Back before Apple allowed users to set the default browser I had a feature in my app that presented a list of installed browsers when a user opens an external link, giving them the option to choose where it opened.
Yes it’s economics, but that doesn’t exempt it from being “obscene” if that is how one sees it.
It seems you find LoC as a measure of productivity. This would answer your question as to why the author does not find it makes them more productive. If total output increases, but quality decreases (which in terms of…
The opinion that those who consume should contribute back is not wrong, and as an open source contributor I fully agree, but it should be understood that anything free is going to be taken. We are an imperfect people in…
Delta Airlines has entered the chat. As more and more companies start to use AI for “personalized”/targeted pricing, offers, advertising, etc. The more this exact type of data will be useful and therefore lucrative.
> Social media is like fentanyl or cocaine for the masses… Ive seen people unable to get out of instagram. Their fingers are constantly twitching and scrolling. This is just like drugs and controlled substances. Flying…
Not who you are replying to but my $30 wired Apple earbuds (came with my 6S) have outlived all of my co-workers half dozen $160 AirPods. That’s reason enough for a lot of people.
“Reality TV” is a prime example of racing to the bottom of mass produced trash.
All of this computing power and it will still barely be able to load web pages without an ad blocker.
> why don't more people bank _intentionally_ with credit unions, or at least local banks Simply put, national access to those banks. Traveling business owners who deal with cash will have access to physical banking…
In regards to your question - Credit cards typically come in two flavors: cash back and travel. Cash back is self explanatory, travel cards reward points instead (cash equivalent of 1 point is $0.01 at least for the…
Can confirm college campuses are a gold mine at the end of the spring semester. TVs, iPads, speakers, mini fridges, furniture galore mostly in like-new condition. I worked for the school while I was a student so I stuck…
This is what frustrates me so much about American politics. Fear is the primary driver and prevents so much from happening. If it causes problems we can, gasp, undo the changes. If the tolls actually cause more harm…
This is just a hunch but likely because of the application the two languages were originally designed for. Go is/was a purely backend lang (as I understand it) whereas Swift was built with the UI in mind which must be…
To me the thing is that there is usually a major problem of some sort with Xcode and it can take up to a year to resolve (when they release the next major version). For example in Xcode 14.1 there was a bug that would…
IMO spending time with animals doesn’t necessarily mean interact with them. I find it very peaceful and calming to just stop and watch wildlife in my neighborhood while I’m out for walks (granted I don’t live in a…
Who is to say children today will have children of their own tomorrow? People who are choosing not to have kids “leaving the gene pool” (you say it as if they are some filth to be done away with) doesn’t change anything.
“Because that’s _all_ they care about”
I cannot imagine getting so little mileage out of tires. My last car I lost at about 48k and I’d used about half the tread. My mechanic was also blown away that my brakes were “practically brand new” (unchanged since…
What do you mean? Apple has lots and lots of documentation saying that function signatures exist! (/s just in case)
It’s so frustrating that city leaders can’t even try to use common sense. Where I live a parking requirement blocked a restaurant from being built and our city council publicly acknowledged that there isn’t enough space…
I was recommended a distro that doesn’t use Gnome (Lubuntu). The system I was working with is very old and some light research made it seem like Gnome is pretty resource heavy.
When I Googled how to complete this task I came across multiple results all of which suggesting to use a string of CLI commands. GParted was suggested in some of the results but it wasn’t installed by default on the…
Why don’t people like Linux? Because it takes 8 bloody commands to do something as simple as add a new drive whereas Windows you can just open disk utility and format. I bounced off Linux a few weeks ago over this. It’s…
I will forever remember Fallout 4 and the ludicrous amount of hype around that game because it was announced at E3 in June and released in September. These 3 year hype cycles are just plain silly (and expensive). But…
Back before Apple allowed users to set the default browser I had a feature in my app that presented a list of installed browsers when a user opens an external link, giving them the option to choose where it opened.
Yes it’s economics, but that doesn’t exempt it from being “obscene” if that is how one sees it.
It seems you find LoC as a measure of productivity. This would answer your question as to why the author does not find it makes them more productive. If total output increases, but quality decreases (which in terms of…
The opinion that those who consume should contribute back is not wrong, and as an open source contributor I fully agree, but it should be understood that anything free is going to be taken. We are an imperfect people in…
Delta Airlines has entered the chat. As more and more companies start to use AI for “personalized”/targeted pricing, offers, advertising, etc. The more this exact type of data will be useful and therefore lucrative.
> Social media is like fentanyl or cocaine for the masses… Ive seen people unable to get out of instagram. Their fingers are constantly twitching and scrolling. This is just like drugs and controlled substances. Flying…
Not who you are replying to but my $30 wired Apple earbuds (came with my 6S) have outlived all of my co-workers half dozen $160 AirPods. That’s reason enough for a lot of people.
“Reality TV” is a prime example of racing to the bottom of mass produced trash.
All of this computing power and it will still barely be able to load web pages without an ad blocker.
> why don't more people bank _intentionally_ with credit unions, or at least local banks Simply put, national access to those banks. Traveling business owners who deal with cash will have access to physical banking…
In regards to your question - Credit cards typically come in two flavors: cash back and travel. Cash back is self explanatory, travel cards reward points instead (cash equivalent of 1 point is $0.01 at least for the…
Can confirm college campuses are a gold mine at the end of the spring semester. TVs, iPads, speakers, mini fridges, furniture galore mostly in like-new condition. I worked for the school while I was a student so I stuck…
This is what frustrates me so much about American politics. Fear is the primary driver and prevents so much from happening. If it causes problems we can, gasp, undo the changes. If the tolls actually cause more harm…
This is just a hunch but likely because of the application the two languages were originally designed for. Go is/was a purely backend lang (as I understand it) whereas Swift was built with the UI in mind which must be…
To me the thing is that there is usually a major problem of some sort with Xcode and it can take up to a year to resolve (when they release the next major version). For example in Xcode 14.1 there was a bug that would…
IMO spending time with animals doesn’t necessarily mean interact with them. I find it very peaceful and calming to just stop and watch wildlife in my neighborhood while I’m out for walks (granted I don’t live in a…
Who is to say children today will have children of their own tomorrow? People who are choosing not to have kids “leaving the gene pool” (you say it as if they are some filth to be done away with) doesn’t change anything.
“Because that’s _all_ they care about”
I cannot imagine getting so little mileage out of tires. My last car I lost at about 48k and I’d used about half the tread. My mechanic was also blown away that my brakes were “practically brand new” (unchanged since…
What do you mean? Apple has lots and lots of documentation saying that function signatures exist! (/s just in case)
It’s so frustrating that city leaders can’t even try to use common sense. Where I live a parking requirement blocked a restaurant from being built and our city council publicly acknowledged that there isn’t enough space…
I was recommended a distro that doesn’t use Gnome (Lubuntu). The system I was working with is very old and some light research made it seem like Gnome is pretty resource heavy.
When I Googled how to complete this task I came across multiple results all of which suggesting to use a string of CLI commands. GParted was suggested in some of the results but it wasn’t installed by default on the…
Why don’t people like Linux? Because it takes 8 bloody commands to do something as simple as add a new drive whereas Windows you can just open disk utility and format. I bounced off Linux a few weeks ago over this. It’s…
I will forever remember Fallout 4 and the ludicrous amount of hype around that game because it was announced at E3 in June and released in September. These 3 year hype cycles are just plain silly (and expensive). But…