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wasyl··on Z Launcher
Thanks, I got it! Only the icon is draggable, and it's draggable always (not only after you scribble for it). Very non-intuitive, I always drag the entire entry, list row for example, not the icon alone.
wasyl··on Z Launcher
Obviously I think it should be opt-in. I'm not surprised it isn't, though
wasyl··on Z Launcher
First thoughts: - sending data to Nokia for 'service improvement' isn't surprising, though there's an option to opt-out which (apparently) makes the app no more privacy-invading than any other launcher

- it feels very limited, I can't seem to make a shortcut in the bottom row of the icons (even though there's a gap).

- 6 apps showing as recently used is not very much. I think I open my apps from 2-3 screens faster than I draw a letter, and I use way more than 6 apps regularly

- The UI is confusing. I have two clocks, a gap in the bottom row of the icons and an indicator that suggests I can swipe between screens. But I can only swipe the clocks area, which is small (I actually had to try it couple of times before I learned how to swipe them)

- It doesn't seem to recognize polish diacritic characters, like 'Ł'

Overall I don't think the launcher will be very useful, for me at least. It's innovative and certainly useful sometimes (when you want to call someone - just start writing his name), but less friendly than Nova or even Google stock launcher

(edit) I'm certainly going to give it a shot though

wasyl··on Introducing Visual Studio’s Emulator for Android
Thanks! I must've missed it
wasyl··on Introducing Visual Studio’s Emulator for Android
Does anyone know what kind of development for Android does VS offer? I guess it's not java, and I'm not familiar with options
wasyl··on TreeFrog: high-speed full-stack C++ framework for web applications
I had no idea rails/django are sooooo slow
wasyl··on Plover: Thought to Text at 240 WPM (2013) [video]
I think it's about how often you switch keyboards. I switch between Windows and Mac keyboards daily (work/home) and now I rarely make a mistake when trying to use a shortcut. Same thing happened when I was learning russian keyboard layout, at first I wouldn't be able to switch despite knowing both layouts. Now I talk with two people simultanously, switching between russian and english (qwerty) every sentence
wasyl··on The Fourier Transform, explained in one sentence
Well this helped me! I'm trying to wrap my head around FFT (or DFT) for my course in speech recognition, and while I still wouldn't be able to derive FFT or understand maths, I now have an idea what it does ;) Thanks!
wasyl··on Microsoft Xim
Shame Android app is restricted by country - can't install it here in Poland
wasyl··on Kotlin, the Swift of Android
Does anyone have some performance comparison betweend projects written in pure Java vs straightforward Kotlin? I don't feel that method count is performance measure, I'd rather see some fps, method calls/sec or something like this. Or I'm wrong about method count?
wasyl··on A Google Adwords Bug That Cost Us
I'm curious as well, I don't think author hinted in the article that he did as for any compensation
wasyl··on HandWave: Android library lets you scroll through text without touching screen
However I tried I wasn't able to import 25 gestures project to Android Studio. Has anyone succeeded?
wasyl··on Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in
Costs of living are definitely way off, I live in Wroclaw, you can easily live comfortably for $1000, probably even less
wasyl··on Show HN: To-learn list and course reminders
> Password is too short (minimum is 8 characters)

Dammit! Let me choose my own password!

wasyl··on s3.amazonaws.com certificate revoked
For me all connection to amazon.com is unencrypted :o Did they just remove ssl for now?
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