I am not a developer and honestly curious about this. What’s Apple’s reason for ditching 32 bit programs? Isn’t backwards compatibility a net positive for both developers and consumers?
I haven’t used an Android device since my last one, the Galaxy S8. Beautiful hardware, beautiful design, but it was plagued with animation stutters and dropped frames. I switched to an iPhone and an iPad around 6 years ago. And the animations were buttersmooth. It was almost unthinkable to achieve such a fluid interface on any...
Forgive me for asking if it was obvious in your comment but, when you said
in iOS the UI thread is split from the rest of the compute, and runs at elevated priority if i recall correctly. this used to not be the same case for android
You shouldn’t have to rely on the words of Internet random though, go try one out.
That’s true and I have done that a few times. However they weren’t so informative since I was only able to try some recent Android phones at stores so they weren’t used. My close friends and family either have iPhones or midrange/budget Android phones. So I thought my next best bet is to ask others online.
I recently got into RSS and I’m trying to discover some feeds. What I honestly don’t like is that some websites that use RSS and post a new article every couple hours. I’m looking for more personal blog type feeds. Personal projects. Posts that have a “soul” in them, if you will. If you have some that you love, share...
As an aside: it’s also a little short sighted to assume that bucketing people in a “white” group means they aren’t diverse in their own right. I’d imagine there is quite a diverse makeup of “white people” on here-- people from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere who all have very different perspectives, cultures, and norms that they bring to the table.
Couldn’t agree more. I can understand why people from the US may think that a graph showing mostly white people would mean a lack of diversity, but this is not a US-only website. There are so much diversity amongst white people. As a Turkish person, my skin is white yes, but I have grown up in a vastly different culture and environment than a white American, or a white Russian, or a white French. Or while my skin is white I’ve yet to have a “white privilege” because again, I’m not from the US.
I know, in a poll like this you can’t just make every ethnicity and background an option -there are just too many of them. But again in an international community like this, saying that a white majority means a lack of diversity is just wrong in my opinion.
if your “diversity” is when five white people in a room have opinions and those five white people happen to be from different countries and have distinct culture that’s essentially just white people jerking themselves off.
Can you elaborate on that? Like, I honestly think an American, a Russian and an Albanian having different opinions would be considered diverse. Aren’t those vastly different cultures despite the fact that they’re white?
Same thing goes for other skin colors as well. What you’re saying in my opinion is akin to calling Japanese and Chinese people “the same”. Or Persian and Arabs.
And also,
that’s essentially just white people jerking themselves off.
Please, is this the language we’re using here? The person above is clearly not trying to be a white supremacist, neither were they indecent. You could have used a better phrasing.
One of my close friends decided that she's no longer enjoying games so she offered to sell it to me for really cheap (100$). I love gaming but since I switched to Mac a few years ago my choices have been very limited. I've been mostly playing indie games that are available on Mac. So I've been thinking about her offer....
Man finally! It's been so bad on macOS for the longest time. Pages not loading correctly, buttons not working, keyboard shortcuts not working... Now everything seems to be working!
I don't know, Bethesda's games have always been iffy when it comes to FPS. Skyrim for example breaks if you mod it to have over 60 fps if I remember correctly. Even on Fallout 76 movement speed was kinda tied to the FPS so players looking at the ground (so that less things render thus increasing FPS) would run faster than others.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they cap it to 60 FPS on PC as well.
I'm a huge pop-punk addict, but lately I've been listening to Rolling Along by The Longest Johns on repeat. I don't know why but it makes me so happy, puts a stupid smile on my face.
Edit: I just watched the music video for the first time. Let's just say, it's better to play it in the background lol.
Summary: • Gmail's 'Help Me Write' AI feature can now draft automated messages in Gmail, text messages and Google apps. • The Help Me Write feature expands on the "Smart Compose" and "Smart Reply" features already offered by Gmail. • Users can further edit the email manually or send it as is once drafted.
I'm sure soon enough people are going to develop some "get to the point" extension that automatically deletes all the unnecessarily verbose sentences AI writes.
Honestly, I pay for YouTube Premium because I find value in it. The price is reasonable for where I live, and it's my main source of entertainment. I don't like watching movies/TV shows that much so YouTube is my jam. So the convenience of being able to download videos, ad-free viewing, picture-in-picture, background playback etc. is totally worth it for me. I know if I dig hard enough and use an Android phone/tablet I can get those features without having to pay, but I don't like Android and again, the features are worth the small price.
For me, YouTube Premium and Spotify broke piracy because they're more convenient than pirating.
Okay but I don't understand. Isn't paying to remove ads a fair deal? I don't know, I pay for YouTube Premium and I'm kinda happy about it. The price seems fair; you get no ads, you get to download stuff, enables picture-in-picture and background playback. YouTube has been my main source of entertainment for the last couple of years so it's the only subscription I have alongside Spotify.
Man, I feel so stupid. When I played the Witcher 3 and finished the main storyline alongside all the non-DLC side quests, I was so impressed that I went "Man, this was amazing. This is as good as it gets. This was the best video game I have ever experienced by far! I want it to stay that way. I'm not gonna drag it on and leave it here." and didn't play the DLCs! And then went ahead and sold my PS4!
Ever since all I've been hearing from people who also played the game is how awesome the DLCs are. Everyone says they're even better than the main storyline. I feel like a massive idiot lol.
I want to talk about this because of a conversation I had with a colleague on a lunch break a few days ago. I am a doctor, and I was talking to him about how angry I was (and still am) about the fact that the COVID vaccines, when they were first invented, were not made public, but instead were patented and sold. This basic fact...
Which one should I play first? (lemmy.today)
Just got an amazing deal for these three and wondering where I should start!
Steam is a ticking time bomb (www.spacebar.news)
Now that Voyager doesn’t work, what client will you be using?
Any replies welcome, but I’m primarily in search of a new iOS client. I heard Raccoon is similar but last I checked it was Android only.
Android users who have a keen eye for design and detail, how is the whole stutter/lag situation? Esp. after a few years of use?
I haven’t used an Android device since my last one, the Galaxy S8. Beautiful hardware, beautiful design, but it was plagued with animation stutters and dropped frames. I switched to an iPhone and an iPad around 6 years ago. And the animations were buttersmooth. It was almost unthinkable to achieve such a fluid interface on any...
The boiling frog of digital freedom (gazoche.xyz)
I'm sick of social media. What are some good RSS feeds that you would recommend? (Yours count too!)
I recently got into RSS and I’m trying to discover some feeds. What I honestly don’t like is that some websites that use RSS and post a new article every couple hours. I’m looking for more personal blog type feeds. Personal projects. Posts that have a “soul” in them, if you will. If you have some that you love, share...
Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as X (www.cnn.com)
Beehaw's Demographics survey of June 2023!
Compiling this data was not as hard as I expected, let's go through the data and the shiny graphs!...
Is the PS4 still a viable console?
One of my close friends decided that she's no longer enjoying games so she offered to sell it to me for really cheap (100$). I love gaming but since I switched to Mac a few years ago my choices have been very limited. I've been mostly playing indie games that are available on Mac. So I've been thinking about her offer....
Has Xbox really lost the console wars? (www.theverge.com)
Steam Update Makes Big Changes to the User Interface (gamerant.com)
They're actually really nice!
Starfield’s 30fps frame rate is “a choice,” God of War dev says (www.pcgamesn.com)
What song are you currently stuck on?
I can listen to Ben Bohmer - Moments on repeat for days it seems. My fix song does change and has repeated before....
Gmail AI Can Now Write Emails for You on Your Phone: How It Works (www.cnet.com)
Summary: • Gmail's 'Help Me Write' AI feature can now draft automated messages in Gmail, text messages and Google apps. • The Help Me Write feature expands on the "Smart Compose" and "Smart Reply" features already offered by Gmail. • Users can further edit the email manually or send it as is once drafted.
YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Games that have stuck with you?
Have you played a game that stayed in your head long after you played it?...
What do you think about Apple and its ecosystem? (And a little conversation I had with a colleague)
I want to talk about this because of a conversation I had with a colleague on a lunch break a few days ago. I am a doctor, and I was talking to him about how angry I was (and still am) about the fact that the COVID vaccines, when they were first invented, were not made public, but instead were patented and sold. This basic fact...