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mrkd··on Driver 'blows up' car with 'excessive' use of air freshener
https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters-jr-on-discover...
mrkd··on macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password
Title should be changed to 'macOS'

I initially saw this thinking it didn't affect Sierra or High Sierra.

mrkd··on Update on the Swift Project Lead
Matt Casebolt left for Tesla too

https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/11/matt-casebolt-touchbar-macboo...

mrkd··on Welcome Chris Lattner
Elon Musk is the new Steve Jobs.

He is an inspirational leader and talented people want to work with him. It appears it will be harder and harder to attract and keep talent at Apple with out a leader like Steve Jobs.

mrkd··on Update on the Swift Project Lead
Daniel Gross - https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/10/daniel-gross-of-apple-leav...
mrkd··on Update on the Swift Project Lead
Thanks to Chris for all his work on Swift.

I can't see this any other way than a big loss for Apple.

mrkd··on Ubuntu on Windows
Scott Hanselman has a good write-up here: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUs...

Google Cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http:/...

mrkd··on Slashdot – Fair Processing Notice – Data Protection Act 1998
Link to Privacy Statement:

https://www.slashdotmedia.com/privacy-statement/

mrkd··on Completely reinvented U.S. Bank Mobile app – Implemented with webviews
I am looking to switch banks because of this.

"Major bank redesigns app using webviews. Horrible results. They spend $8.8 million a year stadium naming rights." https://twitter.com/erikkerber/status/659915412629381120

"@usbank just released one of the worst iOS app updates of all time. They should roll it back. So bad I think I'm switching banks." https://twitter.com/johnmfoley/status/659881696792285185

mrkd··on Why SATA is now obsolete
Article based on paper: http://research.cs.wisc.edu/adsl/Publications/yiying-thesis1...
mrkd··on Ask HN: What's the best way to write an API spec?
It looks like there are some options out there for REST APIs.

Does anyone know of any API specs written for websocket APIs?

I am working on creating a websocket API and would like to at least look at a few other examples.

mrkd··on Is Apple experiencing a problematic decline in software quality?
> when I read Siracusa's review

Are you referring to his Yosemite review? Is it out yet?

mrkd··on Amazon Fire TV
Has anyone confirmed if Fire TV has HDMI-CEC?