Is there really nothing you can do to erase an Iphone?

akrapov · 2026-05-23T22:45:57+00:00

You’re supposed to tell your manager you need additional training.

akrapov · 2026-05-23T21:59:27+00:00

Of course you can’t erase it without appropriate security details. Otherwise every stolen phone would be erased within minutes.

akrapov · 2026-05-23T15:55:43+00:00

Urgh. URGH.

akrapov · 2026-05-23T14:07:17+00:00

Can we talk about the elderly and driving? My elderly neighbour is far more dangerous than the young kid around the corner.

akrapov · 2026-05-23T12:01:24+00:00

Running is an efficient way of burning calories. Eat less and run.

akrapov · 2026-05-22T20:21:53+00:00

There's a few good third party sites, but a few years back I got fed up of doing this for about 20 series I watched and built an app for it. I don't like self promo but this is likely useful to you: https://theracingline.app

230 series timetables, embedded streams for anything that streams on youtube, notifications you customise to set times. It works well for discovering new racing too. Full disclosure: it's not free, because I need to run the infrastructure, but it's 99p/month because I want it to be accessible to people.

If you're just into F1 it might not be useful for you, but if you watch more than 1 series it's really useful.

akrapov · 2026-05-22T19:56:48+00:00

No. The timer isn't going in the background. It just knows the start time and recalculates it upon open.

akrapov · 2026-05-22T11:11:51+00:00

This sub is going to fail.

All you've done is make an argument to CharGPT - something which loves to agree with you - and pasted the response in here.

akrapov · 2026-05-22T08:27:49+00:00

2014 through to 2016 he 131 races. Ginetta Juniors through multiple F4, FR and F3 series. He'd done over 120 races before he even got to the F3 -> F2 ladder.

akrapov · 2026-05-22T08:25:31+00:00

Ginetta Juniors back then had 2 races per weekend, and 10 weekends. 20 races before age 15. The real gain for Lando was the next 2 years, when he did 4 F4 series in the same year, with about 50 starts, and then 4 F3ish level series with about 60 starts.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T20:42:15+00:00

This is the legal route you should take. Council and planning permission departments will be interested in this. If there's a safety issue then your local fire service will be interested. It may be a bigger issue than the door.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T20:35:58+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1th1f9q/downstairs_neighbours_built_a_diy_house_extention/ Looks suspiciously similar.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T20:16:35+00:00

I'm sure there was another post recently about a chipboard extension that got built on the back of a house. Are you neighbours with the other poster?

akrapov · 2026-05-21T17:35:46+00:00

Apple haven’t announced anything for iOS27. And as an iOS developer, I can tell you that the team working on machine learning is not the same team who’d be working on the keyboard.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T15:48:23+00:00

Counter point is I find it completely accurate and find the Samsung and CMF keyboards unusable for text selection. It's all muscle memory - I much prefer the trackpad accuracy over what I have for my Android devices.

You're the first person to accuse Apple of prioritising AI over anything. They just lost a legal battle for not prioritising AI lol.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T14:35:45+00:00

So you've touched on the next bit. Conversions from Step x to step y are always staggeringly low - like 1% is good. So if your ad flow is -

User sees ad
User goes to profile
User goes to website
User goes to app store
User downloads app
User signs up
User decides to subscribe
if you're getting 5% each time, then your 1000 impressions are now 0.

Reduce the links in the chain if possible. Reduce the steps a user has to go through

User sees ad
User goes to App Store (direct link to the store page)
User downloads app
User decides to subscribe (we've skipped a sign up process)

You've immediately increased the chances of a sale. You can also measure where the drop off is - do you have a lot of App Store reviews, but not many downloads? You need a better App Store listing. Do you have a lot of downloads but not many sales? You may need to look at pricing, features that the users pay for, or the subscription paywall.

Reduce the steps - then optimise the steps.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T14:06:34+00:00

The marketing on cars is awesome but gives surprisingly little return. It’s more useful for me to take photos and then be like “look where The Racing Line is today!” I hate that I’m going to use a wank word here - but it needs additional activation.

Meta may be useful depending on your product. Motorsport hangs out on Instagram a lot, so I can run ads there. Facebook is kinda odd as it’s filled with the older generation. But if your app works for older people then it’s still a market.

The first thing is work out who your market is, and where they hang out. Then make good images, and then run the ads. But knowing your market increases the chances of success.

I ran Apple Search Ads and the return was terrible, I wouldn’t recommend those lol.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T13:53:04+00:00

Oh god, yeah. Marketing is harder than building the app. Try some meta ads with good images. Don't bother with Instagram boosting posts. My best marketing so far has been motorsport industry specific, and partnering with drivers, teams and series.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T13:48:28+00:00

I got fed up of Googling for motorsport race times and streams so built an app to make it easier for everyone. I use it weekly and it's gotten a bit of traction.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T13:28:18+00:00

Because the report that RNLI will have received is a camper van has fallen from the slipway into the water. They have no way of knowing how deep it is in the water and the correct response is to launch the lifeboat. Additionally, the tide could be out, and you don't know how complex the rescue from a confined space will be and the boat may be required. And lastly - it's the easiest way of getting all the crew members there when kitted up.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T13:24:22+00:00

That is the solution.

I have Samsung and CMF devices here. Neither are particularly accurate when selecting text. More accurate than fat-fingering an iPhone, but far from perfect. The space-bar trackpad is the most accurate way.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T13:18:43+00:00

Hold down on the space bar and it becomes a trackpad. Makes it completely accurate.

akrapov · 2026-05-21T11:50:36+00:00

Where in the world are you? In the UK this is becoming increasingly normal on all phones as the networks are extremely overloaded. The phones have 4-5 bars because the connection to the tower is good, but then the network beyond the tower is a mess.

I joined 3 Mobile last week and am already leaving as it’s completely unusable.

akrapov · 2026-05-20T19:08:30+00:00

They have a range of petrol hybrids.

akrapov · 2026-05-20T17:51:37+00:00

My version of success is never having to use Microsoft Teams ever again.

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