eviks

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by eviks 1y ago
What's your copy& paste solution to security updates?
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by eviks 1y ago
I suppose some people would see this as progress: fewer dependencies, more robust code (even if it’s a bit more verbose), quicker turnaround time than the old “search npm, find a package, read the docs, install it” approach. Why would rando
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by eviks 1y ago
The failure to understand what is Ascii means in this math along with a meme comic as a substitute for critical evaluation reveals even more: > LaTeX code is already ASCII characters meant to represent math symbols Not really, it's
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by eviks 1y ago
No, most of current UI has huge wasted whitespace, so just increasing the text size could be better for the grandma because of fewer "I can't see that section because all the extra whitespace pushed it off screen so now I have to
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by eviks 1y ago
> struggled to see the text in the sidebar or other areas of the UI. So your fist step didn't increase all text size, that's all, different from the OS setting that does UI scaling would proportionally increase the size of a bu
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by eviks 1y ago
If only you could spend 0.0...x of all the AI investment to design the settings well with proper search.
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by eviks 1y ago
Do you have a specific example that broke update and didn't fully uninstall?
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by eviks 1y ago
What nerd capability do you need to install an app, type in a search bar and click install?
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by eviks 1y ago
Oh, man, how can you be wrong about everything? Here is the author noticing performance issues, he's even in a "but in theory it doesn't have to be slow" camp that's closer to yours: > An app can use a lot of mem
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by eviks 1y ago
He did, via the task manager. You're the one saying high RAM utilization doesn't matter because 'wrong reasons in theory and in practice', so it's on you to check and confirm it so that you could be correct at least
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by eviks 1y ago
> Sure it's a little quirky at times So it doesn't behave like a separate app.
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by eviks 1y ago
So what's your shortcut to switch to Whatsapp if it's inactive, launch it if it's not running, and hide it if it's active, in a browser tab?
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by eviks 1y ago
But wiping your phone isn't "a little pain"
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by eviks 1y ago
- warning - SMS read access So you do know - inform users, increase privacy,...?
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by eviks 1y ago
Before reminding everyone of a theory, did you check where that theory applies in this discussion of an app in practice? Also, even in theory the issue isn't only with "wouldn't function", but "would function slower
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by eviks 1y ago
> WhatsApp is one of those Windows apps that went from being a web wrapper to a native app and then back to the web again after all these years of investment. We often hear stories about the speed of development and the issues of maintai
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by eviks 1y ago
Why can't you distribute it from the developer's website?
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by eviks 1y ago
Unfortunately, requires root, no Intel mac, no reuse of the large brew manifest library... The first 3 opened issues capture the core deficiencies perfectly
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by eviks 1y ago
So is much of relevant culture, it's not like there is a magic preservation wand that sorts by relevance before removal
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by eviks 1y ago
Granted, I've read it as "home film" , but have also read stories of people using their garages for photoproductive use getting themselves used ones!
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by eviks 1y ago
Thanks, doesn't help me, but you're right, a good tip to know. Though I'd still prefer a similar option to start selection directly in the UI instead of finishing the job in a text editor, this would also help highlight text
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by eviks 1y ago
> I'm not saying that this ecosystem couldn't be improved Yes, you effectively are, and the current unstructured buggy mess is "just works" for you. > But it needs broad community discussion, planning, and support,
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by eviks 1y ago
Let's replace it with something useful then, junk isn't the only option
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by eviks 1y ago
Because dust sticks strong enough to withstand the blow
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by eviks 1y ago
What about option 3: drum scanner?
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by eviks 1y ago
> traditional rich desktop applications, I can't say I have ever missed the ability to select and copy text from the UI chrome You've never had to type error code/message instead of copying&pasting? Or use search to ju
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by eviks 1y ago
fps?
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by eviks 1y ago
Thanks for the link, clicking around led to the discovery of this basic, yet fascinating 3D text demo https://chlumsky.appspot.com/msdf-demo
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by eviks 1y ago
what's worse is that scrolling doesn't actually work unless you have the text area focused/under the wheel... very weird. Which is even worse for PgUp/Down as who would think to focus the area first for scrolling???
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by eviks 1y ago
You're still dancing there in the slop, hallucinating the arguments thinking it's a pretty dress! It may as well be stimulated because you won't see the difference! So now you've imagined some purity test which was never

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