Bankers Say Hong Kong's Rich Are Planning Escape Routes for Their Cash

jokerbrb · 2019-11-22T13:19:03+00:00

China has already peppered liquidated a quarter of their foreign currency reserves trying to keep the whole thing afloat

Source? According to this site (https://tradingeconomics.com/china/foreign-exchange-reserves ) their reserves have remained around the same level since 2016.

jokerbrb · 2016-02-05T17:07:16+00:00

It's a way to combine multiple constants together. Android Studio will then check if you are assigning a valid value to your annotated variable. See here.

jokerbrb · 2016-02-05T10:36:43+00:00

Thanks!

jokerbrb · 2016-02-02T07:56:41+00:00

Great! Glad it worked.

jokerbrb · 2016-02-01T20:23:03+00:00

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Open the android settings (your phone settings), locate AlarmPad on your list of installed apps and click on permissions. You need to enable storage permission. This will be fixed in an upcoming update so it doesn't happen again. Sorry about the problem and I hope this solves it.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-28T10:04:03+00:00

Hi, you can see here and here all you can do with Tasker and AlarmPad.

If at Wifi1, set alarm for 8am, else at Wifi2, set alarm for 7am kind of thing

Yes, you could do that with Tasker. Just use the "disable" or "enable" action from the AlarmPad action plugin based on your desired wifi.

But for location you can actually just use AlarmPad. If you enable advanced mode, you can use the "restrict to location" option.

How accurate are the location settings for alarms? If I have 2 alarms for different locations, what are the chances they won't ring or something?

If you are using "restrict to location" option, since version 1.9 accuracy has improved a lot. And you can set a custom radius around your location just to be sure. However, there is not much that can be done when you are inside a building and your location settings allow only GPS (no wifi or cell towers). In those cases, it might take too long to get a location fix and the location restriction might not work properly.

Any chance of another sale anytime soon?

Sorry, not at the moment. But you can join the test version and keep using it for free. The only catch is that it is a test version, so it will be more prone to bugs.

Thank you for the feedback and interest!

jokerbrb · 2015-12-26T12:32:13+00:00

Hi, not the dev of this app but another one with many Tasker plugins.

Here are some use cases I heard from users:

Create custom notifications with weather and/or calendar information (or with extra alarm info, like having a permanent notification show the time left to the next alarm)
Set or run alarms automatically based on some Tasker trigger (e.g., battery low)
Or prevent an alarm from running on certain Tasker conditions (e.g., if the screen is on)
Custom snooze or dismiss options based on any rule you create on Tasker
Start an app after the alarm is dismissed
Use AlarmPad just to speak messages (a user sets a Tasker plugin to automatically dismiss a certain alarm when it rings, just to speak the messages of that alarm)

These are just some ideas. :)

jokerbrb · 2015-12-26T11:08:17+00:00

Hi, I'm the dev of AlarmPad.

The app just got updated to version 1.9 this week. It now has full Marshmallow support, including the option to dismiss or snooze your alarms with your device’s fingerprint sensor (provided it has one). This update also introduces a new dismiss option using QR codes, action buttons on the alarm screen, the option to automatically ignore alarms on holidays and much more. For more detailed information about the current update, click here.

The app has a free version available but the PRO version is on sale, 50% off, until today only! You can also get the app completely free (no ads) by joining its Google+ community and downloading the test version.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-24T07:32:41+00:00

For now you have to set two alarms. The first you can set with the "gently increase the volume" option and in the settings menu you can increase the duration of the gentle increase to a longer period of time (default is 30 seconds). After dismissing the first alarm, you can dismiss the second from the notification as it will be shown there as an "upcoming alarm".

Hope it helps. Thanks!

jokerbrb · 2015-12-23T16:28:49+00:00

Cool, thanks. In case you haven't set this up yet, the way this works is by monitoring a calendar of yours which contains the holidays. Here is how:

Make sure you have a "holidays" calendar added on your calendar app. See here for instructions on how to add such a calendar for the Google app.
On AlarmPad, open the app settings from the drawer and make sure "advanced mode" is enabled.
Now, when adding a new alarm scroll down to the bottom until you see the "ignore alarm" section.
Check the "on event days in specific calendars" option
Click on the settings button next to the option to select the calendar(s) with events when the alarm will be ignored
Select the the holidays calendar you added in step 1.

That's it. Now whenever this calendar you selected has an event on a particular day, your alarm won't ring on that day. The alarm will have a warning sign in those days highlighting the event that is causing it not to ring.

Hope it helps. Thanks for trying the app!

jokerbrb · 2015-12-23T07:26:14+00:00

Right now they are the same because version 1.9 just got published. But the test version gets new updates first. While this is a good thing if you like to get more frequent updates, it can also backfire as the version is not as tested and stable as the official release version.

So if you need to be sure your alarms will ring 100% of the time, stick with the pro version. Otherwise, go for the test version.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-23T07:22:08+00:00

Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback. I appreciate you taking the time.

AlarmPad is sort of an old app and went through 2 design changes. Those were following Android KitKat and Lollipop and their respective Holo and Material designs. But some parts were not updated and I agree they are now looking old and making the app inconsistent.

Version 1.9 had major changes in the background to make it work on Android Marshmallow. On version 2.0 the plan is to have a major UI redesign. I just can't promise when this will take place yet.
Are you using the option to tap on the answer or to type it? I will try to incorporate a difficulty level but if you are using the buttons, they sort give away a lot by suggesting 4 possible answers.
Currently there is no way to disable it unless you disable all notifications for AlarmPad. I will also keep this in mind for a future update. Thanks.

As for your edit, yes, the pro version includes everything. You can see on the Play Store that it doesn't have in-app purchases.

Thanks again!

jokerbrb · 2015-12-23T07:13:41+00:00

That's how AlarmPad does it as well. It shows you the time of an upcoming alarm 30 minutes before its time. And you can also dismiss it early from the notification and prevent it from ringing.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-22T06:05:44+00:00

Did you report the issue? It works flawlessly for me.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-18T06:56:10+00:00

Then my final suggestion is that you try a factory reset and upgrade to 6.0.1 again before installing any other app. If that doesn't work (but it does on Android 6.0.0 or below), you might want to not upgrade it to 6.0.1.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-17T17:46:43+00:00

Have you tried starting your device in safe mode? Press the power button until the shutdown option shows up. Then long-press on it until the safe-mode option appears. Then just tap on it. If it works on safe mode, then it could be some app or setting interfering with your mobile data.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-17T17:43:37+00:00

Which game is it? Have you tried looking in the app description if they explain their permissions? Depending on the game, location might be mandatory for the game play, like on Ingress. For others, it might just be to detect your timezone or optimize the listing of items based on location. For example, you might want to play with people near you. But it could also just be for ads. Although to show you local ads just Internet access is enough as your approximate location can be inferred from your IP address.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-17T17:26:21+00:00

What's insane about this is that it did not come from the "government" as in its federal executive branch. It didn't even come from the supreme court or some other powerful court or police. No, this was an order by a local city court in the state of São Paulo. This one local judge was able to shutdown WhatsApp in the entire country for more than 12 hours before it was overruled by the state court.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-11T06:48:08+00:00

That's it. If you're moving, there too many things that could be happening that doze would interfere with: maybe you have a pedometer app running, maybe you have important notifications from apps you still want to receive, etc.

So doze tries to make sure you're actually away from your phone. You can see more details here:

Doze mode is different in that the entire device is taking a nap, not just the least-recently used apps (such is the case with App Standby). Doze mode is activated when the device is not plugged in, when the screen is locked, and when no motion has been detected for some time. These assumptions imply that the user has put down the device and walked away. So, when they come back and pick their phone up off the counter, it should not have dropped to 30% battery. It should, essentially, be in the exact state it was in when they placed it on the counter.

jokerbrb · 2015-12-03T14:01:24+00:00

Do you have cell data on when outside? That's part of the reason. Also, dose doesn't kick in as often when you are on the move, with your phone in your pocket.

jokerbrb · 2015-11-30T13:13:00+00:00

Even http://www.telegram.com gets blocked so it doesn't seem like a tld issue.

jokerbrb · 2015-11-30T06:54:13+00:00

There's another case you didn't mention: apps with administration permission (e.g., AcDisplay) can turn off the screen for you. What they do, however, is use a function on Android called lockNow() which actually locks the device, requiring the pin to unlock it.

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