It seems like a conceptionally simple problem to grade a repo given the vast number of metrics available. Especially considering the advanced code analysis tools available today. I want a top-level analysis of some sort, based on: usage by other software (if applicable,) activity, issue frequency and resolution, derivatives (forks, etc.,) number of participants, code maturity, code testing, release frequency, license structure and many other parameters.
There is an opportunity here for a third party to do this well.
Because anti-Semitism is used to derail any conversation about Israel. If you criticize Israel, you're accused of being an anti-Semite, and actual anti-Semites flood the conversation with actual anti-Semitism that immediately shuts everything down.
> In other words, it’s opinion and not fact, which is something I do not want conflated in a technical post.
As you’ve already stated, it’s an opinion and not a fact. I wouldn’t take posts like this so personally. Instead, use content like this to help you explore new tools. If you like it, great! If not, move on. Simple as that.
If you’re new here, people can be very passionate about their tools.
> people can be very passionate about their tools.
I’m aware. It’s not a coincidence that I started my examples with Vim and Emacs, the classic flamewar. There’s nothing wrong with being passionate for something, that’s not the argument. My point is that just because you like something you don’t have to be against an alternative. Nix and Homebrew, Vim and Emacs, these are parallel tools which can coexist, not rivals in a reality show.
> I wouldn’t take posts like this so personally. Instead, use content like this to help you explore new tools. If you like it, great! If not, move on. Simple as that.
There’s nothing to take personally, and I do explore tools which interest me.
I feel like you haven’t read or understood my point at all. You’re ostensibly disagreeing while making the same point. I’m advocating precisely for the unwarranted negativity to stop. If you want to talk about why you love something, do, there’s no need to send subtle jabs at something else other people are working on and sharing for free. That’s incredibly demotivating for developers and leads to burnout, for nothing.
It has. I was just having this conversation with a friend the other day. Despite Netflix having all their analytics/viewership data, they consistently crank out garbage. You might get one or two releases a year that are good, but that's it. I know its subjective, but the few shows that I enjoyed were cancelled or just shelved.
They weren’t perfect, but I want normal Hollywood studios to come back. There was a lot more on the line when it came to creating movies/series and a lot more effort went into creating them. It took actual talent to make something great, not data.
The same is happening in the music industry. I know pop music has more or less sounded the same throughout time...but these days its almost indistinguishable. Studios just pick a public figure to sing a generated song, it goes viral for a few months, rinse repeat. I have a hard time telling the difference between artists these days. Their vocal range/tone is almost identical in some cases.
We have an over abundance of choice when it comes to media and I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Its now a chore to sort through the garbage and find actual talent.
I've come to despise all streaming services and hope they all burn down. We've gone full circle in terms of price and convenience. Hell, even Prime now wants to you pay extra to not see ads! Wasn't that one of the benefits over cable in the beginning?
I've gone back to buying physical media and just put everything on my Plex server. The perpetual 'rental' model is a failing one and is not consumer friendly.
I think I'll be taking a step back from React/Next.js for the foreseeable future. I feel fortunate in that, for most of my projects, I can make architectural decisions such as this. Things took a turn with hooks (I have a feeling that's the general consensus, too). The nail in the coffin (at least for me) was React Server Components.
I gotta admit that its been liberating working outside the javascript/react realm. Using Go + HTMX + [insert tool here] has been a fairly easy transition. Is it a 1:1 replacement? No. Does it solve most of my use cases whilst providing a better developer experience? Absolutely.
I'm not trying to hate on React here. I just think its time to stop and ask ourselves "is this REALLY the best idea/tool for xyz?".
I'm happy with this pre-recorded style by Apple. It's really high quality so it's fun to watch even I've never considered to buy anything. Though this session is a bit boring script for me.
That doesn't mean that covid is an acute pandemic. You have to weigh risks and potential consequences for society. Hospitals aren't filling up with new cases, aren't they?
RE long covid: This is just the fallout that's being worked on. I also don't care about unverified estimations tbh. The numbers game in the pandemic was off and politicised in almost all countries all over the world.
I think the need for a special presentation for yearly iterative updates to a phone and watch is pretty minimal these days. Just put out a press release
funny how first ever 3nm cpu, ray tracing and console grade games on smartphone, titanium case and state of the art new camera crammed in thinnest case found no excitement on tech forum, but physically inferior usb-c that causing all kinds of hardware problems considered worthy.
Well, now you can swap iphones as often as android due to broken connector. Or buy apple care and off warranty repairs from Apple. Another hundred millions for Apple, thanks EU!
Shouldn't be so surprising, just as many people (hopefully much less) are arbitrarily consooming product as are pragmatic—especially in a severely lame economic environment—when it comes to the value something brings into their life, and usb-c to any pragmatic person was probably the most relevant inconvenience to getting the most value they can out of their device.
I've never owned an iPhone, and mainly think of the phone I do have as at best a minor addition to my life, but put a battery-efficient modem in my mac and I'll be all over that, because it lets me keep my phone off almost all the time.
Aside from that though, it's always neat to see incremental innovation anyway, but it would all be superfluous to me even if I was in the iPhone game.
i had a perfectly good Air 3 essentially die on me because the lightning port wore down and the hassle of getting it fixed was outweighed by getting a 5 with USB-C. same thing with my Mini 2 before that. touchwood, all of my USB-C devices have lasted perfectly well (including a Switch that is older than the Air 3). USB-C also puts a lot more of the stress on the cable, which is much easier and cheaper to replace, and (as pointed out in the event) the switch means you can use one connector for a wide variety of devices. i've long owned Apple devices (certainly iPads) and i'm only annoyed they took this long.
Felt like I was watching a presentation made with AI actors. The long pauses, PR-driven language, it was all so sterile and politically correct. Very cringe.
Apple over the last years has made a very conscious effort to have a set of speakers with diverse backgrounds.
It’s good in many ways, but also hard to ignore just how obvious that effort is once you realise it’s there. That’s true for all presentations, including the dev talks at WWDC.
It is hard for me to push aside the impression that nowadays the speakers - regardless their background - are entirely chosen for optical reasons. My only favourite moment in a recent big presentation was the M1 chip part with Srouji. That guy is not made for the camera but man he lives hardware with every fibre of his soul.
Good summary. I can’t take huge corporations seriously when they virtue signal to this extent. Apple cares so much about diversity, while kids mine their cobalt in the Congo.
I think that's fine honestly, if you want to maximize your talent pool you have to motivate the entirety of society to become interested and not just the groups already overrepresented. For example it's not like women are genetically predetermined to lack interest in hardware, that's a social construct.
There is a whole segment of society that cannot watch a 12 minute video unless there is at least one offensive joke. They are the audience of every right-wing grift YouTuber and dirtbag leftist podcaster.
Everything else is "politically correct" according to this segment.
Yeah, the psychotic robo zombies controlling the corp takes its toll. Jobs also had this cult like woooism aura, but these "people"... are straight from They Live :DD.
It's not just the announcement videos, it's also all of the WWDC recordings. Technically they're pretty good, much better than the api documentation, but just deeply unsettling.
I'm starting to buy into these rumors that Apple might buy Disney, because they're doing the same wooden performances as the kids on Disney Channel. Lots of weird hand motions.
Yeah, the presentation style often screams "I've taken exactly 3 acting classes to learn how to present". The style is remarkably uniform too, like they're constantly remembering how to move their hands.
The linked website looks like something from a company that knows they don't even have to try at all and they're guaranteed to sell more phones than any other company in the world, and it shows.
And, yet, ~20% of the population will see this news release, and talk about how clean the lines are, and how perfectly worded every sentence is, as if it was handed to us from God himself on stone tablets.
This has been my sentiment lately. I purchased a Tesla last year (primarily to save on gas) and its been an amazing car. You raise a couple points that have been on my mind. The rare metal argument is a good one. I believe that battery disposal is sort of an issue at this time too?
What about at peak times? Any noticeable dips? I tried Visible in the past and wasn’t too thrilled with Verizon’s coverage in my city. Might need to revisit since I’m really tired of paying $85+ for a plan. My biggest priority is data coverage.
Yea, of course any plan is coverage dependent. My area is pretty well covered and I haven't noticed any issues in that regard. I was already on Verizon and Visible is the same network, so nothing should change there.
But, I'm sure that I'll somewhere at some point and not have great coverage. Par for the course. The only thing I can suggest is multiple providers if that is your case.
As for peak times, I haven't noticed anything bad there either. My guess is that while Visible is a MVNO, it is the main MVNO for Verizon. As I mentioned, I get the strong feeling they are Verizon v2, it wouldn't be in their best interest to provide too bad of service.
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