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requires refs, which still isnt supported on the system drive on windows, iirc

https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones can do the same thing, and it's perfectly free and open source. terminal based though

siranachroniston Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms

But MIT records most lectures and has great online companion resources, which is where the tech in teaching thing is really helpful

siranachroniston Instacart is playing games with its workers’ pay

The way I read the article, the author is pointing out the sneakiness of 1. conflating service with tipping, and 2. hiding an option people assume isn't adjustable (who would think you could waive a service fee, and what normal person would want to pay a ~higher~ service fee? note that service fee vs. tipping has different connotations) behind a nav.

There certainly is a understanding problem here, even if the individual components are all familiar, because it's not at all clear what tapping a chevron on a "service fee" would do anyway, and it's certainly far from default to assume that that's how you would tip, especially if you were unfamiliar with Instacart, and didn't realize tipping is a thing.

siranachroniston Instacart is playing games with its workers’ pay

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/

You are not your user You are not your user You are not your user

Beyond just that, putting things behind a chevron dramatically decreases actual usage. It's why things like hamburger menus are so bad--significantly reduces discoverability, -even when users understand the pattern-. A chevron is even worse, because it generally indicates "details", "settings", or "advanced". Nobody wants to do that.

siranachroniston Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months

so does that mean the language updates more frequently than the bird?

siranachroniston Hashtags Instagram Won’t Let You Search

no emoji?

siranachroniston Dropbox Project Infinite

sigh once again Microsoft is ahead of the curve, but drops the ball and lets another company swoop in

siranachroniston You Could Do Almost Anything Part 1

A well-designed logo relies on its inherent memorability and the strength of its association with its parent brand/entity to create a lasting impression.

It might be informed by the name of the company, but certainly doesn't need to achieve a one-to-one association with the visual letterforms--we don't expect the reverse after all.

Memorability and distinctiveness is the end goal, and if your brand is strong enough that a simple mark will be sufficiently distinctive, then it's to your advantage to adopt a simple mark.

No one will forget that Microsoft is four boxes, and that the Internet is a blue e, even though these marks are visually panned, and in a context-free environment, only loosely associated with their parent brands.