I decided to go for kotlin as my first language because I had ideas for a mobile app. I quickly learned that android dev isn’t the best starting point, and I’m not a fan of the lack of choice I have for editors with it. I only really know some basics, I used to know some javascript but forgot it
You can just use the Kotlin compiler, or separate some scratch files in your Android Studio project. There’s nothing wrong with learning Kotlin, but learning Android development is using the whole toolbox at a beginner level.
The Kotlin compiler can be run from the command line. Doing it that way might separate your concerns.
Have you looked at using Compose? Philip Lackner has some easy tutorials to follow. It takes some of the major development hurdles out of your way.
Is there a way to allow background services for the app that Portals pop-up said was doing something in the background? Apparently it was just running, and now it’s not....
Is there a simple way to do a http web server or socket? I’ve been looking around, but everything ends up being a page of instructions by the time I get it working.
Arch is great, but it needs longer explanations considering the user needs to do a lot more. Sometimes you find them, but other times you find a snarky superuser with zero people skills.
It’s a shame they aren’t government standard, so I could take a local course to become a snarky superuser too.
Most of it involves everyday Linux usages, but some of it is specific to Arch and it breaks so hard. It’s not a great thing when you’re stupid busy and don’t have the headroom to get to the bottom of it. Sometimes all you get is vague theories on how a fix might occur. After that you’re playing shell games trying to debug your problems.
Definitely recommend for pro-Linux people that have a breakable laptop that can go on the backburner.
In working through the installation I was the least disappointed I’ve ever been with an OS. The result was something I truly liked. If I nail down every single problem it could be my all time favourite machine.
I paid for Lynda.com, and it could have easily taken in more business if YouTube wasn’t working so hard for Google ads. There are a lot of paid (and free) services that suffer because of YouTubes ad-money business model.
Netflix could use the extra business. There are plenty of services failing to thrive while YouTube exists. Peertube would be wide open if YouTube went the way of most of Google’s stable of apps. PeerTube is wide open even if YouTube doesn’t go away anyway.
People genuinely hate ads. It’s a high degree of enshitification. YouTube could divide into paid content and free content in a simple Freemium model.
Or, add third tier with ads, which any user can opt out of in the same way contributers can. I’d be happy to click subscribe on an ad free experience with less content available to me.
Or, add an option for a couple of free tier items per month, week, or day. Like Medium’s business model.
The Bible as a Manga series by non-Christians or Christians with no need to soap it over. Raw and gritty in the way it was originally described. Old Testament level action stories.
So people strangely know the entire Bible without a hint of religion being demanded. Post-theology, post-religion in a way that people might understand the idea of an egalitarian world coming out of an absolute quagmire.
Much easier to reject bad CVs. On the other hand every job post is the same and you have to check Glassdoor and Crunchbase before applying to a potential bad company
Upgraded to Lemmy 0.19.0 - Double check your 2FA settings! (join-lemmy.org)
The full changelog has been linked if you are interested, but I want to call out an important update (emphasis mine):...
What's the biggest "Green Flag" that could be misinterpreted as a "Red Flag"?
Add remote for user not working?
In Arch, I’ve modified the remote in numerous ways, but it always throws either a url wrong or no public key error....
Stick with kotlin?
I decided to go for kotlin as my first language because I had ideas for a mobile app. I quickly learned that android dev isn’t the best starting point, and I’m not a fan of the lack of choice I have for editors with it. I only really know some basics, I used to know some javascript but forgot it
Lost app via Portals background pop-up
Is there a way to allow background services for the app that Portals pop-up said was doing something in the background? Apparently it was just running, and now it’s not....
Toxic comments are associated with reduced activity of volunteer editors on Wikipedia (academic.oup.com)
what caused you to get into Linux?
What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?
Is Java 21 Keeping Up With Modern Programming Languages (digma.ai)
Peter Dutton links visas for Palestinians with prospect of a 'catastrophic outcome' for Australia (www.abc.net.au)
which distro and why do you prefer it over others?
Why not make a bot that copy-pastes Reddit threads into respective Lemmy ones?
Many communities here are too empty, and if there are not enough people to make original threads maybe doing that for a while could help?
YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)
What's your movie pitch idea?
What movie do you want made? If you got a pitch meeting with a producer and a guaranteed green light, what would you say?
Applicants probably spend more time skimming job openings than Managers spend skimming through CVs
Much easier to reject bad CVs. On the other hand every job post is the same and you have to check Glassdoor and Crunchbase before applying to a potential bad company
Effects of Stress on Programmers (www.blobstreaming.org)
Peek-a-boo! [SD] (lemmy.world)
I have a dad joke, but it's not apparent. (sh.itjust.works)
Microsoft renames Bing Chat to Copilot as it competes with ChatGPT | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
I'm looking for a library manager for video
I use Calibre for books, and it’s a great way to track my ebooks from various folders. Is there an equivalent for video libraries?