endemic

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by endemic 6d ago
It's because people who drop $2k on a new phone will also spend $$$ for cool programs to go with it.
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by endemic 6d ago
> The big reason why it became a behemoth is that it had great music support, and it was fashionable. No, it was the touchscreen and new UI paradigms.
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by endemic 13d ago
Seems like China is "skating to where the puck is going."
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by endemic 14d ago
The mantra I've heard is "resist and replace." It's not enough to fight a bad habit, you have to (learn to) replace it with something constructive (i.e. fill the void).
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by endemic 15d ago
Can you please summarize? I can't handle Burr's strident delivery for more than a few seconds.
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by endemic 24d ago
I think he's doing fine? Sure, he got out of the video game industry, but that's for young people to burn themselves out.
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by endemic 1mo ago
Sorry, whenever I see a reference to a Mars bar, I have to post https://totl.net/VisibleMars/
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by endemic 2mo ago
"Please allow 4-6 weeks for shipping"
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by endemic 2mo ago
I still have a Facebook account, and will occasionally log in (most recently attempting to sell something on their craigslist equivalent). The default content shown in your "feed" or dashboard is more than 50% engagement bait and&
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by endemic 2mo ago
The naming scheme is too "clever."
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by endemic 2mo ago
> they are about the most difficult to solve captchas I've ever done Sounds like something a robot would say. Joking aside, I'd rather do a captcha that involves slightly more cognitive effort, rather than get trapped in a reCa
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by endemic 2mo ago
> Non-replaceable batteries Most batteries are replaceable. The difference is the level of effort involved.
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by endemic 2mo ago
My take is they didn't optimize for something that a small percentage of users would have problems with.
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by endemic 3mo ago
Yeah, he's definitely the cause of all our past and current problems.
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by endemic 3mo ago
So he has money.
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by endemic 3mo ago
What are you going to do? Asking for a friend.
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by endemic 3mo ago
I mean, they're already subsidizing some of the phone services (e.g. maps) that users expect to have.
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by endemic 3mo ago
> Microsoft is completely and utterly defeated. All the way to the bank, apparently.
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by endemic 3mo ago
I had the exact same thought about the brand crashing due to association with Facebook. Gotta juice them numbers, I guess.
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by endemic 4mo ago
If it makes someone feel better about themselves, why not?
21.
by endemic 4mo ago
Welcome to Costco, I love you.
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by endemic 4mo ago
That $7 isn't going to the developers.
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by endemic 4mo ago
Jobs really did make a lot of boneheaded decisions when running NeXT; this book just calls him out on it.
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by endemic 5mo ago
Funny, I'm the exact opposite!
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by endemic 5mo ago
> demand for a touchscreen on a laptop My take is that consumers didn't want this; it was manufacturers trying to "add value" or sell something new. Same as the recent "AI PC" craze.
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by endemic 6mo ago
Even with the latency/frame stuttering inherent in this sort of thing, it's been pretty amazing to re-play games with childhood friends who are now dispersed across the planet.
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by endemic 6mo ago
I'm debating using LLMs for my side projects. Does using one remove the "soul" of my project? On the other hand, a friend is actually making progress with his side app _because_ he's able to lean on the LLM after a full
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by endemic 6mo ago
I liked it because it was very fast (I would always demo the startup time vs. Windows) and had a clean, macOS-inspired UI.
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by endemic 6mo ago
I built a few native iPhone apps 15 years ago, but these days do my tinkering in web tech and "Save to Homescreen." Probably couldn't do this if I wanted functionality like photo/video editing or heavy 3D, but for my rel
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by endemic 7mo ago
macOS crashes more than Firefox for me.

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