- id00 parentIn Brisbane, Australia they run a 6-month trial to make all public transport trips to be 50c (that includes buses, metro, ferries). It was so successful and widely loved that it was a no-brainier for it to be extended indefinitely
- I agree. It is very easy to fall in the trap: "I let AI write all the tests" and then find yourself in a situation where you have an unmaintainable mess with the only way to fix broken test within a reasonable time is to blindly accept AI to do that. Which exposes you to the similar level of risk as running any unchecked AI code - you just can't trust that it works correctly
- I still believe https://hckrnews.com/ is the peak
- I personally believe iOS 7 was terrible but it was step in the right direction and continuous iterations on that design make overall user experience better than it was before. Currently, I'm not a big fan of iOS 26 but I'm willing to give a benefit of the doubt to Apple and see if the vision they have is actually make things better
- All these threads about iOS 26 reminded me about something long forgotten like... the release of iOS
I suggest to check the comments in this 12 years old thread [1], replace version number 7 with 26 there and realise that some things never change
- Building a mobile semi-idle MMORPG set in post-apocalyptic world with 1980s aesthetic, without pay-to-win and shady design practices
- There is a tip I've read somewhere to reach out to your elderly parents for questions you know they can answer instead of just googling it. Just to keep the connection and also make them feel needed and valued by their grown up kids.
I'm tryin to follow that advise often asking them household or cooking related questions
- A few years ago I've bought an old cassette deck, ordered a few cassettes on discogs.com (some of them 30+ years old) and even recorded a few mixtapes myself. There is a long forgotten strange feeling to hold a physical media with music. Like it gives it weight...
And surprisingly, the quality is not too bad for my non-audiophile ears. Especially if you go beyond Type-I cassettes
- Don't want to be too judgemental but does "Self Serve invite link" feature really needs 50 commits, an army of bots, countless nitpicking and 140+ messages? We are not launching Apollo to the Moon here.
I don't know this particular project but seeing threads like this kill any motivation to contribute.
- It's actually not that easy, especially at scale. Background checks cost money/time + compliance requirements are vastly different between regions/states/cities.
And there are tons of government systems you need to get data from. And some counties require in-person visit to obtain court records. And you need those records to make valid assessments.
- In my comment I was questioning the certainty that those fundamental flaws will be fixed. I'm one of those people who don't believe that iterating over LLM will make that giant leap.
You can call it an implementation detail but it's like both a wheel and a wing can take your over some distance but the difference between them is staggering. Wheel will never send you flying (normally)
- > which should help prevent Russia from further invasion
How will that prevent further agression? There are many US companies that still operate in Russia and even on Russian occupied teritories?
> which will only bring Russia closer to countries like China and a much faster takeover of Taiwan
Russia has nothing to give to China in their Taiwan takeover anymore. What the whole situation does it gives China a clear signal that US doesn't give a fuck about allies and previous promises. They make a move tommorow and that administration will even praise each other for giving up Taiwan because "it's the same nation" and "look we prevented ww3"
> There needs to be more strategic ways of dealing with Russia.
Yes, they are. Russia made it clear that it has no ways for further escalation, had severe problems with its army (DPRK troops and ammo, donkeys and horses on the frontline) and economy (interest rate is 20%+). Tighten sanctions, provide more aid to Ukraine (even in the way of loan), etc. It's not a fast answer though. And requires to have some balls.
- Working on my mobile semi-idle MMORPG for parents like myself. With the artstyle of 1980s/syntwave/cassette-futurism. Just finished the website over the weekend: https://afterglow-game.com/
- In my twenties moved from Russia to Australia, then lived in the US for a couple of years to see how it is. Came back to Australia just before US elections and I'm very happy with my decision to live here.
It has its own problems but for me it feels to be a much nicer place to live peacefully, raise kids and enjoy life
- Reminded me of this scene from IT Crowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12LLJFSBnS4