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xu_ituairo··on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
I think resolution will be important the smaller (or further away) the movie you’re watching is. And for things like text in apps.

If you’re watching an IMAX-size screen in AR, the resolution of the content will be the main factor, I think, rather than the density of the goggle displays.

xu_ituairo··on Crypto collapse? Get in loser, we’re pivoting to AI
Feels more like polemic and opinion than something that’s true or false
xu_ituairo··on StableStudio, an open-source release of DreamStudio
Unkind response, and the API link goes to info about Stability's API, not info about an API for interacting with the StableStudio app.
xu_ituairo··on Go with PHP
Your response here feels unkind and combative
xu_ituairo··on Ask HN: Suing Facebook in small claims?
If they don't refund, take them to small claims court
xu_ituairo··on Ask HN: Does Google use the text inside gdocs and Gmail for training AI models?
Google says that email content is not used to show ads

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10434152

xu_ituairo··on Tell HN: You.com extension injects tracking beacons across the web and locally
I think the browser telling you what an extension is technically capable of is different to the extension letting you know what it’ll be doing and why.

Installing my adblocking extension the browser told me the app is capable of reading all web pages and editing them, but I assume they aren’t using that capability to track me.

xu_ituairo··on Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says
I think OP might be pointing out the New York Post is seen as tabloidy
xu_ituairo··on Crypto is the first question on IRS Form 1040 in 2022 [pdf]
A bit of an unkind and patronising response
xu_ituairo··on Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll
It made sense to remove the first poll. It wasn’t constructed in the best way. The revision was warranted in my opinion, and doesn’t necessarily show that he was being tricksy.
xu_ituairo··on Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists
It might be because most of the social platforms on that list don’t really fit the mould of a town square in my eyes. WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat, FB, FB messenger and others I recognise aren’t shaped in ways that look like public debate and are generally more siloed or are creator platforms.

Twitter seems to me more like an open free-for-all where any text can get amplified and publicly interacted with and very little is behind private accounts/groups/silos and anyone can easily contribute.

xu_ituairo··on How to write like Malcolm Gladwell
He fumbled bad (in my opinion) in this recent Munk debate, "Be it resolved, don't trust mainstream media," against Matt Taibbi and Douglas Murray:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OgH9EfxuM

xu_ituairo··on Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia fundraising banners
I think part of what people are upset about and pointing out is that these wages and operating expenses are far greater than they need to be, and have been inflating near exponentially.

Probably a huge amount of fat and bullshit jobs able to be cut without affecting the Wikipedia service at all.

xu_ituairo··on Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia fundraising banners
Yeah, and they already have a lot more than 54M in the bank
xu_ituairo··on You Might Also Like
I imagine it’s selective negligence. I doubt making the off-boarding experience super is high on their priority list, so it becomes as good as a dark pattern.
xu_ituairo··on Ask HN: Anyone else receiving unsolicited Datadog marketing spam?
Offensive because you work at DD?
xu_ituairo··on DocuSign to cut workforce by 9% as part of restructuring plan
Some design feedback:

The site doesn't feel very modern/trustworthy/premium. Things like stock photography and generic icons (that vary in style) add to that impression. Lots of font are the same size (try making the headings bigger and bolder). The logo background not matching the color of the nav bar.

Also try setting a max width for the contents so it doesn't spread out as wide on wide screens.

If this is because you're doing this yourself while also managing other things, have a look at some Bootstrap examples (I see you're importing and using it, but doing br instead of bootstrap's padding/margins and some other non-standard things is making it feel a bit messy, I think). I see a lot of <br /> and style= in the HTML.

Even easier if this is just a landing page, try something like Webflow to make a good-looking site quickly.

xu_ituairo··on iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland
I don’t read it as outrage but rather lamenting how developments used to feel more fun and exciting when the phones were new (whether buying them or not).

Besides getting jaded, this feeling is maybe the case with any maturing technology. PC developments in the 90s were crazy year to year, and now I don’t bother to follow the scene.

xu_ituairo··on AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)
I think they mean that it's a shame that they haven't moved away from Bluetooth.
xu_ituairo··on Short story about my Steam Deck
What do you feel the reason is that it’s selling less? (If it is.)
xu_ituairo··on Tolkien's Paintings
OP says "released since the 90's and beyond," earlier in the comment.
xu_ituairo··on Apple Event March 8, 2022
I imagine the post you're replying to means that they don't want a presentation to look too planned and staged (which feels insincere). Of course you want to practice, but you want to make it look natural and effortless at the same time.

Like a stand-up comedian who makes it sound like he's telling an anecdote (that just happened to come to mind) for the first time, even though he's told it a million times on stage before.

("Acting is acting like you're not acting.")

xu_ituairo··on Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green text bubble
SMS messages were green for years before they introduced iMessage, so I doubt they chose that colour to be intentionally annoying or abusive.
xu_ituairo··on macOS Monterey
As you say, we're getting exactly these advances with phone and tablet OSs. iPads are becoming a dream appliance in the ways you mention and capture 90% of the average person's computing needs.

Regular computers have to maintain some backward compatibility and it's nice for power users to still be allowed to fiddle with file extensions and system internals.

xu_ituairo··on macOS Monterey
Did you know you can drag the controls out onto the menu bar?
xu_ituairo··on Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
Isn’t having to have an online chat an unnecessary artificial barrier? Why not a button like most other sites.
xu_ituairo··on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max
iPhone 13 starts at $699 for the mini and $799 for the non-mini, not $1000.
xu_ituairo··on Why Japan Celebrates Christmas with KFC (2016)
How so? And where’s here?
xu_ituairo··on The long, strange life of the naked mole rat
‘Fast, Cheap & Out of Control’ is a fun and wild Errol Morris documentary that, in part, covers a naked mole rate specialist.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119107/

xu_ituairo··on Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps
They announced the planned transition to ARM in June of last year. Did you know about that before your purchase?
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