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by allenu 4y ago
I used to accept the free stuff given away at conventions and conferences, but after realizing most goes in the trash, I just say no now. What I like to think to myself when they are handing free swag out now is, "Here, you put this in
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Now that I think about it, the first time I watched it, I was a little bored with it, too. It was hyped up so much that I think I was expecting something very plot-heavy that moved quickly and was mind-blowing that way. Since that first vie
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by allenu 4y ago
You're not wrong. Chitchat often isn't started with the intent to move into deeper topics. Maybe a better way for me to phrase it is I think small talk is a social convention we use to open up ourselves to the possibility of more
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by allenu 4y ago
It's fascinating because ten years ago, people did talk about it. I remember when everybody started getting smart phones, when someone whipped out their phone, somebody would inevitably comment on it, like "Oh, we're playin
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by allenu 4y ago
I suppose the pendulum could swing the other way one day. It might be a fashion thing. People might get tired of seeing attractive people in media all the time. Speaking for myself, I'm genuinely tired of seeing actors looking way too
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by allenu 4y ago
Seriously, there's a lot more diversity in advertising these days, but I don't think we'll ever get to the point where companies are open to diversity of attractiveness. (Or people pushing for it.) Can you imagine an Apple ad
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This is so true. Friendship and connection really does take work, and a lot of it is just being visible so people become comfortable with you and you with them. A community where you're actively doing something together is helpful as w
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by allenu 4y ago
I sympathize with the author. I'm in my mid-forties now and have recognized that I haven't been great at maintaining friendships. I think I've experienced something similar during the quarantining portion of the pandemic, whe
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I feel the same way. I found it interesting that when smartwatches came out, people were excited about being able to see text messages or other notifications on their wrist. As someone who felt the need to be on top of things, receiving not
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by allenu 4y ago
Social media is really great for the companies who own the platforms. They just end up off-loading the work of content-generation to the users, who also do the work of attracting and retaining other users, all so that the platform-owner can
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by allenu 4y ago
Yeah, the hassle of having to put it on and store it somewhere is gonna be hard to get over. The thing with a tv and video games is you just plop yourself on the couch and go. You don’t have to grab the tv from the closet and put it on. The
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I’m impressed all of the pieces work together so well. I always wondered about both the girl and the slogan. This is the kind of thing they would’ve fictionalized in Mad Men.
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> I feel lucky if I find any professional reviews written by people who have actually touched the thing they're reviewing I would say even Wirecutter doesn't always do this. I recall doing research on some products before and e
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I can see how it can differ for everyone. For some people, there's value in just learning about new things and not necessarily "exercising" that skill in a community or making a dent in the culture. Think of it like learning
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I agree. It might be because having it go clockwise would make the sun appear to be setting? I do agree with the other point about having the wheel just go in one direction as well.
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by allenu 4y ago
I really liked the creativity of the idea, but I agree with you. I had to skim through the article since it's just marketing and repeats the same thing over and over again. Even the video at the end was just a rehash of everything you
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by allenu 4y ago
I'm guessing they went for the long-pressing because it's an incredibly easy action to take. The hit region is massive, so you just place your thumb on the screen and hold. Having to draw a checkbox with your finger requires you t
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by allenu 4y ago
My opinion is this post romanticizes the idea of planning before building anything a little too much. As with anything, the devil is in the details. I agree that some type of high-level planning is needed before you do significant coding or
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by allenu 4y ago
In my experience, there's a threshold where a ticket just generates net noise on the process, which is why I don't like tickets even for things like updating documentation in code. If you multiple that "just 30 seconds"
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To me, it looks like questions about things like "most interesting bug" are unintentionally going to be biased towards more junior developers. Once you have a lot of experience under your belt, bugs and fixes sort of all look the
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It's definitely frustrating. Culture, religion, sexual orientation, skin color, and politics often get combined into one, so it becomes impossible to criticize particular cultural or religious practices and beliefs without getting jump
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Or worse, those UI affordances may change over time. With the swipe down behavior you mentioned, on iOS, I used to just swipe down from the center of the top of the iPad to see the notification shade. A recent iOS behavior made it so swipin
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by allenu 4y ago
I also hate the subscription-based model. I see it as a race to the bottom that devs can't avoid, unfortunately. Your competition can go freemium and pick up casual users and then charge for subs, making your product less attractive in
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by allenu 4y ago
Well done! $500/mo, though not crazy money, is significant. How did you market your app and how long did it take you to build out the app? I've built an app as well while I was doing my regular day job and recently quit the day jo
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I actually have a need for something like this. I wrote a single-user flashcard app which supports multi-device sync. The way I sync is having each device write to its own journal file a list of commands, such as "create card" or
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by allenu 4y ago
The Leuchtturm is my go-to as well for the last few years. I’m also glad they are very easy to source. I like to have mine around for jotting ideas down and drawing diagrams. I don’t have a system or anything. I think I used to be far more
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by allenu 5y ago
I believe the option only exists in the web settings page. It turns it off for all devices though.
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by allenu 5y ago
I have an email that has “spam” in the name and I remember some form long ago disallowing its use. I assume they denied it thinking it was fake.
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by allenu 5y ago
It's funny because I don't even see "Related Tweets" anymore. It's just "More Tweets" immediately underneath a tweet and its threads. They're not even bothering to find tweets that related to what you
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by allenu 5y ago
I enjoyed this post. Choosing what actions to take when there isn't a clear right or wrong is really what makes being an adult interesting. I've found that it helps to ask if the thing that I'm avoiding is something that is r

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