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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: iPhone developers? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 3:21 am
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nodice1996 wrote: The ipad will run Iphone OS, like the ipod touch or iphone.
Yes, current iPhone apps run on the iPad as well. I was talking about apps that are specifically designed for the iPad and won't run on the iPhone or iPod Touch. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: c++... any other Aspie coders? |
| Garriond |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2010, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Mostly C++. Since last year Objective-C as well. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: iPhone developers? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2010, 3:16 pm
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| I have some apps out. I am not sure whether I will develop for the iPad. The iPad might turn out to be too niche. People will expect to pay as little as for iPhone apps, i.e. $0.99. It is difficult enough to make a living selling iPhone apps; if there are even fewer users downloading your app for th... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What book are you reading right now? |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 5:42 pm
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Replies: 169
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| Arduino - A book about building and programming your own electronic devices The Language Instinct - by Steven Pinker; very interesting stuff about language, and I love Pinker's writing style, I try to learn it while reading the book The 4-Hour Workweek - by Tim Ferriss; if I can implement this I hav... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do all aspies think in pictures? |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2009, 3:58 pm
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| My normal thought is mixed verbal/visual, but I can switch to a much more one-sided thought mode when lying in bed after waking up. It does not work always; I think it happens when I wake up from a dream. I must have been lying on the right side for hours and keep that position after waking up to st... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Kim Peek is dead |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2009, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 26
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| I just read on Daniel Temmet's blog that Kim Peek, the autistic savant who was the real Rain Man, died on December 19th. Sad. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this the most beautiful thing you have seen? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2009, 3:44 pm
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Replies: 71
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| Thanks everybody for participating. I wanted to know whether this kind of 3D fractals is perceived by Aspies in a different way. Aspies are said to have more short range connections in their brains at the expense of long range connectivity. The fractal shows intricate structures on all levels of det... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this the most beautiful thing you have seen? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2009, 6:25 pm
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Dragonfly_Dreams wrote: That makes me feel fuzzy and tingly. I like it!
Google doesn't know what that is.... what is it exactly?
Sorry, I had the name wrong; the thing is called Mandelbulb, not Mandelhab. It is a 3D version of what you might have heard of as Mandelbrot Set or fractal. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this the most beautiful thing you have seen? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2009, 4:57 pm
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| This is the Mandelbulb. I found the picture on skytopia . I was surprised to learn that most people seem to have quite strong reactions to it, they either love or hate it. I wonder which camp we Aspies fall into; does our bias for local processing have an influence? Note: I did not create it, you ca... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Vision therapy or prism glasses? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2009, 5:00 pm
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| I wrote a bit about the book in another thread . I bought it to find out what he is doing and to do some tests and experiments on my own. One of his most important tests to find out whether there are problems with ambient vision is the Van Orden Star. I printed out the test sheet, bought two pairs o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Face Blindness and Physical Attraction. |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2009, 1:50 pm
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| I scored 81% on that test. Although the website tells me this is the score for the average person, I had the feeling I was simply guessing most of the time. I would also have expected a lower score based on my difficulties with faces in everyday life. I find that many women look like Barbie dolls to... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Facial recognition software |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2009, 10:27 am
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| An iPhone app would be technically possible today, but it would not be much use: you would have to hold the phone up to their face to take a picture--pretty conspicuous. I myself can't wait until we have subtle contact lenses that project information into our eyes without anybody else seeing it. Fir... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensory Processing-Visual |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009, 3:01 pm
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| The web page you link to cites a study by Melvin Kaplan. Kaplan is known for his use of yoked lenses to treat visual problems in children. He believes vision problems lie at the heart of many behavioral, learning, and even postural problems. In his interesting book „Seeing the World Through New Eyes... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Women and testosterone level |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 11:41 am
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Replies: 16
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| I think the testosterone responsible for finger length ratios and brain development (hence autism maybe) is the one you are exposed to in the womb; it's the testosterone of your mother. Your muscle mass today is influenced by the current level of your own testosterone. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensory Processing-Visual |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 6:40 am
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Replies: 29
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensory Processing-Visual |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 6:15 am
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Replies: 29
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| Similar to what you wrote earlier, what I gather from the book is that amblyopia is not caused by a muscle in the eye being too weak. The muscles are perfectly fine physiologically; it is the brain that commands them to look cross-eyed because it cannot integrate the input from both eyes. You might ... |
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