Lost an Apple iBook screen this way. Guy in front slammed his chair back while I was working on a presentation and the screen got caught at the perfect angle to flex it and it died.

Didn't blame him, lesson learned, and I move my own seat back very slowly now.

Of course not!

There are at least a couple of banks or credit card companies in the UK now that only offer mobile apps, as well as those now using push MFA with their apps for every large purchase. Recently I needed to install an app from the UK government to prove my identity via camera to renew my driving license, and that doesn't work in GrapheneOS either. I can do it in person (for now) but there is an extra fee.

All the banks I use, have a web app, although it can be somewhat limited, but I don't need any advanced functions anyway.

> as well as those now using push MFA with their apps for every large purchase.

Our banks use SMS OTP (not required for mobile app) for all operations - I assume otherwise the amount of fraud would be exorbitant.

> Recently I needed to install an app from the UK government to prove my identity via camera to renew my driving license, and that doesn't work in GrapheneOS either. I can do it in person (for now) but there is an extra fee.

Interesting that the government relies on a proprietary, foreign platform.

I have used them for the following:

* Holding a bandage in place

* Temporary clothing fix (broken fly, broken strap)

* Keeping hotel curtains together to block out light

* Popping a SIM tray

* Pinning something inside clothing when travelling in risky areas

It is rare to need one, but they take up no space so I pop one in my bag.*

Some overlap with small binder clips.

My M3 was parked for 3 months and went from 80% to 60% which I'm perfectly happy with. Just arrived home, got back in it and drove. It was on WiFi, no sentry, and checked in on it only every 3 weeks or so.

Agree, coffee shops are the modern version. Only 25 years ago as a student in Manchester pubs were everywhere, and we often used to go to the pub at lunch time. Went back there recently and all the pubs we used to frequent were gone, replaced by coffee shops and people with laptops and smart phones :)

Coffee shops have been around for centuries. How popular they are varies as fads come and go, but they have been there.

Yes, but coffee shops a la Starbucks are a relatively recent thing, and they sell "coffee" that looks more like a milkshake than a cup of coffee...

I don't know if Google Maps pays much attention to Android users frequenting a particular path. Where I live you need to take a particular route else you end up at closed gates. Despite hundreds of people using this route every day for years Google will still try to take you via a different route that takes you to a closed gate. Other mapping software gets it right but we have to provide specific route instructions in case anyone uses Google and ends up at a dead end. I have noticed this all over actually, with Google trying to take short cuts that don't work vs following well-established routes.

I don't recommend their pegboard for this. When I had some very modest weight (soldering supplies and glues) in one of the compatible trays attached to the top, it bowed out over time and warped the board. This looks far heavier with more leverage.

They said OpenAPI is an open protocol, not OpenAI.

This was attempted with the .trust TLD but did not catch on.

That reminds me of a hack I did. In the fairly early days of Android I realised you could install an app to a device from the Play Store using the website on the PC, and have it auto-run when triggered by an event such as the charger being plugged in. Combined with the API to disable the lock screen (eg when receiving an incoming call so the user can answer) it was a way to remotely disable the lock screen.

I created my first ever Android app in one evening and released it for free. It was the first one of its kind and was quite popular, mainly for parents who let their kids play with their phone and accidently lock it, or for people who wanted access to their loved ones device after they died.

However I received loads of bizarre and abusive support requests from people who demanded I help them, and even call them personally. Eventually I got fed up and started to charge a nominal amount and the support requests suddenly became much more polite and intelligent, filtering out the toxic support requests.

I read a post on HN about how increasing price on something can result in higher sales because people value it more. I decided to increase the price as an experiment, and sure enough the sales went up!

For 3 hours of work one evening creating the app, it made a few £10ks over a few years.

Eventually Google prevented the ability to auto-run newly installed apps due to malware using the same vector, now you have to launch the app manually the first time. While it still worked on older devices I eventually removed it because it failed more than it worked.