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by allenu 2y ago
That is quite amusing, but $10M is peanuts to Apple for some necessary patent licenses.
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by allenu 2y ago
I'm a big fan of prototyping to explore a problem space. I think some initial design sketches are useful, but you often reach a point where you can only learn by implementing. I've encountered so many design constraints in the pas
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by allenu 2y ago
I'll admit I was expecting an explanation of how to extract sprites from retro video game footage using FFmpeg, which I can see totally being possible with a bit of work.
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by allenu 2y ago
I agree. I think I listen to podcasts just for a bit of "social noise" when I'm doing something by myself and for occasionally picking up on something new I hadn't heard of before. For pure information content, I think t
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by allenu 2y ago
It's definitely more practical for headphones. I'm curious as to why Apple decided to make this change now. Previous Mac Minis and the Mac Studios have always had them in the back. It seems uncharacteristic of them to go out of th
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by allenu 2y ago
Very cool to see this implemented. I had a similar idea to build a timeline-based site like this where people could create their own timelines to share, and not just for journalism. One idea I had that you might be thinking about already is
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by allenu 2y ago
Yeah, good point about the HDMI carrying the audio from the back already. I think I’m out of touch since I use an old receiver that doesn’t have HDMI. It’s funny that this is the one place Apple considered the convenience to its wired headp
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by allenu 2y ago
Putting the audio jack on the front is a strange design choice to me if you plan on hooking it up to wired speakers all the time. Did they run out of space to keep it in the back?
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by allenu 2y ago
That was my reaction as well to seeing the name. It makes me think of both ambulance and amputate, which are not good associations.
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by allenu 2y ago
I love Inkscape as well. It took some getting used to at first, but now I can sketch things rather quickly with it. The lag on macOS and non-standard UI behaviors are really frustrating though. For example, for the longest time, if you put
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by allenu 2y ago
It's something I noticed at the start of the pandemic. Since we no longer had in-person social events or do simple things like get together for lunch as a team, work felt far more transactional to me. I had less connection to people I
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by allenu 2y ago
I'm not sure about this particular event, but companies often have employees who worked on the products in the crowd during launches to provide even more crowd noise.
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by allenu 2y ago
That reminds me of a few months into the pandemic, one of the VPs at the company I was working at was presenting in a Zoom-based all-hands. I remember that he was very clearly looking directly into the eye of the camera as opposed to lookin
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by allenu 2y ago
I had the same issue when I was in an office and we were getting close to a deadline, so everyone was constantly chatting about this and that to unblock themselves. It's understandable when the rhythm of the office gets to that point t
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by allenu 2y ago
I agree, or else you're going to see the film again in person for the experience of being in a theater with a whole bunch of other people and seeing it on a very big screen. I don't think the draw for me to see a film again in the
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by allenu 2y ago
These autoplay features make me a little anxious. If I'm browsing through movies, I just want to read the description in peace and not have to worry that the trailer or movie itself will start playing. It makes me click Next more quick
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by allenu 2y ago
I had a similar experience when I popped in an old DVD of Star Wars (i.e. A New Hope) recently. If I recall correctly, there are some short clips and audio that play as part of the intro before you even get to the main menu, and it includes
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by allenu 2y ago
A lot of discussions about stopping drinking leave out precisely how much the person was drinking before. I can understand why, of course, but it does make it difficult for "non-drinkers" to grok how big the change could be on a p
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by allenu 2y ago
I did about ten years ago and danced weekly for 5+ years (swing dancing). I joined classes alone and it went totally fine. You make friends in the class and if you go dancing regularly, you see the same people, so you start forming a commun
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by allenu 2y ago
That picture makes it look even cuter to me, like it’s a Pixar character. It won’t win any beauty contests but I like that they put function over form here. Edit: corrected my phrasing about function over form. Thanks!
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by allenu 2y ago
I came across a few blog posts hosted on the site, but I always just assumed it was a blog hosting site. I suppose from a marketing angle, it didn't make an impression on me as to why I would use it over anything else.
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by allenu 2y ago
I think it's useful as a tool for browsing a getting a general gist of what people are into and seeing if your favorites are there, too. As for a tool to maximize one's reading list, certainly not as useful, but I appreciate that
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by allenu 2y ago
It (note-taking tools) really is a big thing among this cohort. I think there’s this deep belief that if you just had the right organizational system, you could get more done and be more productive. Having gone down that line of thinking be
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by allenu 2y ago
I still use digital tools for documenting my projects and keeping track of long-term tasks, but I agree with the author that papers just fucking works for most things. I sketch out designs on paper. I treat as an ephemeral medium. Lately I’
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by allenu 2y ago
Thanks for the interest. It's definitely not at the level of polish as Day One yet. I used to use Day One years ago when it was still a one-time purchase app, but even back then it had nice things like recording your location and local
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by allenu 2y ago
I'm working on Minders [1], a journaling/notes app. I've been using it for a little over a year for daily journaling and keeping track of interesting links or ideas. It works like a Twitter feed of just your thoughts. It&#x27
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by allenu 2y ago
Yes, same thing happened to me. The hardware failed over time and now the noise-cancellation feature causes audio to be very scratchy, making them awful for listening to music. I think mine lasted a little over a year of occasional use. I w
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by allenu 2y ago
For me, staying at home during the pandemic did feel like a vacation, but it doesn't feel like that anymore. I've reasoned that the difference between spending lots of time at home now vs. the pandemic is that during the pandemic
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by allenu 2y ago
That's a great point. So much of advertising is just providing awareness, too. I may not be in the market for a particular product, but if I've heard their ads a million times, even if they're annoying, once I go to buy, I wi
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by allenu 2y ago
That was smart of them to take you up on your offer! It reminds me of something I read that said if you are trying to sell something to someone and they're budging, ask them what it would take to change their mind. It's kind of a

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