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JosephBrown

Re:Securing a travel iPhone on Friday July 08, 2016 @04:51PM (#12058559)
The ability to quickly turn off the phone is useful when you need to activate a long password so that you cannot be forced to use your fingerprint to unlock it.
Re:A Response to Your Petition on Edward Snowden on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @10:35AM (#9961748)
"Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest"

How do you do this when secret courts can keep you silenced?

Re:Testosterone is the drug of the future on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @10:24AM (#8997280)
Can you provide some references? I've been prescribed T and get it via a compounding pharmacy in liposome cream form, so now I'm curious if it's actually worth it.
Re:Divide Your Rent Fairly on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @11:11AM (#7667484)
Now can we figure out a way to split expenses like cable (some may not want it), lawn services (how frequent), etc?
I've been using Abine's DoNotTrackMe for a while. Is this any different/better?
Re:Crypto 101 on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @09:12PM (#7433124)
This is my favorite feature that Udacity has and the others don't.
The color of each gang is quite important.
Re:Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola handset division on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:31PM (#7147583)
"Google will retain the vast majority of Motorola’s patents, which we will continue to use to defend the entire Android ecosystem."

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/lenovo-to-acquire-mot...

- I like your icon.

- Maybe change the tint color of your app to match the orange from the icon and screenshot backgrounds.

- I would get rid of the status bar in the first screenshot.

- I would change "If you're a woman, living in London, in your 20s or 30s" to just "If you're a Londoner with too many dresses"

- Is the designer description provided by the user, or automatically generated by the app? This would be a cool feature.

- The font of the item and designer description doesn't go well with the look of the rest of the app.

Great first app!

Re:My deadly disease was just a 23andme bug on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:20PM (#6797491)
You are a VERY good science writer btw.
Re:Cosmic Sans Neue Mono: Programming Font on Thursday November 21, 2013 @10:38AM (#6775159)
The comments are in a monospaced font for some reason.
Re:The Zeigarnik Effect on Thursday November 07, 2013 @02:22PM (#6691758)
Unless you consider getting to go home after 8 hours the reward.
Re:40 Days of Dating on Thursday July 11, 2013 @03:16PM (#6028460)
So they're both designers, but they use periods instead of spaces?
Why shouldn't the regulations that apply to one group of people who charge money to drive others around on public roads not apply to every group of people who charge to drive people around for money?
Re:Why iOS7 was a bad move on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:53AM (#5939851)
"Flat UI was super hot months before Apple has used it and that’s rarely happened before."

One problem is Apple's yearly release schedule. This allows other companies to innovate while Apple is still waiting months for their next scheduled release.

Re:This is also a web page on Thursday June 20, 2013 @04:10PM (#5914602)
"The web isn't inherently about words, pictures, music or videos - It's about connectivity."

Well said.

Re:Quorum Sensing on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @09:45AM (#5905464)
Here's a TED Talk from Bonnie Bassler about quorum sensing in bacteria: http://www.ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_comm...
Re:Hey Hadopi, You’re Breaking The Law. on Monday June 17, 2013 @12:38PM (#5894156)
I'm not necessarily pro or anti sharing, but calling piracy "the good deed of sharing culture and knowledge" is a good way for me to never take you seriously.
Re:Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented on Thursday June 13, 2013 @11:33AM (#5874580)
But the information in the cDNA already exists in the mRNA. The justices seemed to argue that removing the introns was the step that makes cDNA patentable, but the introns are already removed from an mRNA molecule that is about to be translated into a protein.
An mRNA strand that is about to be translated into a protein has the introns removed, so how is the cDNA different enough from the naturally occurring mRNA other than it is a mirror image?

Also, when did cDNA come to mean composite DNA instead of complementary DNA? This seems made up to imply some kind of invention instead of it just being the mirror image of the DNA molecule.

Re:Apple Unveils iTunes Radio on Monday June 10, 2013 @03:38PM (#5856778)
Ah, I keep forgetting those still exist.
Re:Apple Unveils iTunes Radio on Monday June 10, 2013 @03:31PM (#5856687)
I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere yet, but on Apple's iRadio page, there are pictures of iPhones with colored edges.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-radio/

Re:Apple Announces Mac OS X 'Mavericks' on Monday June 10, 2013 @03:04PM (#5856383)
Lots of people are already doing this with 1Password either in iCloud or on Dropbox. As long as it's encrypted with the appropriate algorithms, what's the issue?
Re:Solving The Back Button on Friday March 01, 2013 @11:40AM (#5305246)
Another problem I have with hard to reach UI elements is the fat at the bottom of my thumb will hit the bottom corner of the screen before I can tap what I originally wanted to touch.
Re:Products I Wish Existed on Thursday February 28, 2013 @11:14PM (#5302809)
I think it's great. I've always had trouble saving any money always desperately waiting for my next paycheck, and after only two months, I've saved more than I ever have.

It can't really replace a full bank though unless all you do is use a debit card for all your transactions (like me).

Email me at [email protected] if you want an invite.

Re:Products I Wish Existed on Thursday February 28, 2013 @10:38PM (#5302717)
Simple.com lets you set goals and automatically sets the right amount of money aside for you to reach that goal at your desired date.

I have 5 invites if anyone needs one.

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