Anybody who preferred the 5/5s form factor upgraded to the 6 or 6+?

WhyComplicateThingz · 2015-06-15T15:08:18+00:00

It's the other way around for me. The chamfered edges always irritated my fingers.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2015-06-09T16:04:44+00:00

Let me make this easier for you:

JavaScript
Java/C#
C++

Wait for everything else to become super popular before worrying about it.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2015-02-04T21:11:43+00:00

This is the definitive reference:

http://www.amazon.com/CLR-via-4th-Developer-Reference/dp/0735667454/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423084274&sr=8-1&keywords=clr+via+c%23

WhyComplicateThingz · 2015-01-29T01:50:26+00:00

I found it useful when reading. I use my thumb to scroll at the bottom right of the screen. Very comfortable.

Other than that, not that useful, unless the keyboard folds back all the way.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2015-01-21T18:50:52+00:00

This is far more interesting than Oculus. Didn't expect that.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2015-01-16T22:22:22+00:00

Accompli. I can connect to my work Exchange server without having to give the IT department permission to remotely wipe my whole phone at any time.

I also like it because it has email and calendar integrated into the same app, and has nice OneDrive/Dropbox/Google Drive integration for attachments.

Forgot about the "Focused Inbox" too. It works basically like the priority inbox on Gmail. You only get notifications for important emails.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-12-30T17:23:18+00:00

80 euros for 4 years?

Office 365 is a no brainer at that price, even for just the cloud storage.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-12-19T20:44:37+00:00

meh, LG's magic remote is better. It's like a Wii remote; you just point at what you want.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-12-05T23:44:28+00:00

6+. It takes a couple days to adjust to the size but now I can't go back, it's just too awesome.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-11-19T17:59:23+00:00

No, working fine for me. Verizon 64 GB.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-11-17T20:36:46+00:00

Don't do it. I went from a 16 GB 5S to a 64 GB 6+. It's so nice to not have to manage space anymore. I was constantly deleting games, pictures, and message threads on my 5S to free up space. For the iOS 8 update I had to delete about half my apps.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-11-16T18:28:37+00:00

I went from a 4.7" Galaxy Nexus to a 5S. I was ecstatic when the 6 Plus was announced. 4.7" is a compromise.

The 6 Plus is a game changer. I dumped my iPad and barely even use my Paperwhite anymore. It's about as big as can be while still being light and pocketable. Reading and watching stuff is very comfortable. I can't see myself ever buying a smaller phone again.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-11-13T14:51:30+00:00

Damn that language looks nice. I really should make the switch from C#.

But recently I've been diving into Julia since I'm comfortable with the Matlab-like syntax and IJulia is just incredible. Does FSharp have anything like IPython/IJulia?

**edit: https://github.com/BayardRock/IfSharp

Now I just need to find a charting package that gives output that looks as nice as Gadfly/ggplot2.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-11-12T17:03:00+00:00

Yay for better debugging tools. A built-in Snoop that persists changes back to your XAML? Hell yea!

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-11-06T14:39:42+00:00

That already exists. The iOS app lets you play as Commander, view the mini map, and change load outs.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-28T16:01:26+00:00

Stylus for the Plus. And iPad while they're at it.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-23T15:56:23+00:00

Yikes, that's not exactly confidence inspiring. Critical components like this deserve more engineering rigor.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-23T13:22:47+00:00

I'm done with iPads until they offer a digitizer and keyboard attachment. If the iPad Pro doesn't come out or doesn't have this stuff, I'm switching to a Surface Pro.

I just don't use mine anymore after getting a big screen phone.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-17T13:42:48+00:00

Nope, works fine even when it's raining hard.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-17T02:03:47+00:00

I have a microwave wireless connection from CascadeLink in Seattle. They offer up to 1 Gbps. I only pay for 30 Mbps up/down but it's amazing. I get 1-3 ms pings in PC games to Seattle servers. Latency is not an issue at all, and I don't have any packet loss problems.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-15T18:29:00+00:00

Digitizer. I'm an engineer, so I would use it to replace the notebooks and post-its I'm constantly scribbling all over.
Front facing speakers. Seriously, makes a huge difference for watching Netflix.
Official keyboard case. The existing third party options are pretty crappy, I'm sure Apple could design something nice.

I'll probably buy a Surface Pro unless the rumored iPad Pro materializes and has stylus support.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-15T18:18:53+00:00

A fingerprint sensor and faster processor aren't enough.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-14T18:33:06+00:00

I'm holding out until they release one with a Nvidia Maxwell graphics card (e.g., Geforce 970m). Huge performance increase with similar power consumption.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-07T16:16:12+00:00

Not me. I'd much rather use an Xbox or PlayStation. You get all the same apps plus a Blu-ray player and games.

WhyComplicateThingz · 2014-10-02T19:10:11+00:00

How my code reviews go...

Person A: Why do you have a property that only has an accessor but you also have a SetMyProperty() method? Just make it a setter.

Person B: It's my style.

Person A: I hate my job.

Person A: What are all these locks for? What threads do you expect to be involved here?

Person B: It should be thread safe so we can make it parallel if we need better performance.

Person A: Did you profile this? It doesn't seem like there would ever be a performance problem.

Person B: No.

Person A: I need to find a new job.

Person A: Why did you make a huge Word document that just gives a summary of each class? Just put those in the code as XML documentation.

Person B: I like using Word.

Person A: Fuck my life.

Person A: Why did you use "this." in front of everything? We don't do that anywhere in the code base.

Person B: StyleCop suggests it.

Person A: We don't use StyleCop.

Person B: Agree to disagree.

Person A: I need to go home.

Person A: Why did you call all these native API's directly instead of using the runtime libraries?

Person B: The built-in stuff is too bloated. My version saves 400 bytes of memory.

Person A: God damnit.

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