harkinian (u/harkinian)

harkinian commented on Designing a Pure Python Web Framework reflex.dev/blog/2024-03-2... · Posted by u/picklelo

kissgyorgy · 2 years ago

Wow, you literally got everything wrong in this comment.

- There are a thousand ways to render HTML, you don't need React at all. Even for interactive pages (see recent alternatives like HTMX, or decade old solutions...)

- If it is converted to JS/React it's obviously not "pure" Python. Sorry, but that's just silly to say that.

- You will definitely see JavaScript errors during runtime, it's inevitable. Maybe not with simple toy projects, but with serious projects, it will happen and will make life miserable.

harkinian · 2 years ago

I think they meant that rendering can only be done with JS/HTML, and if you want to use React stuff, React also has to be involved. No need to be rude and assume the worst.

Third point seems true though, I would definitely expect to see JS errors should any React libs have issues on their own.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

spywaregorilla · 2 years ago

> What's to stop Microsoft, Meta, or Amazon from forcing you to download their own app store to use their apps?

Like Apple does now, except for every app.

> We kind of see this on PC already with every company having their own game or app store.

No we don't. Those are fringe and mostly unsuccessful. And even then, those companies should not have to pay 30% of their revenue to steam, so fuck that.

> When Chrome is on iOS and is pushed on every Google search, what happens to health of the web? Does that create a new web monopoly?

Forcing everyone to use Safari is a web monopoly.

harkinian · 2 years ago

MobileSafari is currently the only thing preventing a Chromium web monopoly.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

hu3 · 2 years ago

A single game. And Epic did that because they are suing Google (and Apple).

On the other hand, I can download Amazon, Meta and Microsoft apps from Google playstore. Even Apple uses it.

harkinian · 2 years ago

Because users get a scary warning if they don't do that. Unlike Mac or Windows, where users can download stuff outside the Mac or MS store without warning, so big companies don't use the stores.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

dogleash · 2 years ago

Apple is such boring stagnant soulless void, I don't know why people wouldn't want it chopped up just to see the component parts trying to innovate again.

What have they done in the last few years? Minor incremental updates to existing products, release another screen-strapped-to-face product years late to the party while also failing to figure out what to do in the software space to justify the device, and started issuing credit cards because they needed to branch out from just getting a cut of all sales that happen on-platform.

harkinian · 2 years ago

Apple Silicon Macs. Aside from that, yes very boring, especially the silly stuff like watches, pencils, and credit cards. That said, I'd rather our country respect private property, also it's not like there's a ton more innovation left in these spaces anyway.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

hu3 · 2 years ago

> 1. Allowing other app stores would immediately mean each app wanting you to go to a separate store. I barely use apps in the first place but would imagine this being bothersome for those who use them a lot.

Except Android allows other stores since forever and that didn't happen so this is proven to be an incorrect assumption.

I see this and other blatantly wrong, easily verifiable, takes so often that I wonder if those who write even know how things work in Android or they just live in an iOS bubble and assume things about Android.

harkinian · 2 years ago

Android heavily warns users against installing those, which might not fly if the ruling is to treat them equally. Despite that, a major app Fortnite is only available via the Epic Games store on Android.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

pests · 2 years ago

I actually love Bluetooth mice and keyboards, especially when they support multi device so I can switch between my phone/laptop/watch with the press of a button. Currently using [0] for a few years, love the build quality and form factor. Then a random Microsoft BT mouse. No problems with reliability.

[0] https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/mx-keys-mi...

harkinian · 2 years ago

My Apple BT keyboards+mice run out of battery very quickly and sometimes randomly disconnect/reconnect. A newer non-Apple BT keyboard seems ok on its own, but then there are issues on the other end. My fairly new Windows PC can't wake up from Bluetooth keyboards/mice, so I have to keep a USB one attached. And the BIOS menu requires a USB keyboard too. Dongle eliminates all that complexity.

There are also some BT limitations at play. Key rollover is capped, and mouse polling rate is lower. But that'd only matter to me if I were playing PC games. Ability to switch devices is a plus for BT.

harkinian commented on Why you hear voices in your white noise machine wired.com/story/why-you-h... · Posted by u/jon_adler

nomel · 2 years ago

When I was taking my electronics courses, it was fairly difficult to not build an AM receiver. Any time we were working with PLL or high gain amplifiers attached to a speaker, you'd eventually hear AM talk radio come out of someone's project.

harkinian · 2 years ago

Yeah, it's just a bandpass filter (very easy to make by accident) and an amp.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

rezonant · 2 years ago

I have multiple pairs of high end Sony headphones, Pixel buds, numerous Bluetooth speakers, and Bluetooth works reliably when I pair those phones to my AV receiver, my PS5, my Pixel phone, my tablet, or my TV. I rarely have any problems: the audio is clear, the latency is not noticeable, and devices connect quickly and without fuss.

There are corner cases that cause annoyance, and those corner cases are indeed around where Apple is adding on top of Bluetooth: The ability to instantly switch the connected device without needing to disconnect from a previous device, and the ability to pair just by having the devices close. Those features are replicated in the Android ecosystem but are not standard.

If those two features are what you mean by "sucks" then fine. But that doesn't imply that Bluetooth doesnt work reliably, just that it doesn't have these two features broadly supported.

A difference here is that fast pairing and device switching on Android, while not a standard part of the protocol, is open for device manufacturers to support, unlike Apple's versions of these features.

harkinian · 2 years ago

I tried my Bose NC700 with my Pixel 6. It gave me the quick-pairing notification, asking me also to install an app, which ofc I said no to. Then when it was already paired, I got the pairing notification 6 more times during my call.

Probably doesn't happen for everyone, otherwise it'd be fixed. But that's how it always is with overly complicated stuff, edge cases everywhere.

harkinian commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

harkinian · 2 years ago

Doesn't the iPhone present itself just like a camera to any PC? So you can use whatever you'd normally use on Mac or Windows to download the pics.

harkinian · 2 years ago

Guess it's less obvious than some Android phones, which mount as a filesystem. But most of them don't.