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A Unified Code Base
1Password is adding tools to generate and store SSH keys, which is lovely, but this thread on Hacker News expressed concern with how it was implemented. In response, someone from the 1Password team had their devs implement a fix quickly.
We spoke about it internally many times in the past but couldn't get
Raycast is an Insanely Powerful Mac App
I recently discovered Raycast, a free app launcher for macOS. It's in the vein of Alfred, but is
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Your NFT is Probably a Copy of a Copy of a Copy… (even if it's legit)
Slidebean's latest video about NFTs:
You can take Paul's Photoshop file and copy it, reproduce it, and it wouldn't lose a single pixel of quality, but there's still only one original file; the one that Paul Campion worked on when he was producing Lord of the Rings
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My Mini Pixel 6 Review
I'm not going to do a full review of the phone, but a few thoughts I wanted to
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In 2022, Cloud Gaming Should be Additive, Not the Whole Product
Kingdom Hearts Fans Aren't Happy With The Switch Cloud Releases - George Foster
Towards the end of Sora's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate reveal trailer, Square added another tease for Kingdom Hearts fans - all of the games up until that point coming to the Nintendo Switch. There was one catch though, that they
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Why I Absolutely Love the Web!
I wanted to gush about how great the web is, so here’s a few of thing things that really
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A Notch in Your Fanboy Belt
The Moto 360 has a cutout at the bottom. Apple fanboys: OMG it’s a flat tire, what trash!
The Pixel 3 XL has a big old bathtub notch. Apple fanboys: man, what an ugly notch, Google sucks.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra has a tiny notch. Apple fanboys: ugh, why even have a
🟩 Not Wordle, Just a Newsletter (#102)
It's Friday, which means it's time for some fun links! Music is back today as well 🙂
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* You're better off flipping a coin than listening to the groundhog. Come on, Phil!
* People keep acting like getting Covid either kills you or makes you stronger, but study after study
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What if Apple's 27% Deal Goes Worldwide?
Apple's "best I can do is 27%" deal for merchants selling dating apps in the Netherlands is a bit of a laugh, but what would it look like if Apple made this available to everyone?
Like let's just say that at WWDC this June Apple announces that later this
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Why I (well, Lloyd Coombes) Blog Using Drafts
Why I blog using Drafts - Lloyd Coombes
It’s a utilitarian approach, and yet there’s something I love about that. Perhaps even better, Drafts will let me share my text in a variety of ways. I can fire stuff over to a million different apps, or export into HTML to copy into WordPress.
While
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Maybe It’s Not Confidence Holding You Back
Is Confidence the Secret to Success? Not Exactly.
Over time, Dr. Gill said, they realized that “inequalities were being explained away through this psychological characteristic of confidence.” Their research is distilled in “Confidence Culture,” a feminist cultural critique that will be published by Duke University Press on Feb. 9. The book skewers the notion that
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Just Some Plain Good News
A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish, but Creates More Mysteries
Dr. June and his colleagues, Dr. J. Joseph Melenhorst and Dr. Porter, report that the CAR T treatment made the cancer vanish in two out of the three patients in that early trial. All had chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The big surprise, though, was that even
Apple Reveals Their Tap-to-Phone Solution
From Apple's Newsroom blog:
Tap to Pay on iPhone will be available for payment platforms and app developers
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The Six Colors Report Card
Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card
John Siracusa said, “Every new Mac Apple introduced in 2021 was a hit. The new MacBook Pros have rescued that product line after years of decline and dysfunction. The multi-colored 24-inch iMac is a breath of fresh air after nearly two decades of white and
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Security Updates End for Google's 2018 Flagship
Pixel 3 and 3 XL get final update with February security patch
Google today rolled out the final update for the Pixel 3 and 3 XL.
For reference, the Pixel 3 came out a month after the iPhone XS. Imagine if iOS 16 was announced at WWDC and Apple said it would support the iPhone
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It’s More Than 3%
John Gruber: Going Dutch
Consider Stripe, which is incredibly popular (and deservedly so). Stripe charges 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. That’s very fair and delightfully simple, but while that extra 30 cents per transaction is negligible for large transactions, for small ones, it’s very significant. Consider a $10 in-app purchase
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Malleable Software
Settings are not a design failure
While I was reorganizing my phone, I had a sudden realization: Settings are typically seen as the result of design failure. The thinking goes that as designers, our goal is to create product experiences that don’t require any adjustments by the user. Consequently, offering customization options is interpreted
