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I hate the new system preferences. I miss how the old one had handcrafted icons and just felt more compact. I understand the new design scales better but I agree that the search is…

My iPhone 13 mini (5.4" display) is 141g and it's immediately noticeable how much lighter it feels than a pro phone. I can imagine the effect being more exaggerated given the large…

I don't know if my iOS app is using GPT-4o, but asking it to translate to Cantonese gives you gibberish. It gave me the correct characters, but the Jyutping was completely unrelate…

I think cars only look good relative to other cars. But as an object themselves, they don’t add to the landscape. Look at all the concept renderings of future apartments or idyllic…

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed the read and the concise decision-making and legal terms used.

That metric is like the megapixel wars of cameras. Just something to chase so the newer model can be “better”. It does nothing except validate your purchase when you rev it obnoxio…

Isn’t it really expensive to live there? Also, while Dubai is flashy, I wouldn’t really consider it a first tier city in terms of actual living. The urban planning is not human sca…

Genuine question, as someone who got exhausted and is out of the industry for the foreseeable future. How do you stay competitive or job hop when every post is looking for the late…

Here’s a podcast that talks about how Dollorama (and Walmart) is changing city design. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-strong-towns-podca...

What were the prevailing theories at the time?

I hope it humbles whoever builds the next platform. Nothing lasts forever no matter how entrenched it is in the zeitgeist. Once something gets big enough, it becomes impossible to …

It will be very sad. It's been a pleasant era for Reddit-fu.

I visited Boise and i realized that about myself too. I prefer all the amenities and infrastructure of a walkable city that is not too crowded.

I’ve seen a few websites recently with a pleasant newsletter experience. The signup field is a few paragraphs down the article and as you scroll to it, the article dims (but is sti…

And even if someone replies to you specifically, the only way you would know is noticing your karma increased on the top right of the page.

It almost feels like a pretty PHP in the way you can mix HTML and template code inline.

For prosperity: https://github.com/lawkwok101/weigh-my-luggage-js

Thank you! I haven’t seen anyone make something like this before (I’m guessing it’s because the calculating formula is simple), but I think the extra features and simply having a G…

It’s funny to think there was a time when using JS vs JQuery was the biggest division among devs. Now just using JS is considered the baseline and React is the new framework that p…

App: This tool clearly shows you which bags are overweight and which bags have room. It also shows messages telling you how to rearrange your bags. Backstory: I recently needed to …

Curiosity is probably a better word. There’s no way to get around without a car here so it’s just not the norm. So when someone is walking in the middle of the highway or down a da…

Unfortunately, city design alters people's perceptions of where it is acceptable to walk. I moved from walkable Vancouver to car-centric Mississippi, and I already look at people w…

I hate that this is a self-perpetuating fear. The more people fear, the less people walk on the streets, which makes the neighbourhood appear less safe and vibrant.