jeffpalmer

Actually the front facing cameras are housed in the assembly behind the rear view mirror (behind the windshield) and are reliant on the wipers to clear the windshield. See the following image: https://images.app.goo.gl/WWXn1PbTaE3XWQmq7

The article references his Feb 19th tweet about production as the catalyst for this. Referenced tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1098013283372589056

Incredible story. Thanks for sharing the link.

You make a very interesting point here. My thinking was that the yearly upgrade programs such as AT&T's "Next" would drive even more growth as consumers upgraded their phone every 12 or 18 months. It would seem that these programs might not be so popular after all.

I got a Livestream notification about it.

Here is a link to the Livestream Event: http://livestream.com/spacex/events/4695903

This article piqued my interest so I googled for recordings of underwater sounds. Here is a gallery of underwater audio clips from various mammals, invertebrates and more: http://www.dosits.org/audio/agsummary/

The lightning really does sound like a phaser!

This is exactly what I have been looking for! I just signed up and added a couple of wallet addresses and I have to say, it looks really good. I can't wait for the iOS app, any info on an approximate release timeframe?

I wonder if this is another attempt at hacking an account containing bitcoins? Last time the thieves made out with close to 50k BTC if I recall correctly.

Just purchased, nice work! This is a great minimalistic way to scan the headlines.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." - Steve Jobs

From the FAQ: "How does Reviewing work? Why is my edit still pending/not yet live on Maps?"

"All new edits need to be reviewed by another mapper. The more you successfully contribute to Map Maker, the more trust you will gain in the system and the easier it will be for you to make and review other changes to the map. If your edit is still pending and not on Google Maps, it has likely not been reviewed yet. You can post the links to the edits you’ve made on the review edit requests forum, so that your fellow mappers can review your map changes, enabling your edit to go live once approved by enough people with enough trust in Map Maker. Learn more about how reviewing and the moderation process works here."

I saw the new style search directly after I upgraded to iOS 6. I just opened the app store again after reading this post and now I am getting search results in the old list style. I wonder if Apple decided to switch back? Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wl7w37pwuti87en/2012-09-19%2021.08...

paddr.com (Pad Dr - housing related)

I played around with the OpenTok API (http://www.tokbox.com/opentok/api) and built Chat Envy: http://chatenvy.com

I agree. I love their current pricing strategy for extra storage. I'm hoping that those prices are for Apps customers only (possibly as shared storage?) as the doc mentions administrators:

"When a user reaches the limit, administrators can purchase the necessary space of 20GB for $ 4 per month to 16TB (Google Docs are not counted in the quota of storage space)."

Thanks for the feedback, all good suggestions. URL length is an annoyance for me as well. I will look at passing the identifier in some other manner.

Ouch. Thanks for that, it's disabled now.

Link: http://chatenvy.com

This has the potential to be huge, especially since it's the brainchild of Google. One thing I noticed is that they didn't showcase object recognition of any type in the promo video. When I heard they were testing these glasses, Google Goggles is the first thing that came to mind. It would be really useful to auto-search objects by simply looking at them and issuing a command. I'm sure it's on their roadmap, if it's not already live in the glasses alpha/beta product.

While the concept is solid, getting carriers to go along with this is going to be impossible I would imagine. The other issue at hand is hardware pricing, especially for US consumers.

In the US, carriers love to lock their customers in by SIM locking their subsidized hardware and customers have come to expect this low cost subsidized hardware.

If you suddenly switched to a system where hardware was sold at retail cost, there would be a lot of confusion. I am guessing that if you ask the typical US consumer if they would like to buy their iPhone at $199 and commit to a contract or pay $649 for the ability to switch to another carrier at will, they will choose the contract option. It's what they have come to expect.

This type of system seems more suited to work in countries where subscribers already purchase unlocked hardware at full retail prices.

I think Apple's repeated pronouncement that we are in the "Post PC Era" means they are looking to take iOS/OSX in this general direction. I would love to have an iPad with the capability of running desktop versions of an app when you are docked and mobile versions when you are away from a desk. This would be the best of both worlds IMO. As it stands now, the iPad is not a viable replacement for my MacBook Air.

Yes, I just received one yesterday. I got the same email from Amol on Feb 14th, noting that it was being shipped in the next 2 days. It's possible that yours in in transit I suppose.

Thanks for sharing your launch story! Would you be willing to share the stats on the 310 emails you collected over the past 7 months? I would be interested in seeing the open & bounce rates specifically.

I have always wondered why cell carriers/manufacturers have not moved to a phased array type system yet. It has been available for WiFi deployments for quite some time. This seems like a step in the right direction.

Just jump in. That's exactly what I did 5 months ago and I am almost finished with my first real web app that I built 100% myself.

I was in a similar position as you when I first started. I knew some HTML/CSS and dabbled in PHP a bit. I took a look at Ruby/Rails and Python/Django as I was unsure of what language/framework I wanted to learn. I decided to learn Python/Django and it has been a wonderful experience thus far.

I used the following to learn Python/Django

http://learnpythonthehardway.org

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/

http://www.djangobook.com/

http://docs.python.org/

https://docs.djangoproject.com/

Stackoverflow.com is also an incredible resource when you have a problem you cannot figure out. Search for an answer or ask a new question if needed.

Good luck!

This is an interesting turning point for Twitter and for API's of free services in general. Building apps based on an ecosystem that you have no control over has always seemed like a substantial risk to me, and this assumption is starting to take shape. Twitter's recent move is an example of what happens when a company is ready to monetize their content and wants to cut out the "middle man" so to speak. It's pretty clear that they don't want third parties encroaching on their ad revenue, and while sad, it was inevitable.

I see this as a very disappointing move by Twitter for the fact that they are alienating the very developers that helped build their brand. This is a glaring warning sign for all applications that are based on an external platform. If nothing else, this should serve as a lesson to all developers that free API's should be utilized with discretion.