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Re:Jev Meets the Trolley Problem on Thursday October 15, 2026 @07:22PM (#50111738)
Just a side note but your article was too draggy to get to the reveal. I closed it before getting too far despite being hooked at first
Re:Sublime Text Build 4213 on Monday September 21, 2026 @11:23AM (#49788473)
Sublime Text is not aligned with an 'any minute now' pivot to enshittification.

And whatever it does, it does better than Zed, debatably.

Re:iCloud Photos Downloader on Sunday January 11, 2026 @10:33PM (#46583757)
That would be perfect, I might chase down this path again. It's been a while since I've tried to directly mount the iphone as a drive on linux.
Re:iCloud Photos Downloader on Sunday January 11, 2026 @10:32PM (#46583748)
That looks like it might do the trick. I feel like this should be something possible only using first party apps but I'll take it! Thanks.
Re:iCloud Photos Downloader on Sunday January 11, 2026 @07:36PM (#46582203)
My current process for offloading photos off the iPhone is to copy them in subsequent batches of '0-9999' from the 'Image Capture' app.

This is because I usually have far more than 10K photos and apple starts renaming the files after 9999 as 00001(1) for the rest. This is pretty undesirable.

Is there a way for me to export unmodified raw/jpeg/live/videos off the iphone to an external drive without a macbook with a large enough ssd, and wanting to use icloud as an intermediate bottleneck?

A pretty reductionist and a poor take.

"Standing on the shoulders of giants, it is clear that the giants failed to reach the heights we have reached."

Oh wow, it's you! Thank you so much for writing what is probably my top 3 software of all time (over a long period).
Re:The Model Is the Product on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @09:56AM (#43399451)
That makes for poor communication by increasing the friction to read someone's thoughts.

As an author, you should care about reducing friction and decreasing the cost to the reader.

Re:Noisy Neighbor Detection with eBPF on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @07:01PM (#41516042)
Ironically, at least for me, your comment applies far more to your comment than the grandparent's.
Re:Does space dust fall on the roof of my house? on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @03:02PM (#41174115)
Your comment makes me want to re-read the hitchhiker's guide.
Re:Why Is Chile So Long? on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @11:38AM (#40857695)
Apart from a few other factors, the biggest one that stands out is not stringing you along in a click-baity way, instead just asking a question and giving a direct answer right after the question and in simple direct words.

No dark patterns to make you spend a longer time on the webpage for ad metrics.

> AMIE?

I think they mean 'Mon Ami'

Re:The Programmer's Brain on Monday June 17, 2024 @10:59AM (#40706248)
This is quite a valuable comment that I agree with 100% and from what I understand, a highly unpopular opinion. I hope more people see this.
Or they could launch some much lower hanging fruit and wait for stock price to appreciate by that much or more. A car company, no matter how small, is very, very hard.
Re:Airplane acquired by Airtable and is shutting down on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @07:56PM (#38861832)
This is why open source and/or self-hosting tools are important.