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tecoholic commented on Cinematography of “Andor” pushing-pixels.org/2025/0... · Posted by u/rcarmo

tecoholic · 3 months ago

Everyone seem like to be discussing the show and none the article.

For someone who hadn’t watched the show, the article is a pain to read. The images are thrown in randomly, there is no relationship between the text and the images. Every images is pointlessly labelled “Cinematography of “Andor” by Christophe Nuyens”. The interview seems to have covered things in detail, like going into specific scenes and sets, and lens.. etc., but the accompanying images are utterly useless in showing any of that to the reader.

I gave up after a while.

tecoholic commented on UK study: Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/kawera

cookiengineer · 4 months ago

For most people, Snapchat, Tiktok, Discord, WhatsApp and other toxic environments is the de facto internet because it makes up 99% of their usage time.

It gets worse in poorer countries, where ISPs made deals with Facebook (ever wondered why some Indians are not able to google? Because google costs money, facebook groups doesn't). Additionally, whole infrastructures run on WhatsApp. In those regions you'll see WhatsApp numbers on container ships, trains, harbor buildings, factories etc because it's easier than maintaining a website for that.

(Edit: see my comment about internet.org)

The younger generation only uses smartphones because parents cannot afford to pay for both a laptop and a smartphone. Ask any teacher about that, they'll easily confirm this.

The problem we're facing is the overproprietarization of the internet. What we see as an internet where we can find information and learn about things, they see misinformation, propaganda, toxic shitstorms, and distraction. Even youtube has gone to shit, what started out as a new way to access knowledge in an entertaining way its early days.

And it's not only that, you can't even point kids to a safe website that will give them only links to learn/study about topics they're interested in, because google meanwhile has fully embraced its evil side of corporate greed that even the founders knew about was morally a conflict of interest in the beginning.

A lot of countries are thinking about banning smartphones from schools for this very reason. We (as a society) built apps so morally and uncontrollably bad that we created a whole generation of kids with self-induced ADHD, and now we're wondering why we have an education and therapy crisis.

Duh.

tecoholic · 4 months ago

> ever wondered why Indians are not able to google? Because google costs money, facebook groups doesn't

This is absolutely wrong. FB did that in SE Asia. But in India, this led to the creation of IIRC Internet Freedom Foundation which fights for Internet freedom to this day and established a strong foundation for net neutrality . FB tried to destroy net neutrality in India and failed.

But the broader point stands. Whatsapp, Youtube, Sharechat …etc., is internet for a huge percentage of the population.

tecoholic commented on 40% of Britons haven't read a single book in the last 12 months yougov.co.uk/entertainmen... · Posted by u/GeoAtreides

IanCal · 6 months ago

I probably fall into this, as long as you don't count kids books.

I just don't get much time where

* It's a decent block of time

* I won't be distracted or need to do something else

* I want to be alone

* I can be alone

* I'm mentally engaged enough

* I'm not trying to fit something else in like exercise

If you include kids books it's 1-2k but they're not really the same.

tecoholic · 6 months ago

On the same boat. With a toddler, there is almost no time to devout to a full book. I got “lucky” due to a 28 hour flight trip and managed to read 1 book.

tecoholic commented on Breaking into apartment buildings in five minutes on my phone ericdaigle.ca/posts/break... · Posted by u/ChrisArchitect

lynx97 · 6 months ago

Ahh, the modern verson of the written note under the keyboard...

In my area, there is a universal access key (physical) for postal service and newspaper delivery people. So if you want access to a random building, all you need to do is apply as a newspaper delivery guy, or, find one that is willing to give you that master key. To add insult to injury, that type of job is extremely low paying, so much room for abuse.

Fact is, locks and closed doors are there to make the owners feel cozy and safe. If you ever needed a locksmith service and watched them do their job, you know your appartment door is just a prop.

tecoholic · 6 months ago

Modern apartment building. Low rise. Full visibility of courtyard. Cycle gone missing with a baby seat attached. Nothing anyone can do about it. How did they get the key, who let them in, how did they manage to pry open the lock in full visibility? I was seething for a week. But somehow I knew this wasn’t really that big a security challenge for the thief.

tecoholic commented on Apple Introduces News+ Food apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/dagmx

gabruoy · 6 months ago

I tried using Apple News+ for a month free trial and ended up cancelling it after trying my hardest to find a use for it for a few weeks. It really does seem like something designed by a bunch of out of touch media people and not anything like a service from Apple.

What I want from a good news service are Ad-free, bias-free articles on things that are current, things that are close to my local area, and things that are of interest to me.

What I found out was that because I don't live in a major city, there was exactly one local news outlet that was available, and no topic category for my area, which is not a small place at all. There were still advertisements for things like hair loss products and other 'yuck-bait' reminiscent of the early 2000s (I think these might come from the article publishers themselves?). Then there's stuff like puzzles, sports, and now food that all seem like complete distractions. Puzzles are not news, Apple already has Apple Arcade for this.

I would find it interesting if Apple created a Recipes app. It's a popular topic, many app developers have put their own spin on the idea, but no one has made the 'perfect app' for it yet. But that isn't what this is at all. It's yet another 'perk' that has nothing to do with the problems of Apple News.

Now I'm using a combination of RSS Feeds and asking ChatGPT the news on specific topics, both of which are superior products to Apple News. I do still like their daily podcast though.

tecoholic · 6 months ago

This is so true. The content were plain weird for me. Celebrity gossip and click bait stuff. I used it one day and forgot to even check in the next day. Uninstalled after a week.

tecoholic commented on Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia github.com/hoppscotch/hop... · Posted by u/the_arun

rubymamis · 7 months ago

Yes, you can, especially if you use Qt with QML like I do[1][2][3].

[1] https://rubymamistvalove.com/blog/orchids.mp4

[2] https://rubymamistvalove.com/block-editor

[3] https://www.get-notes.com/

tecoholic · 7 months ago

Wow! The blog post was an inspiring read. Thank you for showing what’s possible.

tecoholic commented on Can we communally deprecate git checkout? mirawelner.com/posts/chec... · Posted by u/mirawelner

tecoholic · 8 months ago

Never have I read Git Pro or have the deep understanding of git’s internals. But I use checkout almost every day, as a shortcut to create a new branch and switch to it, throw away changes that I don’t need and…well, that’s pretty much it.

Now that I have read this article half way, I decided to stop. Because I am learning a few extra things that’s kind of messing up my mental model of what that command does. I think a fair % of git users might be in my boat. Our knowledge, hence our burden is limited.

So community might not be as confused with checkout as the author or those who grok git.