giglamesh

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by giglamesh 5y ago
netflix: costlier so-so content AND a soul crushingly annoying interface. I am 100% sure that I will never want to watch the vast majority of the items available, and yet I must scroll past them over and over and over in four to ten differe
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by giglamesh 5y ago
They are a better content company than a software company. As you note, they currently have the best music, instructors and variety of classes. But the software itself has a LOT of room for improvement. For example, the now playing widget i
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by giglamesh 5y ago
I've been a one bag traveller since approximately forever. One hitch I encountered after getting married: the spouse's family has a tradition of bringing back gifts for everyone from any major trip. I understand that back in the o
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Good call. Thanks!
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Came here to whine, got a what seems in retrospect to be a perfectly obvious and simple _solution_. Thank you!
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Looks pretty great, but: Error! Your Xcode (13.0) is too outdated I don't have the luxury of upgrading yet. This requirement seems overly fussy and opinionated.
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Not sure if this is a serious question or not, but OP tells us in the /about page. To quote: This site is built upon WordPress. I use a custom child theme that calls the excellent GeneratePress Pro theme. I have a lifetime subscrip
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Also pretty clearly not a native english speaker/writer (I'm hoping based on how substandard their english skills are). It may not be entirely fair, but the poor writing pre-disposes me to not give much merit to their arguments.
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Wins what? Perhaps my organization is using wrong, but for the life of me I can't seem to navigate through a design presented by Figma. A link takes me to a giant white screen with all the screens in the center, far too small to see, a
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by giglamesh 5y ago
I had the same thought and then read the article. Turns out this is about telling other people in a shared space - such as a work from home situation - that you are in a meeting. Which would not work for me as I generally keep the camera of
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by giglamesh 5y ago
At my org, any given Slack conversation includes from two to six people. With that many participants, and given low volume, threads only present an extreme UX annoyance. I have to assume that the use case intended for them was high volume c
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Fun may not be the right word exactly, but for crazy topics galore I suggest that you look into The Handsome Family.
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by giglamesh 5y ago
I recently watched a preview for an Apple Fitness spin class and I could not believe how cheesy and superficial it appeared. Apple! I never really appreciated how good Peloton is until Apple helped me see how bad it could have been.
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by giglamesh 5y ago
Just the opposite really. In a classless society people will not be treated like commodities.
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by giglamesh 5y ago
For some of us, it is simply a question of budget. I'm using these tiers to run static sites for non-profits with no money and no plans to raise any.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
Ambrosia apples are also grown in the USA (at least in Wisconsin). We bought box this year, along with a box of Snow Sweet and a box of Honey Crisp. 11 people (five kids) are eating them, and as the boxes start to run out, the Honey Crisps
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by giglamesh 6y ago
We are doing a bit of "research" first.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
Half of the voter base has not even heard of Parler, let alone would be silenced if it was held to minimal standards of accountability.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
Trading on the assumption does not require the assumption to be actually true.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
https://www.weforum.org/great-reset - not based on jubilee, but rather seeing covid-19 as an opportunity to fix some of the problems which the pandemic is bringing to (more) light.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
You are correct. Gonna trust Good Housekeeping on this one: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a44807/what...
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by giglamesh 6y ago
Understanding why a person would do a thing does not exempt said thing from being deplorable.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
"Breakout Rooms" is already a feature of Zoom.
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by giglamesh 6y ago
There is a very simple way to determine if a service is essential or not. If it existed 15 years ago it might be essential, but if it did not, then it is definitely not essential. Human civilization arose and thrived for thousands of years
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by giglamesh 7y ago
Is there a non Twitter source for this? Twitter is not working (for me) today.
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by giglamesh 7y ago
While we are recommending language choices, I'd also suggest going through the effort of finding a unique name for your product or service. Or at least re-using an existing name from an entirely different domain.
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by giglamesh 7y ago
Yes.
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by giglamesh 7y ago
At what year does this happen? I'm 57 and finding it harder than ever to land a position this time around, just when one would think otherwise...
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by giglamesh 7y ago
People complain endlessly about snake oil, but honestly, have you ever heard a creaky snake?
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by giglamesh 7y ago
Thanks, but we don't have the budget necessary for Netlify Identity. At least last time I checked, it is only free for a very limited number of users.

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