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Quicky

@ Quicky @lemmy.world

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  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • What do you mean by look good though? My question is based on productivity, and why software seems geared towards having top-down functionality on screens that generally provide more width.

  • Why aren't computer monitors more commonly square, specifically in the workplace?

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  • Yeah. Strange that in general the applications themselves haven't transitioned with the hardware. Every office desktop seems to have a widescreen, but every office application still has its menus along the top by default, and does little to take advantage of the increased horizontal space.

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  • I can't imagine OneNote will ever disappear. It's ingrained in a lot of businesses. The under-featured UWP app on the other hand is no loss.

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  • Oh and not to question the professor's expertise but you can't blame the consumers for this one. Literally NOBODY asked for one of these pins.

    "These products are designed based on the consumers' desires and affordability," said Berrin Tansel, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Florida International University.

    Making them easier to recycle would require the cost of the material recovery process to be fronted by the manufacturer, making them more expensive, Tansel told Context.

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  • This article is a bit of a mess. What the fuck does AI have to do with the amount of glue used in a device?

    And why focus on a limited run from a failed product rather than the literal millions of successful wearable products like airpods that are equally hard to recycle?

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    Meanwhile, the use of the technology is only expected to grow.

    Very insightful

  • English is a strange language.

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  • Haha I'm just being dismissive, but greater minds than mine have made the same point.  

    I read something a while back about Ludwig Wittgenstein (in a YouTube comment of all places). He basically said "It turns out that Philosophy, my entire life's work, is just a language game and, in the end just like a game, it can be fun and challenging, but ultimately meaningless." Everyone disagreed then immediately went back to playing their own games, trying to prove him wrong by proving him right.

  • English is a strange language.

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  • I used to be really interested in paradoxes, but I decided in my old age that they’re all just bloody annoying and pointless. 99% of paradoxes are just linguistics. All these philosophers who spent their lives debating them are infuriating bastards. “Oh you’ve come up with another unsolvable word puzzle have you? Well that’s language for you - an abstraction developed by the fallible. Congratulations mate, great use of everyone’s time.”

  • PixelFed has increased the Fediverse's monthly active users by over 40% in the last few weeks, how do we feel?

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  • The Discovery section in Pixelfed definitely needs work, but the ability to follow hashtags offsets that somewhat. I’ve found loads of great photographers to follow off the back of following hashtags that I’m interested in.

  • Are dating apps a fraud since the beginning?

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  • Without wanting to sound patronising, dating apps absolutely do work, but it's the users that make them work. If your profile photos are shit, or your chat is uninteresting or unfunny, you're not going to succeed.

    I'm a middle-aged male divorcee who'd been off and on Tinder for about 4 years, and I'd describe myself as average-looking, but I met a number of women on it. Without the dating apps, my in-person shyness would have prevented me from meeting anyone. They were an absolute godsend for me.

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • Still there mate

  • Pixelfed has reached its Kickstarter Goal in Just 13 Hours

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  • I suppose, but he did start name-calling just because another developer had the audacity to start building their own fediverse photo sharing platform (Vernissage). Then apologised and removed the toot.

    Bearing in mind the other developer also actually built a functioning and rather excellent third party Pixelfed app (Impressia) that he wrote because he got frustrated with the lack of development on the official Pixelfed app, and which was available on app stores years earlier, it seemed beyond unnecessary.

    Weirdo

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • Ha probably not, but you never know. I bet they can determine my ideologies from the publications I’ve blocked on Apple News +, but who knows what they use to build up a profile.

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • Yeah no doubt. If I were Dan though, I’d just change it before it got to that point. Pixelfed has only actually had this redesigned logo for a few months, and the app has only just been pushed out of beta, so it’s not like it’s an established recognisable brand to lose.

  • Pixelfed has reached its Kickstarter Goal in Just 13 Hours

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  • It means the dev can be a bit of a dick, and it’s not always a great look. “Darling” in this instance means “face of” or “icon”.

  • Pixelfed has reached its Kickstarter Goal in Just 13 Hours

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  • Yeah he’s definitely up himself, and highly prone to preschool outbursts on Mastodon. No doubt he deserves plaudits for ambition and talent, but a bit more humility and grace would do him good. I’ve cringed at a few of his (often retrospectively deleted) posts unnecessarily slagging off other devs.

    That said, I’m extremely grateful for what he’s trying to do, and his genuine desire to expand the fediverse.

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • IANAL but I reckon there’s enough similarity for Polyend to consider chatting to their legal team. The Pixelfed logo is also actually (inverse) black on the apps, similar to the point where they’re just about the same if you squint.

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • Yeah as I say, I know why it’s there, and that you will see different ones. It just caught my eye because of the likely wildly different ideals of the two apps’ customers.

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • Yeah I understand why it’s there, and that you will see different ones. Just posting here because its target demographics are likely comically different from those that are interested in Pixelfed.

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  • Oh wow, they’re almost identical. That may come back to bite Dan on the ass.