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The book is from 1992.

> I can often smell the people around me. Generally, they don’t smell good. I can often hear conversations that are on the other side of the office. (Have you ever tried to add up …

I have always followed the same, but also found calendar events are a good carve out to this. The user doesn't care about the timezone change yesterday (and shouldn't..), they just…

Company: "Use the app" / cut back front line staff People: "ugh, I will use the app" Company: "Look, nobody uses the front line staff"

Answer: Let's do neither!

My last interaction with it they started showing dialogs telling me I was using the wrong chat tool now. So I clicked through, and the core functionality of "chat via IM and then s…

The people are removed from the ordering experience at all McDonalds in my local area (Sydney Australia-ish) The registers are hidden behind a counter and there's no obvious place …

We don't have this scam. We get the car parked in the shopping centre with big "WIN THIS CAR" signs. Entry is $5-10 per ticket though, so it seems feasible there's actually a winne…

Worth it.

You forgot "The Boats" from the super important stuff list.

> I don't think we're in for a "correction" > Housing will take a 30% haircut, and we'll probably see some of the over-extended corporate debt come to roost as well What, then, is …

Null could imply the field was present and a value not entered or not necessary. Missing could imply the field was never known about at all. The context is important. Null != missi…

I used to have to hit my starter motor with a long pry-bar to get it going. Now that I've finally got a reliable car and the money for the $20 solenoid we have a saying about cars …

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> Your arguments seem to be assuming a particularly bad implementation of a traditional backend. These weekly SPA complaint threads always assume a particularly bad implementation …

Why are you intentionally spelling his name wrong? It certainly doesn't add credibility to your argument.

- If it's complex and not automated, make a checklist, print it, check it off line by line.

> This is relatively new - a few years ago Authenticator did not support this. Thanks, this was around when my device went for a swim.

1. In a thread about being locked out of google services because of AI black box, it makes sense to reduce dependence anywhere possible 2. If you get a new device, you need to un-e…

"locked in" suggests "locked in at original price"

These dark plugins really do work, short term at least. When marketing enables them, the conversion rates increase by a significant fraction straight away. Looking at increase in r…

Photopea is an excellent, free web app photoshop clone that is worth a try. https://www.photopea.com/

I've got a pre-CarPlay OEM infotainment and can confirm, they are pretty shit. The screen is hard to get it to register a tap, the corners are dead, and the UI is very 2013 (It's a…

> capable of Apple CarPlay. E.g. you care plenty.

They starved out any other provider who could offer photo storage with their free storage. Now they discover they need to charge for it.