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by isodev 1y ago
I still don't understand why we see lower birth rates as a problem when overall the population of the planet is still increasing. There are actual and a lot more impactful sustainability issues to address but how many children people a
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by isodev 1y ago
As a developer for apple platforms, it's extremely difficult to keep a positive mindset to all this. Year after year, Apple finds ways to continue unbounded fuckery. Making apps for iPhones is not that profitable anymore either, at thi
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by isodev 1y ago
No, but have you seen the roads in other places? Roads are hard :)
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by isodev 1y ago
So, you're describing war? The Russians are doing that to Ukraine right now too btw.
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by isodev 1y ago
And yet, Greece recovered to become a leading economy in the region. The propaganda is strong on the airwaves these days, just like in the US, one shouldn’t react to “facts” taken out of context. It seems (from here), support for Russia is
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by isodev 1y ago
Nice. It’s amazing to see the progress Bulgarians have made in the last 20 years after joining the EU. I can imagine it hasn’t been an easy process.
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by isodev 1y ago
> all sorts of people trying to exploit it for money Because they could. In AI-first web, people can't really do anything about anything - only those in control of training the handful of "big popular AI models" are the ga
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by isodev 1y ago
I think having to codify "obscenity" so deep into the law to even make it become an exception to free speech is an indicator of a bigger problem. I know the US is generally a lot more conservative about this, but it really feels l
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by isodev 1y ago
If you open the assessment document, you see the responsible division is HOME.D4 - The Home D4 unit is part of the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) within the European Commission (D4 focuses on Counter-Terrorism)
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by isodev 1y ago
Your iPhone is fully managed by Apple. They control which apps are preinstalled, which apps you can install and uninstall, they can even intervene and install/uninstall apps without your intervention. Your phone needs to communicate wi
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by isodev 1y ago
True, but for many, even “local only” apps store their data on devices managed by US-based companies. Would Apple sell your data to advertisers? - probably not. Would Apple share your data with law enforcement? - of course, and they don’t e
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by isodev 1y ago
Is it just Europe though? Have you tried uploading something on YouTube including a remote semblance of a melody from a song? Or accessing porn in some parts of the US? And then there are the App Stores and walled gardens regulating apps, c
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by isodev 1y ago
At this point, why anyone would opt to buy a Tesla is beyond my understanding. The fact that regulation is lacking to such an extent as to allow Tesla to wait for airbag deployment for something to count as a crash is kind of sad.
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by isodev 1y ago
It seems a happy coincidence the exploit wasn’t that effective on iOS. There are legitimate reasons for all the technologies involved to exist, but thanks to Meta we can’t have nice things.
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by isodev 1y ago
But did they write the backend from scratch or was it based on a number of “com.apple.libs.backend-core…” that tend to bring in repeating logic and facilities they have in all their servers? Or was it a PoC they promoted to MVP and now they
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by isodev 1y ago
Just watched the talk, it's one of the best opening tech keynote I've ever seen
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by isodev 1y ago
I believe F-Droid is doing quite ok. So is the Galaxy Store. On iOS, Apple created a very complicated process which is region and even country-specific. Hopefully this will change once the EU, the US, Japan and everyone else currently suing
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by isodev 1y ago
> basically throwing out copyright law would be crazy Slightly off topic, but aren't we in the process of "throwing out copyright law" for the purposes of LLMs a.k.a the "automated" version of enshitification any
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by isodev 1y ago
I think MCP’s popularity is a side effect of the hype bubble driving AI atm - one of the fancy things one can do with AI. If there was any “easy” value in making one’s data available in a standard form, we would’ve seen a lot more adoption
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by isodev 1y ago
> Is a standards body being involved relevant? I believe it is. Taking the example of ATproto, it boils down to a managed platform as a service but they seem to do a #BuildInPublic thing where we can experience early developer previews.
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by isodev 1y ago
Does it work on Android? We have to be realistic, 2/3 of the group is not on iOS or using iMessage :)
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by isodev 1y ago
Unfortunately, Safari is also pivoting towards ads in the form of “Help Apple to…”, services and that thing AI companies now call Personal Context. It’s not a bad browser just you wouldn’t pick it for privacy.
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by isodev 1y ago
Now that every company has a bot, I wish we had some way to better quantify the features. For example, how is Google's "Jules" different than JetBrains' "Junie" as they both sort of read the same (and based on
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by isodev 1y ago
YouTube has been showing me the same forced ad for more than a year now and it acts as a moment to reflect if I really, really want to watch the video or just close the page and move on with my day
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by isodev 1y ago
There are some components that may be downloadable separately but they really are part of Xcode. One ring to rule them all.
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by isodev 1y ago
I think a big portion of the problem is that Apple is both the platform (phone) and the store. Similar to Google and Chrome for the web, it creates a conflict. Bad faith movies like slapping warnings, geo blocking dev tools (remember you ha
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by isodev 1y ago
The post definitely highlights some of the reasons a person would (rightfully) choose not to start a family. I would add that addressing those reasons should absolutely not be "just to increase the birth rate". There are currently
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by isodev 1y ago
I think the story around privacy and security in general has become diluted in marketing talk. Every single default on both iOS and macOS effectively makes one’s data, well, accessible and not private. The gap between perception and reality
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by isodev 1y ago
The entire “store” model needs to go away. Phones are computers now, just let people download and install whatever they want or need.
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by isodev 1y ago
You have other silly things to worry about. Probably why no one wondered if it’s a good idea in the first place.

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