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I hate the new system preferences. I miss how the old one had handcrafted icons and just felt more compact.

I understand the new design scales better but I agree that the search is broken. Also it’s not responsive and feels like a web app.

My iPhone 13 mini (5.4" display) is 141g and it's immediately noticeable how much lighter it feels than a pro phone. I can imagine the effect being more exaggerated given the larger but thin profile of the 17.

I don't know if my iOS app is using GPT-4o, but asking it to translate to Cantonese gives you gibberish. It gave me the correct characters, but the Jyutping was completely unrelated. Funny thing is that the model pronounced the incorrect Jyutping plus said the numbers (for the tones) out loud.

I think cars only look good relative to other cars. But as an object themselves, they don’t add to the landscape.

Look at all the concept renderings of future apartments or idyllic European countryside’s. There’s always only a few cars or one car. Together, they are an an invasive organism.

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed the read and the concise decision-making and legal terms used.

That metric is like the megapixel wars of cameras. Just something to chase so the newer model can be “better”. It does nothing except validate your purchase when you rev it obnoxiously.

To continue your thought, what are some things that need to be regulated in order to prevent future societal decay that the technology itself brings (such as allowing cars to roam free which propagated further car-centrism?)

Isn’t it really expensive to live there?

Also, while Dubai is flashy, I wouldn’t really consider it a first tier city in terms of actual living. The urban planning is not human scale at all and they just defaulted to highways and skyscrapers.

Genuine question, as someone who got exhausted and is out of the industry for the foreseeable future. How do you stay competitive or job hop when every post is looking for the latest web framework?

What were the prevailing theories at the time?

I hope it humbles whoever builds the next platform. Nothing lasts forever no matter how entrenched it is in the zeitgeist.

Once something gets big enough, it becomes impossible to moderate and eventually it will fall out of fashion and lose its original intent. Look at Etsy and Amazon.

I'm finding people are rearely loyal customers to a brand long-term. Rather, they want whatever platform gets them what they want. People jump from sites like Aliexpress to Wish to Shein to whichever webiste has the most latest and marketing team.

It will be very sad. It's been a pleasant era for Reddit-fu.

I visited Boise and i realized that about myself too. I prefer all the amenities and infrastructure of a walkable city that is not too crowded.

I’ve seen a few websites recently with a pleasant newsletter experience.

The signup field is a few paragraphs down the article and as you scroll to it, the article dims (but is still readable) and highlights the newsletter section. As you keep scrolling the the dimming fades out and you can read the article again.

This is much less jarring than a pop up and is placed after the reader gets to read at their pace.