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At even 1% of that figure, that's a heck of a lot of people.
1. https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-deta...
- To get the human perspective about something from an expert.
- To get the history of something, because there's still much to learn from there that LLMs can't really teach us.
Eg. "Why did you make those decisions way back when?"
This is why I enjoy Raymond Chen's blog[1] and folklore.org[2] so much. I don't think LLMs can replace that.
Now only if we could get more DEC, SGI and early Sun people blogging before they croak.
1. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/author/oldnewthin...
- Restaurants: Menu is QR only. In one case, ordering food was QR only.
- Queueing up at my local Costco optical department requires scanning a QR code.
- Various other check-ins for various other government agencies and businesses.
- Urgent care check-in paperwork requiring QR code. No paper, and typing the loooong URL in manually is horrific.
Non-native apps that are web views don't get this functionality unless the developer properly hooks it or mimics it. They rarely get this right.
That said, I'm not sure of the current state of Flutter and RN. They resolve to OS native controls, so theoretically they should support these types of base functionalities, correct?
1. It redacts emails even to my personal domain.
2. Multiple Amazon reps have told me this is a common customer complaint and there’s no way to opt out of it. If it really were altruistic, Amazon would let you opt out.
PS: maybe I’m not in the loop yet but the first item I checked shows at least a hundred customer reviews on some sort of infinite scroll.
You can probably still self-host a Nitter instance, at the risk of a C&D?
Sensor Tower shows a consistent ~10% YoY decline.
DataReportal/Kepios shows a ~5.3% decline in ad reach.
EU DSA Transparency repoorts shows ~10% decline
Pew Research shows a >20% decline in the US.
Regardless, I still use X and find a lot of value from the people I follow. I'm paradoxically optimist.
If you like AI and tech, there are some pretty thriving sub-communities. AI stuff, and a lot of tech stuff happens on X first. Claudebot/OpenClaw/Hermes all began on X months before I commonly saw them appear on other platforms.
> Political stuff notwithstanding
Don't follow people who post about politics and use muting and mute words liberally.
> consume a non-algorithmic feed
New-ish: Following -> Latest. As an aside, the supposed algorithm is on GitHub[1].
> disable videos and photos in the feed
uBlock or Control Panel for Twitter.
You have agency and can choose your own adventures. If you don't like something, don't do it.
These times are exciting and rough seas make good sailors. Find your path forward.
Nothing. Tiling managers just have a bit of a steep learning curve. That said, I'd argue they're better about using space on small screens (no title bar, everything tiled efficiently, etc).
The Omarchy Manual does a good job of covering it, but again, there's a learning curve. I was a late adopter to tiling, but now I can't do without it. I even use macOS and Windows tiled.
I've been using Omarchy since almost the beginning and it's been fantastic. I get a usable "power user" setup with very little tweaking. Omarchy is for me.
> when those defaults include a bunch of random paid software and links to websites DHH likes?
I'm not sure what you're talking about with "a bunch of random paid software". I've only seen a handful, they are sensible options, and they are not in your face. If you mean these apps[1] then most of Omarchy's user base uses most of them, and if they don't they're trivial to change. A huge portion of people use ChatGPT, Google apps, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, Discord and so on.
If you look in Omarchy issues, it's pretty clear it's not just DHH dictating decisions, it's been a community effort.
But again, it sounds like Omarchy probably isn't your cup of tea.
There is a segment of people who have both legitimate concerns and misconceptions about AI. The legitimate concerns are crucial and certainly need to be addressed, some are existential. But if you're a person who refuses to AI, you are not long for a technology career.
As for their hangups and misconceptions, that’s their baggage to deal with. Just stay out of my way.
The problem is that those kinds of responses are rare in the tech world. But when you have someone competent at the helm, it's much better than reading human slop.
The Tx SoCs themselves should have never locked up because there was a watchdog that would power cycle it when it became unresponsive.
The T1 and T2 and its associated controllers were actually part of a gradual and public transition to Apple Silicon!
Most people didn’t realize it at the time though.
About the only good thing to come out of the open web dying is a revitalization of open and accessible computing hobbies.
If the HN audience didn’t want AI stories, they wouldn’t keep making the front page. You may not like it, but AI isn’t going away. It’s going to keep evolving and become integral to tech.
If you want a version of Hacker News without AI, I suggest the following website with the AI filter. But then you'd be ignoring the biggest technological advancement in a long time.
https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude
But, if you're not into AI and you're planning to stay in tech, I suspect you're going to have a hard time adapting.