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Re:Coinbase Vault on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:12AM (#8089135)
Another terrible Coinbase story. A bug in their backend caused a transaction to go through to my bank account, withdraw funds, but not credit me coins.

Contacting support yielded no results at all. I had to go through my bank, close my account (which is a nightmare in itself), and get the money refunded via the bank's fraudulent ACH reversal process.

I would not trust this company.

Re:Get Facebook WiFi for your business on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @11:58PM (#7021783)
Philz Coffee (at least the one at Golden Gate and Larkin) has this. Before you can access any non-HTTPS pages you get a Facebook page with a big "Check-In" button and a very small "Skip" button.
Re:Android: The Land That Python Forgot on Sunday November 10, 2013 @02:35AM (#6705660)
Lua can easily be compiled and used on both Android and iOS.
Re:Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @08:31PM (#3917020)
I had a simliar rejection because of my app's Rdio integration.

If the user had Rdio installed, my app would open the song in the Rdio native app.

If the user didn't have the app installed, my app would open the song on the Rdio web site in MobileSafari. Apple didn't like this since you could purchase an Rdio subscription on that webpage bypassing the IAP and Apple's 30% cut.

Re:Hack your way through Stripe's Capture the Flag on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @06:30PM (#3623007)
Anyone having trouble connecting to this?
Don't forget, if you create a Google account you automatically have a Google+ account.

I made a new Gmail account for my mom a few days, now she has a Google+ account too but I doubt she'll ever touch it.

Re:TextMate 2 on Monday December 12, 2011 @05:08PM (#3345209)
For what's it worth, this was posted on a publicly accessible TextMate mailing list.

Not sure why he would think it wouldn't leak out.

Re:Steam loses user database on Thursday November 10, 2011 @05:56PM (#3222305)
At least they're honest about it, compare this to the PS3 compromise.
Re:USV invests in Duck Duck Go on Thursday October 13, 2011 @12:29PM (#3107736)
Is DDG still just one person? I assume he'll be building a bigger team then right?

Very cool that this is the Philly area, hopefully he doesn't move elsewhere.

Re:IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @03:18PM (#3072443)
Is their DNS hacked?

From whois apple.com:

APPLE.COM.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM APPLE.COM.WAS.PWNED.BY.M1CROSOFT.COM APPLE.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM APPLE.COM.IS.OWN3D.BY.NAKEDJER.COM APPLE.COM.IS.0WN3D.BY.GULLI.COM APPLE.COM.BEYONDWHOIS.COM APPLE.COM.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM APPLE.COM

EDIT: This is completely false and untrue (well the DNS hack part).

See this Superuser thread for more details: http://superuser.com/questions/37954/how-to-use-command-line...

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancers? (October 2011) on Saturday October 01, 2011 @12:28PM (#3060318)
SEEKING WORK / HERMAN MILLER MIRRA CHAIR

No, seriously — my current chair is awful but I can't stomach spending so much on a new fully loaded Mirra chair that I've been lusting for.

Stuff I can do in exchange for said chair:

* Native iOS development

* Native Android development

* Take your mobile site/app and make it native(ish) using PhoneGap

Take a look at my porfolio if you're interested: http://endlesswhileloop.com/portfolio/

Also, a native iOS app I just released: http://endlesswhileloop.com/apps/dial/

This offer would be good for small, one-off projects (think 10-15 hours).

Remote work only.

(Is this even legal to offer?)

Re:CBC is forcing me to remove my app from the Mac App Store on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @03:58PM (#2993251)
What about a paid app that's classified as simply an Internet radio player that has a huge directory of stations (similar to iTunes)?

Would that be subject to similar legal issues?

I may or may not have just released one :-).

Edit for more insight: Here's my app - http://endlesswhileloop.com/apps/dial

Some others... Snowtape - http://vemedio.com/products/snowtape_phone Radium - http://www.catpigstudios.com/

Both of these are great apps with their own built-in Internet radio directory that I assume they built on their own with or without stations' permissions.

Re:Own Your Identity on Monday July 11, 2011 @11:50PM (#2753452)
Ah, correct, this makes more sense now.
Re:Own Your Identity on Monday July 11, 2011 @10:46PM (#2753336)
Also worth noting, he's no longer using Tumblr for Marco.org: http://www.marco.org/secondcrack
Re:Zynga's S-1 on Friday July 01, 2011 @01:44PM (#2719325)
Not really an important question, but why didn't they specify a symbol?
Re:Jedberg leaves reddit on Friday June 17, 2011 @01:36PM (#2666362)
What are the odds he ends up at Hipmunk?

It's not mentioned at all in the post, but it seems like a lot of ex-reddit employees end up there.

Ah, that does make sense then.
Coolest news for developers, there are APIs for this for use with third party apps.
Not really related to WWDC, but isn't today a bad day to announce something like this?
Re:Try to digest the Groupon story on Friday June 03, 2011 @11:15AM (#2616654)
In case anyone didn't notice, this blog post is by DHH.
"e.g. making a TI-89 emulator should be ok for the market, but you can't include TI's ROM"

I don't think so. For example, I know the PSX emulator didn't include any of the required BIOS files and they are all still removed.

It seems that if someone big enough complains, Google will remove any emulator.

Re:Venmo Review on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @11:04PM (#2558879)
One of the (few?) best startups in Philly, very nice founders and employees.
Re:Conway's Game of Life in CoffeeScript on Monday May 16, 2011 @11:35PM (#2555164)
Be sure to check out the annotated source - http://willbailey.name/conway/docs/conway.html

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