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by kimbernator 3y ago
I know there have been cases where companies seem to intentionally slow down old phones to encourage new sales, but it doesn't really even require an "evil" motive. By releasing new hardware yearly, they are dramatically incr
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by kimbernator 3y ago
That is technically true. However, I do find that a lot of people I know tend to get new phones well before they actually have a need for them. I don't entirely blame peoples' consumerism; As somebody who once worked in cell phone
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by kimbernator 3y ago
It's starting to feel silly, having a yearly release cycle for smartphones. So much of this product page is focused on new software functions that may have some vague relationship with the slightly upgraded hardware, but that could mos
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by kimbernator 3y ago
It's trivial to create a website (frontend and backend) that offers similar functionality to Amazon. There's nothing special about their software platform. You can't open-source marketing and the insane delivery network Amazo
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by kimbernator 3y ago
> I think Jinja-in-YAML is very much an antipattern. The thought of working with Ansible again is my nightmare due to this. Apparently they had an actual Python DSL you could use instead of YAML for a while, but discontinued it? So now l
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Certainly that can't be enforceable. There's no agreement to the terms, in fact a tacit disagreement and loss of profit by the developer/storefront. This all feels like Unity is pushing an obviously terrible concept so they c
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by kimbernator 3y ago
It has native controller support as well, evidenced by the fact that it is also available on switch.
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Interesting idea for sure, but how do you distinguish between users successfully starting a relationship and those just not using the service anymore? Can I say "I did not find a relationship with that person and I'm not intereste
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I agree this is an incorrect usage of the term. Had they simply been unable to match with anybody but still saw everything as the same, that would be a shadowban. I'm not sure what the correct term is for gently nudging people to get o
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I wonder how dating apps will fit into society in 10+ years - they are dominant now as the way for young people to find romantic partners, but from the accounts I've heard (all second-hand, I haven't used one in ~5 years) they app
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I mean, yeah that resolution is ridiculous, but anything above 1080p on a screen less than ~14 inches is going to have diminishing returns and most of those returns will be in how "pretty" it is, not how useful it is.
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Yeah, I've never once seen a USB-C cable break in that the physical connector itself was damaged. I've been through plenty that just seem to stop reliably connecting if they are in high-motion environments (the cable connecting my
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Given that Musk's obsession with the "X" moniker goes back to the 90s at least, I imagine it would be more accurate to say his son's name and this rebrand are both branches from the same tree (see: x.com -> paypal, Sp
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by kimbernator 3y ago
The same drug also had immediate effects for me when I was getting daily migraines a few years ago.
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I feel like git services like github would be well-suited to join the fediverse. It's clear to a lot of us that our code is becoming too centralized, but it's also hard to deny the usefulness of being able to search across so much
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Can you imagine how much engagement the platform gets as a result of his work? Just saying, it's never fair to try and say any one party in this arrangement is just leeching off another. Reddit provides a platform, Users provide the co
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by kimbernator 3y ago
An amount that doesn't mean immediate death to all third-party apps would be a good start. I don't know what the right number is, but Reddit has made it abundantly clear with this move that they aren't interested in finding i
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Funny enough, I just tried editing the url and the first post on the resultant page was https://lemmy.world/post/433283 (a post in the Fediverse community asking why they keep seeing new posts show up in all sorting ty
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by kimbernator 3y ago
So long as it's a known thing, I trust it will improve. It's just unfortunate that it had to be this broken during Lemmy's most opportune moment to capture new users. That, among other things, is creating a lot of friction fo
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I just tried that. 2 of the top 6 posts that popped up had zero comments. Within a few seconds, brand new posts (with no engagement) starting filling in from the stop. It seems like the content algorithm is fundamentally broken right now.
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I used to primarily browse /r/all because I like to see when niche communities produce things exceptional enough to hit it (and I'd just filter subreddits I didn't want) Especially now, there are a -lot- of new Lemmy com
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I'm trying really hard to like Lemmy, but whenever I'm reading through posts on "active", "hot", etc. it will initially load with the correct content. But then, I get about 10 seconds before the entire list fra
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I never got the impression that the community is claiming that Reddit doesn't produce any value. I've seen willingness to pay a reasonable amount from most people. Reddit brings the platform, users bring the community. If Reddit f
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by kimbernator 3y ago
That's an entirely separate discussion from what is being talked about right now. They are being dishonest about the service they provide; users are responsible for the communities working at all. Their representation of the situation
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Agree. It's already democratic in Reddit's current form in the sense that anybody can just start a community to replace one with moderation they don't like. The subreddit with the moderation that works the best often wins out
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I think a big point in this change that people are ignoring is the restriction of explicit content, even to paying customers. As I understand it, anything labeled with the "NSFW" tag will only be available through the official app
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by kimbernator 3y ago
I think you're underestimating the effort required to complete the task you're suggesting, probably by multiple orders of magnitude. The point that people seem to not get is that Nintendo's entire brand rides almost entirely
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by kimbernator 3y ago
Because why would they? They would have to dedicate a shitload of resources to optimizing decades of work for PC so a small slice of the market can buy old stuff. All of those games would stop being a hacky thing you're okay with bugs
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by kimbernator 3y ago
"physical presence of you and any other individuals using the TV at any given time" okay, so the deal is we give you a cheap TV that's constantly showing ads and we are going to watch you through this nifty camera. But you ca
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by kimbernator 3y ago
This TV would have to be pretty damn good for me to accept advertisements being shown to me constantly as I watch a movie. By the vague description, I assume it's not. I'm sure you could find something that matches the description

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