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FinalBriefing··on Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable
I agree. If I had to pick 2, it would be HBO and Apple TV+.

If I had to pick 1...probably HBO because their movie rotation generally has great classics.

FinalBriefing··on Why isn't there a universal data format for résumés?
Schema.org doesn't have anything for the resume side of things. They have a model for a job listing, so job listings can appear in search results with special formatting, but nothing for resumes.

HR Open Standards is only available with membership. Doesn't appear very "open", but I'd assume that doesn't matter much to the industry.

JSON Resume seems like the best take so far. I've used it for my resume and at my current job, and, although we've had to extend the schema, it's a great base to start with. It's got all the structured fields one would need to build a resume. It would be trivial for a company to start accepting it, at least as a way to pre-fill all the "education and history" fields that we have to fill out anyway.

FinalBriefing··on Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purpose, AMD says
It looks like it is just a different card designed for a different purpose. High clock speed, more power efficient, and a lot smaller...and $200 (supposedly).
FinalBriefing··on Optimizing Docker image size and why it matters
I generally agree.

I start all my projects based on Alpine (alpine-node, for example). I'll sometimes need to install a few libraries like ImageMagic, but if that list starts to grow, I'll just use Ubuntu.

FinalBriefing··on Use spacer components instead of CSS margins (2020)
I saw a blog post a while back from a React developer who did this. They didn't use padding or margins, just `<div>` elements with an exact height and width. I fail to see any benefits of doing it that way...just learn and use CSS.

I'm not sure if that's what this post is suggesting, though.

FinalBriefing··on Elementary OS 6.1
Yea, even just something simple like backing up your home directory, and being able to store the packages you've installed via a package manager. I've done this sort of thing myself, but it's a manual process, and you need to know how to write some bash.
FinalBriefing··on From Node to Ruby on Rails
Yea, I'm really glad they dropped Webpacker. It was the worst "Webpack abstraction" I've had to deal with, and the only documentation was always out of date and confusing.
FinalBriefing··on Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome
I've had a great experience with Lutris for Linux.

https://lutris.net/

FinalBriefing··on Google Chromium, sans integration with Google
Couldn't they (or someone) set up a Github Action to compile the project on every release?
FinalBriefing··on If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter
It is always behind on web technologies and hasn't implemented may features that have been around for a while.

It only gets updated once a year, so any updates they do make are slow to hit users. This wouldn't be so bad if they were more up to date with Firefox and Chrome.

FinalBriefing··on .NET 6 Released
Probably not.

I've heard the more recent releases of .NET have been pretty good, but I don't see any real reason to be interested in it. There are already plenty of good options out there.

FinalBriefing··on DownThemAll (2019)
If the app supports deep linking, then a browser can open up content in an app. See most video conference links.

I imagine a browser extensions that adds deep-links for certain media to be opened in external software is possible. Just needs coordination with the app...

FinalBriefing··on GitHub Copilot available for JetBrains and Neovim
It's helped me out quite a bit.

When I'm writing Angular code, it often fills in the correct boilerplate code, and is especially helpful when writing unit tests. I'm also quite surprised when it autocomplete various filter functions.

It isn't perfect, but it's been helpful filling in the mundane, simple stuff.

FinalBriefing··on Parcel v2
oh, cool! I didn't realize that. Then yea, I am very impressed by esbuild's performance.
FinalBriefing··on Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
Seems like there are no good ways for individuals to keep digital records that long. Even if you found a storage medium that could last, the machine that reads and serves up that content would need replacing.

The Internet Archive would be the easiest way, but a boring answer. You're trusting another organization to maintain your data, but it's about as certain as any other option to be available in the future.

You could trust Cloudflare or AWS to keep an storage bucket alive, but then you've got to continue paying for it, and there will almost certainly be some changes in the next 500 years that would require a human touch. Who knows if AWS will still be around, or if its new parent company, Yahoo-Facebook-Intel, will drop contracts if you don't log on daily to 'Oculus Space'. My point is, The Internet Archive might be your best bet if you rely on another organization to keep the site up.

If you did it yourself, you'd need - a stable file format (SIRF?) - multiple backups and copies, even on the same disk - very stable, simple computer to serve the content - maybe like, a Raspberry Pi-like system submerged and sealed in mineral oil? - static IP address to host from - this might be the dealbreaker for a DIY solution. You'd need to rely on other services - A local network that can be connected to...even after 500 years of changes to networking protocols.

Even with a DIY approach, you'd be relying on a trust of some sort that could handle replacing parts as needed. You could invent an analog titanium read-only storage disk with your data encoded on it, but even if you have bullet-proof hardware, you still need to allow people to connect to your server...and that is the least predictable part of the problem.

If enough people are interested in preserving content like this, a block-chain storage solution could work. You'd be relying on the system still being active in 500 years, so you'd need multiple generations of people all using the same blockchain to preserve their data. Kinda like a decentralized Internet Archive.

FinalBriefing··on Benjamin Button Reviews The New MacBook Pro (2016)
I haven't used a 14", but that may be the sweet spot. That's why it's taken the $2k price point. I like the portability of the 13", while the 16" can be cumbersome on an airplane.

The 13" I have now is adequate, but I miss the extra screen real-estate I had with the 15/16". The 16", especially, was really a treat.

FinalBriefing··on Benjamin Button Reviews The New MacBook Pro (2016)
Yea, having "one cable to rule them all" is great. I can see why having an HDMI port would be nice when you're traveling, or using shared projectors, but at this point, if you don't have a USB-C to HDML adaptor...
FinalBriefing··on Parcel v2
Those are some really impressive numbers.

I was really impressed with the speed of Vite, which uses Rollup under the hood. I never had any real complains about Webpack's speed until I tried Vite out. In my experience with Vue apps, the difference between Vite (Rollup) and Webpack was much greater than esbuild's data shows.

FinalBriefing··on Parcel v2
I think they discovered that if a library tries to provide "zero config", users quickly end up needing to configure something, or reconfigure something else.

I still don't think that Parcel is right for me given how comfortable I am with Webpack, but I welcome a "simpler config" option. Provide language support, but don't assume I want to use Babel, or PostCSS, or any other build tool.

FinalBriefing··on Parcel v2
This has been my experience, too. Great for getting started quickly on straight-forward projects or prototyping, but even simple projects hit snags.

If you're certain it covers all of your requirements out of the box, it's a great option. Otherwise...you're probably better off configuring Webpack from the start. I've never hit an issue with Webpack that can't be solved (an likely it has already been solved by someone else).

FinalBriefing··on Minecraft to add telemetry
How about performance issues and silent errors? Finding areas that need to me optimized because a lot of users have subtle issues kinda needs passive data collection.

As long as it is anonymous, it's a good thing, IMO.

FinalBriefing··on Deno 1.14
I agree that that's the direction of the future. I wouldn't start a new, important project with Deno just yet. It's still the early days.
FinalBriefing··on Tesla Wanted $22,500 to Replace a Battery. An Independent Shop Fixed It for $5k
Eh, if you spend a lot of time driving, a quieter car with extra safety features can make those parts of your life more enjoyable.

Avoiding driving altogether should be step 1, though.

FinalBriefing··on Zx 3.0
The major version bumps imply breaking changes. Two major versions within a few months implies I might have to refactor my code every couple of months to stay up to date, or face a buildup of tech debt if I want to take advantage of a new feature in the future.

If there are no breaking changes, then I would feel better if they called it v1.9.

FinalBriefing··on Zx 3.0
It is _a_ perfect choice.

I know a bit of bash, but I'm always looking up how to do things I know are simple in JS. I would love to be able to write scripts in JS because I'm faster with it, and I find it easier to read.

FinalBriefing··on Elementary OS 6 Odin
I'd say more "macOS UX" than "look and feel".
FinalBriefing··on The smart home is flailing as a concept
I'm a big fan of the Hue lights. I've done the IKEA ones, and they are great, but the phone-connected options offer scheduling and automation, if you're into that kind of thing.
FinalBriefing··on The smart home is flailing as a concept
Not to say a dedicated remote isn't useful, but phones are really convenient.

You generally have your phone with you, so you don't need to keep track of a separate device or devices. Unlike a TV remote, which is used near your TV, a house remote needs to be used anywhere. Everyone in your household can have their own remote (phone), so there's no passing the device around.

The types of controls are varied, and a color touch screen is generally the best option. Light switches, dimmer lights, colored lights, fan controls, AC controls, etc. While I can imagine creating a remote that handles all these different devices, it's going to be a challenge to create hardware that services all these different devices intuitively.

FinalBriefing··on Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
What world do you living where people share or remember their high school test scores?

I've almost never heard of anyone caring about their SAT scores since freshman/sophomore year of college. The only people who still talk about them are the people who did really well on them complaining that they didn't help get them jobs once they graduated.

FinalBriefing··on Apple testing new external display with A13 chip
Possibly to support wireless connections? You;ll be able to move your mouse across devices in the next version of iOS/macOS, so maybe this will allow you to use a screen without a device connected to it?
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