nicky0

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by nicky0 3y ago
Materially, we've never had it better. Spiritually, we are in a deep crisis.
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by nicky0 3y ago
That guy Quinn "The Eskimo" seems to have been almost singlehandedly manning the developer forums at Apple for over a decade. I hope Apple recognises how valuable he is.
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by nicky0 3y ago
That's somewhat in the nature of a tracking device.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Are you referring to the Windscale fire of 1957, or something else? I remember visiting the Sellafield visitor centre as a kid in the 1990s. It was great.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Looks like it's taken out Digitalocean App Platform deployments too: https://status.digitalocean.com/incidents/bw3r3j9b5ph5
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by nicky0 3y ago
They are only closing their automated status account. Slack still has thair main account on X, according to the article.
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by nicky0 3y ago
*conservation area
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by nicky0 3y ago
Now I'm curious to know know what you think the philiosphical and ethical problems with X are.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Maybe also set fire to the computer to make double sure.
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by nicky0 3y ago
It's just bizarre. People nodding along be like, yup, this is normal sane behaviour, taking notes.
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by nicky0 3y ago
> If a client mentions that they collect spoons, visit a local antique store and mail them some local finds. Wait, what?
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by nicky0 3y ago
Because you are getting value from it. Why else would you pay?
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by nicky0 3y ago
In what way do you see those alternatives as superior?
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by nicky0 3y ago
`jq` acts as a pretty json viewer (among other things)
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by nicky0 3y ago
Louis always sounded pretty New York to me.
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by nicky0 3y ago
You win today.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Wut? Perhaps don't post your comments based on the headline only.
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by nicky0 3y ago
£99 just gets it ability to submit apps to the store. You can still use the developer tools and develop an app for free.
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by nicky0 3y ago
comcomm.com
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by nicky0 3y ago
If the page is not cached by the browser, but its instead reloaded from the Kagi server then it would be a new search.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Kagi has good quality search results (better than Google in many cases), works well and has no ads or promoted content. I'm personally not using it for extreme privacy / anonymity reasons, I just want a good experience using the s
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by nicky0 3y ago
Yes! I await the 1 hour youtube video with great interest
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by nicky0 3y ago
You certainly raise some valid points about the evolution of Hacker News, and indeed many other digital spaces. Minimalism and content-focus have traditionally been valued in certain corners of the internet. For these spaces, adding a favic
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by nicky0 3y ago
Behaving unauthentically is a form of masking that some of is learn to do because we receive the msssage that certain behaviour is not accepted.
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by nicky0 3y ago
The old blue checks are grieving that they no longer have special treatment and their voices are no longer elevated. They are now just like the common plebs. It's an adjustment process.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Well it's subjective I guess. For me personally I'm finding Twitter more fun and engaging than I used to. It's less preachy somehow.
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by nicky0 3y ago
Seems the previously amplified "notable" voices have self-selected themselves out of the blue checks because they refuse to buy them. I see a lot of "I'll never pay a single cent to elon" sentiment from the former a
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by nicky0 3y ago
My reading is that the author had a moment of self awareness and realised maintaining a barely-trafficked site essentially powered by their own bitterness was not a healthy or satisfying pastime.
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by nicky0 3y ago
But they weren't really tracking changes in Twitter over time in any meaningful or informative way. The were just regurgitating a variety of anti-Elon headlines.
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by nicky0 3y ago
I have an issue with the Spotify app on the Apple Watch. I’m not sure if it’s an apple or a Spotify problem, but I have loads of trouble when I’m using the watch app to play music when I’m at home, near my phone and near my Wi-Fi network. H

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