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by Pxtl 3y ago
The portability and extractability is a big reason why my blog is just a static site generator full of photos and markdown. If I want to migrate it to a new host or a new static site generator it's all pretty trivial. Theoretically ou
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by Pxtl 3y ago
See this is one advantage of the Google approach - everything is cloud-synced so my photos are all on my Google account hooked to my Google credentials. So even if my phone is locked, all the files that it represents are in my gcloud. (asi
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Yeah, using an Esperanto word, and in particular one where the letters have very different pronounciation from English (the J is pronounced like Y and the E is not silent) seems like a bad move given that realistically the software world is
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by Pxtl 3y ago
So, non-silent E and the J is pronounced as a Y. .... Yeah, everybody's gonna call it Forge Joe.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
So GitLab, Gitea, Fossil, ForgeJo, OneDev... the field is so balkanized, and so many of them are almost kinda sorta compatible with each other but not quite. The choices are intimidating because there's always the fear that you'l
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Reminds me of this old Xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1200/ when they said that these Snap packages were "safe" they probably meant from a "linux is secure" and "properly sandboxed" meaning, not &
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by Pxtl 3y ago
The whole "your phone number is your user ID" was always the dumbest trend in instant messaging and I have no idea how it caught on.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
There are legitimate reasons to read GPS signal but we still show a notice when it happens.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Yes but that was before cryptocurrency created a new era of crime monetization.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
I'm not saying a popover modal, I'm saying a toast notification or a status-bar icon. Non-blocking. Like, when you're typing and it's being monitored: in the corner of the window it says"Extension TweetSyndicator i
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by Pxtl 3y ago
My reaction would be simpler: Anything that's identified as risky? Show the user. Extension is making an HTTP request? Show the body in a toast. Extension is reading the keyboard? Same thing. Extension is looking at the page? Lit
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Honestly as much as I love Firefox this is an underrated concern. Firefox allows their extensions to be far more powerful than Chrome's, but that power means they are also far more dangerous. If Firefox were to really take off (like it
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Depends on the language/library. C#'s DateTime will throw ArgumentOutOfRangeException.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
I've seen somebody write this exact bug before! Hah. Like, something to the effect of var newDate = new Date(GetDate().Year, GetDate().Month + 1, GetDate().Day); but with extra logic to ensure that the Month component wrappe
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Ironically, the presence of lots of little keyholes results in a sprawlier urban form that results in things being spread further apart and funnels traffic into massive, wide arteries, which encourages in-city speeding habits. Not blaming y
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Before the buyouts Songtradr didn't have consumer-facing e-stores -- the company was primarily B2B. Epic is a consumer company, like Bandcamp and 7Digital (the two e-music shops bought by Songtradr). Apple sells all types of digital g
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by Pxtl 3y ago
> We know they did big layoffs Did we ever get clarification if that was blanket layoffs including their tech talent or they were mostly targeted cutting of secondary stuff like the journalistic wings? Which, I mean it sucks for the writ
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by Pxtl 3y ago
That functionally makes refactoring your codebase impossible as backporting security patches and bugfixes would be a nightmare.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Imho, good integration with existing file-clouds is a good approach. Then it's just serverless but with helpers to say "Store the config on Google Drive", and you get free sync of your config between devices.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
I wonder how much of the weight comes from screens and cameras and sensors (which must be in the glasses) vs CPU and memory and radios and the like? Because the latter could be moved to the back for balance it, or even down to the battery p
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by Pxtl 3y ago
I'm thinking more of a 10-floor building because I stayed in one with family in Buenos Aires that was like that several times.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
It's even worse in Canada. You need a 2nd staircase for a multi-unit home that's over 2 storeys. If it weren't for the "multi-unit" part, there would be a lot of houses that would need to be built with a 2nd stai
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Yes. Especially since a big problem for Western cities is not "how do I build new megalopoli" but "how do I fill in density without acquiring a whole city block of houses in one go". For a single-stair walk-up you don&
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Even as a compromise you could make a pretty good small building with 2 units per floor, single walk-up stairwell+landing+elevator on the front, and an exterior fire-escape on the back.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
> Deception used to hawk goods should not be ok. Honestly, focusing on AI seems silly since the internet, at this point, is completely neck-deep in deceptive scams being pushed by reputable, mainstream, important orgs. Google, Facebook,
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Freedom of speech/expression does not protect defamation or similar misrepresentations of fact that harm people in any country I know of. Perjury, filing a false report, defamation, confidence-jobs, libel/slander/whatever, e
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by Pxtl 3y ago
> trivially definable People who try to work within fair use rules will disagree on that point.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
I mean we have DMCA that requires mass enforcement of copyright, so the "fine YouTube every time some throwaway account uploads" ship already sailed. Honestly, in this age of bulk uploaded disinfo, I'm kinda disappointed that
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by Pxtl 3y ago
I guess either my DVDs or my player is garbage because even though it's hooked up by HDMI I often find DVDs with 4:3 menus and then double-letterboxed (so, like, framed) video within.
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by Pxtl 3y ago
Right? I have a half-dozen old devices around my house that could play a DVD, but I've never owned anything that can play bluRay, much less 4K disks (I've never even seen one of those IRL). And DVDs are no longer worth botheri

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