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Comment Don't have to look at the data (Score 2) 39

Looking at the API for the UIPasteboard class, I see that it has a method to test if the pasteboard contains data of a given type:

open func contains(pasteboardTypes: [String]) -> Bool

So, if the clipboard was being accessed to enable/disable a paste button, there wouldn't be a need to see the actual data, unless you were looking for a specially formatted string. But, it might be a bug or ignorance.

Comment I've a Lovely Commute (Score 1) 267

When not dealing with a pandemic, I have a lovely commute through the back roads connecting the suburb I work in, to the exurb I live in. Massachusetts even widened the bridge along the short stretch of highway I have to drive on limiting that bit of congestion. Really makes driving my little manual hatchback a pleasure and a relaxing part of my day. Really missing it while the office is closed; will occasionally take the car out on the curvy, hilly section of my commute just for fun.

Comment Re:Also depends on perks at office (Score 1) 165

for me, i want to live near the beach, and the mountains. I don't mind that my home here is a quarter of the size of the home i owned in wisconsin, or that it costs 4x as much. I'd live in this area, ok maybe i'd consider moving down somewhere else along the south coast, where its still equally expensive.

Then move to New Hampshire.

Comment No (Score 1) 224

The proof is in the pudding. It is really really hard to make a quality app, one that launches fast, has smooth animations, reviews well, shows an understanding of interface factors...

What do you judge applicants on? Certifications? GPA? Whether they have a degree in an unrelated field like Computer Science?

Comment So Few Public Companies (Score 4, Insightful) 415

I don't if it's the regulatory environment or what driving the trend towards privately owned companies, but every time one goes private there's less ability for common small investors to benefit from wealth generation. I'm just a worker with a 401K, and I'd like to get the returns needed to retire on my investment income. Events like this make it slightly harder to do.

Comment The Xcode Simulator Works Well (Score 2) 46

As a long time iOS developer, I disagree with your assertion that you need to be constantly tethering a device. I do 90% of my work via the simulator, and only hook up a device when I'm debugging gestures or other similar features late in the development cycle when I want to make sure the user experience is good.

Comment Re: Multinationals Only Ones With Your Data (Score 1) 84

OK this was not part of my training, but this apparently is what you mean.

GDPR will also apply to small businesses under 250 employees if the processing carried out is likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, the processing is not occasional, or the processing includes special categories of data as defined in GDPR Article 9.

So, I have no idea based on that (which I guess is technically in English) what constitutes a small business exception. I'd have to hire a specialist to know.

Comment Multinationals Only Ones With Your Data (Score 3) 84

After taking my corporate training on the European privacy law, I can say that only multinationals will have the legal departments and resources able to so much as keep a copy of their user's email addresses. I am concerned that I'm going to have to suspend email support for my side apps. I really really can't pay a 10M Euro fine for the $100 a year I make in app sales to Europe. I don't have a dedicated privacy officer; there's only me writing apps. My apps don't even collect any data, but I do give out my email address so people do write me. If that's what you want. Only large multinationals able to make software that keeps track of a user's private data; that's what you are getting in Europe.

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