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jamesdf··on Python lock files have officially been standardized
I think the plan is to replace all of those.

The PEP has buy in from all the major tools.

jamesdf··on Dark Sky users can use the Apple Weather app
How about: https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/
jamesdf··on Dark Sky users can use the Apple Weather app
Carrot weather app is very customisable to show the information you want
jamesdf··on Freeform: a new app designed for creative collaboration
I'd suggest that for a lot of users, Procreate is the closest thing to a "killer app" that's iPad only and emerged organically from a third party.
jamesdf··on Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31
The API is replaced by https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi which is available as a REST API and can be used on non-Apple platforms.
jamesdf··on Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
> “What was there to say? Civilization was like a mad dash that lasted five thousand years. Progress begot more progress; countless miracles gave birth to more miracles; humankind seemed to possess the power of gods; but in the end, the real power was wielded by time. Leaving behind a mark was tougher than creating a world. At the end of civilization, all they could do was the same thing they had done in the distant past, when humanity was but a babe: Carving words into stone.”

Death's End -Liu Cixin - The third novel in the trilogy staring with The Three-Body Problem

jamesdf··on Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
> “What was there to say? Civilization was like a mad dash that lasted five thousand years. Progress begot more progress; countless miracles gave birth to more miracles; humankind seemed to possess the power of gods; but in the end, the real power was wielded by time. Leaving behind a mark was tougher than creating a world. At the end of civilization, all they could do was the same thing they had done in the distant past, when humanity was but a babe: Carving words into stone.”

Death's End -Liu Cixin - The third novel in the trilogy staring with The Three-Body Problem

jamesdf··on UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions strategy
At least in the UK, using coal or oil is very uncommon, while gas is very common.

So gas is the bigger problem to resolve. We need to get rid of them all eventually.

jamesdf··on 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults
I moved away from LastPass to 1Password as LastPass changed their app to Electron and it was immediately slower and less usable. On a 32GB RAM machine. But just things like resizing the window were worse. Not always true for Electron, but it made me change in this case.