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I've been working with the new layout system Apple added in iOS6 (Auto Layout). You basically define a set of rules like: this sticks to this, this view's height is proportional to this view's height, etc. The SDK attempts to reconcile the rules you gave and lets you know if there are any ambiguities in a clear way. It's very well thought out- powerful yet easy to use. I don't think fragmentation will be a problem.

I do think however that the extra width in Landscape will now require a completely different interface. Adding 88 extra screen pixels means that simply rotating and stretching the interface has crossed the line from "looks kinda weird" to "looks terrible".
iterative, my friend. apple has lost its touch on innovation, imho.
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O post de hoje é sobre os melhores perfumes masculinos, espero que gostem das dicas e vocês podem se inspirar para presentar os familiares, amigos e namorado no natal, afinal, presentear alguém, às vezes, é algo tão difícil. Eu vou ressaltar alguns perfumes tanto de marcas nacionais, quanto internacionais, que a preferência e o gosto fica a critério de cada um.
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Screen resolution of 1136x640

Why on earth would they go 144x80 pixels shy of 720p, 1280x720?

Hasn't the world suffered enough from transcoding? So the eye sees your perfect DPI, but the pixels are going to be imperfect because it's a random down-sample size that doesn't divide anything standard.

I don't get it.
No worries, it's easy to be down on the public message right now. We're all pretty confident in the plan to overhaul the way commerce works in general, possibly to the end of supplanting "money" entirely. :)
Stole the words right outta my keyboard. There's a reason people are going back to the web site after trying the apps.
If I were to start asking for explicit time off, I would have to start explaining all the time off I take now without telling anyone.
Must be meta-wednesday. Nice post on how online conversations about complex subjects that people are emotionally invested in the outcome evolved. Medical conditions, nuclear energy, gun control, human rights, all evoke similar patterns.
Making the screen higher but not wider is a good choice here. Due to the bone and muscle structure in your hand, it is much easier to move your thumb a little higher and lower, then it is to move it more outward.
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...because nobody uses their phone horizontally.
I've listened to all 4 lists and the quality is good. Can you speak a bit about the algorithm behind this? I noticed that even though the tracks are different and clearly from different artists they still fall under a new-age-y genre. Is that the nature of the source, algorithm, or personal preference?
This is awesome because the most fun I have in fantasy leagues is the interaction with the people I am playing against. So this just takes it to a next level and provides a recap like the normal NFL games.

Good to see a Durham, NC company get some love.
That explains why all the huge tech companies like google started in places like Kansas, not sv.
In timeboxed iterations, you have to be very careful that work doesn't expand to fill all available time. If you are a little conservative with your estimates, its easy to double the time the necessary aspects of development would take. Little, unnecessary tweaks becomes more important than putting four hours into the stretch goal that is going to spill into the next sprint.

Six times is a bit much, though. That sounds like they haven't worked out their estimations yet.
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Well, to be fair, I'm not exactly sure where I'd use NFC since no where around where I live has NFC terminals. It's only the transit system... Barcodes at least work at Starbucks and the Airport, among other places.
> Afghanistan was a modern, progressive country in the 1960s.

As was Iran. But they didn't get there because of Western intervention back then, and there's no reason to think that it would work now.
It's uncommon to use a phone horizontally with one hand.
Iteration and innovation each have their places.

Innovation works best when the existing alternatives are awful. I'm not sure why one would "innovate" against their successful formula.

Individual features might be innovative, however. For example, the re-arrangement of photo processing tasks to produce better low-light photos.

http://live.arstechnica.com/apple-september-2012-event-its-a...
Why's it hypocrisy?

Simply doing nothing is only hypocritical if that's contrary to other actions or statements I make.
/etc/motd is a script that generates the motd on any somewhat vrecent version of ubuntu, it is not just that static file. On ubuntu server, one of the things it includes is an ad for landscape. you won't see it on Ubuntu desktop.
Devs would have a completely new resolution. This maintains compatibility without having a ton of black bars around the screen. And yes, I realize it letterboxes with older apps. But I don't want vertical black bars too.
Some good improvements, but it's definitely a resounding "meh" from me. I'm not sure why. The first iPhone was, obviously, mindblowing. Retina on the iPhone 4 was similarly amazing.

But I can't think of a single thing we're seeing today that we haven't seen already.
You're on the right track.
There are now several comments in this thread suggesting that these 4" are "different" because of the new aspect ratio. That ratio is anything but new, it's the same 16:9 everyone nowadays uses and a 4" screen from other manufacturers would have a) the same shape as the new iPhone b) be just what that dcurt.is post was rambling on against.
I'm thinking they had problems (or it simply didn't make the cut) with the new design, and opted for a second-place, more conservative design. I have no proof to back this claim up, just my gut feeling on it.
It's the same width as the older iPhones.
Yes, because every iPod they released was a revolution with tons of innovations compared to the previous year's, right?. Just like every Mac?

Iteration is how Apple plays it, and they play it well.
With one hand? No.
> You better have an extremely low jitter connection!

Like AWS. (Cite: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1653687.)
I don't get it. If I buy an old IPhone, or anything with a Micro-usb, I can just take my phone knowing I can charge it just about anywhere. But they put a new connector on it. Why not just put a micro-usb without adaptor on it? It seems that it would make a lot of sense for those of us who don't want pockets/bags full of cords and adaptors. Or just do both.
All day, err'day.
Spot on. "For the first time ever we've increased the size of the display. By making the screen taller, but not wider, you can still comfortably use it with one hand." - Jony Ive

(quote from engadget's liveblog at http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/apple-iphone-5-liveblog/)
> The fact that they have reached this position by exploiting international labor conditions...

Exploitation is not a fact; it's a judgment.
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More megapixels don't make cameras better. And with small CCD they make them worse.
Pretty much, yeah. Unless they're watching a movie or playing a game, it is pretty rare for somebody to be holding their phone horizontally.
But many people use their phone horizontally with both hands.

See: text messagers, IRC users, ssh session runnners, angry birds players
Not really. The width remains the same, so it's still usable with one hand. What's there to flip flop about?
not even psychiatrists know about their diagnosis, since there's no scientific method at all there, just bullet point stories to try to match with the pacient... so I'd suggest not trying to diagnose people over the internet too
If definitely existed before 1996 as I recall introducing it to a particular company's servers. :-)
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"A few of the radical Christian clerics exhort their followers to violence in defense of their Christian beliefs..."

The big difference being that this is always followed by official condemnation.

Where are the muslim moderates at times like these? The community leaders to come out and say, "calm down everybody, this is not what our religion is about". Absent as ever. As much as the moderate muslims may deny it, their silence speaks pages at times like these.

I even see it in westernized muslim friends of mine, who just sheepishly grin and say "but it's mohammed, our religion says we shouldn't disrespect him".
You haven't seen a unibody phone anywhere. This thing will be a tank.

The processors look nice and beefy as well.
That reminds me of Peter Thiel's Venn diagram of 'Sounds like a bad idea' and 'Is a good idea'. It's a pretty slim area in the middle and the 'Sounds like' part means it's hard to know until you do it.
I'm totally stoked about people regularly plugging phones into their PCIe (Thunderbolt) port. Hottest talk at BlackHat USA 2013 will be an iPhone 5 -> MacBook exploit using DMA.
You have to be pretty innovative with chip design to make processors that double the performance over the previous model.

You have to be pretty innovative with hardware design to reduce the weight of a phone that's already compact by 20%.

I don't think they lost their touch at all.
When can you order one?
Agreed. When you don't have collective excellence anymore, you are left with process.
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And I doubt that you'll have any trouble using the iPhone 5 with two hands.
The fact that Curtis' ridiculous piece saw so much play is an indictment of the gullibility and desire to believe of too many. It has zero technical accuracy, nor does it even seem to consider the idea that people use their phones for many other things than typing while walking, one handed. Personally that is by far the least common way I use my device, and if every other use suffered for that one possible use I would declare it a terrible decision.

The original iPhone had a 3.5" display because that was a huge display at the time. Some short-sighted simplicity of the API bound them to it. This new form factor ("fragmentation!") is in all senses a hack, though it brings them in line with the aspect ratio that competitors have been using for years.

From the original link - "When you first see a phone with a 4-inch or larger screen"...

Just to be clear those 4-inch or larger screen phones Dustin complained about all use a 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio.

As one aside -- I noted during the Verge live coverage that they, time and time again, pointed out where Apple was introducing features that look like or operate like competitors. I have to imagine that has something to do with the Gruber/Arment tag team that tried to smear them for failing to always point out when people follow Apple.
Although I agree with your broader point, the iPod actually seems like a terrible example to me. They did innovate a ton- the mini, the nano, thin nano, fat nano, square nano, chewing gum shuffle, square shuffle...
The way you choose to build a relationship has a lot to do with how well you are able to sustain it through certain types of difficulty.

The comment you were responding to said something considerably more nuanced and interesting than "lol" in conjunction with the "don't have sex until you're married" part. It's OK if you disagree, but please do so in a more thoughtful way.
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What would you have liked to see?
This is the biggest WTF for me too.
But the back button is on the top left. That's a problem. It's already hard to reach now.
You're comparing impoverished people taking jobs of their own free will to chattel slavery?
For one, Apple's new connector ("Lightning", but I'm not sold on the name) is reversible so is easier to insert correctly.
Well, technically there are unibody phones... ie. Nokia Lumia 800
I have the same work flow.

In addition, these "OK/Yes", "OK/(auto enabled toggle)", "YES-only" dialogs are not unique to Zynga and not unique to Farmville 2; it's been around for a while. I suppose the author of the blog was only recently compelled to try out the game?
25% smaller...sensor area? so reduced ability to create a depth of field effect?
Does anyone know when the iPhone 5 will be available to purchase, what's the normal time to market after the announcement? (I'm in the UK, if that changes how long I'll have to wait)
Why does Facebook insist on spelling OK as "Okay"? Do any other websites or applications use "Okay"? OK is a jocular abbreviation for "oll korrect", not a word.
When I say more, I meant more in an "Apple" way. Apple has always stood up to the expectations of its users in terms of the camera quality. When it comes to Apple, more mega pixels would definitely mean a better camera. They would never just increase the number of mega pixels and have a low quality camera. I would agree with what you've said otherwise.
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What about the battery? Any news about it?
I really do hope Apple improved it as well!
I've had the somewhat peculiar experience of braking on a bike when the handlebars weren't completely attached to the frame.

Being able to apply a stopping force without simultaneously being able to fully brace your upper body against a solidly connected part of the bike was a very different, and to my mind, rather unsafe, condition.

I'd think liability issues would pretty grossly limit the merchantability of the powered skateboard. Electric scooters offer the benefit of a handlebar as well.
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For the US, preorders start in two days, and it ships a week later. Looks like it ships to the UK on the 28th.
I don't know. I realise that sounds like a total cop-out answer, but I had no idea I wanted the features of the first iPhone until I saw it. I never realised I wanted a retina display until it was demoed.

One specific piece of tech I can think of- I do wish Apple had done something with NFC. I agree that it's a joke right now, but that's the point- they could have made something earth-shatteringly brilliant that people would actually use.
The author used a smaller radius for the Samsung phone... Is it a mistake or is the the picture on the right at a smaller scale?
What does QA look like with continuous delivery?
Vile Rat actually scammed me out of a few billion ISK, lol. All in the fun of Eve-Online.

My condolences, and rest in peace VR.
Agreed. Indeed, your argument naturally follows from a "bug fixes are features" type mindset.
The politics of antidepressant medication is a political minefield, all the more dangerous because it seems everyone has to have a strong opinion, regardless of a professional or personal experience. While it's true that the efficacy of SSRIs is not an open and shut case, skepticism such as yours is not exactly the medical consensus either. Some of those meta studies with unfavorable results don't make much of an attempt identify where ordinary low mood ends and clinical depression begins, which further complicates the research.

With all due respect, as I'm sure you mean well, I rather doubt you have ever experienced anxiety or depression on the scale addressed in this post. Low mood, if not excessively acute and prolonged, is quite normal and probably won't see much benefit from medication. Clinical depression and anxiety can be absolutely devastating, and while it's not the only coping strategy, SSRI medication along with behavioral/talking therapy work wonders for a lot of otherwise desperate people.

People for whom getting out of bed every day is remarkable achievement of willpower, and who always seem to struggle to reach an emotional baseline. People who are almost constantly doused in worry, panic and despair, even when spending quality time with those they love. People who have tried everything else to no lasting effect. And yes, people who are so desperate to make the pain stop that they would consider killing themselves. Is this your life? Would you tell those with Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia that their suffering is simply due to a pathological awareness of the disorders themselves?

Warning the public against overmedication is one thing, but I for one am fed up with the stigma attached to seeking medical help for mental illness. The GP is reaching out to those for whom these treatments could literally save lives.

But I'm sure they just need more exercise.
If you're a SaaS app provider, you keep 100% of any revenue you generate through your own website. So if a customer buys a subscription from your website and then downloads your free app from iTunes, you keep 100% of that revenue that you sourced.

If a customer downloads your free app from iTunes and then upgrades to your Subscription offering using an In App Purchase, then you have to share 30%. What Apple is asking for is that if the subscription is generated from inside of the app, you give a 30% revenue share on those subscriptions. That's why they disable links from your app to your website... because those revenue opportunities originate from Apple.

I am not a huge fan of this approach, but it's definitely more defensible than requiring a SaaS provider to give 30% of all subscription revenue to Apple. Apple does generate and give app developers a steady source of traffic/app customers, and it's not unreasonable for them to get some consideration for it. That said (and this is totally subjective), 30% does feel high to me.
PG, in the question asking if founders are available to move to the Bay Area, you still have June through August rather than January through March.
This is exactly what I came on the threads worried about. They're using a smaller sensor, and they seem to have done something with the IR filter. I suppose that might improve low-light image quality; but I wonder what it's going to do to the photos when the camera is on. All in all, I want to see how this camera performs in various lighting conditions. I'm very curious.
Did it make you congested? Could it have been sleep disordered breathing (sleep apnea)?
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They just call it Lightning. AFAIK, it still plugs into USB.
This is fascinating. I'd love to build one of these setups.
Afghanistan was a modern, progressive country in the 1960s.

I am old enough to remember the 1960s, and accounts from people who traveled to Afghanistan in the 1960s, and I would like to see more evidence for this extraordinary claim. Until I see the evidence you kindly provide, I will be hard put to believe that "modern, progressive" is as appropriate a designation for Afghanistan at any time in the last 500 years as it has been for, say, Denmark all that while.

AFTER EDIT: Thanks for the first reply from new user gongador linking to a photo essay I remember seeing not too long ago. I had that photo essay in mind as I described "Afghanistan was a modern, progressive country in the 1960s" as an extraordinary claim, as I think the photo essay shows by concentrating its description of Afghanistan only on the largest urban center of the country, rather than the rural countryside seen by other travelers. The majority of the population of Afghanistan have never lived in Kabul, and illiteracy has always been high there, especially among girls and women.
I am still trying hard to find a reason to get excited about....
While the iPhone 4 screen's aspect ratio is 1.5:1, but the iPhone itself is 115.2 mm x 58.66 mm (approx 1:2). So, the same reasoning should apply to two finger use horizontally.
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Yes, there is a slight improvement in battery life.
Since we will be providing a "platform", as it were, for building your own ecosystem of plants and animals, feel free to raise insects :)
As andrewmunsell said, the Nokia phones are unibody, including the new 940. Though I don't expect to get one, a Nokia WP8 actually does seem quite innovative. WP8's UI, camera features, unibody design, offline maps... well, it's interesting at least.
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Manoela does consistently solid experiments, I've been really impressed with her stuff on Codrops. Be sure to check out the actually gallery instead of just the thumbnails.
Yes, one of the hallmark traits of Apple and one of the reasons why I still sometimes can love them. A company that is willing to perfect their products, that doesn't go for new for the sake of new, that's really rare.

I hate many of their decisions, many of their views, but I think they always had and still have the right mix of iteration and innovation.
True, true. My thoughts were along the line of the Classic - from year to year they didn't innovate much along that one line, but you're 100% correct they innovated to fill more niches with new lines.
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But those hours "being awake" include eating, showering, doing house chores, etc. In reality it's 10 hours work (including commute) vs 3-4 hrs non-work, and ~10 on the weekend. So the usual number is 50:40 at best, not 50:62.

You don't even need to do the math, we've all been there: get up, go to work, come back at 7-8pm, have dinner, 2hrs to do something then sleep.
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Why on earth would anybody ever use tmpfs for /tmp? If I'm writing a program that deals with a big file, and I want to temporarily write something to the filesystem, it is because I dont want it in memory. Why would you ever write to /tmp for any reason other than to get something out of ram for a while?
Pre-orders start this Friday (Sept 14th), and shipping starts Sept 21st.

edit: US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore markets
Their immigration barriers are far more than English, education, and "some work experience". There'd be no need for this startup visa if that was the case. I was rejected by CIC on a PR application, simply (according to them) for being in their eyes "not managerial enough". They were at the time accepting only "IT managers" not developers, but my time managing the IT systems at several startups concurrently with dev/dev-management duties did not qualify me. Their point system and their list of acceptable skillsets is highly restrictive and the I strongly suspect that the government bureaucrats in charge of vetting PR applications are incapable of making nuanced decisions about the history and capabilities of applicants.
I think the one question you should be asking is: Are your employees looking forward to coming to work in the morning?

All these environment variables are background noise if they are not relevant to your workers.
The innovation/iteration process of Apple is often misinterpreted. Apple has had a clear line in this for a long time:

- The main innovation is done to create new products: iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad. Such products are a result of years of research and development. When Apple releases the product, they make sure the core usability philosophy is sound and does not need to be changed afterwards.
- After a product and the surrounding concepts are released, Apple is very conscious not to depart to far from the original concepts and philosophies surrounding that product group. This creates trust and customer loyalty that more "innovative" brands would pay dearly for.

This, in my opinion, has been an oft-overlooked factor in Apple's success.
Hey, sounds like you might have some (maybe mild, I'm not a pro) form of social anxiety. Talk to someone about it, since there are very good programs (e.g. http://www.bostonsocialanxiety.com/ I've seen lauded on reddit) to help you with that. I've seen people with social anxiety completely transformed.
They could have scaled it in one direction and keep the black bars only on one side. It is really silly not to use 1280x720.
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