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Re:Why Yaak is not open source on Monday June 17, 2024 @08:06PM (#40712674)
That is incredibly awesome and noble of them.

That does not mean it becomes the benchmark for everybody.

There is development joy found in both, but Elixir and the underlying erlang definitely has it's own idioms.

You can know enough to get going quickly, but there's a healthy layer of power that will only come with time.

Strong disagree.

Elixir has been my primary language since 2016 because it makes concurrency so easy.

I'm also a little confused how it's not functional enough for you.

They touched on such ideas in Nic Cage's movie 'Pig'.

It was a surprisingly decent flick.

A school teacher might explain it to be "The Frickin Article".
Re:Jurassic Cloud on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:34AM (#32188868)
Sounds a lot like erlang.

Elixir has been my daily driver since 2016; still loving it.

Re:Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:13PM (#32003049)
All of my comments have focused on how Apple is not above promotion by default.

My use of the word 'hunting' was very casual and completely secondary.

Re:Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:57AM (#32001941)
I would take the over on 50% of people seeing it.

Apple sends notifications for those news stories on your Today screen ;)

Re:Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:45AM (#32001768)
I agree, removing it was easy enough.

My contention is that Apple is not above using your screen real estate for promotion by default.

Re:Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:42AM (#32001726)
OK, but it's still an attention grab that's there by default?
Re:Quebec Sovereignty Movement on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:40AM (#32001683)
English is not a foreign language in Canada.

The rest of Canada goes to great lengths to provide bilingual support.

It's awful to see English being systematically demonized in Canada.

Re:Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:26AM (#32001488)
I'm not sure Apple deserves that much benefit of the doubt.

I've found myself hunting through iOS settings to hide News on that slide screen to the left.

It was definitely put there by Apple and I'm confident they were paid to put it there by those chasing advertising dollars.

Would love to have you take a look but I couldn't find any contact info for you.

I've been nudging test users towards my Discord server for ongoing support.

Consider this an open invite to anybody (for now); I'll disable this link if/when I need to.

https://discord.gg/TcMHrtxanh

Just sent you an email
Just sent you an email!
I've been building my own thing for a while.

It blends the hierarchical navigation of Workflowy (to figure out your priorities) with task management and routine building.

Throughout this process, I discovered a whole lot about ADHD. It turns out that's why I've chased this with such reckless abandon.

Between the internal pressure and balancing the side effects of medication, I burnt out. I'm _slowly_ climbing my way out of that hole.

Three days ago, I found a handful of test users by leaving a Reddit comment; I figured I could build on that by trying again here.

If you're interested to try/test the software I call 'My Second Brain' (the one that works), lemme know.

From where I'm standing, it sure looks like buying off both sides is a pretty easy/predictable way to protect the status quo.
Re:For developers, Safari is crap and outdated on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @06:55AM (#27970936)
A decision came down in January to drop ongoing support. This included removing previously working functionality.

Here was a discussion from January: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25589177

Re:For developers, Safari is crap and outdated on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:43AM (#27968716)
Web push notifications would only apply to PWA's, which you have to deliberately install by seeking out the add to home screen menu item.

They are not the nuisance you are making them out to be.

Re:For developers, Safari is crap and outdated on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:24AM (#27968582)
Can you appreciate how a memory challenged/privacy conscious person might find it helpful to opt in to web push notifications?
Re:For developers, Safari is crap and outdated on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:17AM (#27968545)
So true.

I have this uneasy reliance on Chrome for supporting PWA's properly since Mozilla lost interest.

It's a life/routine manager for people with horrible memories. Chrome stands alone in supporting web push notifications :S

Some languages definitely benefit from portable environments, others don't really need it.

My anecdata is that horsing around with Docker was still needed and when things went wrong, they went REALLY wrong.

As with all things, figure out what you need, pick the right tool for the job, and all that good stuff.

My concern is that they're aware of this and have paid plenty of attention to encouraging a docile population.

Yes, I'm about to resume scrolling through my phone.

Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @04:20PM (#27596691)
For me, it's less about having things I need to say and more about endlessly analyzing what I'm about to say.

There is little, if any, forgiveness for the well-intentioned mistakes.

Re:'Remember the Internet': An Encyclopedia of Online Life on Thursday March 25, 2021 @02:48PM (#26583889)
That is a fascinating insight to me. (the temporary social media thing)

Does such a thing exist?

I'm sitting here fighting urges to build a prototype.

Re:Bitcoin not for me, says Bill Gates on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:14AM (#26275544)
I am in that minority.

It breaks my heart the way Blockstream was brought in to intentionally kneecap Bitcoin.

Re:Gleam 0.14 – Type-safe language for the Erlang VM on Friday February 19, 2021 @01:01AM (#26190234)
Terseness.
Re:Jeff Bezos Doesn’t Have Time to Be CEO of Amazon on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:06PM (#26038500)
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

I think it's *likely a motivated mega-billionaire would be far more effective with 100B than a self-interested bureaucracy.

From my perspective, it costs an awful lot of money to run for office. If the only way to reach office is to convince wealthy people to fund your campaign, it shouldn't be a surprise if their interests wind up getting preferred treatment.
I recall a comment suggesting financing terms can be impacted once a drop in rental rate is realized.

An apartment with an assumed rental value of $X can sit empty and still be assumed to pull $X.

As soon as they start renting it out for $Y, the financials might have to be re-evaluated, which might prompt extra collateral from the borrower.

I have no idea how reliable this comment may have been, but it's an idea...

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