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mttjj··on Ask HN: Why are iOS apps so huge and is there anything the end user can do?
Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Offload Apps > enable

may help slightly

mttjj··on Kanye West’s $200 Stem Player will be the only way to get his next album,Donda 2
Until it’s uploaded on pirate sites and everyone just downloads it for free…

I have no vested interest in Kanye or his music - don’t really care for the person or his tunes (though I have no ill-will there) - but I don’t quite get this move. The device sounds like an interactive thing where you can remix the music a little bit or something? Not really sure. Sounds cool. But it’s weird to me why that’s the only way to get the album. Seems like it would be more like an additional device that you could purchase if you’re really into it. But if you just want the music, why can’t you just buy it somewhere.

He’s taking a stand against the music industry as it is today (almost all streaming and royalties are abysmal), I get it. And to some extent, I agree with it! It’s a noble cause. It just feels like his execution isn’t going to land the way he expects. Though I suppose he’s getting a lot of publicity out of it, so maybe that was the goal all along…

mttjj··on Hiatus brain: When your favorite show returns, but you can't remember a thing
This is definitely a problem for me. To be honest, I even have trouble remembering what happened on the week’s prior episode. (I consume so much media that it kinda just blurs together.) Anymore, I will typically wait for a full season to be released before watching it so I can consume it all at once. Otherwise I forget too much and end up feeling like I watched something just to watch it.

There’s something to be said about theorizing and discussing predictions about ‘next week’s episode’ for some shows. But the vast majority of shows I watch are full-season binges for me.

mttjj··on Vijayanagara – The Last Emperors of South India [audio]
Direct link to show’s website: https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/

Submitted link prompts me to download the previously deleted Apple Podcasts app on my iPhone.

mttjj··on Logging at Twitter
Log file was full. The rest of the sentence is in the other file.
mttjj··on Pure Bash Bible – A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes
I mean, does it really need to be readable? I kind of took this site to be “here’s some snippets of code that you can use in your scripts to use instead of calling an external process.” Which means to me, I’m going to copy/paste this function into my script, call the function (since it’s structured as one), and never think about it again.

“Learn how to write routines like this and make them readable” seems like it’s not the point of this “Bible”.

I’m not against readable code by any means (maybe there’s even a cleaner way to write this) but it seemed inconsequential in my opinion.

mttjj··on Facebook Pay
> For extra security, set up a PIN, face ID or fingerprint to confirm a payment at checkout.

This doesn’t sound appealing to me. They’re surely storing this biometric data on a server somewhere, right? I use FaceID or my Apple Watch to pay with ApplePay all the time but my biometrics never leave my device.

I don’t follow Facebook all that closely (never used any of its services). Do they have other services that use (require?) face or fingerprint identification? Or is Facebook Pay a sly way for them to start harvesting this data?

mttjj··on Ask HN: What are some good tech magazines?
From the OP: “I'd love to hear your suggestions for tech related magazines, ideally things I can subscribe to and get monthly/quarterly.”
mttjj··on Grand Theft Auto community update
My verdict's still out on whether GTA 6 or Metroid Prime 4 will release first.

For those not aware: Metroid Prime 4 was announced in 2017. Development was apparently so bad that the all the work was scrapped and restarted with a new studio in 2019. (With an uncharacteristically candid announcement/apology from Nintendo). And very little, if anything has been heard since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_4

mttjj··on The New York Times buys Wordle
I still enjoy "playing" this every day. I'm down to a 3-4 guess average. I suppose I'll keep playing as long as my Safari Web App continues to function the same as it does today. Once it no longer works or is locked behind a bunch of ads then I'll go back to doing something else for 10-30 mins every morning.
mttjj··on Unlisted App Distribution
Because Test Flight already exists for this purpose.
mttjj··on About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.2
Bad compared to what?

"Microsoft's January 2022 Security Updates" looks comparable: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/micros...

Perhaps the parent comment was flamebait and I fell for it.

mttjj··on A Better Git Flow
Bingo! This strategy has worked well for my org (75+ engineers) for years. If an engineer makes non-related bug fixes in the same branch we require them to revert the change and make a new branch. We also have each GitHub repo configured so the "Squash and Merge" option is the ONLY option available when merging a PR.

I don't care one lick what someone's branch history looks like. If they want to commit every day, or every hour, or after every keystroke - I don't care. All I know is that once the PR is merged, it's all going to be squashed into a logical unit so the `main` commit history will look just fine.

mttjj··on LastPass appears to be holding users' passwords hostage
A password manager. A much as I like CorrectHorseBatteryStaple, it would be impossible to use on every account I have (hundreds). I use CHBS for the few (5 at most) accounts that I log into all day, every day. Everything else gets a long, random string of garbage and stored in my password manager.
mttjj··on Square is now called Block
Don’t ever try to search for Apple TV. Are you talking about the physical streaming device? The ‘TV’ app (iOS version? iPadOS version? tvOS version? macOS version? Or maybe the version on your LG TV?) Or maybe you’re even talking about the AppleTV+ streaming service.

Same searching issues with ‘Mail’, ‘Notes’, ‘Reminders’, ‘Calendar’, ‘Numbers’, etc. Impossible to troubleshoot.

I’m as much of an Apple fanboy as the next guy, but I totally agree that this naming is ridiculous.

At least Safari isn’t ‘Web’ (yet).

mttjj··on Is there any point in launching a search engine in 2021? Marc Benioff thinks so
I didn't even get that far. When I clicked Search I got no results and got a message in a scary, red banner that says "To see results and get the convenience of you.com, you’ll need to add the you.com Chrome extension".

I'm not even using Chrome. But I guess Vivaldi masquerades as Chrome to websites. Whatever, doesn't matter. I shouldn't have to install a browser extension to use a search engine. Bye, bye.

mttjj··on The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits (2014)
(2014)

> The following is an excerpt from Blake J. Harris’s new book, "Console Wars".

From Amazon: Publication date May 13, 2014

mttjj··on The next generation of AirPods
I was more concerned with the lazy capitalization but thank you for changing anyway :)
mttjj··on The next generation of AirPods
@dang can we get a less editorialized title (this one only highlights one of the new features)? And one that uses proper capitalization?

Something like "AirPods (3rd generation)" would also match the other Apple-announcement posts that are currently on the front page.

mttjj··on Apple Watch Series 7
What’s wrong with it?
mttjj··on Amazon Kindles with 3G will start to lose cellular network access in December
So the thing you want already exists but you're not willing to pay for it but you hope Amazon releases a new version because then you'll buy it? Do I have that right?
mttjj··on Apple Music Style Guide
You're likely being downvoted not because your discussion is without merit but rather because it has nothing to do with the submitted link. The submitted link is a guide for how to format and submit metadata for music files submitted to Apple Music and the iTunes store. It has nothing to do with the consumer's UX.
mttjj··on Stepping Back from Speaking
Care to explain the connection between your unsubstantiated claim and the original article?
mttjj··on Playdate pre-orders begin in July
/s ?

This is a product of [Panic](https://panic.com). They know how to build a website. And write tools to [build a website](https://nova.app/).

mttjj··on Twitter confirms Twitter Blue
Exactly. Been using Tweetbot for years (a decade?). Never seen ads. Timeline is literally a “time line”. And nothing shows up that I don’t want to see like promoted tweets, tweets from people I don’t follow, or trends.

Even has some awesome features on top of that like muting (people or hashtags). They’re only limited by Twitter’s throttled API at this point. However, literally the day that Twitter opened up viewing tweet likes via the API, Tweetbot had updated their app to support it.

They switched to a subscription model with Tweetbot 6. And while I’m generally not a fan of subscriptions, I figured $6 per YEAR for an app that I use every day and have for nearly a decade is totally worth it to support the devs.

mttjj··on Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations
Love BH! I buy most of my Apple products from them since I’m not charged sales tax in my state (the legality/merits of this can be discussed at a later time).
mttjj··on An iOS app update that annoys me
What phone will you be switching to?
mttjj··on An iOS app update that annoys me
iOS apps are listed in your purchase history and available for re-download. Even those removed from sale on the store. So unless you’ve hidden the app (an unnecessarily complex process) I’m not sure why you’re not able to continue playing The Binding or Isaac. Unless of course the app is old enough that it doesn’t work on newer iOS versions. But that’s not what your post was implying.
mttjj··on [dead]
Agree with the other comments. What is this submission about? Apple provides AppleCare+ support in perpetuity as long as you keep paying.

This title smells of someone trying to stir up controversy where there is none.

mttjj··on LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
Not exactly what you’re looking for but I remember reading this when it was published and it was disturbing to say the least : https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebo...
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