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I don’t see how my comment would imply or could be understood as wanting a ban or being against mixed use development.
That is entirely not the issue I’m raising here.
Will Costco be collecting rent? The mental gymnastics are impressive. It’s not a good thing that Costco gets to expand to housing. This is just like private equity and 401k’s buying houses. People should be able to own their own housing not become lifelong renters.
How accurate is the chart titled "Top 20 U.S. Cities for Tech Salaries"?

Houston, TX seems a bit high.

Re:Ultrasonic Investigations in Shopping Centres on Sunday June 09, 2024 @04:08PM (#40627184)
It’s clearly written it’s an idea. I don’t know what you’re implying here.
Re:Simplicity – Google SRE Handbook on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:08AM (#40488074)
> Source control systems make it easy to reverse changes

I have not observed this to be the case. After a few revisions there are so much changes that the code cannot be reversed without loosing a lot. A mech aims to cut out the soon-to-be-dead code like a flag is better. But perhaps maybe I’m doing something wrong.

Re:Upgrading an M1 MacBook Air to 2TB [video] on Thursday May 23, 2024 @05:01PM (#40459872)
I’ve seen similar upgrades done to iPads and iPhones. But is this type of service available to any consumer and what is the cost?
Nice and congrats. On iOS I had some issues with the background terrain reappearing when jumping. Might need to disable pointer events.
Re:The iPad Pro Manifesto (2024 Edition) on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @04:08PM (#40371735)
I also have the Mini 2 which Litchi did not support until recently.

I use it for two features which the Mini 2 does not have built in: waypoint navigation and object tracking. Both work well.

Re:The iPad Pro Manifesto (2024 Edition) on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @02:39PM (#40358576)
I bought the iPad Pro for its brightness as I use it outside with the Litchi app.

But other than that, it has been an extreme disappointment. I don't know what Apple's definition of "Pro" is. I used to think it was video production and photography. But something as basic as an HDR photo merge cannot be done on iPad Pro.

Great if you already have a mainboard. Doesn't make sense if you don't as a better build can be bought from Asus, Lenovo or Steam for the price of a new Framework mainboard.
Re:How to Install Python on a Mac on Friday May 10, 2024 @06:08AM (#40317129)
I think teaching sites should do better than just saying you should use tool X. It is much better to teach why. Also Rye delegates tasks to uv. I'd rathe ruse that tool directly.
BitLocker supports turning any USB drive into a key. But I don’t like that it creates a separate hidden partition.
Re:Crush – iPad Pro – Apple [video] on Thursday May 09, 2024 @06:32AM (#40306813)
Hopefully all that junk was CGI, and not sitting in a landfill after filming.
Re:Symbolica Computer Algebra System on Thursday May 09, 2024 @06:22AM (#40306765)
I see all the license checking code in lib.rs but nothing in build.rs?
Very accurate:

> However, all humans listen to people that they think are like themselves. Naturally, we place more weight on people with whom we have a common reference point.

Re:Roku OS home screen is getting video ads on Monday April 29, 2024 @07:07PM (#40205239)
Roku's own devices are powerful. However, Roku-integrated TV manufactures sometimes skimp on processing power, and I'm wondering if that was considered.

Also, I've migrated from Roku to Apple TV. Which is the best streaming media player in terms of performance, responsiveness, integration with other A/V equipment. And everyone already has a remote for it in their pockets. So, if Roku wants to dig their own grave...continue with the ads.

Re:The Metaverse Is Dead on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:59PM (#40205154)
Yes, because "Google Trends" is sufficient data. Not disagreeing/agreeing but I expected more data.
Why would they willing give the interior UX to Apple? CarPlay started with the center console screen, and its now clear Apple wants to take over the dash and any auxiliary screens.

Lots of comments seem to say no CarPlay = no purchase. But I would be weary of Apple as they tend to lock features away.

For example, MB Command NTG 4.5 from 2006ish could show text messages on the in-vehicle display. This was accomplished with a Bluetooth standard. Today the same thing would require CarPlay/Android Auto.

Found this out quickly. I thought it would be easier to cancel XM Radio via cancelling the card. It did not work.
Re:No One Should Have That Much Power on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:52AM (#40197654)
Amazon Alexa is no doubt a great microphone but it’s also an exceptional bastion host for Amazon. And probably a great malware delivery device. I found out Alexa let me know my printer was running low on toner. So if it can do that it can spy in a lot of other things.
I only have 1 extension installed. uBlock Origin. So I don't know what's going on.
Re:Ask HN: I can no longer like React, do you? on Monday April 29, 2024 @03:31AM (#40195532)
Nothing wrong with plain js. Now with Web Components, View Transition API, and Plain old Event + addEventHandler() you can do a lot.

You may want to consider HTMx and its hx-boost which is akin to Turbolinks if you've ever used that.

The addition of Hooks, HOC, Redux, etc. are for large teams, complex apps and/or varying skill levels.

Keep in mind plain js means no enforcement of standard patterns. This may cause problems with onboarding new devs and/or keeping the app manageable as complexity grows.

Also React and plain js are not mutually exclusive.

I also started around 2007ish, MooTools, jQuery, Backbone, Ember, Angular JS, Angular, React and now Nextjs. But for basic projects I usually start with plain js.

Re:Making a Flute-Controlled Mouse on Sunday April 28, 2024 @02:21AM (#40186434)
Instant thought: forte and fortissimo increase velocity or maybe specific chords.
As far as I can tell YouTube has made an effort to detect uBlock, and show full ads.
Re:Ask HN: Where have all the large monitors gone? on Saturday April 27, 2024 @04:05AM (#40178227)
I don't have a solution for you. But a question: what scale do you use with a 40" 4k monitor? 100%, 150%, 200%?

Also, I've been using an LG OLED C2 which has Chroma 444. Another issue with OLED is "pixel shift" to counter to burn in. I'm fairly sure I can tell when it happens, or something else is happening and I don't know what.

Re:Passkeys: A Shattered Dream on Friday April 26, 2024 @03:44AM (#40166805)
> I use iCloud's Passkeys extensively

So what happens if you want to migrate away from iCloud for the storage of passkeys?

Re:Rabbit R1 source code [part 1] on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @07:45PM (#40138716)
I bought that case and it’s not great quality and does not look as good as the picture. Also it is flat pack so you have to bend all the pieces and the toggle switch feels terrible. So definitely overpriced for what you get.
Re:SAFe 6.0: Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises on Sunday April 21, 2024 @04:43PM (#40109057)
This was pushed on us and all the good developers left and the train was derailed. There seems to be a group of people who think they can use process to make orgs great. In reality great orgs just have great people.

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