I use pnpm, but even so: thankfully naming things is hard, and all my env variable names are very_convuluted_non_standard_names for things lol.
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mkhalil commented on The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia cnn.com/2025/11/12/busine... · Posted by u/andrewl
> Presumably just rounding to the nearest 5 cents isn't that different
The above context was that rounding to 5 cents might be illegal due to laws regarding SNAP debit prices being different than cash prices.
That's why it should be rounded for everything. No pennies should probably mean that any final transaction totals are rounded to the nearest nickel. Whether they pay with cash, credit, debit, snap, gift card, etc...
IMO, rounding for cash purchases only sounds worse than keeping the pennies.
mkhalil commented on AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B axios.com/2025/10/29/aol-... · Posted by u/jmsflknr
1.5 billion used to be an absolute ridiculous number to pay for a company not long ago. AOL? 1990s AOL?
But with 5 trillion dollar companies these days that are "worth" more than the entire GDP of Germany, why not. It's not real. It's just a number on a computer at this point.
The most important question for every cross platform framework is what happens to the UI?
Adobe products (both the Creative Suite, and their Flex Builder environment for Flash app) had their own design system that felt foreign on every platform it shipped on. If you wanted something that felt native, you had to reimplement e.g. Apple Aqua in Flash yourself.
Flutter goes out of its way to do that work for you, aiming for a "Cupertino" theme that looks-and-feels pixel-perfect on iOS.
React Native tries to delegate to platform primitives for complex widgets, so scroll views still feel like Apple's when on Apple's platform.
Just about every top-level comment here is talking about that in one way or another; yet the blog post doesn't mention it at all.
It's possible that Apple/Swift's mindshare among developers will lead to a significant number of apps shipping the Swift version for Android even if it means using Apple's UI, simply because they can't be bothered to make something bespoke for Android. Then again, Apple takes so much pride in its design language that it might not be willing to implement anything that feels good on a platform they don't own. If they were to ship an API-compatible widget toolkit, it might e.g. use intentionally bad spring physics to remind you you aren't on an iPhone.
I wonder how big the community part of this is. Is this an open source project of non-Apple people who are trying to break Apple's platform out of its walled garden? Is a lot of it funded by Apple? Ultimately, that's going to shape a lot of how this plays out.
Huh? Did you read the link? Did you notice the ONE screenshot clearly shows the app has a material-ui look.
I'm going to say this because I think you might not know this, but also because I think many others might not have thought about this:
Almost always, a programming language is UI agnostic. Swift SDK for Android means: You can now write Android Apps in Swift. This doesn't magically include Apple's components / SwiftUI. When you write code for a platform, specifically an SDK for an OS, all you do is expose that platform to that language.
So, as long the SDK/bindings are there, a new "Window" means whatever a the OS thinks is a Window. A Button is what is defined (or exposed/binded to) as a Button in Android.
Swift was sorta released for Windows: a new Window looks like a generic Win32 Window. The same one you would get if you used C, C++, Rust, etc..
All your examples are GREAT examples to explain how this works: - Flutter has "Cupertino" to allow people to use Flutter to make Apple apps, and not have to learn names/methods/interface of the native Apple UI. - React Native: A LOT of work was put in to make/bind Apple native objects to a React component. And the same for Android.
So again:
The Swift SDK for Android means you can write your Android apps in Swift. The same apps you might of wrote in Java or Kotlin, you can now use Swift. Meaning whatever it looked like in Java/Kotlin (using native api's), it would look like in Swift.
The SwiftUI, Apple's component library written/exposed to Swift, is something completely different.
mkhalil commented on Windows Subsystem for FreeBSD github.com/BalajeS/WSL-Fo... · Posted by u/rguiscard
I realize not everyone will care about this, but I find the naming for these WSL-like subsystems is confusingly backwards. i.e. It should have been Linux Subsystem for Windows, or Window's Subsystem for [Linux | FreeBSD | etc].
It *is* confusing but in actuality, it kind of works: It's a Windows Subsystem - as in the Hypervisor/VM platform - to boot a Linux VM. And, more importantly IMO, Linux distro is using this Windows Subsystem for: booting, drivers, and networking (.e.g. the "/sys/wsl" folder, and whether the Window Subsystem will generate fstab, etc..)
The "demo" is kind of bologna.
1) The code that is running is not what's presented; it executes (non-transpiled) vanilla JS.* Why not just show that?
2) Removing the box shadow massively makes the two closer in performance.
3) The page could just be one sentence: "Reflowing the layout of a page is slower than moving a single item." GPU un-related.
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*Code that actually is running:
```js
, u = t => {
h && clearTimeout(h),
l.forEach( (e, s) => {
const {top: o, left: n} = m[r[s]];
t ? (e.style.transform = "translate(0px, 0px)",
e.style.opacity = "0.7",
e.offsetHeight,
e.style.transform = `translate(${n}px, ${o}px)`) : e.style.transform = `translate(${n}px, ${o}px)`,
e.style.top = "",
e.style.left = ""
}
),
t && (h = window.setTimeout( () => {
l.forEach(e => e.style.opacity = "1")
}
, 500))
}
, d = t => {
y && clearTimeout(y),
l.forEach( (e, s) => {
const {top: o, left: n} = m[r[s]];
e.style.top = `${o}px`,
e.style.left = `${n}px`,
e.style.transform = "",
t && (e.style.boxShadow = "0 14px 28px rgba(239,68,68,0.45)") // REMOVING THIS LINE = BIG DIFFERENCE
}
),
t && (y = window.setTimeout( () => {
l.forEach(e => {
e.style.boxShadow = "none"
}
)
}
, 500))
}
mkhalil commented on TiVo exiting legacy DVR business mediaplaynews.com/tivo-ex... · Posted by u/TMWNN
Normally, I would just ignore small typos, but since you made the exact same mistakes consistently, there is a chance you are actually unaware, and will benefit from pointing this out:
> if they went with there [should be “their”] own premium streaming service
> Plex's Pass + Live TV service could of [should be “could have”] been there [should be “their”] subscription revenue
> a TiVo competitor to HDHomeRun's devices could of [should be “could have”] replaced their DVR revenue
Thank you.
Honestly, the "could of" is more of a "sometimes I write how I sound" thing, but anything else, is more of a middle of the night brain mush.
I actually re-wrote that bottom part at least twice because I had a lot to say, but didn't know how to say it concisely. As I was writing it, I kept having less and less confidence that any readers would have prior knowledge about I was writing about (ex: Plex, HDHomeRun, TiVo Edge), so I kept defining or explaining things in parenthesis and re-ordering the sentences; so at one point I just had to say, good enough, click reply
I hate lengthy/wordy comments that coulda' () been just a couple of sentences, but I also love to explain things in a way that a wide range of people can comprehend, so it's a battle at times. (this reply is a good example...reply)
mkhalil commented on TiVo exiting legacy DVR business mediaplaynews.com/tivo-ex... · Posted by u/TMWNN
You may like this app, it can combine live tv with local files and DVR functionality with HDHR
Holy moly this thing has grown. I seen the Apple TV/Android app many many years ago and figured it was just another basic/forked IPTV/M3U viewer but looking at the website and "https://getchannels.com/releases/" -- what an app / features; can't imagine the codebase lol. Def. going to check out, thank you!
mkhalil commented on TiVo exiting legacy DVR business mediaplaynews.com/tivo-ex... · Posted by u/TMWNN
I always felt TiVo really did a great job at identifying how important good UX and UI are for consumer products. Partially, the monopolies/cable companies knew/know they were able to get away with poor UI since consumers didn't really have a choice when it came to cable providers/cable boxes so it wasn't hard to beat them, but TiVo did actually do a good job.
I felt like they had consumer awareness at one point. Maybe if they went with there own premium streaming service, as oppose to only trying ad-based streaming services (like Pluto) OR continuing to try to make money charging people monthly for a subscription to use a device they first have to purchase.**
Instead they kept the old business model and went to more of a business-to-business service oriented offerings. Selling metadata, APIs, TV Guides, Car infotainment, all oddities IMO as most IPTV providers like to use turn key solutions.
I actually use the Tivo Stream 4K as my smart device. Works great, gives me 4K, can download Android TV apps, and is cheap $35.
Not a fan of ad-based TV (which is the Tivo+ thing, like Pluto, etc...), but I use it mostly for YouTube, Plex, etc.
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*: My Plex server uses my HDHomerun for live tv; TiVo could have been both if it was more open. A TiVo competitor to Plex's Pass + Live TV service could of been there subscription revenue, and a TiVo competitor to HDHomeRun's devices could of replaced their DVR revenue. They could take the Tivo Edge, open it way up (as the HDHomeRun takes cable and give you actual m3u8's; this lets you decide where you view or record TV, and makes the device actually useful for commercial deployments as well (offices, restaurants, dorms, hotels, etc...). Pretty much: add features similar to Plex (i.e. combining my OTA/Cable recordings with my local media) + Plex's Live TV (Tivo already has the richest data and a sleeker guide) and combine the Tivo Edge CableCard and OTA in one device. This would appeal to many users, bring the hardware price down as it's one model, and provide them with both revenue streams like they are used to.
Pretty cool to see all 6 layers, paste layers, and adhesive layers as well. I've always wondered how the cake was made and if big projects do/could use KiCad. Seems like a lot more work relative to those Single Layer PCBs on YouTube for things like emulators and custom PCBs. Glad I now know for sure, that I can't do this.