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by ghusto 2mo ago
We already have several plug-in batteries? Simple search: https://www.ecohome.net/en/guides/4189/best-plug-and-play-ho...
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by ghusto 2mo ago
The straw man was the 2 obvious statements she made (sci-fi has more than science, technology is more than computers and whatever). She argues for both, when nobody was arguing against, then says; therefore I write (hard?) sci-fi.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
That's the difference though. Knowing enough about science to be creative with it vs. knowing little about science so you just write whatever you like.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
> I think the critical factor that makes sci-fi hard isn't known physics, exactly, but early on establishing a known set of rules and letting them play out as they will No that's just competent writing. Hard sci-fi is very much
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Technology is not only "computery" electronica. A lever is technology. So is writing. Fair point, and I don't think anybody was arguing otherwise. Sci-fi has elements other than technology, such as how the humans interact wit
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Plus, just how exams only test you on how good you are at exams, those systems only show how good you are at getting likes, votes, followers, etc. You can have a billion followers, doesn't mean anything to me other than you're goo
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by ghusto 2mo ago
That is hilarious, depressing, and would likely work. Oh god.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
"This app didn't have a feature that it didn't advertise it had, ONE STAR!". Really? He explains why the request for ratings exists in the post. I'll never review a well known brand if they pester me, but go out of
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by ghusto 2mo ago
You are mistaken. > Indie developers can’t win in the App Store. Since we’re mostly unknown to the public, we need positive App Store ratings and reviews for our apps to encourage purchases. If we don’t request ratings from all users, th
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Did you read the whole thing? His reasoning is difficult to dismiss as "well, you shouldn't do it anyway".
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by ghusto 2mo ago
I would have said it needs to taper off, not just stop, but reading it described in black and white made me think "actually, why _not_ just stop at a threshhold?". If you can get 2k a month (all numbers pulled from my butt) in dis
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Most of the post makes sense to me, even if I don't agree. This part however: > The news is full of stories of corporations that are throttling the employee use of AI since the costs to use the software are a lot higher than expecte
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Read up on "democratic socialism" because it was a term I wasn't familar with. I have to say people should be mindful of words and ideas meaning different things in different places. "Capatalism" means something dif
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by ghusto 2mo ago
It was _especially_ like this further back. You literally could not survive without the tribe, and the tribe had norms-and-values you had to adhere to, some of which were to do with family units. This went for nomads and settlers alike.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
> Earn slightly too much, and vital support disappears My reading of this is that the threshhold for the USA government to withdraw financial (and other?) support for disabled people is too low, is that right?
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by ghusto 3mo ago
Thank goodness you'll never be allowed anywhere near software anyone uses.
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by ghusto 3mo ago
Absolutely, and in my opinion it's a mistake to keep adding features. My word processor in the 90s did one thing, and it was fine. In fact, there's a niche crowd trying to re-create that experience right now (distraction-free &quo
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by ghusto 3mo ago
I think this is essentially it. Couple with the thought that there's nowhere else to turn, Apple laptops and phones are the best choice in a bucket of bad choices. I could list endlessly the issue with iPhones and Macbooks, but they&#x
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by ghusto 3mo ago
For anybody else reading, please disregard. Nothing is expected to be kept secret without a signature.
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by ghusto 3mo ago
I have to assume you aren't familar with the corporate world in the slightest. This is absolutely not how it works. Anything that is supposed to be confidential has a signature. This is because without it, the person "leaking&quot
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by ghusto 3mo ago
That's a lot of unpaid mental gymnastics you're doing there to excuse Apple of their trademark shitty behaviour, and it _still_ doesn't negate the very black and white statement: “We want the iTunes Music Store to have every
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by ghusto 3mo ago
And now remember this whenever you listen to absolutely anything coming out from Apple. The pattern has been there since the 90s, but younger people fall for it. What they say is primarly PR, and any truth is a happy co-incidence.
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by ghusto 3mo ago
> Software may have been better back in the day, but that was mainly because it was much simpler. ... The bar for “user experience” has kept rising, but everything has become increasingly fragile. It was simpler, better, more stable, _an
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by ghusto 3mo ago
So many strange assumtions, but the most striking is that you're presuming the user doesn't know what they want to happen. "you'd prefer to seamlessly be switched back to the main app to do the thing you launched it for&
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by ghusto 3mo ago
I can not think of a single scenario where stealing focus would be desirable. Also, the presumption that I'm going to wait around for 5+ seconds whilst an opens is unrealistic.
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by ghusto 3mo ago
As always, Apple has designed for the happy flow, and nothing else. Mac apps have never opened instantly, this is nothing new.
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by ghusto 3mo ago
> They'll be doing lots of things all at once Make all of those things be related to "make the platform stable".
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by ghusto 3mo ago
> If you users have to go anywhere near a command line, or Docker, or they have to hand-edit HTML or CSS, you're creating walls most users aren't going to scale. Oh, no?
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by ghusto 3mo ago
They do now, because they realised people will put up with that crap when they looked at PC gamers. They didn't used to.
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by ghusto 3mo ago
> Having a large part of your team be unable to reproduce bugs is a significant development issue But I just said, they are free and able to use development builds, regardless of geographical location. As far as I know, the OS is exactly

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