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dan1234 commented on Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours   threads.net/t/CuWGPjwrfq9... · Posted by u/TiredOfLife
JSavageOne · 2 years ago
I'm not going to download this because there's no web application.

It's clear that they intentionally did not release a web application in order to maximize app installs and thus maximum control over their users (eg. scrape your contacts, push notifications, and most importantly to show you ads).

In 2023 nobody wants to install yet another app, so this is a clever strategy to optimize for app installs. Not going to work on me though. If it's just a Twitter clone only accessible to mobile users, then content quality is going to be low because nobody is typing thought provoking, in-depth analysis from their mobile phones.

dan1234 · 2 years ago
Deny access to contacts and push notifications, use DNS based ad blocker should take care of those problems.

Are people actually typing thought provoking, in-depth analysis into Twitter?

dan1234 commented on Why yewtu.be was down: Data loss after being shut down by Oracle Cloud   gist.github.com/yewtudotb... · Posted by u/nouryqt
midasuni · 2 years ago
In the U.K. YouTube is £16 a month — that’s $20 a month.

I use YouTube far less than Netflix, Disney, Amazon, bbc, all of which are cheaper. Many YouTube videos come with burnt in adverts too.

dan1234 · 2 years ago
It’s £11.99/month if you subscribe via the website, instead of an iOS subscription.
dan1234 commented on YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers   androidpolice.com/youtube... · Posted by u/prhrb
acomjean · 2 years ago
I mean they want you to subscribe to YouTube premium. At least they’re being honest about this and give you the option. I have a few issues with google but this isn’t one (After being forced to spend many hours upgrading to google analytics rev 4….)

It’s expensive, but I’ve done it, but it also includes YouTube music which I like.

dan1234 · 2 years ago
I actually switched away from Apple Music when I subscribed to YouTube premium, so it’s only really cost me £2 extra per month.

YouTube music is definitely not as good as Apple Music (or Spotify) but it’s acceptable for the combined cost.

dan1234 commented on Anime.js – A lightweight JavaScript animation library   animejs.com/... · Posted by u/doodlesdev
brigadier132 · 2 years ago
Im not really interested in react only solutions
dan1234 · 2 years ago
Motion One is the non-react version of Framer Motion.

https://motion.dev/

dan1234 commented on London Underground Dot Matrix Typeface   github.com/petykowski/Lon... · Posted by u/nickswalker
Symbiote · 3 years ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the font is unique to the London Underground.

At least the first display's font is fairly distinct, I haven't noticed it elsewhere. The bottom of the capital letters is a pixel lower than the lowercase letters.

Printed signs from Transport for London use Johnston Sans, noticeable with the diamond-shape dots on "i" and "j": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_(typeface)

dan1234 · 3 years ago
Looks pretty similar to the font used on the Tyne and Wear Metro[0], though I have heard the metro's signage is made up of hand-me-downs from the tube anyway.

[0]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...

dan1234 commented on 100 Days of SwiftUI   hackingwithswift.com/100/... · Posted by u/sanketpatrikar
rapsey · 3 years ago
From our experience Flutter apps are easy to start with but quite hard to maintain. The core system keeps changing so much you are constantly having to fix things and dealing with broken dependencies. Would never use it for anything important.
dan1234 · 3 years ago
I have the same problem with react native.
dan1234 commented on The workers already replaced by artificial intelligence   bbc.com/news/business-659... · Posted by u/pg_1234
alfiopuglisi · 3 years ago
What about translation?
dan1234 · 3 years ago
I think it depends how good you need the translation to be.

I’d say current automation is ‘good enough’ for most cases, but you wouldn’t rely on it for translating a contract and it would probably still miss a lot of slang and local dialects.

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dan1234 commented on Apple Vision Pro Is Apple's New VR Headset   theverge.com/2023/6/5/237... · Posted by u/xNeil
roesel · 3 years ago
3500 is way too much when trying to introduce a new platform. I guess that's the cost of the display (two apple watches) and the chips (a Macbook and a half). But still.
dan1234 · 3 years ago
Agreed. I’d like to have seen Apple use some of their massive cash warchest to subsidise the platform until it’s on its feet.

u/dan1234

KarmaCake day4634September 10, 2011View Original