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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
And yet, Microsoft is still doing their own thing. It's a shame they didn't follow through with, and / or the industry didn't follow along with, Windows Phone because it was a pretty unique design. Google / Material
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
It varies, some applications - the ones that people spend their workday in - have specific iconography that is domain specific for that application. A difference needs to be made between general public applications and domain specific emplo
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Potentially, yes, but as with other software, you need to know AND have (automated) verifications on what it does, exactly. And of course, make the case that it actually needs a rewrite, instead of maintenance. See also second-system effect
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
It's from 2019, it predates ChatGPT and co. Your comment and criticism is not valid.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Same; thanks to modern technology, videos can be transcribed and translated into blog posts automatically though. I wish that was a default and / or easier to find though. For years I've been thinking "I should watch the WWDC
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Yeah but consider that if something is cheap or free (having Microsoft do it), what is the product? It's a tradeoff, pay for independence or be at the mercy of in this case Microsoft. (there is probably a third, fourth, fifth option bu
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Sure, but these maneuvers aren't done realtime and aren't as time-sensitive; a burn is calculated and triple checked well in advance. If there was an error, there's always time to correct it. In the case of moon landings, the
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
The thing / issue at this point is though: how much is Jobs still responsible for Apple's ongoing success? He died 15 years ago, two years after Apple introduced "flat design" (to much criticism at the time but people go
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Factorio is such a great example of how different the visuals can be from the underlying datastructure. Conveyor belts look hugely complex / heavyweight - if you consider them as individual items each with an x/y position that nee
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Valerian missed the mark; I'm sure it's got great designs (although I also believe it's mostly CGI), but the story of the movie is disjointed (which is a risk when trying to merge multiple storylines into one) and the actors
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
> but I think eventually it will be lost in time. I don't believe it to be honest; model making and painting remains a popular hobby for millions of people, the only question is whether filmmakers will want to use it. And recently,
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Awesome, I remember some of these from back when, mostly from the 90's and early 2000's I believe.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
If it's (like in my case) dependency management, localization or config files, breaking them up will likely only cause more issues. Make sure that it's an actual improvement before breaking things up.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Not the poster, but one theory: so you only need to copy one file. Portability.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
I don't, I will google things and fiddle, then put it in a git alias (with a comment on what it does and / or where I got it from) and push it to my private dotfiles repo, taking it with me between computers and projects.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
For "what changes the most", in my project it's package.json / lock (because of automatic dependency updates) and translation / localization files; I'd argue that's pretty normal and healthy. For the &quot
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Well no, people do know. It's not a bug because it's clearly intentional. It's not a conspiracy because that's just vagueposting.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
As always, it depends; VLC "the iOS app" is not the same as VLC "the binary compiled from source". The article itself says they couldn't find any code changes, and the theories are that a certificate was updated. I
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Can you tell us about any prior or active incidents like that though? That is, I'm calling you out for fearmongering, for a possible what-if, but given how popular VLC is you'd think it would've happened / is actively ha
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
What trust model are you thinking of though? Because another way to look at it is that Apple has pushed an update to ensure these apps keep working and remain secure. And this is part of the agreement between an app developer and Apple; for
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Google's backs up to your Google account, but... yeah that is a major issue, same with having my password database compromised for example.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
I've fallen off it a while ago to be honest, AI generated stuff aside, Spotify has only been recommending me really unknown / obscure artists for ages now of debatable quality. I suspect it's an issue with too big and diverse
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
It's also to distinguish metal bands. Motörhead.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the owner of that site has AI scraping protections enabled.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
It's a huge if and honestly I don't believe in it. Actually, if it ends up like described, it really doesn't matter whether I believe in it. Either it happens and we all die, or it doesn't happen. Pascal's Wager I s
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
It reminds me of a lot of Windows software, especially virus scanners and supposed antimalware tools, going back 20+ years.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Yes? A/B testing flags, auto-updates, server-side re-routing, etc are just some mechanisms from the top of my head that can do that. The ways to avoid it is by having locked and cryptographically verified software and connections.
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
I'm indirectly involved / hear about a project that buys up old feature phones, mainly from Japan, to try and find ones that have data for old imode games on them, notably a FFVII spinoff called Before Crisis. It's difficult
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by Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
And so the arms race continues.

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