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by philjw 6mo ago
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 their old binaries entirely. Maybe something the EU could enf
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by philjw 8mo ago
Gotta hand it to the US-Americans - they managed to speedrun the 500-year Idiocracy timeline in just 20. Talk about efficiency.
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by philjw 10mo ago
"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 demand and a certain level of resistance to the car
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by philjw 10mo ago
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 drivers queuing up as well. Burger King might be raising prices
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by philjw 10mo ago
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 efficient. Unfortulately I cannot reach many contacts that way these
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by philjw 11mo ago
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 “hardly exchanging between bubbles,” as the study puts it. First
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by philjw 1y ago
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. E-Paper screen, compact format, yet still great cameras -
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by philjw 1y ago
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 door. In most places, cycling is framed as sport or adventure:
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by philjw 1y ago
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 iPhone SE (2016) in 2019 and 2020 - both time from (UX) desi
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by philjw 1y ago
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, observing someone rewatch an Instagram reel several times in the
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From BIOS Jumpers to Figma Stocks(philwornath.substack.com)
2 points by philjw 1y ago|1 comments
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by philjw 1y ago
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 feeding the machine.
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My worst tech purchase became my best DIY desk lamp(medium.com)
6 points by philjw 1y ago|1 comments
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by philjw 1y ago
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 startup, just a quarantine hack that made me rethink co
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by philjw 1y ago
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 resources is just bonkers from an outside perspec
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by philjw 1y ago
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 "fast food apps"-craving / instant gratificat
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by philjw 2y ago
Finally - this was long term observation I conducted in many cities so far (Check Utrecht, The Hague, Valencia, Frankfurt- often the case you have <4 star kebab shops right next to train station) . If not true for kebab on broader scale
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by philjw 2y ago
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 cursor and build and iterate it with my custom styling / l
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by philjw 2y ago
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 also nothing much to lose^^ Worst case get is a solid fo
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Show HN: Petset.Life – Toolkit for becoming a nomad petsitter(petset.life)
4 points by philjw 2y ago|3 comments
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by philjw 2y ago
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, repairability, docking stations - but also the quick switch
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by philjw 2y ago
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 cheap route out, coming over to sunny, walkable and hi
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by philjw 2y ago
Love that "UPGRAYED-D" sound. Inspired by the movie "Idiocracy"?
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by philjw 2y ago
Comes down to the present infrastructure and "arrogance of space" that forces everyone who does not want to ride 25mph+ or get crushed by a tank to ride in the remaining 10% of space.
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DIY Reading and Writing-Hack: Build Your Ultimate 2in1 Note-Book(philwornath.substack.com)
4 points by philjw 2y ago|1 comments
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by philjw 2y ago
Cheers - I recently wrote a blog post about my journey to create a "2-in-1 reading and writing hack" that combines an e-reader, notebook, and pen into a single, portable unit. Why? As a UX designer, I've been exploring how to
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Show HN: AI Summary Helper – Summarize Web Articles – Ready for on the Go(philwornath.substack.com)
2 points by philjw 2y ago|0 comments
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by philjw 3y ago
I'm looking forward to that: Let's link our ChatGPT chat histories with Tinder, have the LLMs impersonate us, simulate all the pre-date conversations, talk about basics, discuss fundamental life ideas, let them ghost each other et
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by philjw 3y ago
I noticed this on my Sonicare Toothbrush already. I expected there would be Home Assistant integrations or Gadgetbridge-like alternatives but no: Creating an account is a must. Instantly returned it for a "non-smart" model
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by philjw 3y ago
It's slowly getting to Europe though. Every second car being sold in Germany nowadays is an SUV, there is barely anything affordable below the 15k EUR mark - most of them are probably on a lease. I'm just wondering, what's go

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