[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 23 points 9 months ago

Agreed. I like the positive vibe of beehaw, but I'm really here for the Reddit alternative and for the fediverse. I don't want a walled garden, I want to be exposed to other communities, I just want them to be civil is all.

I already have accounts on other instances, so I'll likely switch to an alternative instance and be very sad for it. But I respect the admin's right to do it.

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

I was thinking about this earlier this week, in a sense. Not quite insurance but throwing away money.

The federal government is going to be providing aid and assistance during and after the hurricane, and I couldn't help but think about how the more mild, less disaster-prone parts of the country are effectively subsidizing people to continue to move to Florida, despite how unlivable it really is. As Florida grows more the rest of the country has to pay too, it doesn't just affect Floridians

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

I think the hate for Andromeda was a little overblown. I enjoyed the heck out of the game, regardless of any weird facial expressions! It of course was never going to live up to the original trilogy but it stood out on its own in a lot of positive ways

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[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago

It sounds like a too good to be true situation. Definitely an interesting concept though. Sounds like they use remote servers to connect to the third-party apps using your credentials and then transcribe the messages using the Matrix protocol to the app. Source here and snippet below

Beeper consists of two main components:

  • A client app that runs on your devices.
  • A web service run by Beeper.

... Beeper’s web service consists of a Matrix homeserver and infrastructure to run open source bridges that connect to 15 different chat networks.

Currently free but also will be a Plus version eventually rolling out, according to the FAQ

For now, everyone has access to all the features of Beeper Plus for free. At some point in 2023, we will begin charging $5-10 per month for Beeper Plus.

Also, no humor is lost on the fact that it is dangerously close to Wuph from The Office...

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

It's exactly what social media platforms, particularly Facebook, want. They want you to feel locked in because your friends are there

I don't know why people don't just use more SMS. You don't need all the fancy bells and whistles, it shouldn't change the conversation you're having, especially with the gradual rollout of rich messages, and it has a wider audience than Facebook will ever have. More people have SMS than have Facebook

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[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 19 points 10 months ago

There's a scene from the OT that kills me. When they're on Endor in the evening and Leia and Han are being "romantic" and it is some of the most soap opera dialogue in the whole series.

Its arguably not terrible when you read it, but watching it I was rolling my eyes. People love to hate on the Padme+Anakin romance but the Han+Luke+Leia love triangle is equally as hard to watch, in my opinion. If we're going to give one a hard time we can't ignore the other. Lucas just isn't the best at dialogue

https://youtu.be/MDYX_PgorRY

Leia holds back her tears as Luke slowly lets her go and moves away. He disappears onto the walkway that leads out of the village. Leia, bathed in moonlight, watches him go as Han comes out of the Chief's hut and comes over to her. Leia is crying, her body trembling. He realizes only now that she is crying.

HAN Hey, what's goin' on?

Leia attempts to stifle her sobs and wipes her eyes.

LEIA Nothing. I - just want to be alone for a little while.

HAN (angry) Nothing? Come on, tell me. What's goin' on?

She looks up at him, struggling to control herself.

LEIA I...I can't tell you.

HAN (loses his temper) Did you tell Luke? Is that who you could tell?

LEIA I...

HAN Ahhh...

He starts to walk away, exasperated, then stops and walks back to her.

HAN I'm sorry.

LEIA Hold me.

Han gathers her tightly in his protective embrace.

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

No mention on a cause in this article, curious what it was

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

Boy, it truly is astounding to me that the people with money can be so devoid of foresite and empathy. It boggles my mind, truly

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 246 points 11 months ago

This is so wacky it's astounding.

You don't buy a company for their servers or employees, those can be found elsewhere for the same price. You buy a company for its users and its brand. To throw away one of the most icon brands in the world, which is present in the footer of every major website in the world, is baffling.

What is the end game here?

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

I'm not a comic book reader, but from what I've heard the characters never dying permanently is a common theme, so at least there's a precedent

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I'm experienced with React and was just trying out a small Svelte to-do list to get my feet wet with Svelte and see if it's something I'd like to suggest we try out at work.

However, there's one thing I wanted to clarify that wasn't immediately obvious from the documentation (and to just kickstart some discussion since this community is a little quiet).

In React, if I have a large file doing a good amount of logic, like in the to-list example where I have add logic, remove logic, and toggle logic, all of which can be complex in their own ways if you improve them enough, I am able to extract the logic out into it's own file by creating a custom hook. Like so

const useTodoList = () => {
  const [list, setList] = useState([]);

  const addItem = (taskName) => {
    // task creation logic
    setList(l => [...l, newTask]);
  }

  // logic for removeItem and toggleItem

  return { list, addItem, removeItem, toggleItem };
}

Then, I can bring that into my component file by simply doing const { ... } = useTodoList(); and everything should just work. What would the equivalent be in Svelte? It sounds like I would want to leverage the store concept, but that feels odd to me. I go from having pretty simple logic to having to add additional libraries to my logic. It's a lot of overhead for what should really be a pretty straightforward refactor in React.

Any insight you guys can give would be great! Additionally, I'd love to be able to move the style as well, but so far haven't found anything that would be suitable for that quite yet. Svelte seems pretty set on having one large file whenever possible.

[-] Notnotmike@beehaw.org 15 points 11 months ago

You can also print at a library in the US

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