gernb · HackerTrans

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

that is not remotely my experience. old monitors are low-res and the text is blurry compared to my current Windows PC and Macs

gernb

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

And, so, did you do the right thing and return it or did you just accept and therefore effectively indicate to Roomba by your actions that you're ok with it?

I've returned several "smart" devices that required an app and an account. One example is GoVee smart blubs. As soon as they refused to work without an account I sent them back. Another is some Meross smart outlets. I retuned them for Eve Energy outlets.

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Of course it's subjective but my feeling is Photoshop hasn't added anything of significance since they went subscription. The majority of new features have been cloud intergration (something not even many of Adobe's employees want) and UI tweaks

They're even removing features

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/3d-faq.html#discontinue...

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

IIRC CS6 was the last non-subscription version. It's installer is 32bit but MacOS no longer runs 32bit executables. Maybe people find workarounds.

This kind of thing is especially true in iOS where every OS release kills off a bunch of software using deprecated and then deleted APIs.

It's likely in 2-3 years MacOS will pull out Intel support (like they pulled out PowerPC support after so many years when they switched to Intel)

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

It can go both ways.

Upgrades:

Plus: Must be compelling so they must come up with new features

Minus: Sometimes those new features are bad.

Subscriptions:

Plus: Keep it working on new OS versions

Minus: No compelling reason to add anything.

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

It really depends on what it is and how much value it adds to my life

Photoshop I pay. I tried switching to Affinity Photo but Affinity Photo had a poor workflow for my needs that would have ended up taking 10x longer. I value my time such that paying $120 for a year subscription to photoshop was well worth it rather than spending more time with a much slower solution.

On the other hand, I go on the Apple App store to look for an app that does perspective corrections for photos (more than the built in one). I found them but they want $6-$10 a month. This was something I just wanted to play with, not something I'm going to use a bunch so no, I didn't sign up.

Where it really bugs me is IoT devices that don't need to be IoT devices. I just don't buy them.

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I think you're missing the point (or I'm missing yours). I want both examples above to be one line item, not 2. djot says a blank line is required to start a new block but then sabotages itself by making an exception for list items because the author wants more compact lists. I'd prefer no compact lists rather than strange exceptions to the rules.

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

In markdown

    My favorite number is probably the number
    1. It's the smallest natural number that is
    > 0. With pencils, though, I prefer a
    # 2.

is a paragraph, a list item, a block quote, and a heading (4 things). In djot it's just a single paragraph.

If you want it to be 4 things you have to add a newline between each one.

Personally I think djot gets this right.

gernb

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

The odds of replacing markdown and all it's issues seem nearly impossible given its ubiquity and I've run into many of those problems but, this seems just as arbitrary in many ways,

For example:

> Block-level elements can't interrupt paragraphs (or headings), because of goal 7

It then goes on to show they do interrupt paragraphs

   - this then - this other thing

   - this then
   - this other thing

The 2nd is 2 list items but it's just the first with being interrupted by a block-level element.

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vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I wonder if the "cross a red light anytime I want to on a bike" is the reason so many are now doing the same in their cars.

it could be

(1) got used to it on a bike so repeating in car

(2) saw cyclists get away with it so decided might as well do the same

(3) unrelated reason

note: I'm seeing egregious traffic violations by cars every time I drive now which was not true say 10yrs ago. Don't know what changed

as a cyclist I'd love to see Netherlands level of bicycle support in more cities

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