vermyndax

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[–] vermyndax 12 points 1 month ago

My bosses and their decisions.

[–] vermyndax 11 points 1 month ago

Same, and when I catch myself doing that, I wonder why I do it, then move on with life and do it again later.

[–] vermyndax 10 points 2 months ago

I dunno man. I got nothing. I don't understand it either.

[–] vermyndax 17 points 3 months ago

My father and stepmother were full tilt into this quackery. Today they don't talk about it as much, but they do talk about politics an awful lot. I'll let you figure out where they fall on the political spectrum.

[–] vermyndax 1 points 5 months ago

I have a friend who is self-employed. He uses an iPhone and a MacBook Air. He only uses iMessage, Numbers, Safari and Apple Music for entertainment. He gets away with 8gb just fine and rarely has to reboot.

He probably could use a Chromebook or something even lighter, but the support and ecosystem were enough for him to pay the premium. His time is valuable to him so it was worth it to him.

[–] vermyndax 1 points 5 months ago
[–] vermyndax -3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

What is the obsession with shitting on people's choices? I don't understand the irony of demanding choice in this industry, then shitting on people when they make a choice you don't agree with.

[–] vermyndax 3 points 5 months ago

1Blocker has been the best for me, as it works with all of the Apple devices and syncs across them. Another option is to enable reader mode by default on all websites, so instead of getting the site with all of the ads, you'll get a reader view without the ads and distractions.

[–] vermyndax 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I actually like Apple’s approach to AI more than all of the others. I don’t care for Microsoft’s implementation at all. I just try to avoid Microsoft in general on top of that, so no need to complain about it.

But I do think Apple’s approach to AI from a privacy and implementation perspective is what I would prefer from a software vendor.

[–] vermyndax 2 points 5 months ago

According to WWDC info released today, Apple is working on some LSP packages for Swift that can make coding with Vscode possible.

 

OK, hopefully this will actually turn into a megathread... but if you haven't seen it: We're not building a web browser

Let's speculate! What do you think they will reveal on Jan. 30th, 2024?

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by vermyndax to c/asklemmy
 

I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

 

Running the latest Arc 1.13.1, seems like the battery consumption is a bit better than the prior releases. Anyone else noting better performance/consumption?

 

I was hoping this community would be more active since Reddit has gone the way of the do-do.

 

Any of you out there walking zombies today? I woke up at 3:30am to these thunder bumpers. Woke up off and on until it was time to get up. Are y'all dragging today?

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Welcome, everyone (self.madisonalabama)
submitted 1 year ago by vermyndax to c/madisonalabama
 

I was wondering if someone would create a madisonalabama forum on Lemmy, and since no one did... here we are.

Let's try to keep this place local and interesting, and use good judgment about what to post. I'll be happy to open it up to some folks who would like to help moderate.

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