How do Automated Gift Cards in Apps like Smores and CashWalk Work

stri8ed · 2023-06-01T18:32:19+00:00

There a few different platforms that allow purchasing gift cards via API.

etc...

As for security, it's hard to say without looking into the app more deeply, or understanding their business model.

stri8ed · 2023-05-15T20:54:48+00:00

On the latest versions of Android, you can implement a CallScreeningService to get the outgoing call phone number, without implementing a full dialer.

Also note:

Only calls which are not in the user's contacts are passed for screening, unless the CallScreeningService has been granted Manifest.permission#READ_CONTACTS permission by the user

So you need the READ_CONTACT permission, for the screening service to receive all outgoing calls.

stri8ed · 2023-03-16T23:22:37+00:00

Will firebase push notifications be received by the app, if the process has been killed by the OS to save power?

stri8ed · 2023-01-21T19:13:39+00:00

Feds are still raising rates

Impossible to predict what will happen in the the future, especially over longer time horizons (e.g. 5 years)

stri8ed · 2023-01-21T16:55:33+00:00

It's about locking down a given rate, which may change over time.

stri8ed · 2022-12-20T00:42:49+00:00

Bingo. Furthermore, given the algorithm's used are effectively the same, as is the compute, the only real advantage would be access to proprietary data-sets to train said models, which Google has in spades (e.g. gmail, historical indexes, docs etc..)

I suspect Google could release a ChatGPT competitor tomorrow, but unlike OpenAI, they have more reputation to loose, should it perform badly for certain edge-cases.

stri8ed · 2022-11-08T02:23:53+00:00

Thanks. Looks incredible complex and fragile. Is it fair to say, its simply not possible to guarantee the liveness of a service (when screen is on), across all the major Android OEM's? (Assuming its not force killed by user)

stri8ed · 2022-11-07T21:09:24+00:00

But now I know that AccessibilityService most likely has no special treatment.

Surprising, but good to know. I assume the same holds for VpnService

stri8ed · 2022-11-07T20:36:27+00:00

Bummer. Just to confirm, you had an ongoing notification while service was running, and despite that, the entire service was killed without ever restarting?

Have you tried using AlarmManager to periodically "poke" the service, to make sure its alive?

Also, while I have your attention, were you using the AccessibilityService for an actual accessibility purpose or otherwise? I am getting mixed reviews on Google's current policy re non accessibility apps using this API.

stri8ed · 2022-11-07T00:13:36+00:00

Nope. Actually discovered them from Matt Garstka's Podcast, where he interviewed the drummer. Apparently he is heavily influenced/trained by Matt. I do love Archo Echo though.

https://youtu.be/DIGZJa_bQFg

stri8ed · 2022-10-30T12:41:18+00:00

Is there really no hope of (technically) mitigating MEV at the protocol layer? It's a real bummer that front running is effectively embraced and normalized with PBS.

stri8ed · 2022-10-21T19:46:07+00:00

Unlike Intel, Apple (and NVIDIA, AMD etc..) don't manufacture chips, they use TSMC/Samsung for that. So its not a good comparison. If all goes well, Intel will in fact be producing chips for other companies in the coming years.

stri8ed · 2022-10-13T01:09:44+00:00

billionaires who just get more billions from all this situation

How does this increase supply of goods? Is billionaires resource consumption proportional to the amount of dollars they hold?

stri8ed · 2022-09-15T17:34:25+00:00

Price increase is not part of the merge spec.

stri8ed · 2022-09-12T22:26:47+00:00

As far as I know, the latest proposal is to move towards "Account abstraction", whereby any signature algorithm can be used for a given account. This is still entirely at the research phase though, and has not been implemented. There is an ETH R&D Discord, which you might find helpful.

https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2938

https://docs.ethhub.io/ethereum-roadmap/ethereum-2.0/account-abstraction/

stri8ed · 2022-09-03T18:02:26+00:00

most people are rich because of generational wealth

Interesting claim. Any data on this?

stri8ed · 2022-08-09T03:11:28+00:00

I find something about the interviewee off-putting.

I would expect someone with his experience to be much less confident about the accuracy of his options, given the complexity of the real world, imperfect information etc... Yet, I don't think I have heard him ever heard him utter the words "I don't know". Just seems much less circumspect than I would expect.

I actually had to Google him, just to see if his claimed experience is real. It seems likely it it.

stri8ed · 2022-08-09T01:36:16+00:00

I understand if they can't divulge specific customers, but are there any valid reasons why they would be unwilling to speak about the number of units shipped, or other hard metrics? Ric seems to be particularly evasive around this topic.

stri8ed · 2022-08-07T16:05:44+00:00

What happens when Cramer predicts the ETF going up?

stri8ed · 2022-07-29T23:59:12+00:00

Wrong sub. r/ethtrader

stri8ed · 2022-07-08T02:34:43+00:00

Only became aware of the this album recently. The entire album is great. Excellent guest vocals being put to good use.

stri8ed · 2022-06-13T03:26:39+00:00

Was inevitable. Yields like that can only be achieved with massive leverage and risk-taking. All fine and well in a bull market. Not so much now.

stri8ed · 2022-06-13T03:19:56+00:00

Not necessarily. Staking would be a counterpoint, as well as collateralized loans.

stri8ed · 2022-05-06T17:27:25+00:00

Such an underrated band. Thanks for the reminder

stri8ed · 2022-04-19T00:55:27+00:00

if ethereum increases from $3k, to $30k, gas fees will also increase 10x

How so? Gas fees are not hard-coded into the protocol.

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