coob

I had the first app on the iOS App Store for live UK train times back in 2008. It is no longer available for legal reasons. I wonder if this means I can rerelease it :)

coob··on Convert your iOS App into a PSD file

Hi vpdn.

The Podspec seems a little screwy, it's not installing the actually library files, just the PSDWriter classes.

Edit: I notice the pod spec has changed since the tag - maybe you need to tag a new 0.1.1 ?

Edit 2: Using "pod 'MMLayershots' :head" in the pod spec still doesn't work.

coob··on Scottish Tech Store CeX Drops UK Pound for Bitcoin

Makes sense, as CeX is essentially just a fence for stolen tech products.

Tip for those that lose a laptop to theft in the UK - go and have at look at your local CeX the next day, you'll probably find it behind their desk.

coob··on Divide Your Rent Fairly

Does this still work if one person has an upper limit on how much they can spend that is less than an equal split?

coob··on Uber – London Tube Strikes or How to take advantage of a protest

uberX without surge pricing is cheaper than a black cab.

coob··on Unified EU electronic identity card

The UK has been a member of the EU (or its predecessors) since 1973.

coob··on Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods

1) I was referring to the last sentence's notion of the only way of communicating with an Apple engineer is at WWDC. You can talk to engineers via DTS if it gets bumped up enough.

2) I wasn't aware of the need to post a photo of me with my SE/30 and HyperCard manuals before commenting on Apple development issues.

coob··on TrueCrypt Security Assessment [pdf]

It's called deniable encryption[1]. TrueCrypt supports it[2]. Bruce S is not a fan of their implementation, however[3].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable_encryption

[2] http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/plausible-deniability

[3] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/truecrypts_de...

coob··on Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods

Or raising a DTS issue, of which you get 2 per year as part of your iOS developer account and can buy more.

coob··on The right way to ask users for iOS permissions

This isn't the iOS prompt, however, which can only appear once.

coob··on European Parliament passes net neutrality law

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/05/07/eu-referendum-paradox/

Not sure that qualifies as 'overwhelmingly hostile', especially with so many undecideds.

coob··on After WhatsApp: An Insider’s View on What’s Next in Messaging

I wonder what happened behind the scenes after Jobs announced that FaceTime was to be standardised.

coob··on Malaysian Official Says Missing Plane Hijacked

You'd need something stronger than a tinfoil hat to think that EU elections are important.

coob··on Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit

On the subject of supply constrained taxi permits, here's an interesting NPR story on NYC's taxi medallions:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/11/29/142866785/the-tues...

coob··on Android Development Tips For iOS Devs

Often used?

Number of times I have used view tags: Once.

coob··on Show HN: iOS SDK to live-stream app to any web browser (built at PennApps s2014)

Ah sorry, missed that completely! Looking forward to using it.

coob··on Show HN: iOS SDK to live-stream app to any web browser (built at PennApps s2014)

Looks cool. Fills a different need to app.io. However, not sure I'd want to ask a client to go to 'fuckitstreamit.com'.

coob··on Irrational Games (Bioshock Infinite) is shutting down

If this is the case then why don't they staff them like movies – on a freelance basis? To keep costs down?

coob··on Apple exploring cars, medical devices to reignite growth

I would have thought that the meeting with Musk would have been about Tesla's plans for battery production (with partners) more than anything else:

http://electrek.co/2014/01/15/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-gigaf...

coob··on Apple exploring cars, medical devices to reignite growth

Well, here's somewhat of a counterpoint:

Forgot to say one thing at Tesla annual shareholders meeting: just as my money was the first in, it will be the last out.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/statuses/342107352041922560

coob··on NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

Why would NBC discredit them? They paid for the broadcast rights.

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