BackgrndNoize
@BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
- Comment on Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away 2 days ago:
Wouldn’t this mane Americans uncomfortable, they aren’t used to seeing the actual cost if something until one step away from checkout, or sometimes not even then.
- Comment on It is possible to install android on some kindle ereaders 3 days ago:
In the jail break there were instructions for steps to prevent kindle updates from ruining your setup, I’d say look into that. I’ll be disabling software updates entirely, a shitty company like Amazon will keep making things worse. If I knew better I’d have never purchased a Kindle in the first place
- Comment on It is possible to install android on some kindle ereaders 3 days ago:
Just jail breaking my kindle and installing Koreader on it was enough for me. Now I can directly download books from my calibre server on my Kindle
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 4 days ago:
Yeah my Kindle is around 6 Inch as well, which while it fits my back pocket, not something I’m keen to carry with me everywhere, I only like reading on my slow e ink screen when I have free time to comfortably sit and relax, which is usually at home or back when I had an hour long train commute to work. Otherwise my phone is better, audio books in particular are really good to listen to while walking or doing some activity.
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 5 days ago:
Who asked for this, I don’t expect many people want a pocket able e reader to carry around every day, I carry my shitty old Kindle in my backpack if needed, otherwise I just listen to audio books or read ebooks on my phone
- Comment on I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing. 5 days ago:
She could have said nothing and kept quiet like the thousands of other workers at Google, this could not only get her fired but maybe even blacklisted in the industry, that’s far more than you’ve ever done or will ever do to bring attention to this issue, so how about you keep that cynicism in check.
- Comment on Synergy, a post apocalyptic town builder with a distinct art style inspired by Jean Giraud (Moebius) released on Steam. 6 days ago:
Amazing show, I’m still holding hope somehow some exec gets convinced into funding a season 2
- Comment on It's a fun new game 1 week ago:
Hmm the answer is Hunter 2 somehow
- Comment on Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women? 1 week ago:
Even if not, you can become one
- Comment on Determining the reason no one replied to your Lemmy post. 1 week ago:
Add a TLDR or this post won’t get a lot of traction either
- Comment on They moved to a country that respects them 1 week ago:
Thats what they’d think until they actually get there only to find out it’s all pretend bullshit, like all religion and they ain’t treated any better
- Comment on Antonio 1 week ago:
Telenovela level acting
- Comment on Elevated 1 week ago:
Which will also have some amount of insects in them if grown outside, cause there are some things you just can’t control
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
People are lazy and stupid, you can ask one question at a time or better yet setup a meeting to ask them verbally, you aren’t getting any answers otherwise
- Comment on Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow 1 week ago:
Yeah similar to what Vince Gilligan said, we need to make more stories about good people, because the media illiterate just start glamorizing the bad characters and completely miss the point
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 2 weeks ago:
Yeah my past experiences with React Native was finicky as well, but that was a few years ago, haven’t tried anything in Flutter yet, but I see your point. I thought Matrix was just a distributed chat protocol, I’ll look into it more regarding synapse
- Comment on How wil people react if Trump is right about Tariffs? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah you definately sound a lot older than most lemmy users, what are you doing lurking here creep. Don’t you have a bingo game to attend or something
- Comment on Why Companies Don’t Fix Bugs 2 weeks ago:
It’s a big company problem. Here’s why even obvious bugs like this one slip through the cracks:
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The Tyranny of “Requirements”
In large organizations, everything revolves around the roadmap. If a bug fix isn’t tied to a specific requirement or feature, it gets labeled as “tech debt” and shoved to the bottom of the backlog. And let’s be honest: “tech debt” is corporate-speak for “we’ll deal with this never.” -
The Rotating Door of Ownership
Over eight years, developers and product managers come and go. The person who originally filed the ticket? Long gone. The person who understood the issue? Moved on to another project. Institutional memory fades, and the ticket becomes a relic of the past. Even if the problem is still very much alive. -
The Myth of “Quick Fixes”
A 13-line patch might seem trivial, but in a legacy codebase, even small changes can have unintended consequences. Without proper tests or documentation, developers are often hesitant to touch old code. The risk of breaking something far outweighs the reward of fixing a non-critical bug. -
The Invisible ROI
Let’s be real: improving load times doesn’t directly impact the bottom line. Selling Shark Cards (GTA’s virtual currency) does. Companies optimize for metrics that show up on quarterly earnings calls, not for goodwill or user experience, until it’s too late.
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- Comment on Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN 2 weeks ago:
Steam deck maybe
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 2 weeks ago:
Regarding multi platform targeting, have you considered something like React Native or Flutter, one code base that can run on any platform might be useful at least for the MVP stage.
Also the reason I mentioned exporting is that I’ve had to deal with a bunch of notes apps in the past where the company behind it shuts down or gets sold and then you either have to figure out how to export all those notes or risk losing them and that’s why I mostly use Obsidian on the desktop now cause even if the company behind it disappears all my notes are in my control and are in markdown format which means they can be imported into any other notes app easily.
And the 3rd party integrations API would help in getting more value out of your notes, right now I feel all my data is siloed across several apps, the articles I read and their highlights are in Pocket, my Kindle has my book highlights, my long term notes are in Obsidian, my short term notes are in Keep, my Todos are in TickTick. I am looking into a way to consolidate all the different sources of data to get synced into one platform so I have it all centralized, I saw recently that TickTick added a integration with Notion. I’m hoping to find a quick notes app that can be made to easily sync with Obsidian. Right now I tag Keep notes that I want to copy to Obsidian and then manually copy them on weekends.
- Comment on Developing a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep 2 weeks ago:
I’ve started looking for a open source alternative to Keep recently as well, following are few features I’m looking for in random order, maybe you could look into implementing some of these. Once I get some free time I can try to contribute to the code as well.
- Cross platform with sync - iOS, Android, Web, Windows, Linux (Sync should not need to rely on 3rd party servers, should be able to use free syncing solutions)
- Free
- Open Source
- Easy to export all my notes / data in a open format like markdown etc.
- Hackable - can make automations that connect to other apps like Obsidian, TickTick, maybe using some API?
- Good notes search functionality, with search inside a note option
- Notes organization, via tags and folders
- Notes linking like Obsidian ?
- Google Keep like virtual pinboard of notes display, AKA masonry layout ?
- Markdown support for lists, links etc
- Runs in the background (system tray) in Windows / Linux and can be brought up and a new note added quickly using keyboard shortcuts like TickTick.
- Reminders / Alerts For Notes
- Pin Notes
- Notes Can Contain Rich Links, Images, Sound, Video
P.S I think notes collaboration might be a anti feature, it takes away from the simplicity of it and I don’t think most people take notes to share with others, I think for most people notes are personal, so I don’t know how many would want this feature.
- Comment on ooo.ooo 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think there is anything else left
- Comment on Deletion of major news channel sparks fears Telegram has given in to Kremlin pressure. 2 weeks ago:
As if any Russian business could have operated otherwise, this is why I never trusted Telegram
- Comment on Day 264 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing 2 weeks ago:
I love these mini game blog posts. A good way to understand the vibes of some games, will help me figure out what to play next, thank you
- Comment on An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it. 2 weeks ago:
The judge was angry that this guy was pretending to have speech issues so he can use her courtroom for free publicity for his AI tool business, watch the entire video, don’t just read a click bait headline
- Comment on LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’ 2 weeks ago:
Yup, they expect ordinary workers to put in the same amount of effort for a tiny salary compared to theirs which doesn’t scale with the profits of the company, and when there are losses they lose their jobs while the people who made the decisions that led to the losses get to keep their jobs, fuck that shit.
- Comment on The Signal and the noise: Why the messaging app is great for privacy but not for war plans. 2 weeks ago:
4chan is what you need
- Comment on LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’ 2 weeks ago:
Yeah fuck that, every fuckin job description I read these days with some variation of “ownership mindset” makes my blood boil, fuck this economy and fuck society I’m not having kids and see them go through the same rat race as me, let these cunts cry about lack of workers and demographic collapse
- Comment on Anthropic has developed an AI 'brain scanner' to understand how LLMs work and it turns out the reason why chatbots are terrible at simple math and hallucinate is weirder than you thought 2 weeks ago:
I’m thankful for such people’s sacrifice, if it wasn’t for them there would be even more anti ad block measures in place
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah but they don’t do it in the name of atheism. Being an atheist doesn’t mean you can’t be a cunt just the same as being religious doesn’t mean you can’t be a cunt.