One of the things you’re seeing these days are apps made with bloated frameworks, so they’re cross-platform and easy to develop. In theory it’s great that anyone can make an app for any device with little-to-no code required, but it results in apps with absurd load times, ad bloat, and usability problems. And that’s across the board (though FOSS seems to buck that trend a bit still).
As an example, my kid’s school uses an app called Seesaw. It’s straight-up garbage. It takes several seconds to open, the back button doesn’t work, etc. At least it’s not littered with ads, but it’s a small mercy.
The web is experiencing the same thing. 60MB of ad services being loaded with every click, ads taking up 90% of screen real estate, slow everything, etc. I use some older hardware, but even websites that are mostly text are unusable without a strict adblocker. Not just annoying to use, but completely unusable.
These big frameworks were developed for large, high-traffic sites like Facebook. In theory, they’ll work for your AI-generated blog, but they’ll suck to load if you host them with a $5/month hosting plan and load 300 ad-related things on each page.
The solution is to create native apps and websites, or at least use frameworks appropriate to the task. But that would require people to give a shit, so I don’t see that happening often outside of FOSS projects (which are often a labor of love).
Depends on where you live, I believe. But I imagine there would be some VoIP at some point if you’re calling any significant distance.
Even cell carriers in the American midwest have mostly switched over. I think partly because maintaining the infrastructure for traditional tech is costly, and VoIP has potential for higher-quality sound.
My theory is that people naturally want things they can’t have. For the wealthiest people, there aren’t many things that are elusive. Epstein provided a venue to access something that wasn’t easy to get, something exclusive.
The other thing is how huge amounts of money affect a person’s mind. In order to justify hoarding that much wealth, you have to ignore the humanity of other people. And if other people (especially those without wealth) don’t mean anything, it’s easy enough to justify the abhorrent things they’ve done to them.
Wealth hoarding is bad for everyone, including the hoarders.
My daughter is fascinated with my computer, but there isn’t much out there that is appropriate for a 3-year-old, and interesting for adults. So I’m gonna see if I can make something that is.
I’m a dual citizen, currently living in the States. I can say with certainty that there is some lingering fear mongering around single-payer healthcare. Lots of Americans have this idea that healthcare in other countries is terrible. I’ve had people flat-out refuse to believe that hospital wait times for deadly emergencies don’t regularly exceed 6 hours in Canada.
I’m guessing that the people profiting from the current system in the US have done their best to convince everyone that it’s the best way.
Tav is usually some sort of archer, either Thief/Gloomstalker or Swords Bard. Lots of equipment to boost ranged to-hit rolls, making Sharpshooter ridiculously good.
Shart goes War or Tempest Cleric, single classed.
Karlach is a throwing Berzerker, with Thief mixed in later.
Wyll is a Paladin/Warlock smite machine.
Gale is an Abjuration Wizard, possibly with one level of Tempest Cleric.
Depends entirely on the family. But in particular, if you are parenting with a partner, be sure to show them love, and let the kids see it. They’re going to feel more loved and secure when they see that love between their parents. And as a bonus, they’re likely to mirror that behavior with others.
I liked them. Aiming in first person is far more intuitive for me using motion controls rather than a joystick. Using the bow in Twilight Princess was a gamechanger for me.
I’ve always said there are two types of poverty: budget poverty, and systematic poverty.
Budget poverty is, I’m guessing, what you’re talking about. People purchasing luxuries and neglecting necessities. Those with the means to live comfortably, who spend far beyond that and get into trouble.
Systematic poverty is an issue that can’t be fixed with budgeting. It’s a complicated mess of socioeconomic factors, and here in the US, it seems to often stem from medical bills.
It’s fine to be frustrated with the former, but there are some people who don’t think the latter exist–that everyone in poverty is only there because they spend beyond their means and therefore poverty is a moral failure of the poor.
Sam Alito's snide denial of his January 6 flag is just as ugly as flying it in the first place (www.salon.com)
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I’ve done this a lot…even though I’m not confirmed to have ADHD, I’m autistic though
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Someone call the UN, Japan is committing war crimes again (lemmy.today)
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Why is time money and not, say... waffles?
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Those who don't live within their means deserve the stress they get from buying things they can't afford