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Comment on Automation for android, preferably FOSS in ~tech
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Comment on Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | Official version 1.0 launch trailer in ~games
sweenish Link ParentI picked it up because I enjoy Vampire Survivors so much. I also have Halls of Torment, though a single session in that game can still take quite a while. I was also looking into one called...I picked it up because I enjoy Vampire Survivors so much. I also have Halls of Torment, though a single session in that game can still take quite a while. I was also looking into one called something like Be My Horde, as the gimmick there (mostly just presentation) seemed just different enough. But yes. The bullet heaven genre is great for a quick dopamine hit and getting my brain off real world stuff for a bit.
Lately, when I do have time I still want to try and make progress in my bigger games, even if I end up with a disjointed memory of the overall story.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
sweenish (edited )Link Parentyaml might make for a JSON replacement in certain contexts, as its intended purpose is to be a data serialization language, but toml makes less sense. At least for network communications, the...yaml might make for a JSON replacement in certain contexts, as its intended purpose is to be a data serialization language, but toml makes less sense. At least for network communications, the intended purpose of JSON. JSON as a config file is a war crime. I'd also have to agree with the use of the word irrational if you'd rather use XML.
As to coffee, I disagree somewhat. If someone is going to a coffee shop and getting a 20 oz. drink that's ~90% (literally) milk, sugar, and flavors, they're likely not in it for the coffee. Mostly because at that point, the actual coffee matters so little to the overall flavor. I don't even know if it will get more people curious enough about coffee to branch out from the sweet stuff. Instead of focusing on what should be tried first, I'd just recommend people try a bunch of things for a few days straight. I didn't really care for my first espresso, but it grew on me.
Black coffee just takes some time to get used to, I think, regardless. These days I can appreciate a decent drip, pour-over, espresso, etc. without issue. Enough that I can't stand my work pots because people refuse to take the time to rinse them out properly.
My snobbishness ends pretty quickly though. I buy beans from a local roaster, use a cheap manual grinder, and only have an Aeropress and cheap (no temperature control) electric kettle.
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Comment on Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | Official version 1.0 launch trailer in ~games
sweenish LinkI bought this a while back (big updates were still being worked on at the time) but my available gaming time has dwindled so much I've barely touched it. I'll have to revisit it after the update.I bought this a while back (big updates were still being worked on at the time) but my available gaming time has dwindled so much I've barely touched it. I'll have to revisit it after the update.
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Comment on Wallet voting in ~life
sweenish Link ParentI understood that, but I see how my post doesn't read that way.I understood that, but I see how my post doesn't read that way.
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Comment on Wallet voting in ~life
sweenish Link ParentAnd yet, Target. Sure they’re still turning a profit, but it’s a smaller profit, and they have certainly noticed. Telling people it doesn’t matter is what makes it not matter. Much like actual...And yet, Target. Sure they’re still turning a profit, but it’s a smaller profit, and they have certainly noticed.
Telling people it doesn’t matter is what makes it not matter. Much like actual voting. Do it anyway.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentFirst, you said: You did not ask me to point out a no-compromise comment. They are very different things, and context clues would have told you as much. But sure, play the burden of proof game....First, you said:
Point to where the small phone people are saying that the small option should be the only one.
You did not ask me to point out a no-compromise comment. They are very different things, and context clues would have told you as much. But sure, play the burden of proof game. I'll point out that you didn't point out my absolutist comments while we're playing this silly game. Again, this is the rules for thee but not for me attitude.
And you're asking me to distill years of observations and generalizations into a few soundbites? No. My complaint has been general since the beginning, and attemping to shift the posts to limit it to this single discussion is disingenuous. Even so:
One clear example in this discussion was someone suggesting clamshell foldables, which seems like a perfect solution. When closed, the newer clamshells are incredibly useful for quick tasks that small phone people commonly cite. But what was the response? Did anyone say they'd tried it out, or that they would? No, they didn't. "It's too fragile" or "it's too thick" are now the problems. How much more "Not like that" can you get? There's your no-compromise comment.
How many times in this thread do I have to state that I am expressing my own annoyance? And if you read my top comment, you'll see it was an aside. I would much rather be discussing the actual announced products, not the infinite amount of things not announced, and especially not this unnanounced product. I'm not the one who has taken issue and made my thread all about small phones. But I'm also not going to be told to move on, when the very people that I'm annoyed with refuse to do the same. It's a double standard.
And finally and again, what do you care what I think? If you don't mind small phone people complaining, why can't I complain? Take the advice offended small phone people have been giving me. Ignore me and move on. I'll just be over here being grumpy and ignored. Small phone people hate the lack of small phones, I hate that they always make every phone thread about them. Case closed.
Imagine people talking about their dishwashers like this. But let me go on a tangent and offend a whole other crowd, the people who constantly moan about a dumb screen for their TV. Just don't connect it to the goddamn Internet. But no, they insist on complaining in every TV article. They are equally grating.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish (edited )Link ParentThis is the weakest argument I’ve seen yet. Point to where I’m being an absolutist. I’m just giving small phone people a taste of their own medicine by airing my grievance in public. My grievance...This is the weakest argument I’ve seen yet. Point to where I’m being an absolutist. I’m just giving small phone people a taste of their own medicine by airing my grievance in public. My grievance is not an absolute stance on phones, it’s an expression of annoyance at small phone people who show up in every phone article and make it about themselves, in the same vein. And the fact so many people find my thread annoying proves my point. Which is that their incessant moaning is annoying.
Per their own words, my thread is perfectly valid and if it’s such a non-issue everyone taking issue with it should just move on and not give it all this energy.
EDIT: Just wanted to point out this also further cements the notion there's always being some out-of-pocket logical leap or wild claim, as I noted elsewhere. This is a random spot, but I'll also point out that I have kept my annoyance talk restricted to my own thread. I'm letting people feel sorry for themselves. Let me be annoyed, maybe? A brand new annoyance has been the amount of people coming into my thread and giving a "Do as I say, not as I do" attitude.
Or maybe I should go into every top-level thread moaning about no small phone and express my annoyance there?
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentMay I recommend you take your own advice? Give my posts a glance and skip over them. They will keep existing. This thread is only big because of the attention it’s being given. Again, I shouldn’t...May I recommend you take your own advice? Give my posts a glance and skip over them. They will keep existing. This thread is only big because of the attention it’s being given.
Again, I shouldn’t be the only one to adapt or change. Thanks for making my point.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentIt's not advocating, though. It's a pity party. They're simply not the same. And the thing is I don't have large hands. Probably average for a male of average height. And the big secret is that I...It's not advocating, though. It's a pity party. They're simply not the same.
And the thing is I don't have large hands. Probably average for a male of average height. And the big secret is that I don't always hold my phone with both hands. I can do things (yes, less things, but things nonetheless) with one hand. Like read, or text. My grip has had to adjust over the years, but iOS at least provides plenty of ability to do things one-handed, and pop sockets and the like aren't brand new things.
What stops you from adopting the pinkie shelf grip, using a pop socket-like grip, or shrinking your keyboard and putting its entirety within reach of your thumb? While an extra thing, iOS offers a gesture to bring the top half of the screen to the bottom half.
But I've found it's this no compromise approach with small phone people. "Real phones for real people, but only exactly like this and if anything is different I will throw a fit." If the Z Flip were as fragile as small phone people claim, it wouldn't be as succcessful as it is. I will admit its service percentage is probably higher, but it's not as bad as small phone people make it to be. If it's not the fragility, now it's too thick. It's always something. I've even heard people say that Apple set the iPhone 13 Mini up to fail, ignoring the reality of physics.
Why do I have to be the one to adapt, and not you? Why do I have to make accommodations, and not you? Again, this is putting it all on me. You're just saying, "I can complain all I want, and you're the one that needs to deal with it." You deal with it, and stop dragging everyone along.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentTo your last point, I might recommend you take your own advice. If it's not worth it, if it isn't getting to you, then why are you already planning on complaining about it next year? Just let it go.To your last point, I might recommend you take your own advice. If it's not worth it, if it isn't getting to you, then why are you already planning on complaining about it next year? Just let it go.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentSmall phone people being annoyed at my posts is peak hypocrisy to me. Your level of annoyance, as evidenced by the desire to respond, is what small phone people do in every phone article. And...Small phone people being annoyed at my posts is peak hypocrisy to me.
Your level of annoyance, as evidenced by the desire to respond, is what small phone people do in every phone article. And you’re saying I should just accept it or not be bothered by it, and that small phone people are just fine as-is.
I’m not more annoying, I’m just as annoying. And the fact that you don’t like my posts here is a perfect demonstration of my point. We’re supposed to be talking about what was actually announced, but count how many top-level comments are complaining about no small phones instead.
You’re also hanging out in the wrong circles if people were trying to convince you about the butterfly keyboard. Or are these out-of-pocket comparisons just part of the proselytizing as well? There’s been at least one wild claim or correlation in every rebuttal.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish (edited )Link ParentThese use case arguments make little sense as a defense for a small phone. For music and navigation, I need zero hands. Once the album or playlist or destination is selected, I'm not still holding...These use case arguments make little sense as a defense for a small phone. For music and navigation, I need zero hands. Once the album or playlist or destination is selected, I'm not still holding my phone. So what if I hold my phone with two hands to pick the music that's playing for the next hour or more? Sounds like a micro-optimization with no actual benefit. For navigation, a bigger screen is a clear winner. The last thing I want to be doing is craning or squinting to see when that turn is coming up. For communication, a larger screen is really nice. Not just for text input, but video calls. Or use swipe features, even on large phones, the keyboard can be shrunk and put to one side. It's again moot. These arguments don't really work.
I also wear glasses. I fail to see the correlation.
I also don't recall saying anything about my phone being taken away. I do recall stating how annoying it is to see small phone people in every phone article throwing themselves a pity party. Small phones have been given more than their fair shake in the market, and the market responded.
You want something that fits in your pocket? What's wrong with a Z Flip or a Razr? Too thick? Would you have actually been okay if the iPhone 13 were as thick as it needed to be for good battery life? Big hint, it'd be a lot closer to the thickness of the foldable.
More generally, I always hear about never watching videos and/or loathing social media. So why not a flip phone? They can do music, calls, and texting just fine. Or I always hear about the "right tool for the job." So buy a dedicated music player to go with your flip phone. And carry an e-reader while you're at it, and a tablet. And a laptop, according to comments here. Carry all of those so you can have your small phone. I'll stick with my big phone.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentI state pretty clearly why it annoys me. But to be more explicit, I can't read a single article about any phone without small phone people throwing themselves a pity party in the comments, without...I state pretty clearly why it annoys me. But to be more explicit, I can't read a single article about any phone without small phone people throwing themselves a pity party in the comments, without fail. It's beyond tired. There's clearly not a sufficient market for it.
And how does hating social media equate to watching zero videos? I also hate social media. But I also like watching my shows during lunch. And you think exacerbating the size of the screen by putting even less content on it by zooming in is reasonable?
Just read the proselytizing and evangelizing in this post. It's all the same recycled talking points.
And then that's all before we get into the superiority complex present in your post and all small phone posts. Sure, this time it can be chalked as a response to my strong language, but look at the other threads as well. It's the same holier-than-thou tone.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish Link ParentTL;DR: I think the Airpods Pro 3 are going to be a great set of earbuds. It's just a smaller generational leap over the 2s, to the point that I think nearly no one should consider the jump from 2...TL;DR: I think the Airpods Pro 3 are going to be a great set of earbuds. It's just a smaller generational leap over the 2s, to the point that I think nearly no one should consider the jump from 2 -> 3 outside of factors like loss or damage.
Smart move waiting for the 3s. I've had my Pro 2s for about a year now (so I have a Type-C case). I bought 1st gen Pros the year the Pro 2 was announced (bad timing on my part), and only upgraded because I was able to do a family shuffle. Even with the multi-year generations, I'll just use the buds I have until they no longer function. And when it's time for a replacement, I'll also want the newest thing so I can maximize the amount of time I have to run them into the ground.
It's not that I don't like Airpods Pro, quite the opposite. I watched the announcement, and I found Apple's language to be overly flowery because the upgrade simply wasn't that substantial. Compared to the 1 -> 2 upgrades, 2 -> 3 is less substantial. I can buy good foam tips for my buds today if I wanted to. Comply has been doing compatible memory foam tips for ages now.
Someone in the Ars comments noted that live translation is indeed coming to the Pro 2 line, and you need an Apple Intelligence capbable phone anyway.
The fitness updates, while cool, don't affect me as much right now. Like I said, the most intriguing update is the new shape. I do have issues with longer listening sessions where my buds might slowly slip out. It's not every time; I'm probably a bit oilier/sweatier those days, but if the new shape (and foam) help with that, great!
This would have normally been our phone upgrade year (our upgrade cycle is typically 4 years), but the spouse and I were itching to get off Lightning (we were very cagey about buying too many cables because the switch was imminent) and bump up our storage. So we'll have our 16 Pro Maxes until the 20 or 21 or so.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
sweenish LinkI've never understood the small phone crowd, and am even a bit annoyed by them. Tiny screens have always been a menace to me. I want to read comfortably, and actually see what I'm watching or...I've never understood the small phone crowd, and am even a bit annoyed by them. Tiny screens have always been a menace to me. I want to read comfortably, and actually see what I'm watching or playing with some level of detail. What's funny is that phones like the Galaxy Fold don't interest me too much. I can count the number of times I wished I could side-by-side apps on my phone in the last year on about 2 fingers, and that's being generous when one considers how dead simple it is to quickly switch between apps. And for media, a Galaxy Fold's screen ratio means I'm not really getting more screen space in a meaningful way.
I view one-handed use as distracted use. The notion being that the other hand is otherwise unavailable, because what other reason would you have to be so cavalier with your $500+ (usually a lot more these days) device? But since I don't understand the desire at all, the only thing I can think of is people texting while driving.
I know people who miss the days of thinner phones, and the Air will scratch that itch. As long as the battery gets through a day, it will sell incredibly well. iPhone 13 minis, from what I heard, did not get through a day. One thing I can appreciate from the thinner phone crowd is that they don't show up in every single phone thread to moan. And iPhones have been chunky for a while.
So we'll see how that goes. I liked the new Pro phones quite a bit. I don't mind two-tone, and if not for the Pro moniker, there's room to experiment with more playful two tone combinations.
All in all, the updates seemed pretty solid, with my exception being the Airpods Pro 3. Better ANC because of foam tips? I'll pick up some Comply tips. And I think they're straight up lying about needing new earbuds for things like live translation. I'm curious about the new shape, but I won't be getting new buds until at least the 5-series, barring accidents. Solid watch updates, I look forward to the massive leaps when my 8 simply doesn't function anymore.
For context, my phone journey was Galaxy Nexus -> Nexus 5 -> Pixel 2 XL -> iPhone 13 (same screen size as the Pixel 2 XL in a smaller body) -> iPhone 16 Pro Max. I got tired of Google killing services, walling off Android, and putting out lackluster hardware. If they want their users in a walled garden, I might as well go to the nicer garden.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
sweenish Link ParentI thoroughly enjoyed Pillars of the Earth. I also enjoyed the next two books in the 'series': World Without End, and A Column of Fire. I have not read the other two.I thoroughly enjoyed Pillars of the Earth. I also enjoyed the next two books in the 'series': World Without End, and A Column of Fire. I have not read the other two.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
sweenish LinkI just finished Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and absolutely loved it. It's very much akin to a cosmic True Grit. There's no deep symbolism or anything like that, but the on-the-nose moralizing...I just finished Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and absolutely loved it. It's very much akin to a cosmic True Grit. There's no deep symbolism or anything like that, but the on-the-nose moralizing suited the story being told, I think. The art is amazing.
While counting it as reading might be a stretch, I'm working through Murdle: The School of Mystery. I enjoy logic puzzles, and Murdles have the added benefit of being very tongue-in-cheek with the puzzles tied together by an over-arching story.
My next book will be Shock Induction by Chuck Pahlaniuk.
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Comment on What follows GitHub? in ~tech
sweenish LinkI've personally been following GitButler. Pierre is a massive turn off, because their site tells you nothing about the product. They're having fun with their framework, I guess. I haven't looked...I've personally been following GitButler. Pierre is a massive turn off, because their site tells you nothing about the product. They're having fun with their framework, I guess. I haven't looked into Linear. The blog post is so incredibly full of itself. I don't think you can say "whatever follows Github will feel so natural we'll wonder how we didn't think of it sooner" with your head any further up your own rear.
But here I am wishing my company could at least get off Attlassian and move to something like Github or Gitlab, let alone a tool like GitButler.
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Comment on Should C be mandatory learning for career developers? in ~comp
sweenish Link ParentThis goes to my earlier point about the separation. You don't equate Software Engineers to doctors, but to techs. I think we're approaching the question from very different places. You're...This goes to my earlier point about the separation. You don't equate Software Engineers to doctors, but to techs. I think we're approaching the question from very different places.
You're advocating for the thing AI is here to do. And I think people need to be smart enough not to blindly trust what gets spewed out from that hose, and generally approach writing code with a bit more thought.
I was coming in to say the same, but it's been years since I used Android, let alone Tasker. I remember creating some tasks that are technically impossible now due to the OS getting further locked down.
An example, not required reading
Within a certain time window, I would activate a geofence. Geofences killed battery, hence the window. Once I was in the fence, the automation would send a message via Hangouts. But because this kind of automation framework is not native, it's not like Hangouts offered an easy hook. So I bought a Tasker extension that could simulate taps and paste text and whatnot. So usually, as I was pulling into a parking lot, a message would get sent that I had arrived as I was parking, and it made my daily pick-up go smoother.The tasks being descraibed sound like they'll be workable.