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Merry Christmas HN

that was fun. thanks Google.

will try that approach. thanks for the idea.

self obsession - Modi posted an obituary the other day with 4 pictures of himself attending the funeral.

i love everything about multi-account containers except when it comes managing two google accounts (for work and personal). I can never get them to work proeprly with the number of redirects and whatnot. not sure who to blame here but i hope Firefox comes up with a fix soon.

You can't dispute a charge until it's posted (at least with two of my banks) and it can take up to 2-3days before a charge is posted. A charge will almost always show up immediately on my bank's website as pending.

> Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently-used order. Just like Cmd+Tab. This feature is wonderful and is easier to access than Chrome’s Shift+Cmd+A.

This is one of the main reasons why I still use Firefox. Also in my experience Firefox address bar does a better job pulling urls from history based on the words you typed.

just upgraded to Firefox 94 and they do warn for CMD + Q. Maybe they are talking about a three-key command that we are not aware of.

does it support offline maps/offline navigation? why don't they support offline maps? it's not like they have to pay royalty fees to support it when they own it end to end.

> Adding my card information to 50 different in-app wallets does not sound appealing to me, despite the win for consumers and developers.

this is not an unresolvable issue though. Apple could force developers to make their payment option as the default payment option similar to how they forced devs to use Sign in with Apple (when they have third party login). Big companies like PayPal could provide an SDK which can be used by devs to complete trasaction similar to web. I could think of many more ways to solve this issue.

> I don't want to hand an unlocked phone over to someone just to show ID.

this reminds me of a time when i traveled to Canada from U.S and the customs dude wanted to see my return flight ticket. I handed over my phone without thinking much and i can see from the glare on his eyeglasses that he opened my Messages app and scrolled through them and also went inside my conversation with my Dad. it was a learning experience.

I thought pre-existing condition was outlawed by Obamacare.

if you don't trust the developer, don't buy it just like on web.

the more likely scenario is Paypal, Amazon etc. are going to provide SDKs and developer can use that for checkout instead of going through App Store.

> Analysis of the more than 1,000 mostly Indian phone numbers selected for potential targeting by the NSO client that hacked Kishor strongly indicate intelligence agencies within the Indian government were behind the selection.

this is disturbing but i'm not surprised. Modi will go to any extend to keep his power. People often claim BJP (ruling party) has a weak opposition but if it's so weak why do they even care about spying on the opposition leader? No matter who comes to the top, they are going to be spyed on by this government which is a shame.

Apple maps still doesn’t support offline navigation which is a huge issue for me as someone who visits National parks. I used to have a Nokia windows phone back in 2014 which had terrific offline maps and navigation. I still can’t believe why apple hasn’t prioritized offline maps.

I use Google maps which gets its job done and has offline support. I just wish they cleaned up the UI a bit and allowed me to download more area because right now I’ve to do it 3-4 times to get a size able chunk of a state.

Even if someone else runs the errands for me for free, i would rather have 4 day work week and run the errands myself. When i go to the shops by myself i might purchase something I wasn’t planning on purchasing or check out a new ramen shop that just opened up near the grocery store or make an impromptu stop at the movie theater.

Whenever I take a random weekday off I realize how quick I can run errands on that day. Going to Costco on a weekday? Much shorter lines. Going to USPS? No lines at all. Getting an oil change done? Barely any wait. I wish more companies adapted this 4-day workweek.

I must be following 50+ iOS developers on Twitter and none of them have liked this tweet. It's surreal. I feel like people are afraid of Apple's retaliation if they like this tweet.

A former colleague of mine put out an iPhone battery extender app as a joke and surprisingly people paid for the app and wrote reviews claiming that this app extended their battery life when the app did nothing other than show couple of graphics. I was amused at the stupidity of the whole thing and I believe he pulled down the app after sometime but the App Store review process is a joke.

Lot of the people who work at Apple are drinking the Apple kool aid and will put up with any requirement.

I disagree. the 3 day delay is not because they want to put best security practice. If that's the case how does apps like Zelle transfers money instantaneously? I know in India, bank transfers are instantaneous and the receiver gets notified instantaneously. Some merchants even put their account number so people can transfer money to purchase goods.

are they taxed at 40%?

not that I don't believe you but is there any proof to back your claim?

+1. I was in Peru last year and one of the most memorable thing that happened was eating a Changalikodan banana that is only found in India (Asia?)/Latin America. I missed it so much (hard to get it in the US) that I ate like 3-4 right there in the market. We now find them at our local Mexican store but it's a hit or miss.

On iOS, what happens if the user declines to allow notifications? Can you send silent notifications even when the user declines permission?

is it funny that when i first read the title i thought the author was talking about Apple's Swift documentation? I suppose funny is not the correct word - more like sad.

I have a feeling that this 'allows' Bose and Sony to raise their prices causing everything to normalize around $500 price range. Remember the original pixel (or nexus)? they were priced around $350-$400 and look where they are now ($700).

my only complain about containers is that it doesn't work well when you want to authorize an app. For example, I want to sign in with Google on my Zoom app but since i told them to always open google domain on my B container, it opens it in B while my gmail account for personal use is in A container. My workaround for now is to change the default browser app and revert it back once i'm logged in. I wish there was a solution for this.

Having my health insurance tied to my employer terrifies me. Fortunately i have good insurance through my employer but what if i lose my job? I still can't fathom how having a universal healthcare is a political issue. It should be a basic human right. Even poorer developing nations have started recognizing it and making healthcare free.

actually they do have the ability to remotely wipe an app https://www.macworld.com/article/1134930/iphone_killswitch.h...

People keep talking about 30% cut but it's actually more than that if you look outside of U.S.

Apple takes more than 30% cut for in-app purchases made in other countries. For example, an in-app-purchase (IAP) you sell in USD for $15.99 is translated to 1249 Indian Rupees and you get a proceed of 741 Rupees which is only 59%. So Apple keeps the rest 41%. Today's (when I wrote this) exchange rate shows approx. 76 rupees for 1 USD so the amount they charge the user is pretty accurate but Apple put so much wiggle room in their favor. This is true for other currencies as well.