KolibriFly

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by KolibriFly 8mo ago
Yet it's simple, but not easy, which is usually a sign it's pointing at something real
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by KolibriFly 8mo ago
It takes energy, attention, and emotional bandwidth, so it's reasonable (and healthy) to be selective about where you spend it. Otherwise you end up being an unpaid therapist for people who never reciprocate.
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by KolibriFly 8mo ago
"Being interesting" is often just "being present"
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Once something exists, decisions collapse around reality instead of possibility
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
What's ironic is that all that analysis is often framed as being responsible or strategic, when in reality it's risk avoidance dressed up as rigor
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
And overthinking starts to feel less like diligence and more like avoidance
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Planning feels safe because it lets you postpone judgment
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Failure, bad execution, and tiny progress all count. That's the part people conveniently forget while optimizing their toolchains and workflows
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Subscriptions changed the psychology completely. Even when an app is objectively good, you're forced to evaluate it like a service contract
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Forstall is an interesting thought experiment, but probably pure nostalgia
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
History tends to remember outcomes more than tradeoffs
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Yet when Apple adopts the same patterns, it feels less like "catching up" and more like quietly abandoning a standard they once benefited from
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
This feels like the same old dark-pattern playbook, just dressed up more subtly. When the only difference between an ad and an organic result is a tiny "Ad" label, you're no longer informing users
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Yet DJI drones don't automatically stream raw imagery or mapping data back to China by default
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
You don't need a revolution narrative to criticize this ban. It's already bad policy on its own merits: it freezes innovation, hurts hobbyists and small businesses etc
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by KolibriFly 9mo ago
Hard to ignore the parallel with other tech bans: vague data-risk claims, no public evidence, no transparent threat model, and zero nuance between consumer toys and critical infrastructure. If this logic were applied consistently, half of c
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
Shareholder value is the explicit objective, and it absolutely constrains behavior
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
What they're calling "cynicism" isn't really a mood so much as shorthand for exactly the probabilistic thinking you're describing
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
A lot of "anti-cynical" takes are actually built on a deeply cynical view of how change happens
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
The flexibility seems to come from the fact that writing was never meant to stand alone
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
The alphabet really is a massive simplification: fewer symbols, fewer historical traps, lower onboarding cost
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
Wow text literally designed to live inside art rather than compete with it
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
Jazz has always been bigger than one aesthetic or one coast, no matter how much some people want to police it
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
For a music built on curiosity and openness, it's surprisingly good at gatekeeping
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
What's sad is how much of that judgment hardened into history
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
Emulation isn't just about convenience or preservation, it can literally unlock experiences for people who were previously shut out
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
It's kind of poetic that you've been slowly chipping away at it over holidays, bit by bit
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
There's something fundamentally different about playing these games on the hardware they were designed for
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
When the core mechanics are that good, it's frustrating to see them undermined by soft balancing
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by KolibriFly 10mo ago
А strong reminder of why emulation and fan translation efforts matter. Without them, this version of Grandia would remain lost to time

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