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by flax 3y ago
Until I have to jailbreak my bricks to make my own designs, Lego is nothing like Apple.
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by flax 3y ago
Sure, if they want their 30 minute commute to turn into a 90 minute commute. We need more public transit, yes. But more than that, we need _better_ public transit. Personally, when I commuted, I turned my 30 minute driving commute in traff
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by flax 3y ago
About time. Apple has been getting a free pass on the exact same things that Microsoft was slapped down for. Notably: unchangeable default apps (browser, email, text messaging in particular). I don't believe that they necessarily are
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by flax 3y ago
The problem, as always, is corporate squeezing every last penny. At my local regular grocery, the machines are set to "complain about a fly-landing on it" sensitivity and regularly berate me for not scanning everything even thoug
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by flax 3y ago
Like many human habitual bullshitters, they do not even know when they're doing it.
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by flax 3y ago
At my current job, they claim to support both Linux and Mac, but literally everyone else was on Mac, and they shipped me a Mac laptop before even asking my preference. I should have insisted on Linux instead. 3 years in, and I still cannot
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by flax 3y ago
Y'know, I hesitated to use that word. I meant "authoritarian (derogatory)". I suppose "fascist" relates to a particular political movement. Withdrawn and replaced. It doesn't affect my message or opinion. I
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by flax 3y ago
I don't give a shit about cool, but I use Android because Apple's fascist our-way-or-no-way policies are a no-go for me. That said, I vastly prefer Android on its own merits. I would not buy or use Apple even if they open up.
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by flax 3y ago
Doesn't mean it's wrong.
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by flax 3y ago
I've been on a 80% job for the last 2 quarters. My employer doesn't exactly advertise it, but they offer it as one of the wellness options that were introduced with covid: voluntary unpaid sabbatical for a few months, etc. I was
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by flax 3y ago
Flash, the authoring tool wasn't very good for coding. It was great for visuals and animation, apparently, but I'm a programmer. Flash, the runtime was great.. except for the perennial security issues. But Flash, the platform on
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by flax 3y ago
These seem almost worth trying. I'd love to play with them if: 1. It's completely open for me to write my own apps to interface with it. 2. It had even the most rudimentary display (text only would be fine!) 3. It had nothing to
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by flax 3y ago
If you're a man and try this, prepare to be accused of "weaponized incompetence".
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by flax 3y ago
That's Ultra Wide-band (UWB), and it's supported on several Android phones including Pixel 6/7 Pro. I don't know if the proprietary Apple bullshit prevents using Android to find them, but there are UWB trackers from Til
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by flax 3y ago
When I consider the relative evil between cocaine on the street vs a police surveillance state, I know which is the lesser evil.
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by flax 3y ago
The writing is top-notch, congrats to the author. I disagree with the conclusions, but totally do agree that the depravity of porn that's basically forced on you from front-pages is a problem. So where's the "wholesome porn
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by flax 3y ago
The feature that I'm most interested in is the ios emulator that will be available through the browser. Dealing with ios development with neither a mac nor iphone is annoying at best. So far, I'm using Flutter and codemagic to do
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by flax 3y ago
Thanks, I hate it. I got into computer science, and then tech/programming because I was good at it, and it seemed to promise to minimize the amount of social/political bullshit to deal with. Now, like the rest of the internet, it
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by flax 3y ago
I'm no statistician, but the quoted data in the article is interesting. > When looking at age and gender together, 63% of men under 30 describe themselves as single, compared with 34% of women in the same age group. Who are the wome
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by flax 3y ago
I've been building a game in Flutter for the last couple of years, and I absolutely love the dev experience. Dart is the best language I've used professionally in 20 years (for reference: Dart, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Actio
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by flax 3y ago
A lot of these arguments against this sound like long-term prisoners convinced that they can't make it on the outside. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/insti...
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by flax 4y ago
He's wrong, of course. Perhaps I am biased because I am quite asocial, but squandering the full possibilities of AR to focus on social stuff is myopic. Instead, AR should be about empowering the individual. I have no desire for &quot
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by flax 4y ago
The same thing that stops Apple from making their phones USB-C compatible, or iMessage RCS compatible, or making the app store back-end not require xCode and a mac merely to upload a file. They are a monopoly, and they are trying to coerce
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by flax 4y ago
Then the last 20% was the only interesting part in the first place.
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by flax 4y ago
If there's any company that I do NOT want to have the controlling share of this market, it's Apple. AR will be as transformative as the web, and it needs to be as free. Getting nickle and dimed (and $100ed and $1000ed) by Apple&
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by flax 4y ago
When I was at Google (Kirkland), the offices were basically open-plan fishbowls. WFH was massively better. I once worked at a startup (pre-covid) that had an open-plan setup with a significant portion of people using standing desks. They
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by flax 4y ago
>the only purpose of laws like this is to increase transparency and thereby make the labor market more a free market. I really don't understand your concern here. Yes, you do.
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by flax 4y ago
I do not rely on her for a social life. What I'm saying is that I have no need or desire for a social life beyond the incidental social interactions that come with being married, having a kid, having in-laws and parents that want to b
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by flax 4y ago
Since I've been married, I make no particular effort to maintain or establish friendships. The small social circle of my wife, her family, and my family is more than enough for me. And I have never been more satisfied with my social
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by flax 4y ago
I was forced into music as a kid, because marching band was the least terrible way to get the fine arts and athletic credits I needed. By all accounts, I wasn't terrible at it (often got 1st chair, etc), but I hated it. The problem i

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