FreakyT

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by FreakyT 6y ago
I loved the XP theme! It was undoubtedly very polarizing though, even to this day people argue over whether it was a beautiful step forward (as I believe) or a horrible Fischer-Price kids UI.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
> The only difference is now that Apple has grown. I mean, that's the whole point. Now that Apple has the power to shut you out of nearly 50% of the US market if you don't follow their rules, those rules carry a lot more weig
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by FreakyT 6y ago
We know that they trigger an immune response, but that alone doesn't necessarily mean much. For example, an early SARS vaccine candidate triggered an immune response in tests, but that immune response in practice actually made SARS i
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Oh that’s a good one, too! I remember that skin had an associated “uxtheme.dll” theme you could install on Windows XP, which was one of the best third party XP themes out there.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Yes, there are costs associated with running the App Store, but I would be very surprised if those costs came anywhere near what Apple is charging devs. I don’t feel that Apple shouldn’t charge at all, only that what they’re charging is u
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I love this, like a trip back in time! My favorite skin was this one, which interestingly became the basis for XMMS, the classic Linux Winamp clone: https://skins.webamp.org/skin/d72ca73bdde779b18e8e8980962124... (For
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Really cool visualization of the Iterated Prisoners Dilemma! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Discord also has a gallery view for web, so it’s definitely technically possible
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I also get this one with HomeKit all the time! The underlying implementation must have basically no error case handling, because half the time I open the controls I'll get "device not responding".
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by FreakyT 6y ago
> Traffic, street parking, and public spaces all get more congested A proper transit network and walkable design ensures that this doesn't become a problem. > Plus a neighbor building a bigger building impacts my views and the
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Oh yeah, this is a great point. I can definitely see it not really being about money, and more about leveraging their monopoly to push their own competing services.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I still believe that Gatekeeper is a blatant cash grab and not a legitimate security feature. $100/year to avoid a scary warning about how your app is definitely a virus? It's like a protection racket.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Not on iOS! PWAs can't send push notifications on that platform, ever.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I'm not sure I'd qualify that as "allowing" -- seems like more of a loophole to me.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Really hoping regulators crack down hard on Apple's clearly anticompetitive practices. If Apple allowed sideloading the entire point would be, of course, moot, but Apple's continued refusal to allow this is really the biggest prob
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I guess the idea would be that, like with satellite phones now, you could theoretically use a hypothetical satellite internet from any country and get the same experience. It may run afoul of local laws, but there wouldn't be a techni
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I've heard that was the case for some of the older devices, but they're really gotten better at it. I'm currently using an OG iPhone SE (a 4 year old phone) and I'm running iOS 14 beta and it runs great.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Well of course, but since the word can mean both things, it’s a pun regardless of whether or not the devs intended it to be one.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I still can’t believe they expect anyone to take Mastodon seriously when the main action in the app is called “tooting”. Yes devs, we get it, it’s a hilarious fart joke and you’re so clever.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Yeah, the "individual motivation" bug still really hasn't been fixed in most pure non-capitalist economic system proposals IMO. That's why I think a blend works best -- like what you see a lot in Europe.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Honestly, I still think remote work doesn't work. The sole exception, however, that it can sort of work if everyone else is also remote.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I believe parent was talking about the setting to turn them grey — that’s still present even in Big Sur, if you pick the grey color as your accent color from the appearance options.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Huh, I never heard of clear prison devices! Super cool!
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by FreakyT 6y ago
Personally, what I miss is translucency! I'd really like to see translucent electronics make a comeback, it was always neat to see the inner workings.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
I believe one possible sequence would go something like this: 1. The area that contains your rental unit is rezoned, allowing higher density 2. The current owner of the building you rent in is now able to sell the property to a developer in
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by FreakyT 6y ago
That even depends. In San Francisco, where there is extensive rent control, I've noticed even renters tend to also be extreme NIMBYs, because any change to the neighborhood might result in them losing their $500/month legacy rent-
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by FreakyT 6y ago
You’re definitely correct that NIMBYism is a form of conservatism (in the classic sense of the word), but what I find really interesting is how effectively NIMBYism crosses party lines. I’ve noticed both very liberal and very conservative p
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by FreakyT 6y ago
You might be in luck later this year — rumor is that the smallest model of “iPhone 12” will be almost the same case size as the classic SE.
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by FreakyT 6y ago
This does seem like a problem, but at the same time, this would appear to be the expected result from a well-written recommendation engine. That is, if a user watches a bunch of videos about a specific topic, it makes sense that it would re
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by FreakyT 6y ago
On the contrary, Amtrak represents the exact scenario that OP was asking about. It was created following the complete collapse of all the major passenger railroads.

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