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To clarify, it was briefly rejected for 'pornography'. https://venturebeat.com/2014/12/12/apple-backpedals-on-its-c...

The full uncensored version of the game is available on iOS.

I'm not saying it's a solution, but as a workaround for similar situations it can help to use two browsers, one for each account.

A couple comments (having started both an UG and GmbH):

- I don't recommend starting an UG with less than 2k capital. If you do the minimum (1 euro), you won't have anything to pay your startup bills and it costs extra money (and a trip to the notary) to change your company's investment capital.

- While a GmbH requires 25k capital, only half has to be paid into the company. The rest is marked as a liability on the shareholders.

- A GmbH is generally looked upon as "more serious" than an UG. Some companies won't interact with you if you're an UG, but this is changing over time.

- For what it's worth, I used to hate the bureaucracy, and it can be streamlined further but over the years (and multiple attempts) I've come appreciate how it reduces the risk that you are dealing with shady companies.

- Thanks for the tip about Fidor bank! Setting up a company bank account is a pain in the ass in Germany.

From CFO Maestri on the Q&A call with analysts: "2:15 pm: We had the benefit of a 14th week, but this was offset by several factors including less channel fill than last year and a one-time $548 million patent judgment receipt last year."

http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/31/q1-2017-results/

Why would you continue to hold shares in a company you believe has lost their way?

John Carmack has done extensive work on the Gear VR. Here's a fascinating talk from 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB_u3FvUTQc

There's vTime, although it's primarily focused on mobile VR for now.

https://vtime.net/

Does your BT hub still contain a backdoor? https://cryptome.org/2014/10/BTAgent-cpe-backdoor.htm

This.

In Germany, Kabel Deutschland can and does regularly update your cable modem remotely. There's a even a list of "censored websites" pushed down to your own router. They provide a Fritzbox but it's slightly more locked down (feature-wise) than normal so you can't even use it to a full potential.

I bought an Airport and stuck it behind it to at least isolate our home network from this backdoored mess. Good to know that Ubiquity provide a reasonable replacement.

I''m curious, why did you move away from Spacemacs?

> Many of these are old and do not address the content of the emails. There are perhaps 100 significant stories that could have been written based on the information leaked in the past 10 days. We got zero.

The Post has three stories based on emails in the last 48 hours:

- State pressuring FBI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/docum...

- Goldman Transcripts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/10/17/...

- Foreign Government Donations (story originated on Reuters): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hacked-emails-show-e...

It's disingenuous to pretend the mainstream media is not covering the email leaks.

Absolutely, it's actually incredible how little real-world information there is on latency. The last useful articles I can find are from 2-3 years ago!

Where is Microsoft's 1ms latency touch screen from 2012? https://www.engadget.com/2012/03/10/microsoft-cuts-touchscre...

My approach with Stack Overflow is to never copy-paste but always re-type by hand. This forces me to understand each line of code and its behavior (and double-check any errors). I can't recommend this enough.

Fixed, thanks for the head's up.

Thank you!

That's another problem, there are so many good games coming out on a weekly basis, it's hard enough to stand out among those, let alone the 800 other games coming out every week.

We've experimented with various marketing ideas. Advertising is very challenging, especially when it costs more to acquire a user than we charge for the game. The F2P user acquisition market insanity has made this a complete non-starter. Press seems to have very little impact unless it's a big publication. So we're focusing on word of mouth and quality and a longer term outlook.

Yeah it's a challenging market.

Just to add another data point, we're small indie (games) developer, we spent over a year on our first title with very little marketing budget and these are our sales figures from our launch: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/YacineSalmi/20160519/273030/E...

In short, decent sales but not enough to recoup our costs. Still, we never expected that we would hit gold on the first try. I think to be as sustainable on iOS you either have a successful niche product or a collection of product, with each release building a further revenue stream.

Quality is also a key requirement for me. We developed our game Ellipsis for iOS with quality as the main driving factor. It's a minimalist action game of survival and dexterity, with zero text, no ads and no IAP. We've put a lot of effort crafting a polished experience that respects the player.

Please check it out, you're precisely the type of audience we are aiming for: http://playellipsis.com

Regarding curation, aside from places like TouchArcade, there are occasionally nicely curated video lists of best new premium games like these from Gameranx:

- January: https://youtu.be/Nuaj_ti5MtA

- February: https://youtu.be/aTQO0_bhuUI (disclaimer: we're in this list)

- March: https://youtu.be/oreE8YX5jQI

Then best stick with Xamarin. There's still nothing better for F# dev on Mac currently (and unfortunately).

I wouldn't exactly call that a "fix", but still, thanks for the tip.

Yes, at least according to Apple: https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf (page 7).

"The Secure Enclave is responsible for processing fingerprint data from the Touch ID sensor, determining if there is a match against registered fingerprints, and then enabling access or purchases on behalf of the user. Communication between the processor and the Touch ID sensor takes place over a serial peripheral interface bus. The processor forwards the data to the Secure Enclave but _cannot_ read it".

And Telegram is not secure anyways: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegr...

Check out Threema for a secure alternative that doesn't require a phone number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threema

This sounds like a stereotype, but tax evasion is done on a really wide scale in Greece: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/greece-pledges-rid-tax-evasio...

It actually has an incredible impact on the greek economy and the state's coffers.

I was "controlled" once at Sendlingertor on my way to work one morning. As I turned a cornet, I noticed two large white cops ~20 meters away. I made the briefest of eye contact before looking away/putting my head down and walking with purpose to my exit escalators. They intercepted me and asked for ID. I answered 'um, I have to get to work'. One officer laughed and said 'that doesn't really matter'.

I handed my UK drivers license. They asked me if I had an arrest record, but with my poor German, I thought they meant if I was registered in Munich, so I mumbled an affirmative. One officer stepped back to radio in my details and check my record. The other asked me if I had any drugs. I said no. He asked me to show him the inside folds of my wallet and the contents of my pocket. He didn't actually actively search me himself, just made me show him that I didn't have any drugs squirreled away.

The whole thing was surreal and over in 3-4 minutes. Streams of workers walking by during the whole event. I was shaking with adrenaline and itching to protest against this unprovoked intrusion into my life. But I stayed calm and they moved on. It was a weird experience. I'm only glad that they didn't actively search me, it would have made the whole thing even more demeaning.

I assume I was singled out for three reasons: - My baggy pants, loose tshirt combination - My slightly not white enough skin color. - The ridiculous and increased police presence that always seems to surround Munich a few times a year (usually around the time of the Munich Security Conference but not always: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Security_Conference).

FWIW, I've never had problems with other Munich civil servants. They are usually just doing their work, and if you're polite/pleasant, it's usually reciprocated. The police on the other hand seem to have a bug up their ass (except during Oktoberfest, where they also seem more relaxed). I have a dark skinned friend in Munich who gets controlled every few months. Once while eating his lunch in tiny park in the heart of Munich on a sunny day surrounded by other citizens!

This Wu Tang encounter with Munich police sums it all up: http://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhAonAI6tetw...