@arstechnica I have a few concerns - like when the plastic is "broken down" what chemicals are left in the soil that would otherwise be trapped in the plastic? Do these bacteria release the carbon in plastic into the atmosphere? Is it wise to help create bacteria that tolerates higher temperatures? And finally, is this another "Big Plastic" rouse to delay moving away from plastics altogether?
โข Yes, itโs coming!
โข Weโve been working on it for a while and itโs near completion, just need to finish up controller skins + fix some last bugs
โข We didnโt prioritize iPad because plan was to launch in just EU with AltStore PAL (which doesnโt support iPad)
โข Obviously plans changed when Apple changed their rules, so weโre prioritizing iPad now and it will come with the next major Delta update (1.6)
โข Itโs available now for Patrons through regular AltStore ๐
@rileytestut how does the Split View controller work? It looks kinda like a custom keyboard. I admit I've never managed to get my head around how all the Split View / Stage Manager stuff really works on iPad (as a user)
@DavidDarnes@passle I think it will be interesting when this is targeted directly by libs - so we might just see lean tokenisers maybe - right now using an full existing lib that can run on the server, in the browser seems like overkill for syntax highlighting on a blog - maybe it's cool for interactive tools tho. Aside from a smaller amount of elements in the DOM I'm not sure where the big benefits lay - like is that enough?
@viticci@rafa if this works, can anyone set up an EU Apple ID, install it and the log back into their old one from anywhere?
Like I used to have a US Apple ID for some apps meant years ago, I think all I had to do was set the region for the ID/Account to US at that time. Is it more complicated now?
Had a quick thought, did a quick mock. Feels like using the word "address" seems better as it implies that there's a "place" where the account handle is located. Just like "email address", this could be "social address" maybe?
Well, it appears our โbig carโ is fucked, and even if I want to spend the ยฃ3-4k I'm being quoted to fix it, I can't find anyone to do the work for months (timing chains = big job).
A lot of new & used cars are so bloody expensive and ugly/unexciting at the moment, and wondering if this is the time to finally make the leap to an EV. We do a lot of miles from Oxfordshire to Glasgow and back, and wonder if the infrastructure is there yet in the UK.
@jonhicks@rachelandrew for me one of the biggest "that's amazing" things is the "fuel" cost - right now the EV is just 10% of the cost per mile compared to our old mild hybrid petrol car. This is with a home charger and OVO Charge Anytime at 6.7p per kWh - to get these better rates you need a compatible charger - which is different per energy supplier, but there is some cross-over - OVO and Octopus both support Ohme chargers for example.
@christianselig Google Assistant is just as bad - it just gets more irritating - I think it might be that in order for to do more things it requires more precise language and that's why simple things that used to work are now being plagued with follow-up questions and confirmations. Just a thought. But like some else said - after all these years how come there have been no actual improvements!? Unless that was never their goalโฆ maybe all they wanted was an always-listening device in your homeโฆ ๐
Does anybody have a better way to do gradient border buttons (or boxes) with transparent background and flexible dimensions?
Here I'm using a strange-scaling SVG image as a mask over a gradient fill - it works and allows buttons of any width or size, but has a few too many "parts" for my liking.
@css ha, I was hoping you had something these look a bit slicker and easier to work with than my solution - I will investigate! Some new (to me) things there too - mask-composite!
Genuinely curious: whatโs the point in developer advocacy or developer relations work if the parent company requires radio silence during periods of extreme criticism, facing backlash for the companyโs direction and decisions?
Shouldnโt this be the moment in which your team are most useful?