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I think they remain enjoyable even as fictional; I just would’ve preferred having them described that way to me at the start rather than the pretense of them being autobiographical…

I had a similar author shock when I learned James Herriot’s books were not the autobiographies I thought they were but instead were the fictionalized compilations of stories from m…

Holding down the camera button does open the AI search for me instead of the Camera app. This can be disabled, if I remember correctly.

Fortunately for Microsoft, Sony leadership is busy sabotaging themselves by switching to digital-download-only games.

Spreading out requires more non-foot travel to get places. Density means things can be closer.

Why continue the cycle of finding a job and quitting it for solvable problems instead of staying and solving the problem?

Get off the slop or become the slop.

Address entries are the weirdest places of frustration. Business clients want Google Places to make address input easier. This user wants a single ZIP code entry to begin the proce…

I only learn when I do things, not when I hear how they work. I think the teacher has the right idea.

That’s what I’m noticing about apples more and more these days: all of them are incredibly sweet like candy. The only variety I’ve found that seems suitable for regular eating ate …

Parachute Backup is a tool I use: https://parachuteapps.com/parachute

https://ghost.org — Open-source run by a non-profit headquartered in Singapore.

Do you also have the slow-motion bug where every second or so a frame or two gets dropped, resulting in stutters in the video?

What’s funny to me is how many hidden ramps are featured in that Mad Max 1 trailer :)

The fog you reference might just be a Hollywood Black Magic blooming filter placed in front of the lens.

Bending Spoons has taken at least one of the apps I’ve used and stuffed them full of subscription models in a pretty blatant attempt to wring as much money out of the existing user…

Browsers often present warning screens when visiting sites that aren’t HTTPS, which effectively blocks the site for any users unwilling to or unaware of being able to "proceed with…

Before I used GitHub and got used to its interface I felt that the majority of repositories used as public-facing websites were the most confusing way to get releases. Why is the s…

It still has plenty of consistency errors and issues for the devs. But even if they fix all the bugs, I still think the UI changes are regressive: now things are buried in even mor…

I cancelled my subscription about the same time. The lack of an endorsement is best seen in the context of their choice of headlines and otherwise soft coverage of Trump’s increasi…

LLMs use em dashes because they were trained on content made by actual writers. Actual writers still exist and they still use em dashes.

Isn’t the point of labeling something as a “trauma” to be a signifier for the moment or behavior that affected you greatly and not something that meets an arbitrary level of awfuln…

What an odd way to form a question. You seem to already be doubting the answer before it’s been sent to you.

Maybe. For some reason it seemed like a more poignant reply at the time, but now I see it doesn’t add much to the conversation. :)