Michal @ Michal @programming.dev

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Didn't take long, compared to how much Ukraine had to wait to get permission to use it on Russian territory while defending themselves.

Like that time they made a giant hole in the screen and called it 'dynamic island' 😂

It's the iBump, it's a haptic invention gently letting you know you have passed to the other half of the screen. They also made it visible to give you a gentle cue as to where the middle is.

Idk, he popularized electric cars, it has to count for something. But yes, net loss.

It's their inhouse project, so if they'll probably focus their efforts on it if they're no longer investing in 3rd party.

Ona scale of units consumed, yes. A TikTok lasts seconds whereas a book takes days to compete.

However, I've read books more engaging than some tiktok videos.

Only in one country, and I don't happen to live in it.

Because a book can be read again, provide virtually the same value to the next person. If you try to resell a movie ticket or vacation it won't work, because ticket is access to a one time experience.

Probably some children's book I can't remember. The earliest book I remember reading by myself would be one of this series (in Polish) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomek_in_the_Land_of_Kangaroos?wprov=sfla1

This one was also a popular children's book, but I think it was read to me by my mother https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademia_pana_Kleksa_%28novel%29?wprov=sfla1

You're right, but I only read fiction so i don't care if a book was updated. Corrections are expected.

For everything else, the internet archive does a good job of archiving internet contents.

I haven't considered this. I'm pretty sure my library has ebooks, but it's not compatible with my Kindle, and i wouldn't want to read them any other way.

I really couldn't justify buying new books. Once you read it what do you do with it? Secondhand books are very cheap because books don't hold value (except for rare books). Libraries do exist and provide books for free, and you can order books if they don't have them in your local library, but waiting times for new releases can be months.

Ebooks are my favorite, but i have even less reason to buy ebooks (on Amazon) as they can't be resold or even gifted. Unless it costs €1 or €2, but these cheap books aren't great.

Some subscription service, like Netflix would be perfect for me if it had all the books. Kindle Unlimited is good, but selection of available titles is very limited.

"quick, follow that car"

It's unusable without ads, so if you watch a lot of YouTube it's worth to pay.

AGI could be possible if a new breakthrough is made. Currently LLMs are just pretty good text predictor, and any intelligence exhibited by them is because they are trained on texts exhibiting intelligence (written by humans) . Make a large enough model, and it will seem like an intelligent being.

"Octo" in October means eight. Makes sense.

I don't know about Thursday, i dont feel the same connection.

Weren't they accusing democrats for travel restrictions during the heigh of covid pandemic?

That's ableist. Not every voter can can get in the booth by themselves.

Age is no exception. Older voters lean conservative, while younger voters are more progressive. Age restriction is voter suppression.

There are a lot of adults who shouldn't be allowed to vote, but in democracy you let everyone have equal say and don't make arbitrary rules to exclude certain groups.