@mattly I was always impressed with tracker’s update frequency but do remember being annoyed that it *forced* a reload. I like how elk does that when it’s installed as a pwa: it offers an update but continues to function until you reload. I guess tracker didn’t version their api
@mattly I was really impressed when I switched iPhones recently and @ivory retained all app state including scroll position between devices after transfer
@mattly it seems like this depends on how much interaction/friction there is for the update? I’d be totally happy if every app could background update as soon as a bug was fixed
How do newspapers not have an ad free subscription tier? I have never clicked on an ad on the WaPo, but I’d happily pay a margin over whatever cpm they’re getting by showing me low quality ads. How is that not an option?
After a decade of contracting, it may be time to think about doing something other than that. I have no idea what that would be, though, or even how to find out. Maybe it’s time to find out what I do when I grow up
iOS/security folks: what would cause an orange background on the time in the top left of an iPhone? Mic usage? How do I figure out what app is recording without my consent? Have I somehow been zero dayed? Retoots welcome, I’m moderately concerned about this
Is it just me or is the primary rust terminal coloration library really uncomfortably named? There's a long history of that word in America and it's not a neutral one.
@mattly even then, are there “many users can have their own logins to administer a single account, with granular acls and audit logging” masto/fedi implementations? Their needs aren’t the same as a single user server or a general purpose community server
What can mastodon/fediverse do to make risk-averse entities feel safe establishing a presence on here? A friend just texted that there was a plume of smoke at a location and I realized that Twitter is still the best way to get realtime updates from the city fire department. Is there a fediverse/activitypub server that would be easy and trustworthy for a local government to sign up for, with multi user access to a shared account etc?
There aren't that many things that rails got right, but the systematic application of conceptual ontology to source code is high up there. One file, one thing. Organized by type of thing, recursively.
Unsolicited code advice because this isn't a sufficiently widespread practice: Long files of source code (>500 lines) are the equivalent of that drawer in your kitchen or shop that has a bit of everything, and are an unprofessional way to share a work environment with others (or yourself). Maintain your source code's ontology with small files and directory structure. This looks different in every language but each file should be just one concept with exceptions only for "supporting concepts."