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Different toolkits and interaction models. AppKit is still dominant on macOS (despite the addition of Catalyst), UIKit is the chief framework on iOS/iPadOS/tvOS/visionOS, SwiftUI is native on watchOS and mostly wraps AppKit&#
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On iOS, if devs are building with UIKit or SwiftUI, Dynamic Text can be well supported by just using parameterized fonts or font sizes alongside SF Symbols, no need to concern oneself with specific resolutions. With a little extra work, cus
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Yeah, “ARM-based Linux laptop with 22h battery life” is much more interesting to me than “Windows 11 ARM-based AI PC”. If the TPU can eventually be utilized by open models under Linux that’s just a cherry on top.
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I’m likely biased since I’ve been writing Swift for about twice as long as I’ve been writing Kotlin, but between the two I prefer Swift by a good margin. In comparison it feels less idiosyncratic/fussy and more flexible/ergonomic,
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It may just be a misunderstanding on my part but aren’t there treaties that make anything bigger than science outposts impractical in Antarctica?
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Long-term habitation of surfaces of bodies other than that of Earth is a stepping stone to being able to live in space long term in very large, permanently spaceborne crafts. It’s easier to develop these things on the moon, mars, etc becaus
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Yeah things have been pretty smooth in recent years, especially after being able to drop CocoaPods in favor of Swift Package Manager. On average I find myself “fighting” the IntelliJ-based Android Studio more frequently than I do Xcode.
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Having worked with it since it was still known as Project Builder I think it’s fine too. The only part that’s really bad is the XIB/storyboard editor, which was actually pretty good when it was its own independent program (Interface Bu
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Strongly agree. Of course, it’ll also help if dealers actually stock base models (very common for them to only stock mid-trims and up) and don’t sandbag them with massive markups.
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Compared to the Model 3, the Leaf offers seats-down cargo space that’s larger and less restrictive (hatch vs. trunk) despite being significantly smaller (~185” vs ~176”). Despite the 500e being smaller yet at 143”, its cargo space isn’t tha
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It’s close-ish but about 5” longer. Might consider with a good lease deal, but the high number of recalls on Hyundai/Kia vehicles is concerning. Have read they’re also more expensive to insure.
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I’m looking at leasing one of these because I don’t need a whole lot of car, since I don’t commute — mostly I just need a grocery-grabber, and it’s one of the handful of EVs that’s small enough to fit in my somewhat undersized garage while
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The 2024 500e comes with wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, as noted in this Edmunds review: https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2024-fiat-500e-first-drive-...
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Count me in with the group that’s not been able to find the appeal in tiling WMs. For more automatic setups I find myself “fighting” them a lot, and for manual setups I’m micromanaging windows much more than I do with a typical floating WM.
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I think it’d be nice if the user could go into settings and opt apps into running in the background indefinitely (on iPhones too), but given how common it is for random junk to be sitting in the background sucking up CPU doing a lot of no
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I think it’s probably because photos posted there are too low resolution and/or compressed to look good filling up the majority of a tablet screen.
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Yep that’s another one that’s frequently missing. Basically any scrollable displays of data that aren’t a simple single column list or a grid are entirely absent in newer UI toolkits.
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In some ways, expectations for UI toolkits have dropped too, though. Practically no UI toolkits created in the past 5-10 years come with a row recycling tableview/datagrid widget (table with column headers, sort by column, etc) for exa
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Social media like Facebook might be worse to some degree, though, because media outlets don’t have hooks that are as strong and universal as those of social media — there are those with a disposition towards watching shows like Hannity, but
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And has for some time now. Haven’t used CocoaPods or Carthage in years (thank goodness).
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In the US it’s also not uncommon for connections to be not only asymmetrical, but downright lopsided. Comcast sells “gigabit” in my area that’s 1.2Gbps down but only like 20Mbps up which is just silly. Thankfully a competitor offers true gi
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For #3, I think I remember reading that the Sun’s heliosphere (which contains the entirety of the familiar Solar System) also plays a role in cutting down what gets to Earth, but I may be misremembering.
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Multinationals are not blameless even if consumers ultimately create demand. It was them that has been working overtime for around a century now developing marketing and figuring out how to manipulate human psychology to convince consumers
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A machine with the 12” Macbook form factor and an e-ink display with optional orange glowlight for night running something akin to Classic Mac OS would make for a very zen, highly portable writing machine. Would probably get battery life me
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Would it be correct to say that the lowest hanging fruit for reducing production of plastic without outsize negative impact would probably be in stymying the vast quantities of synthetic textiles being sold, particularly to richer countries
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I think Signal could stand to gain popularity by either prioritizing overall niceness and polish in their clients (especially on desktop) or by allowing third parties to build clients which prioritize those things. iMessage, Telegram, and S
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Even used 20+ year old small pickup trucks like pre-2005 Tacomas have their prices jacked up through the stratosphere, which I find particularly disappointing because there are so few trucks that size anymore more. Modern Tacomas are “mid s
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My experience having grown up in the WV portion of Appalachia is that there used to be a number of highly localized small businesses, but ability to scale was highly restricted. Back in the 90s my father ran a little greenhouse that he sold
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Apple also sees Macs as being in their own category amongst their devices, which is why AS Macs had OS agnostic multi boot capabilities added despite being descended from iPads architecturally.
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Mac users aren’t beholden to the App Store the way iOS users are. There’s some things people get from there but the bulk of useful third party Mac software is distributed outside the App Store.

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