KeepFlying

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by KeepFlying 5y ago
"can't handle" is super subjective. Sure a GUI can have every feature available and be super capable. But it can also lead to it taking 10+ clicks to do something, and another 10+ clicks to do it again. Super painful. So just
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Most users don't search for extra info screens and extra information in apps. ESPECIALLY not the older generations. I'd argue that the majority of people may understand the blue tick, but that _very_ few understand the difference
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Agreed. Though unfortunately the way we have it now is technically opt in, just through dark patterns or extortion. Make an account? You are opting in via those T&C Have an account and the T&C change to allow data sharing? Delete yo
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
This won't stick around for long
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
"Eh that required too much work, no one will try that in real life" "Oh you were smart enough to open the dev tools and see that, that won't happen irl" "oh users don't have important enough info stored on
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
The company wants problems to go away. Fixing them or making it so people don't bother the company about it are both ways to accomplish that goal. And as long as the lack of support doesn't impact sales, it doesn't hurt the c
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
While not as capable and well supported as Fusion, the two top alternatives that I am aware of are: https://www.openscad.org/ and https://www.freecadweb.org/ With FreeCAD being closer to Fusion than OpenSCA
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
That may have been the intent, but that wasn't the result. Even though recycling is supposed to be the last resort, it was treated as an effective solution on its own instead. Less attention was paid to "reduce" and "reu
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
I'm sure there are use cases for this, but I see two issues I'd be worried about when using it. First of all, any exclusivity requirements on any platform. Something like this must get you in trouble with the TOS of any of these s
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
A system setting risks allowing you to make more mistakes. Imagine I install some app from a trusted third party and am walked through the steps to toggle the system setting to allow installs. Then a year later when I am installing some unt
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Exactly. I'm sure they do basic vetting of tools in their store, and I suspect they will remove the most eggregious offenders. But that doesn't make all of the tools in their store safe, and all of the tools OUTSIDE of their store
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
I appreciate this view except for the last point. As a hobbyist programmer, I am not "just releasing a program". I am usually "helping solve user's problems". And if my solution requires users to go through even mor
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
You have hit on the EXACT reason that the USPS is so critical. There are huge areas of the US which are not serviced by other private delivery services. And even in areas where those services do reach, I imagine the cost is extremely high.
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
I've never understood this about public bathrooms. I don't need my soap dispenser to be automatic since I only use it when I'm going to be washing my hands already. It's weird to see automatic soap dispensers but manual
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Right, but will the worries about sanitation fade quickly enough or will we just accept that disposables are cleaner despite the environmental impact? In the short term I'd say it makes sense to me, but long term I really hope we find
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
The last 4 years have been a terrible example of how to interact on Twitter as a politician, but in general the idea of a politician being able to connect directly with their citizens is still a great dream. I'm not sure if social medi
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
But in those few moments between when I notice the light and when I close the app/lid, my data has been stolen already. If I'm in a compromising position, I don't want ANY footage of it to be created. If it is a so how frame
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Yeah this is the part of the issue that my social media feed seems to attach to. They post comments from politicians and public figures (and medial professionals) saying early on that we shouldn't wear masks. I'm sad that the orig
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
This is where their article lost credibility with me. Their decision to base their sharing and addressing system on email was their mistake, and Apple is just the first to force them to face their mistake. I don't want to share my spam
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
I think it would come down to user hostility here. If I sign in with Apple and opt out of giving my email only to be faced with a prompt demanding I give up my email address, I'll be upset. I JUST told the app (via checking the box in
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
I like this approach. And giving users that progresive consent is smart. If I open your app and am greeted with "You need to give us your email to get the most out of our app" then I'll be upset as that is user hostile. But I
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
I regret reading this article. Damn, its just constantly "But by site doesn't need HTTPS". So many of the responses to criticism don't address the response at all and just parrot "but I don't need it". Mak
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
If I understand things like EARNIT correctly, they want to limit end-to-end encryption. I don't think they have a problem with HTTPS or any of the other transport encryption schemes. I know its a bit of a nitpick, but its important tha
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
What is the reasoning for the pushback? Can you talk about some of the reasons they give for that?
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
The article you linked is a truly horrifying thought. I wonder though if a change like this would reduce those cases in the long term though. If there are more organs available, wouldn't there be less pressure to harvest from any parti
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
And many of those apps end up with terrible performance. I'm sure it's possible to write a performant electron app, but I don't see it happen often and it's disappointing.
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
True. But that is still going to a Doordash "employee" and not to an employee of the restaurant itself. So DoorDash is still diverting money that I would normally give to the restaurant.
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Same. I'm more inclined to trust apple on privacy than most of the other big companies.
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
There's a whitepaper on iMessage's security as it was at a single point in time. It may be possible to verify this on a recent build with enough effort, but the average user will never be able to make that validation. So we can&#x
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by KeepFlying 6y ago
Please make this happen, even if you can't fully do it justice yet. I just read it aloud to myself and I love it. I might have to memorize this one myself while I'm stuck at home.

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