I also have WISE account and may be a week ago I received notification that my US bank account number will stop working immediately and I should not used anywhere and remove it from anywhere. Thanks god this is a private account.
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qlkjwenf commented on Some iPhone 15 Pro Max users are reporting OLED screen 'burn in' techradar.com/phones/ipho... · Posted by u/gnicholas
You upgraded over 6 generations, any brand new phone you get would feel fantastic in my opinion. If I upgrade from 14 to 15, I wouldn't be amazed at all with the new one, and I believe most of the people feel the same way.
Exactly. How could people be so naive? A friend of mine bougth the cheapest Android smartphone for less than 50 bucks on Amazon and then after buying iPhone Pro for ~ 1500 he annoyed anyone saying how much better iPhone is than Android. However, he never ever used a proper flagship Android, only the cheapest of the cheapest models and then compares them to iPhone... Genius
Blazor is excellent! The entire JavaScript ecosystem is so fragile and volatile, you will get JS-fatigue very quickly. Each time you change projects you have to learn completely new JS libraries, frameworks, tool, etc. No such problems with Blazor.
qlkjwenf commented on XML is better than YAML – Hear me out changelog.com/posts/xml-b... · Posted by u/nalgeon
YAML creators are very big fans of overengineering.
qlkjwenf commented on Arm jumps 18% in market debut to notch $60B valuation reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
Yeah, Softbank... They evaluated WeWork at ~50 billions and a few months later it was worth almost zero. If you work with SoftBank prepare to lose everything.
qlkjwenf commented on Bug in macOS 14 Sonoma prevents our app from working mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/... · Posted by u/eptcyka
Windows is still shitty. After three years of using an M2 MacBook Pro for work and having my own M2 MacBook Air, using a Microsoft Surface laptop is a death by a thousand cuts
https://www.amd.com/en/processors/ryzen-surface-edition
1. The fans are constantly going.
2. Everything causes the hourglass cursor to pop up - even just clicking on a button in Outlook
3. It takes awhile for the screen to redraw. Way back in the pre - OS X days, I use to be jealous of how fast Windows drawing was in comparison.
4. Every time my laptop goes to sleep, I have to unplug and replug my external USB C powered external monitor.
5. Did I mention the constant humming of the fans?
6. Even how it handles multiple desktops is inferior to Macs
7. Hopefully I can run WSL2 on my work computer. I can’t imagine being stuck with PowerShell/cmd
I don’t even want to think about how bad the battery life is going to be compared to modern ARM based Macs.
Yes both my MacBook Air and Windows computer have 16 GB RAM
I have way more issues with MacOS than with windows and here just a small part of issues I must deal with:
- The keyboard layout and shortcuts are non-standard compared to other operating systems.
- Many keyboard shortcuts require more keystrokes than their Windows/Linux counterparts. For example, CMD+SPACE vs. WIN, OPTION+CMD+SPACE vs. WIN+E.
- I experience frequent system crashes—about twice a month, which is significantly more than I've had with high-end Windows laptops.
- Integration with Android devices is lacking due to the absence of apps like Phone Link.
- The window management is subpar. Third-party apps like Rectangle that attempt to improve this are buggy.
- Mouse scrolling defaults are reversed. If adjusted in settings, the touchpad scrolling direction is also inversely affected, without separate configuration options.
- The gaming library is limited.
- I experience glitches with my monitor optimized for Mac. About once every hour, the screen goes blank for a few seconds. This issue doesn't occur with Windows.
- Global environment variables are not available unless an app is initiated via the command line. This means apps started via Spotlight can't have assigned environment variables.
- Docker performance is suboptimal. For instance, a PostgreSQL backup that takes 5 minutes on Windows requires 2 hours on macOS due to slower write speeds to the host filesystem from inside Docker.
- I encounter issues with my non-Apple headset and need to disconnect its dongle from my MacBook approximately once daily to rectify it.
- Docker doesn't run in Parallels VMs. Unlike Windows, where nested virtualization can be enabled with a PowerShell command, macOS doesn't provide this flexibility.
- There's no straightforward method to turn off the laptop monitor when an external monitor is connected, without closing the laptop lid.
- Excessive security confirmations disrupt workflows.
- Working with virtual machines is cumbersome. For example, the OS still reacts to some shortcuts even when a VM is in focus.
- Multi-user mode has significant shortcomings. Several brew programs malfunction when multiple users access the system. Docker, especially on the ARM version of macOS, exhibits issues in multi-user scenarios and doesn't function properly in VMs.
- To execute scripts via right-click, one must create a quick action and navigate to a secondary menu—a non-intuitive process.
- Several CLI utilities differ from their Linux counterparts. Making them GNU-compatible requires installing numerous utilities via brew and then prioritizing them over the native commands.
- Finder lacks the robustness and versatility of Windows Explorer.
- Hardware upgrades are exorbitantly priced. For instance, upgrading from 512GB to 2TB SSD costs €700, whereas a 2TB SSD can be found on Amazon for around €70.
- Post macOS updates, certain configurations, like fingerprint authentication for command-line apps, revert to default settings, necessitating frequent reconfigurations.
- macOS doesn't perform well on low-resolution screens, in contrast to Windows.
- The OS is restrictive. Outside of macOS, no other systems can be installed.
- My printer only operates wirelessly. USB-C connectivity fails, forcing me to disconnect from the internet to print.
- When connecting to a printer via WLAN, macOS often disconnects initially, mistaking it as a primary internet connection.
- The ARM architecture still exhibits flaws, especially when interfacing with virtual machines.
- Mouse acceleration isn't as refined as on Windows (excluding the touchpad).
- During Playwright e2e tests, tab navigation gets cluttered with icons from test browsers—a problem absent on Windows.
- An increased number of macOS software options are paid. For instance, while Windows offers free VM tools, macOS users might need to purchase Parallels.
- macOS lacks an official package manager akin to Windows' winget or Debian's apt-get, though third-party options like brew exist.
- The Windows taskbar offers superior functionality to the macOS dock, including hover previews.
- Apple doesn't provide convertible laptops or touchscreen devices.
- Some enterprise features are absent or underdeveloped.
- Legacy software support is limited, which might expedite OS development but poses compatibility challenges.
- The laptop tends to overheat during intense processes, seemingly prioritizing quieter fan operations over cooling efficiency.
- Unpurchased Apple Cloud Plans result in advertisements within System Settings and the Music App.
qlkjwenf commented on PgBouncer is useful, important, and fraught with peril jpcamara.com/2023/04/12/p... · Posted by u/brunoluiz
Let's hope PG team will drop thread-based connections for the superior lightweight task-based connections. Then PgBouncer will not be needed.
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qlkjwenf commented on Slack’s migration to a cellular architecture slack.engineering/slacks-... · Posted by u/serial_dev
Thanks to EU, Microsoft Teams replaced Slack. GDPR makes it way too difficult to work with multiple software vendors, so companies usually only choose products from the absolute minimum number of vendors (even if there are better options). Also Slack asks too much money for what it does.
Coziness is the biggest hurdle. As a programmer, I can make a really good salary at a tech giant. Even after 4 years of grinding and finally achieving product market fit and growth, my wife doesn't understand why I'm doing a startup. Life could be so much easier working for Google.
Heck everyone has a job here. The 2/1,000 missing entrepreneurs don't have an incentive to start. I'm from Ottawa and all my friends work for the federal government with big fat pensions and doing boring work (my perspective mind you). But they have great family lives, lots of vacation and great outside of work experiences. Why the hell would they jump into entrepreneurship? Worst of all, the government workforce is growing faster than that of the private sector!
What worries me most is the future - a country cannot get wealthier nor innovate without entrepreneurs. It is s a real concern indeed.