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I guess it's a win-win situation both ways: - it can make people more addicted to apps to the point where we all fall off cliffs or get run by an app addict while crossing the road using our phones. - or it can push people to the limit where they get so much addicted to their apps that they actually call for interventions, completely abandon their phone, or seek help; introducing youjustneedspace.com </sarcasm>


Thanks! We think so too! Also, you have a close sarcasm tag with no open sarcasm tag. Dude that's bad form.


'Also, you have a close sarcasm tag with no open sarcasm tag' -- sarcasm does not start by priming people of what to come. Especially those who would take you words seriously and start to relate to your comment.


While I love the phone and find it a big improvement over all current market phones (not that innovative though), I wonder how many people will die trying to unlock their phones while driving.

And they will unlock it while driving.


I would say similar to the amount now, and less than passcode-based unlock

Using your phone while driving is reckless, regardless of the authentication mechanism.


"Using your phone while driving is reckless, regardless of the authentication mechanism." -- true. Nevertheless, Numbers show that people do use their phones while driving.

"I would say similar to the amount now, and less than passcode-based unlock" -- For now this is just a claim. This is why I'm wondering... Yet, imagine needing to place your phone in front of your face, instead of just using your finger.


I use apple carplay and it still asks me to unlock my device sometimes. With touchId I can do this without taking my eyes off the road.


however the touch id does not require you to look at your phone to unlock and unconsciously people will look at an X to unlock it even though it only needs to see you, not the reverse.

neither is a good idea but Apple recently pushed out lockouts for Do not disturb while driving. I have not tried this feature and it defaults to off. So how well it works, well it won't stop me from using the phone as it appears to be not allowing the phone to interrupt me.


> unconsciously people will look at an X to unlock it even though it only needs to see you, not the reverse.

That does not seem to be the case as the reviewer puts it. Even when he was looking at his iPhone X he could not always get it unlocked: "There have been times when, despite a clear view of my face, the iPhone X has ghosted me. (Apple tells me that perhaps I wasn’t making what the iPhone X considers eye contact.)"


You’re looking at it wrong.


> people will look at an X to unlock it even though it only needs to see you, not the reverse.

It explicitly will not unlock by default unless you are looking at the phone (or have disabled the "attention detection" feature), it detects the direction of your eyes presumably to prevent someone from surreptitiously pointing your phone at your face to unlock it while you are focusing elsewhere.

> By default, Face ID requires eye contact in order to work, but Federighi says you can disable the “attention detection” feature and Face ID will work whether you look directly at it or not.

https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/15/face-id-details-features/


I am not sure why it is different from any other phone. Yes, unlocking the phone with fingerprint does not require taking your eyes off the road. But aren't your going to look at the screen of the unlocked phone anyway?


Not to use Siri.

Not to unlock for my kids in the back to play music.


Siri is activated by side button. Passing a phone to the kids in the back probably more dangerous then glancing at the screen. Don't do it, please.


> Passing a phone to the kids in the back probably more dangerous then glancing at the screen

Hmm, why? Looking at the screen takes your eyes off the road. Passing a phone back allows you to keep your eyes on the road. Why would that be more dangerous?


If we're going down this rabbit hole:

Glancing at the phone screen (that you can bring in front of you) will take a second and is very similar to glancing at the navigation screen. Now try to pass a phone to a kid behind you in a child seat or using a seatbelt. For starters, just try 'passing' a phone behind your chair without dropping it why looking into your computer screen.


I have two kids and have had to pass things back to them almost daily. My eyes don't go off the road and my hand stays on the steering wheel. So not sure what you're talking about...


Everyone is forgetting that Google can provide such tool because of Chrome (60% market share); they don't need to track you. They already are. Google it's tightening it's grip on the web. Yesterday the announced that they will apply the Better Ad Standard by 2018. They said they'll ban intrusive ads that block the user from the content, ads that play sound automatically, and flashy ads... Now "flashy" is so vague.


I've been using this tool since a year now to quickly build HTML5 banners for DoubleClick. 1- the software was way too buggy than it is now, yet, it still is, and updates aren't that frequent. 2- all objects are positioned absolute, even though you can choose to create a responsive banner. 3- for me, it's perfect for ads, and handles animations pretty well (it uses CSS animations) 4- you can always access the generated code and modify it once you understand how it works. 5- I would never use it to create anything other than ads. 6- the UI sucks, especially when the biggest part of the process is adding assets, modifying their properties or settings their CSS, and you constantly have to resize the accordion drawers.


Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on https://tweenui.com/animator


Apparently the Dutch are not as smart as the Americans. It's simple: 1- Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything 2- Privatize Prisons so that greedy CEOs can take over the "business" 3- Create laws that can criminalize you for any stupid thing you do, procedures that make everyone frustrated, and an economy that keeps you bankrupt most of the time


Of course you need to legalize guns, it's to protect yourself from other people with guns!

The only solution to the shootings in the US is to equip more people with guns, you know, for "protection".


Or to have a chance against a guy armed with a knife.


Or for a small person to have a chance against a big person. Or an old person to have a chance against a young person. Or for one person to have a chance against lots of people.


All those measures will take a long time to take effect. You can't expect culture to change over night.

Luckily if you want results NOW, all you gotta do is outlaw marijuana. Nothing fills prisons like a War on Drugs.


Cannabis is technically a white-listed illegal substance, for which the possession, consumption, and sale is legal up to certain thresholds. Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Viz. The cannabis being sold is appearing out of thin air!


> Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell.

Correct, it's a schizophrenic situation that pro-legalization and liberal parties have been trying to solve for a while.

However, since 2002 more conservative, christian and/or centre-right parties have been ruling who ideally want to criminalize again so it's not getting solved any time soon.


> Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything

The pinnacle of honest characterizations /s


You don't really need point 3. It's implicit in point 2, because private prisons will allocate funds to lobbyists in pursuit of regulatory capture, resulting in 3.


Are you the waterflame that wrote the music for Geometry Dash?


I recognize your sarcasm. Upvoted.


It's actually simple. GitHub tests on their free users and see their reaction. If the feedback is positive, move it to paid clients. If not, keep frustrating your free clients so they move to paid accounts.


Why does that make it harder for me to move my paid repos off of github? I don't use PR or the github issue tracker, so I could probably start using the google cloud repos tomorrow if felt like it.


1- accessing someone's computer is like accessing someone's home - checked 2- unauthorized access of a computer system is a crime - checked 3- the kid should be taught a lesson - checked

But... do u have to destroy his future for it? A 14 years old kid should drag a fellony with him till he graduates from university, because he decided to prank his teacher? That if he's allowed access to a university with such a record.

I thought law and punishment's roles are to reform and teach. (slapping myself... wake up!)


Until he graduates from university?

Universities often exclude felons (or at least, most felons) from admittance. The negotiating position of the applicant is one of appealing their standard policy of exclusion on special grounds, rather than competing with other entrants.


It's like accusing Google of facilitating Terrorist attacks through Maps. The NSA was unconstitutionally spying on everyone. If Snowden accused NSA without releasing any Data, no one would've believed him.


no.


Download a VPN app like TunnelBear (www.tunnelbear.com), and choose the country you want to appear in


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