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a couple of reason not to focus:

1. on mobile devices, a focused <input> also triggers Keyboard to open, that in turn may cause the page/content to scroll suddenly etc. that could annoy the user, 2. if there's content to read (a message, Terms etc), the user may end up not fill the form at all

In general, tipping in Hospitality is an outdated practice in my view, mainly because : 1. eating out or holidaying is no longer treated as a special occasion or reserved for the wealthy or aristocracy etc as say decades ago or earlier 2. it's an unreliable income stream as markets adopt innovations like Food Delivery apps

However, it makes sense to tip in niche industries e.g casinos, special clubs, digital content providers/opensource software etc.

requires an Instagram account, but what if you don't have one, would Instagram require a Facebook account? that would be funny!

Explains the 10M signups though, Meta has a huge network but I would've span it off, no Insta et al.

OK - I'm off to create an Instagram account so I can create a Threads account so that I finally won't have to start using Twitter!

I agree. just think home much effort went into braking the Enigma Code in WW2, a tech developed by a contemporary power, with similar scientific know-how etc. If you've got hints/docs from similar formats, AI could help develop a pattern.

In this case, the author chose to Self-Publish the book (amazon), and so they'd have to do their own Marketing, Networking, Editing, on-top of writing (the fun, creative part). If they'd had a Literary Agent, it may have worked out - Agent does the heavy-lifting i.e non-writing tasks.

The writing business (books) is extremely competitive - keep a main job, write on the side (hobby) until sales / Agent / Publisher pays enough for you focus on writing full-time.

Stephen King, "On Writing" covers this well, and it's a joy to read.

with software, it's particularly problematic - the dependency hell: libs, api, versions, platforms, players, os. your software needs documenting, and so do the deps. and if you want to run it/replay it, good luck getting it operational 20years from now let alone in year 3000.

when a book, newspaper, magazine is published, a copy is archived with the National Library - narrative etc preserved.

Websites get some archiving, but pay-walling is threatening this. Other types of software is very tricky.

with every new comp-language advance or compiler/transpiler etc, coder's life gets easier - but an engineer's life is more broad, it's about Solving Problems that involve: Tech, Design, User and Business. These problems will only get more complex.

I think the Coder's role will become a very niche market, highly expert/specialist. the Engineer's will grow, very much needing AI to help-out, especially with tasks around: Discovery, Mapping/Relating, Projecting/Simulating.

sadly no concrete evidence on the recipe - not surprised. Romans were excellent engineers but as so often, we're left with little documentation in this area (sciences). The humanities (law, politics, literature etc) has fared better, with way more surviving records.

google or other providers could mitigate this by Allowing the Analytics subscriber to configure which fields to "exclude" or "include" when logging requests.

Regulators are only going to get tougher with service providers, it's wise to prepare.

a replacement for X, signals a Temp/emergency solution, not a new market, if that's the driver with Threads, they've lost it already.

tech-giants are so powerful, they don't have to move-fast-to-break-things, a small tantrum/jitter (e.g Musk-twitter, or rush-to-replace) can mess-up a considerable part of the ecosystem around them; including their own finances.

happy to try it, out of curiosity.

well, either the 2nd photo is fake bookshelves (stock image, white-label), or it's a painting/decorating job gone horribly wrong lol

That's how all photos should be - original, no editing, no staging; If I want excitment, I can Prompt a Generative-AI platform to create mind-bendingly-creative imagery.

I've wasted so many days viewing flats/apartments because the Photos looked amazing, and the actual property was utterly awful.

issues: - narrow/steep Staircases - very old photos (now the place a dump) - fish-eye lenses (or similar) enlarging the space - etc etc et bloody cetera :(

nice post

Their service calls Google Vertex AI Codey APIs to generate suggestions [1].

It's fine to integrate Off-the-shelf solutions, but you don't have to implement every tech-hype going viral. I fear AI-assistant features are pushing more prescient features further down the backlog.

[1] https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/code_sugg...

one of the main issues with Human languages is also one of it's strengths: flexibility. it would be a nightmare to test/assure quality, and worse, for security/auditing. As such, I don't think it's going to empower business managers to query data in English, without the need for Developers.

I agree. demand for richer media Content is only going to grow, wouldn't be surprised if post-prod and the like didn't become the sole focus of Mac Pro over the next few years.

Oh dear, don't tell me about the cracked screen - damaged two in 3 years :( I like the energy efficiency of apple silicon chips, I think they've hit jackpot with that.

True, you get raw power from a high-end desktop/workstation, but cloud services have eaten-up missive chunks of of dev work. MacBook is a good medium (Jack of all trades)

copyright issues aside, a platform has to consider 'spam', AI generated content could quickly and easily overwhelm a platform.

>> This isn’t just for pros, Apple seems to claim; it’s for capital-P Pros.

paying $15K for a Mac Pro (without screen) to be tethered to a desk isn't a very creative solution in 2023, WFH / remote working requires agility. MacBook Pros are very powerful already.

Plus, consumers are going to want more Energy Efficient / Green products, and that means long-lasting too (reduce waste).

I can see why Sweden would ... in 1920s, forests covered 35% of their land, today they cover 70%, of this 80% is in active use [-1], employing 4% of the workforce [-2].

Makes sense in low-rise construction - of two otherwise identical buildings (4 story, ~15 flats/apartments), one with timber-frame construction has no carbon dioxide emissions, whereas the concrete-frame yields 96 tonnes [-2].

[-1] https://www.forestindustries.se/forest-industry/facts-and-fi... [-2] https://www.ksla.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Forests-and-F...

So this is how win3.1 got Clippy then?

>> I printed this response up, and read it to the concerned family. As I recited ChatGPT’s words, their agitated expressions immediately melted into calm agreeability.

not bad for a corny $0.5 hardback novel - but wtf was that about? If a Doctor read that script about my mother in ER, I'd be more insulated than had they printed the source code of a Linux Kernel module and proceeded to read it out in full, verbatim!

So what one's a Doctor or another's a Lawyer and even involved in tech VC world? Artificial Intelligence is extremely complex and specialized field, plenty of learned professionals and VCs have been mesmerized then duped by "altruistic" tech projects in the filed of AI or Crypto.

In the 80 and 90s automation tech in call centers was supposed to revolutionize customer support blah blah blah ... didn't work, people hate automation/robotic behavior, so the Industry switched to outsourcing calls to human operators in countries with cheaper salaries - it worked - and that drove other outsourcing innovations. I fear, chat bots and generative AI will fair the same - they're barking at the wrong tree.

i agree, it's a bit weird. personally I'd use 0.5 rather than 50% to record the facts, and 50% to make a salient point/summary, since the latter is a higher level of abstraction (perhaps even anthropocentric)

I think he may have wondered how would, say a Python backend using Resend Python SDK, render a React Email template and send it. Their API docs [1] for "Send Email" has an option for specifying a 'react' component to render the message but it's only available on the NodeJS SDK. Otherwise you pass HTML and/or Text.

Personally, I was expecting the api to optionally accept a React Template, along with the Data, where upon the Resend api would Render it (or fail) then Send it. Passing a 'preview' param would return the rendered HTML/Text (for testing) - just a thought.

[1] https://resend.com/docs/api-reference/emails/send-email

Energy equals mass times speed of light squared, is the same as: E = mc². The former is more accessible to a general public audience (reader).

a bit yes - but then again it's a unit Humanized, easier to read, more accessible I guess.

a basic chair with long, straight hard-back are best for long-coding sessions. Also consider an airy surface to place your laptop on (your lap?) e.g a wooden/bamboo laptop support/stand (grill).

>> “Remember: The SEC reviewed our business and allowed us to become a public company in 2021.”

If it's normal for a startup to patch their software to keep up-to-date with changes/time, I wouldn't be surprised if SEC / Gov / Justice Dept updated their Views/Position with time!

Well done for launching! Kudos for using Web Components.

RE: Landing Page. Keep the marketing side, after all you've a paid Model. I'd split the Landing Page on non-mobile devices:

----33% Marketing ----|----66% Endless FEDD----|

Could hide Marketing pane after some time / or button.

RE: Paid Subscription. Re-think the model you've got, won't scale (direct wealth-distribution by vote) as it's presented (e.g tipping creators by vote: could be done/seeded by Agents/Affiliates etc), unless I'm missing a twist to this.

You've done the right thing to not accept money atm (while you iron out platform/user issues)

the OP mentioned apple's headaches with the "disappearing" scrollbar, yes I often experienced that in Apple's own site, iTunes Connect (manage App submissions, rejections/comments etc). Disappearing scrollbars on TextArea with large amounts of text made is very easy to miss whole paragraphs of text, can be very costly.

I'm for "Customizing the UI", as long as it helps the User get the most out of the site.

>> Microsoft and Apple have already done all that work.

eg. Dark Mode - wasn't created by Browser or OS providers, but developers (as I understand), then OS/Browsers played catch-up. Developers can and sometimes do influence Design "upstream".