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In a different blog: https://workspace.google.com/blog/sheets/new-innovations-in-... "Building on improvements like smooth scrolling and expanded cell limits in Sheets, today we’re…

Were you using a Cloudflare tunnel for your origin?

The DMA did not mandate that they decouple their commission structure. That is Apple’s interpretation of the DMA which seems to change every few weeks so far. PWAs on home screens …

I don't think so, at least not as a consequence from this case if Apple loses. Antitrust cases are usually very limited in scope. Microsoft's loss required many actions (documentin…

> It is by no means unfair, immoral, or unethical for a company to prefer and promote their own products. Unfairness is at the heart of so many antitrust lawsuits (whether successf…

Cloud game streaming has been recently allowed worldwide under a few conditions ( https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=f1v8pyay ). Forcing Apple to allow third party payments witho…

As much as I like Swift, the tooling has been and still is subpar. Swift package management is barely viable. You have to use Xcode. You can try other IDEs but LSP equivalent featu…

I don't believe Apple has released empirical data, but Apple has optimized phone charging built into recent versions of iOS (Settings > Battery > Battery Health and Charging). It w…

Samsung, OnePlus, and other phone manufacturers have all been accused of throttling phones and have acknowledged the throttling and/or released patches to give more user control. Y…

Amongst others, probably referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nwLilQy64 and https://www.cultofmac.com/125180/steve-jobs-was-originally-d... Whether it's revisionist hist…

I don't know if most people consider skeuomorphic designs obsolete/outdated, but the costs would be far greater today compared to when iOS was only for a handful of different resol…

As far as the Coinbase marketplace, it may have “seasons” but the margins from fees will probably shrink over time regardless. A recent episode from Crypto Critics’ Corner ( https:…

For most people, I bet it's more of a marketing term. When people hear "contactless", they might think that someone can steal your credit card number or charge you just by being in…

Cloudflare renews ".com" for $8.57 USD/year (if anyone is looking for cheaper; not sure if they are the cheapest). Namecheap seemed to have the lowest price for ".io" for a while.

I've pair programmed using a shared server for a couple years. Both of us ssh'ed into a server and used a shared tmux session and primarily used vim to edit code. Having a chat pro…

FWIW, for the process_item function, I've found writing it like: struct Item { value: u32, } fn process_item(input: Option ) -> Option { input.map(|mut item| { item.value += 3; ite…

I agree that it was ridiculous and to be on guard for these shenanigans. 100%. Today though, BMW is not charging a “subscription” fee and much more importantly, all of their iDrive…

If you're going for the HomePod (vs. the HomePod mini), buy it only if you have Apple Music or iTunes Match. It's really not worth it otherwise. I have a Google Home, Google Home m…

https://www.cars.com/articles/wireless-apple-carplay-and-and... lists 2019 model cars with Wireless CarPlay. I've driven one and tried out the wireless CarPlay, and it works more o…

Having worked at a payment processor, if you are a medium to large business, you can cut deals with payment processors for a much lower fee. They are very competitive, and of cours…

Yes, https://support.1password.com/command-line-getting-started/ for various platforms/architectures.

One other minor correction is that Amazon walked back on banning TikTok explicitly on their company devices. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/10/21320196/amazon-employees...

I don't know if you tried reading The Swift Programming Language book ( https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.ht... ). It's a fairly quick read and has brief ex…

The one that involved the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. which led to riots in several of the nation's cities that eventually (but directly) led to the Civil Rights Act o…

The key quote in the Verge article is: "Carolyn Wang, communications lead for Verily, told The Verge that the “triage website” was initially only going to be made available to heal…