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by andix 1y ago
I guess that's a reason to call the cops and report an abduction. Sorry, I'm a stupid European, that how we would handle such a situation.
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by andix 1y ago
It's really hard to understand Chicago from this article, if you dont know all the referenced incidents already. Who are the kidnappers? Why are agents chasing a teacher? And so on...
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by andix 1y ago
Lol, no. You can still use different font sizes, traditional controls that can also be used with a mouse (for people who don't know the shortcuts yet). Also images are possible where they make sense. While using very common web develop
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by andix 1y ago
PHP used to have dBase database support. Also older version of Excel can just open dBase. LibreOffice seems to support it too.
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by andix 1y ago
I've also helped running an old Windows 3.1 accounting software. It runs perfectly fine on Windows XP inside a VM. In 2020 it suddenly came to a halt, because the date pickers just couldn't go further than 2019. Nobody seemed to c
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by andix 1y ago
It was a customer management and billing system, for a specific industry. Tailored to local requirements and insurance regulations (a lot of things got billed to insurance). There is commercial software available for this purpose, but it&#x
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by andix 1y ago
Sure, in a browser you can't use all the shortcuts, but still a lot. If you really need it, just wrap it in Electron, Tauri, or any other customizable browser.
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by andix 1y ago
The things I've worked on were custom tools for internal use. Built on top of existing systems, to improve productivity for specific workflows.
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by andix 1y ago
> nobody will implement it that way This is not true. Smart companies do it exactly that way. It saves them a lot of money.
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by andix 1y ago
I've been there, this doesn't work well at all. Actually since Windows NT the DOS subsystem is already an emulation, and it's not that good. DOS applications worked really well up to Windows ME, but with NT/XP/7 it
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by andix 1y ago
The real issue is, that modern UX design is often too focused on pretty looks, instead of productivity. It's still possible to make a highly productive UI look pretty, but the priority is often completely wrong. They shouldn't sta
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by andix 1y ago
It's totally possible to get this done with a web based SPA. Just get rid of all the fancy design, images, gradients, animations, and so on, and just focus on usability. The management needs to pick the right concept though, not the on
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by andix 1y ago
Sounds like the UX designers for the new applications didn't understand the requirements. I worked on two web app projects that required to be usable fast and with keyboards only. It's not that hard, if you define the requirements
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by andix 1y ago
Until recently I helped running an old Clipper/dBase TUI application from the late 80s for a family member. We managed to run it successfully until they retired. vDos (vdos.info) was a huge life saver for this application. It's si
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by andix 1y ago
I didn’t know that the cardboard construction method is also used for apartment complexes. Isn’t that a fire hazard?
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by andix 1y ago
In my experience concrete walls and ceilings in apartment complexes completely block 5 GHz signals. Even through modern triple glass windows most of signal is lost. I can't receive any other 5 GHz networks inside my apartment, but arou
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by andix 1y ago
It's a tough decision: AoC or kids.
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by andix 1y ago
6am is the middle of the night for most software developers ;)
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by andix 1y ago
I love it, starting mid-december a lot of my free time goes into Christmas preparations and at the same time the puzzles went up in difficulty. I never made it past #18 in real time. Not because of the difficulty, I just had to do other thi
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by andix 1y ago
They can integrate into third party apps, if the publishers want to. A lot of them are going to do it. It's already possible to connect Gmail, and many other services, this can extend even more. The connection of those services could b
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by andix 1y ago
I'm also pushing the upgrade of my Xs year after year now. It runs fine on iOS 18, and it still gets security updates (the newer models didn't get 18.7). After more than a decade, I'm seriously considering to switch back to A
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by andix 1y ago
It looks so easy on the video. If I try to drag a full screen window it only works in 20% of the cases. In the other cases either one of those things happen: menu bar opens, widgets opens, control center opens, lock screen opens, or I tap s
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by andix 1y ago
Yes, Apple still has the advantage over OpenAI. But OpenAI can also release some iOS and Android integration layer, that allows to connect with installed apps on the device. If Apple doesn't get their act together with the next iOS rel
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by andix 1y ago
The recently presented ChatGPT apps are what Apple Intelligence (and Siri) should've been. Some chat/voice interface, that can access data from installed apps and trigger actions. It should've been a home run for Apple. ChatG
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by andix 1y ago
It's crazy that they removed split view and slide over from the iPad. The new window management is still extremely fiddly. It takes now 7 steps to open another app next to the current one, and a few more steps to get them all full scre
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by andix 1y ago
It works, but it looks even worse. Also the reduced transparency in many apps leads to a letterbox effect, which reduces the available space for content.
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by andix 1y ago
The glass style for iOS app icons is completely idiotic. It's optional though. It doesn't even look good, it just makes the home screen look a little less crowded, but the UX is horrible. Especially widgets are really bad. The wid
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by andix 1y ago
In my opinion Liquid Glass is still an alpha release. Nothing is really finished, it's conceptually unfinished, the changes are not well thought through, and it's really buggy. I think they failed with Apple Intelligence (also a m
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by andix 1y ago
I just use most of the tools that are mentioned. They just work, if you pick the right bundler (Vite is a good pick). It's like Linux, it requires hundreds of packages/tools to run, and nobody complains about that.
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by andix 1y ago
Yeah, that's pretty standard for object storage to be S3-compatible. I think azure blob is the only one that doesn't support it.

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