RichardHesketh

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16 days agodiscuss

As long as this isn’t about all ‘non-warfighters’, this might be a good thing. My Dad served for over 30 years in the Royal Air Force, retiring as an Air Vice Marshal (USAF 2* General equivalent). His badge of rank was only ever about having sufficient clout to fight a service member’s corner whatever his assignment was (a conventional RAF station, Allied Forces HQ in Europe etc.). He knew that, and he said it out loud to remind each and every service member (and their family members) that he was there for them, and that he had the clout to influence where influence was required. The proposed change is either good or bad depending on context. It was never necessary in the RAF because of the Chaplains approach to working with their colleagues - ‘pulling rank’ is anathema to an RAF officer and I’m certain that’s equally true of the other services in the UK. I’ll watch this with interest to see how it plays out. Not obvious HN fodder, but a subject that for sure tickles my interest…

2 months agodiscuss

Marvellous. Puts one on mind of (https://www.hhgproject.org/entries/poetry.html) :) Next time I’m in London I must go and leave a biro on Douglas Adams grave…

2 months agodiscuss

This, I guess: https://github.com/kulikov0/whitelist-bypass

Sign o’ the times, but interesting…

2 months agodiscuss

Architecting, specifying, verifying and validating are still important disciplines - those /can/ be in scope for a traditional ’developer’. You’re not irrelevant, but your role may be shifting a bit. Embrace the learning opportunities if they suit you, and if they don’t - well there’s likely something else you love to do that you could monetise…

2 months agodiscuss

Please grow up. As of iOS 26.1, the transparency effects can be substantially turned down; 26.4 builds upon that, making the issue all but moot. If you choose to self-sabotage by moving to another OS, forcing you to repurchase apps on a competing platform all over again, and learn the quirks and flaws of that platform, I wish you all the disposable income (and time) you may need to do that.

3 months agodiscuss

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3 months agodiscuss

The FlightRadar24 app has had this feature for quite some time. I like your implementation though - it’s very easy on the eye.

4 months agodiscuss

Hindsight’s 20:20. Why the snark? There’s a lot to like about the App Store experience from a user perspective (I am not a developer).

5 months agodiscuss

I think the clue’s in the username…

6 months agodiscuss

Links don’t work for me and nor does searching GH for DocuDeeper. I’d love to try this - if I can get to it!

6 months agodiscuss

So what? If it helps my son to be a good human in his early teens, I’m in favour…

6 months agodiscuss

Nice. Will it land on Apple Music at some point?

7 months agodiscuss

Gorgeous. Thank you, from an aging Brit who feels utterly at home looking at this. :)

7 months agodiscuss

Question: if dopamine is the answer, what’s the second-order solution the brain is after?

7 months agodiscuss

I have a new respect for Conan O’Brien seeing how he found humour in / dealt with his parents deaths so close together. Inspiring and deliciously, subversively funny! Thanks for sharing.

9 months agodiscuss

Should probably link here: https://0xmm.in/posts/ntfy/

11 months agodiscuss

Congratulations - that is both glib and facile. Bad shit like this happens even between citizens of the same nation. This is not a borders and migration issue. Characterising it as such has deeply harmful consequences which we’ve been seeing on a global scale in recent years, with alarming echoes of the run up to WW1 and WW2. If we fail to learn the lessons of history…

12 months agodiscuss

Yup. Search ‘case studies’ on that website. Donella Meadows was an environmental scientist and an eminent systems thinker long before the term became mainstream.

last yeardiscuss

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last yeardiscuss

Awesome project, and a great idea to build a powerful capability using mostly off-the-shelf tools! Do you have a write-up somewhere, please? Even if only a few notes or code snippets, architecture outline, or what-have-you. My son is eight, but I’d love a way to keep him away from mobile devices but in touch with family members and friends.