chrisfinazzo

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

No argument here.

For some reason, people feel like this should be a replacement for traditional luggage tags.

I do not understand this mindset.

I’d prefer to have a dedicated loop for my bag and the inside attachment points just aren’t big enough. I’d feel more secure if it wasn’t loose in a pocket and could easily fall out or be removed by an unscrupulous (or inattentive) airline or TSA employee.

chrisfinazzo

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

This might also explain why the first party luggage loop accessory seems to have been (unfortunately) memory-holed. I think third parties still sell them out of excess inventory, but they've been harder to come by in recent times.

My current carry-on doesn't have large enough attachment points to easily accommodate the Apple leather case's keyring, so an updated loop would have been welcome.

chrisfinazzo

hace 7 mesesdiscuss

As the platform owner, they explicitly reserve the right to do this - see also Meta, Google, Amazon, etc.

Apple collects data, but they usually keep it for their own use, that's the difference.

Third parties trying to do the same level of collection and also share it with partners is the issue. As such, the platform owner putting constraints on them by applying rules related to privacy shouldn't surprise anyone.

If it does, you're not paying enough attention.

chrisfinazzo

hace 7 mesesdiscuss

I've had the preferences "close windows when quitting an application" and "ask to keep changes when closing documents" checked since the day they appeared in System Preferences.

With these two, most applications behave as they did in the pre-Lion document model.

chrisfinazzo

hace 9 mesesdiscuss

I see the appeal of using Gmail to manage all of your mail, including the fact that you can still send through external SMTP servers, but it's just not for me.

Native clients continue to improve, and the mismatch between how I handle Gmail on iOS vs (for example) Fastmail shows that they're so wedded to this particular mindset that it's unlikely to ever be fully solved.

I look at people like my Dad -- early 70's, who spent most of his career as the "desktop infrastructure" manager at a midsize insurer -- who still wants to have Outlook available because he likes how Outlook does mail. It's just how his mind works. IMAP exists, but it's an implementation detail that's separate from the specific client features they add.

    Wouldn't mind exploring something akin to a web-based, self-hosted Thunderbird mail client giving a server hosted web UI for multiple email and nntp services.

Self hosting your own mailserver is almost always a bad idea unless you're really a dyed-in-the-wool mail nerd - I worked for one at a small startup one summer during college, but they're a rare breed.

chrisfinazzo

hace 9 mesesdiscuss

Why are people surprised by this? (No, really)

IMAP "defeated" POP long ago if you wanted to use a third-party client but still access mail from anywhere.

By definition, this doesn't work in a POP environment, but that's increasingly an outdated mindset.

For historical reasons (intertia, and being early enough that I was able to acquire a "firstname.lastname" address), I don't plan to leave Gmail unless things really go south. My personal domain (Fastmail) is used for other things and I've never anything other than Mail.app and their own web interface.

chrisfinazzo

hace 2 añosdiscuss

I presume this reversal happened during NT's main support window?

chrisfinazzo

hace 6 añosdiscuss

Hearing about the Flight Software and Avionics teams reminds me of this, although they don't seem to be on that level quite yet.

https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff

chrisfinazzo

hace 7 añosdiscuss

Apologies as the thread is long, but has anyone mentioned Vizio's creepy ACR tactics yet and how they got sued into submission?

I got a one for the bedroom about a year ago and although it was priced well for a 4K set, I had already heard about their adventures in getting viewing data on the sly and turned all that crap off as soon as I was able to do so.

Sounds like Samsung may well be trending in that direction.

We just bought a Q80 to go in our renovated basement and I'm starting to think about all of the small tweaks I'll need to make in order to minimize the data it collects.

Hard wired w/ Cat 6, Pi-Hole the ad servers, etc.

chrisfinazzo

hace 8 añosdiscuss

Yes. Paying extra for the service itself, not an arbitrary charge that could vary greatly at any time seems worth it.

chrisfinazzo

hace 8 añosdiscuss

It feels like they're double dipping. Unpopular as it might be, I'd guess people would be more than willing to pay extra so that they could shitcan this "feature".

chrisfinazzo

hace 8 añosdiscuss

I am equal parts amazed and horrified when I hear that some app started out as an MMS hack on feature phones. Dictionary lookups, directions, and multimedia, all on "candybars". It's one area the US never really got behind and jumped straight to smartphones and discrete apps.

How exactly did this come to be?

That's the anthology I want to read.

chrisfinazzo

hace 8 añosdiscuss

Uber charges you for "wait time" after you request a car...which is insane. Not that Lyft is much better, but I've never seen that kind of nonsense with them.

chrisfinazzo

hace 8 añosdiscuss

Tl;dr You're kinda boned. Apple Music integration will get better, but Spotify should be looking for an exit - before they get kicked out the door.

Not saying I agree with this, but given how most acquisitions go, other services don't survive long. Apple Music has an Android app, but that's more of a halo effect kind of thing to get people in the ecosystem and (eventually) switch to iOS.

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