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Apple technically supports downloading legacy app versions, but the system is broken: it usually requires the app to be in your purchase history, and developers can opt to delete t…

Gotta hand it to the US-Americans - they managed to speedrun the 500-year Idiocracy timeline in just 20. Talk about efficiency.

"The Ram ProMaster City was a compact commercial van made by Stellantis, which discontinued the model in 2022." Also, people in the US started importing Kei-Trucks so there is a de…

The lack of vegan options — and Trump flexing his one-day McDonald’s internship — finally pushed me to boycott McDonald’s altogether. Also it became slow with all the delivery driv…

Just set-up a linux machine with Pidgin Messenger and XMPP last week like in the old days. It used to bundle MSN, ICQ, IRC and everything in one messenger - super resource efficien…

I noticed this when I studied abroad in the Netherlands — a highly educated, slightly more digitalized country than my own. Politics there splintered into micro-parties, each “hard…

One more year on my 13 Mini then... Liquid Glass design + This lineup is a middle-finger to ergonomics and accessibility. I just want a non distractive phone with good battery life…

We spend so much time in tech talking about UX, interfaces, and user adoption. But the most important interface we all use every day isn’t digital — it’s the street outside our doo…

Interestingly I have seen a high share of iPhone Minis in my tech-affine bubble around Berlin / Amsterdam etc. - also my grandma switched from SE to 13 Mini. Also bought used iPhon…

Born in 1995, I used to joke that kids from 1998 wouldn’t know what a VHS tape is. But turns out “digital native” doesn’t mean digitally literate. That hit me again recently, obser…

I use Figma daily. Now it wants me to buy stock. This got me thinking about how design has shifted from craft to capital—and whether we’re still building for people, or just feedin…

Just an article that reflects on my purchase of a social media promoted product. One of those "Monitor light bars" - and how it joined forces with an unused IKEA vase. Not a startu…

This needing a study is like the discovery in Idiocracy that soil needs to be watered with water, not Brawndo's soft drink. Plant trees, not ACs... North America's greed for energy…

Yes, there should be an option to block certain apps from being downloaded again for account x hidden somewhere in the settings. Same with dating apps - anything that falls in the …

Finally - this was long term observation I conducted in many cities so far (Check Utrecht, The Hague, Valencia, Frankfurt- often the case you have I also rated some of them with 1 …

Looks like a great addition to v0. Great to get a headstart and do quick iterations. My process at the moment is using v0 to get a functional prototype, then import the code to cur…

Thanks for your thoughts! Yes, it does to an extent rely on your direct / extended network having pets - and just as with the established platforms there is no guarantee :) - but a…

Ever since I started working from remote I took the chance to become more nomadic. I do enjoy the company of pets though - and saving on rent is a plus. So how to combine it? Pet s…

I was using an X230, later a T480s with macOS between 2017 and 2020 when Apple decided to only sell glued-together unfixable devices with butterfly keyboard. Loved the key-travel, …

Good - even as EU citizen from a "wealthier" country who also considered buying an apartment in Spain I felt put off by the sheer amount of non-EU citizens taking the easy and chea…

Love that "UPGRAYED-D" sound. Inspired by the movie "Idiocracy"?