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by mlang23 5y ago
My favourite Siri bug: If it fails to understand the name of the person I want to call, it suggests to call myself! "OK, so you want to call <your name>?" This bug exists since about 10 years, and apparently has never been
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by mlang23 5y ago
I think you are underestimating the value of being present on the platform that is Apple. I basically only created my Netflix subscription (which I cancelled by now) because it was super easy to sign up on my Apple TV. I probably wouldn&#
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by mlang23 5y ago
I stopped taking the nobel prize seriously when they awarded the peace nobel prize to Obama.
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by mlang23 5y ago
Well, same applies to YouTube. Most of the ads I get in the past 6 months are absolutely borderline scam.
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by mlang23 5y ago
Interesting. Judging from your comment, I guess you are living in a country with a two party system and the death penalty? Well, I dont.
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by mlang23 5y ago
You seem to imply that not voting for the left automatically means voting for the right. May I remind you that there is another option you probably forgot about? Did you ever hear about the concept of abstaining from voting?
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by mlang23 5y ago
And comparing everything you dont like with anti-vax is not manipulative? C'mon, be more creative.
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by mlang23 5y ago
DId you just compare boycotting Google with not getting vaxed? I used to vote left. But reading people like you arguing like this reminds me to never ever do so again.
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by mlang23 5y ago
To answer your question, I believe no. My experience as a person with a disability is that whenever things were written down in rigid rules, humanity was lacking during execution of said rules. Whenever I was able to make things up on the
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The Accessibility Bugs Introduced and Resolved in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15(applevis.com)
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by mlang23 5y ago
Its like fighting a windmill. The CoC was just established. And attendees were encouraged to bring their children. I guess the organizers didnt realize what can of worms they just opened, or they were not willing to reflect. I agree wit
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by mlang23 5y ago
It looks like you cant execute one of the common CoC rules. Assume good intentions. I dont need to look at a CoC of a conference, because, you know, I am living these ideas: I actually assume good intentions, so I dont need a CoC to assur
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by mlang23 5y ago
And all the virtue signalling apparently leads to people like me, who are adults and can very well stand for themselves, not attending such conferences anymore. I truely think that people who are not willing or able to defend themselves in
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by mlang23 5y ago
I realize CoCs were introduced to make certain supposedly marginalized groups more at home at conferences. But my personal experience/feeling is the complete reverse. I am a member of a minority as a person with a disability. In all
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by mlang23 5y ago
I beg to differ. I have met people who have been mentally damaged by religion to a point where they are no longer a useful member of society, to the contrary. While media is also doing a lot of damage to people, especially in the last 2 y
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by mlang23 5y ago
If I were to give $1 monthly to everyone who substantially contributed to the software I am using on a daily basis, I believe my salary wouldn't suffice and I'd have to go live on the street. I know about Patreon, yes. But I als
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by mlang23 5y ago
OK, lets put it another way. If everyone who deserves support for their work is going to be posted on HN, its going to take a long time until the last one gets their money.
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by mlang23 5y ago
STFU is not going to work to build trust in government and medical institutions. Frankly, believing it will is one of the reasons why things go downhill these days. "My way or the highway" has never really done anything good to
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by mlang23 5y ago
No, they are not crucial social policy. You will have to accept that democracy does not mean that everyone has to be of the same opinion as you.
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by mlang23 5y ago
The title made it already clear that this is an instance of "I am fighting the good fight, so please give me your money." I am an open source/FLOSS enthusiast since 25 years, but such calls still sound pathetic to me. These
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by mlang23 5y ago
Right, people like you need to be stopped. Lets stop talking to people like you, and support them in our community. Lets stop helping people like you if they need something. Lets just drop people like you out of society.
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by mlang23 5y ago
At this point in time, nobody not vaccinated yet is interested in your propaganda. Also, the post you are replying to is already sort of doxing his own wife, so please dont make it even worse by capitalising on that.
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by mlang23 5y ago
Another reason to NOT by YouTube Premium, and leave my spare phone on autoplay when going out, so that youtube ad customers get to pay for supporting the biggest scam operation ever. 80% of the ads I get would never pass a sanity-check i
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by mlang23 5y ago
As some others have already hinted, this sounds a lot like Emacs with Org-mode. Also, who writes such testimonial snippets? The style of writing doesnt make me particularily trust they are real :-)
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by mlang23 5y ago
I fully agree. Although there are exceptions, much of the self-help industry has a similar spooky feel to me. Also, I find it hilarious that people are using apps to meditate or be "mindful". I cant quite explain it with word
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by mlang23 5y ago
I get your attitude, but I can't confirm. For one, I am not sure if you actually realize how much work it is to learn to navigate your environment blind in a city. Even if there is no PA, asking is a million times simpler then moving
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by mlang23 5y ago
Although not quite the same, this reminds me of a very simple trick many blind people are taught during training on how to navigate the city: Never ever ask "Is this line 4" if you want to know which tram just arrived. Ask &quot
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by mlang23 5y ago
Well, if you lack accessibility experience, and insist that a week of hackery on a custom framework should be enough, that is not VoiceOvers fault. Accessibility is a serious thing, not something you can do as a side project while waiting
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by mlang23 5y ago
Yes, my bad.
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by mlang23 5y ago
Wait, did you just imply that apps by certain big companies dont need a review because you think these special biig companies deserve a bit of extra trust? Fascinating, how did you arrive at this conclusion?

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