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Apple’s Phil Schiller is reportedly joining OpenAI’s board by kinttach in c/apple@lemmy.zip

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Good news for Anthropic.

Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App by kinttach in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

It’s a PR issue not a legal one.

Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUID) by kinttach in c/programming@programming.dev

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

This draft spec was eventually published as RFC 9562. Compared to the previous spec it adds versions 6, 7, and 8, plus best practices guidance.

Basically, there are a bunch of UUID alternatives that arose to fix the problem that UUIDs are bad for use as database keys in large tables (here’s the perspective of MySQL experts Percona). A bunch of these alternatives are actually linked from the RFC, which I haven’t seen done before. Version 7, in particular, is meant to address this use case.

In the US, did Amazon kill the mall, is everyone too broke, or a combination of other factors? by kinttach in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago

Successful malls have an Apple Store, Tesla, and Louis Vuitton, which tells us something about who can still afford to shop there.

In the US, did Amazon kill the mall, is everyone too broke, or a combination of other factors? by kinttach in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago

Apparently there’s a recipe on that page. Here’s the same page without the crud: https://www.justtherecipe.com/?url=https://houseofnasheats.com/brazilian-lemonade-limeade/

Blue Origin Urges FAA to Cap SpaceX Launches at Kennedy by kinttach in c/space@lemmy.world

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

So that’s why they haven’t been able to launch yet. It all makes sense now.

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I’ve been locked out of PayPal for years because of their mistake (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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About 3 or 4 years ago PayPal added the option to buy cryptocurrency, which I thought I’d try. (Dumb idea 🙄)

Part of the sign up process was glitched. I retried and clicked submit one too many times, I guess. Now I’ve been unable to use PayPal for years. They blocked me because THEIR SITE was broken, but the web page essentially accuses me of being a criminal and asks for my bank records. No way in hell.

This was just for me to pay others. I can only imagine how awful PayPal is if you are a vendor.

Fuck PayPal.

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Does lemm.ee support the “mark post as read” feature? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/support@lemm.ee

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/34248154

“Failed to mark post as read” errors

I see this error almost every time I open the comments on a post.

My server is lemm.ee. Does it not support the “mark as read” feature?

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“Failed to mark post as read” errors (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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I see this error almost every time I open the comments on a post.

My server is lemm.ee. Does it not support the “mark as read” feature?

Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs? by kinttach in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 46 points 3 weeks ago

The Fisker Ocean has solar panels on its roof. It can add 4 or 5 miles a day if fully exposed to the sun.

Not enough to matter. It’s a gimmick.

If you don’t have an EV, you may think that EV owners are worried about range, and they’d welcome any increase. I have not found this to be true.

It’s more like having a car that starts every day with a full tank. You’re never going to burn through that in a single day. Pretty soon you don’t care about range, efficiency, or pay much attention to the battery meter. It only matters if you’re on a road trip, which for me is a couple times a year.

I would not want to give up a nice full-roof sunroof for a few extra miles a day.

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Starship/Euclid: Black-and-white interceptor with 9 engines (1 trail) and walker legs. T2 Korvax system. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/nmsglyphexchange@lemmy.world

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Planet Oshup Delta, coordinates +61.16, +9.95

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How do I delete comment drafts? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading by kinttach in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 106 points 5 months ago

Who would’ve thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU.

Article 5.3 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA): “The gatekeeper shall not prevent business users from offering the same products or services to end users through third-party online intermediation services or through their own direct online sales channel at prices or conditions that are different from those offered through the online intermediation services of the gatekeeper.”

Apple has an annual legal budget of approximately infinity dollars. I assure you they are aware of this and they believe they are in compliance, even if just barely.

If challenged, they will have no problem fighting it — they have nearly as much cash on hand as the entire EU budget.

I hope the EU challenges this, and I hope the EU wins, but Apple isn’t going to be surprised by whatever happens.

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Spoiler tags (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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I don’t know when they were added, but I just noticed that spoiler tags are supported.

spoiler

+｡:.ﾟTHANKヽ(*´∀)ﾉﾟYOU.:｡+ﾟ

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Apple Store across the street from an Apple Store -- are there any closer than this? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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Comedian Lewis Black has a routine about “a Starbucks across the street from a Starbucks”. Apple Stores aren’t nearly as common.

Unless you’re in Glendale, California -- where Apple Glendale Galleria is across the street from Apple The Americana at Brand.

Are there any other Apple Stores this close together?

The stores are less than 150 meters apart, but unfortunately they aren’t within sight of each other. As you exit Apple The Americana at Brand, you won’t see the other Apple Store — only a notably uncrowded Samsung Experience Store.

map of Glendale Apple Stores

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How reliable are EV chargers? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by kinttach@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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New EV owner here. We charge at home so I don’t need to use them, but stores nearby have chargers. I tried them to see how they work. They are often broken.

One store has a Volta charger (free!). It worked great the first time; the next time I went it was broken.

Walmart has an Electrify America fast charger. The first time I went, 1 of 3 was not working. The next time I went, 1 of 3 was not working, but it was a different one.

Was I unlucky, or are these charging networks unreliable? Has it been getting better or worse over time?

"The Sound and the Fury" by J. L. Westover by kinttach in c/comics@lemmy.ml

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 61 points 7 months ago

Supposedly most Gen Z now use subtitles and I don’t blame them. With the way movie sound is mixed it’s really hard to hear the dialog. Not everyone has a Dolby-certified sound system in their living room.

Even with a basic surround system that has a separate center channel (and fiddling with the settings for 5.1, Atmos, stereo) we still often have to use subtitles. It’s major failure on the part of movie studio audio engineers.