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rmvt··on Code Cartoons
after taking a quick look at the redux one, i feel that "an intro that features a few drawings to redux" is a much more realistic name.
rmvt··on What cats can teach us about how to live
are you sure cats won't run in a wheel? https://onefastcat.com/
rmvt··on Dropbox prompts password resets
that's a shitty thing to do imo. they first lure their users into a false sense of security with "This is purely a preventative measure (...)" and only provide an explanation if you go through the linked article.

they screwed up. yes, it was 4 years ago but they did. they should acknowledge it in the most simple manner.

rmvt··on A developer's journey to create 100 games in five years
well, i can see where he's coming from. app stores are so polluted these days, it's kinda annoying. while i do love this X in Y strategy, there's no need to publish them in the stores if these games aren't bringing much to the table.
rmvt··on Apps made for one OS shouldn't insist on aping the design elements of another
couldn't agree more. this article is nothing more than an ignorant rant. i wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt, even though it's from macworld but oh well...

just take a look at the two app comparisons. you have to be an idiot to write stuff like that and actually believe it.

on material: google has, from the start, said it's a design style and philosophy that it has chose to adapt on android (and on the web too), so it's only natural they try to do it on ios.

rmvt··on Why London Underground stopped people walking up the escalators
i figure it's not a luxury. people walk slowly inside the stations. escalator or no escalator. platforms are ridiculously small. i avoid taking the underground when i'm commuting to work because it's just hell. walking up the escalator is the one time i feel i'm actually going places (when i'm commuting). this would be acceptable if the rest of the journey wasn't just miserable. now they set out to make the journey 100% miserable. thanks tfl...

why doesn't tfl try and improve the stations instead of coming up with this crap? i hate to sound like some sort of hillbilly but hey, if everyone walks up the escalator the throughput is even greater! another one: if you close down one station for a whole year, why not improve the platforms by making them bigger? in fact, you close down the station for a year and when you open it again the works are not even close to being done! fantastic!

/rant

rmvt··on Arsenal’s ‘secret’ signing: club buys £2m revolutionary data company
i found that quote a bit funny. i was hoping that something like this system would be far more useful than that. i mean, football manager (the game) has been used for that purpose for ages now.

also, i don't believe that a system like this one is new. i can't find the source, but sometime ago i read SAP's owner (founder?) had a system much like this one built for the german national team.

rmvt··on Europe’s New Culture Capital Is Lisbon
i've come across those before (and a few others) but they don't seem to have, normally, roles i'd be looking for (android dev.)
rmvt··on Europe’s New Culture Capital Is Lisbon
800eur/month... fuck... fuck. fuck. fuck. i feel bad for you. as i've said in a previous comment, i've moved recently and i do intend to go back. i do want to have a family and it has to be in the "land that saw me being born". reading your comment is just painful. i was making something in the likes of 1300eur/month before, with some perks on top, though.
rmvt··on Europe’s New Culture Capital Is Lisbon
well, i moved recently to london (from porto) and, tbh, i'd love to know that i could have the opportunity to work remotely from portugal... (how do you people find these jobs??)

i've seen bad and good management. i've been under bad management from german managers as well, whilst in portugal, and i've been under bad management here. let's cut the crap, it's not only in portugal that you find bad managers. you find them EVERYWHERE. they do thrive especially well in portugal due to the weak economy. people put up with crap that they wouldn't otherwise.

i would just add that anyone could say just about the same things about porto. probably with the advantage of the city being a bit more cheap/less expensive than lisboa.

rmvt··on How automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking”
I guess I might not be interpreting you correctly, but pedestrians have no right of way. AFAIK, if someone is crossing the street you must stop your vehicle (which seems obvious because if not, you'd run them over). This doesn't mean that you can just cross the street wherever and whenever you may please, neither does it mean that you can actually walk in the street. Still focusing on Europe, it's not that uncommon to see drivers disrespect the law and not stop at a crosswalk when there's someone trying to cross it.
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