#macOS 27 Golden Gate: The traffic lights to control a window actually look pretty in their inactive state!
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mastodon 4.7.3Between B.Sc. and M.A. studies. Design Engineer for UI and UX. Loves to build for humans, likes to code.
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After reading the essay about boring tech (https://terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet) by @tg@indieweb.social, I’ve been wondering about the DMA and other regulatory things. The chat control, the platform regulation, the age verification, all of it, requires that a central authority checks an ID, reads your content, etc. And you know what has no central authorities? The boring tech that is simply specs, protocols, etc.
Most of the loud arguments about tech and privacy vanish when you move to boring tech.
Watched #DevilWearsPrada 2, loved it.
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@tuomas_h@mastodon.social @markgurman@mastodon.social honestly, the corners get in the way of using the OS and are so distracting and impractical, I notice them daily in a very negative way.
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@hart@norden.social man könnte ja auch sagen: 75%, also drei Viertel, der Deutschen wollen keinen AfD Kanzler. Aber das passt nicht ins WELTBild der BILD für Spießer.
You know, the official Mastodon app might be nicer than Ivory?!
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@CCC@social.bau-ha.us wir haben auch Jahrzehnte die Medikamente für die Todesstrafe global exportiert. Ich glaube kaum, dass Deutschland auf den Export von dieser Software verzichten wird.
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@kalleboo@bitbang.social that’s cool! But I’d never build a backup solution based on hacking an Apple device, no matter how well it’s done.
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@Gargron I have a wonderful rose perfume. It was a gift, I could never afford it, because its actually made from roses. Apparently it takes about 4.000 rose pedals per 100ml, and its not being made anymore. For special occasions, I will put it on.
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@annaecook how dare you! Every good post must start with the big bang, no, actually with the collapse of the previous universe, leading up to the big bang… no, wait, with the…
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@brad_frost backup power? I’d use Stromversorgungsunterbrechungspause though: The break you’re on because the power was interrupted.
If #Apple makes a foldable iPhone that can replace my iPad Mini plus iPhone combo, I want it!
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@mattmay@mstdn.social is there any other way to read this? The WJS website is a horror show of shoddy and shady code.
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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social You should make a Gemini app icon and post it on X to make the AI bros lose it… 😂
Chunk one of three is just 720GB. Good old HDDs, now available with 20 TB capacity per drive… just try wrapping your head around that!
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@bastianallgeier @getkirby I personally don’t need or use any, but have you checked out https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/stripe ?
I’ve been using the Magic Mouse from Apple since 2009. I tried other mice. I’m still using a Magic Mouse.
Am I getting this right: Red states in the US are delaying elections, including one already in progress, after a ruling by the Supreme Court legalising racial discrimination?
Better start actually protesting or you’ll experience what its like to live in Russia without the hassle of moving there.
It may have been the driest April in my life that I can remember, but today, May 3, it finally rained after over a month. 🕺🌧️
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@diabhoil sorry for my overreaction then.
I believe the best alternative will come in a few years, at least on macOS, when most users have upgraded to an M-Chip strong enough to support larger models. It’ll probably run offline.
Not sure how or if that might also happen for Windows or Linux, because you really need the power of an M3 or above for this to work well.
Is Germany over? A video on Germany’s imminent social collapse.
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@nuk3 @signalapp I wonder what issue they have with Matrix?! They could just spin up their own sever.
I’m listening to the #OpenAI trial live, better than any TV show.
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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange @mayintoronto@beige.party @tg@indieweb.social could I just create a .finger file on my webserver instead…?
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@Techaltar@mas.to didn’t know you were from Hungary! Fingers crossed to Orban loosing with an embarrassingly horrible result
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@bastianallgeier @getkirby the enshittification of everything continues. Are there no viable alternatives to Paddle?
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@diabhoil Ok, I get it, and I dislike it too, but what you’re saying is similar to saying: “the truck that brings my food to the store uses diesel, I’m going to grow my own food now and hope I don’t starve.”
Here are some things we could do:
- Educate our politicians on technology.
- Voice our disagreement with companies using US-owned infrastructure.
- Find and promote viable alternatives and be willing to pay extra.
For a start: What do you suggest I use instead of DeepL?
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@Sketch@mastodon.design is it really shipping when last I tried (beginning of this year) to use Sketch it took less than five minutes to run into my first bug and less than 48 hours until I gave up, because there were so many bugs I couldn’t use Sketch at all? After the first few hours I got tired of filing every single bug, because there were too many, and filing them takes time, and after two days, I cancelled my free trial early.
Its actually easier to open old Sketch files in Figma than it is to convert them into modern Sketch files so i can open them in Sketch. Its as if the people at Sketch wants me to use Figma…
The macOS 27 download is almost 30GB.
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Features are more important than functionality in marketing. Functionality is more important than features in user-retention.
Do you want to grow your user base and risk user churn, or keep it and risk being outgrown by the competition? Or do you have the resources to do both?
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@yamuis@mastodon.nl I read that one before, it’s over a year ago, but I’m sure it’s not their original.