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rexpi0··on Ask HN: How does Uber know where I am?
This could trigger through condition monitoring/geofencing which doesn't need (background) location permissions or an iBeacon.

* https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/monit... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon

rexpi0··on Ask HN: Ad blockers on mobile Safari completely broken?
If you're just blocking ads in Youtube, I have had good luck with Vinegar: https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Is there a consumer-friendly Pi-Hole?
https://winstonprivacy.com/ is the only thing I’m aware of that’s remotely similar to Pi-Hole; but it comes with a subscription cost.
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Powerpoint Alternatives
Would something like this work? https://gist.github.com/andrejbauer/ac361549ac2186be0cdb
rexpi0··on Ask HN: How do you generate PDFs?
Where we can, we use LaTeX templates. In other places we use Python to generate Word (python-docx) or PowerPoint presentations (python-pptx).

A few years ago I had success generating WYSIWYG PDFs using HTML5 and the printable classes in CSS Bootstrap (https://getbootstrap.com); in that particular case I used CherryPy (https://cherrypy.org) under IIS and sent the rendered HTML to pdfkit (https://pypi.org/project/pdfkit/) to generate PDFs. That was preferred over relying on the user to print to the page to PDF from their web browser.

rexpi0··on Ask HN: Do you encrypt your laptop's SSD/hard drive?
Short answer - no functional difference between encrypted APFS and FileVault. https://www.blackbagtech.com/blog/2018/04/02/ask-expert-apfs...
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Is there a wired alternative to the Apple Magic KB?
Matias (http://matias.ca/products/), and Satechi (https://satechi.net/collections/peripherals-1) have a number of wired keyboards that have similar looks (not sure about the feel). Similar to cookingoils, I like HHKB (https://www.hhkeyboard.com or https://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=pfu_keyboards), but that doesn't meet any of your requirements.
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Cross platform alternatives to Google Inbox client?
I think Postbox (https://www.postbox-inc.com) has all of the features that you’re looking for; Mailspring (https://getmailspring.com) has most.
rexpi0··on Ask HN: iPhone users, do you use iMessage?
I use it regularly for personal and work use; great for chatting, initiating calls/FaceTime, and sharing files.
rexpi0··on Ask HN: What LaTeX editor do you use?
Texpad (https://www.texpadapp.com) most often; I like the editor, it has syntax highlighting and shortcuts. You can set it to auto-typeset as you type and it can sync the PDF with where you are in your TeX file. I use Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/) when I'm collaborating with others.

Atom (https://atom.io/) and Sublime Text (http://www.sublimetext.com) will have plenty of packages that you can install to make it more IDE-like.

rexpi0··on Ask HN: Do any of you have degrees in Physics? What career path did you take?
Yep, I have been very satisfied and fortunate. Only thing that irks me these days is horrible legacy software and dealing with stubborn people that don't want to leave the stone age of computing.
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Do any of you have degrees in Physics? What career path did you take?
I have a PhD in HEP; got it on ATLAS at CERN and contributed to the Higgs discovery analysis in the H->ZZ*->4l channel. I work at NASA and still do particle physics, but a lot of my work is software oriented - anything from scripting to developing data analysis frameworks to web development to fixing legacy code.
rexpi0··on Ask HN: What's up with Sublime Text?
Well, it's one developer for now, but back in July they mentioned that they would expand the team of developers after 3.0 is released. http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16517
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Which MacBook do you use for development?
15" 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display plus Thunderbolt display
rexpi0··on Ask HN: Sublime
It's good, I use it frequently at work and recommend it to people periodically. My editor of choice right now is TextMate 2: https://github.com/textmate/textmate