fubarx @ fubarx @lemmy.ml

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I mostly use it on an iPad mini in landscape mode, when lying down and casually reading. Two things:

1. When scrolling on the main feed, if your left or right finger accidentally touches the screen, instead of scrolling, you're inside the post, which isn't what you intended. So you have to be extra careful keeping your fingers away. Be nice if there was a 1 or 2" zone on each side which only does scroll instead of tap. Not sure I'm explaining it right.
2. Again, on an iPad mini, the Post box only shows a couple of lines for editing. Most of the screen is taken by application chrome.

Other than that, love the app. Use it daily.

https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/

I love reading about indie devs getting a hit. Hopefully, he'll post an update about what it was like day-to-day over the next year.

It's like an author who writes a surprise bestseller. It's always illuminating reading about them continuing on the reading circuit, then coming up with a sequel.

Saw one in a neighborhood full of Priuses and EVs. Imagine the block party conversations.

That and your citizenship papers, in case of Papiere, Bitte. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just a prank, bro'.

• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-27/fake-ice-agents-terrorize-fresno-business-for-social-media-stardom-police-say
• https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/25/danny-mullen-youtube-san-francisco-doge-fake-worker/
• https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/college-students-pose-as-ice-agents-in-failed-raid-on-dorm-room-but-campus-prank-is-no-joke-to-cops/

• https://pyodide.org/
• https://pyscript.com/
• https://github.com/brython-dev/brython

• Red
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

First person to combine this with crypto will make bank.

#trumptarrifs

C'mon, it writes itself.

Edit: OK, #trumptariffs. Don't try to drink and spell kids.

World: Parliamentary fistfights are a low point for democracy.

Serbia: Hold my beer.

I feel so honored. Got one of these today.

Generally have a tough time, especially with streaming, to stick with something past Season 3 (looking at you, Breaking Bad).

It's hard to infinitely amp up the stakes without going off the rails.

All that CGA-quality porn, gone like dust in the wind.

I have a couple of those old Airports gathering dust somewhere. They were replaced by mesh routers that worked infinitely better.

If they want to head back into the router game, they'll also want to throw in some BLE, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, and Matter support (with mesh repeaters) to act as universal bridges to home automation.

Traditionally, there have been a few classes of companies in the U.S: C Corp, S Corp, LLC (Limited Liability Company) aka partnerships, and Closed. Most companies in the U.S. are organized as one of these, with their responsibility toward shareholders, who want to see their money grow.

If you wanted to work for a company that didn't necessarily have infinite growth as its mission, the only option was to find a Non-Profit, but they may not have the kind of funding to spend on legal visas.

In the last few years, two other types of companies have emerged. They're similar, but legally different: B-corp (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)), and PBC or Public Benefit Corporation (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation).

These can be for-profit, but have to have a stated mission in their charter to provide a benefit of some sort to the public.

The links above point at some examples, but you may want to do your own research. Those companies may have the resources to pick up your visa, and may better align with the values you're looking for.

Ideally, and when able, your best bet would be to start your own business and set it up just the way you want.

Some may remember the dotcom days, where everyone was trying to latch internet onto something. You ended up with online pet food and hosiery. When it crashed, it took out a whole swath of companies and a lot of people who had come out to Silicon Valley for the gold rush.

A few years later, it was mobile + X. Just add mobile to coupons, or wine, or car shopping. Then in 2008, we had the housing crash and it took out most of the mobile companies on shaky ground.

The common thread was that a lot of questionable companies dropped out, and many bathrooms were lined with worthless stock options. But we also ended up with companies that had a sustainable business model and survived and became large.

Now, we're in the mid-stage of the same trajectory. AI + whatever. There will be the inevitable shakeout, lots of companies will go out of business. But we'll end up with a few strong ones that will solve real problems.

Not sure which ones, but if history is a guide, it will be those that solve sticky, real problems that people are willing to pay for long term.

Some of the US contribution to the Ukraine war effort was in the form of older equipment or credits to purchase arms from US weapons sellers (i.e. the funds just recycled back to the US).

Wondering why these UK funds are in the form of 'loans?'

It sounds like these may be to help Ukraine domestically manufacture their own arms.

Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.