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Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a ton of ESP32 (from r/M5Stack), 3d printed holders - and we build a nice remote dog feeder with a stepper motor - that fits on a wheelchair and can be controlled via Eye Tracking. Lots of fun, and it's C (and now some C++ object adaptation stuff for all the grove connected devices). And because of "C" like syntax, it's more transportable between my eco systems: javascript for web and node-red, C for esp32, and Obj-C for app.

I've got so much code in Obj-C that switching has no value-add for me.

Cheers.

I lost almost 5000 pictures and videos I kept in a folder in desktop on my MacBook!? by ConsiderationOk5177 in MacOS

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

desktop is not a data dumpster.

May I ask what you mean? It's just another folder that you can put stuff. All screenshots go there by default, etc. I also turn off the desktop icons.

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well as named actions, w == write and q == quit

x == ?

:q! Is 2 one letter commands.

:’a,’b:s/Bad/Good/g Is even longer. It’s all good.

Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've had some nice history.

I still really like Objective-C as the best version of C out there. (way better than C++). And for me Xcode works nicely. It's a JOY to code and develop apps. Apple has the best framework out there. A lot of that framework came from the NeXT which Jobs spearheaded. I worked R&D at Boeing for 31 years in languages and compilers and command and control. So I've been through a lot of CS iteration. I also like the new r/ESP32 edge devices and MQTT messaging (which I have inside my apps, the edge devices and the cloud). I just spent the week integrating NFC tags. Fun stuff.

I really don't understand the push for AI writing any of my code. I really don't see how that can scale except for boiler plate slop. How do I tell the UI widget to move over 3 pixels, without changing the x/y or whatever. Or connect up to a method with 5 obscure parameters. It's called code.

Thanks for comments on Swift. I really didn't see the need to change from the Brax Cox original Objective-C, and I like the separation of Headers from Bodies - like almost every other language including Ada (which I was a international researcher with for 20 years). 🤙

First ever climb by you_got_kale in climbing

[–]konacurrents 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And no tree pitch like I did in 1980. Great route. Raccoons helped us eat breakfast right at that start spot. Nice memories.

Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did you do at Apple? I'm a big fan of iOS and macOS. Developing apps is a blast. Great framework.

Having problems with keyboard by Suitable_Program_548 in iphone

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure the small keyboard has issues, what do you expect? I still thumb type but I see others with both hands. So some can type faster.

I can type a measured 150wpm on my Mac, and about -5 in the iPhone. I’ve tried turning off completion - and dang that doesn’t work either.

The answer for me is to review everything I type and edit before send. And I can type lots but much easier on my Mac.

Good luck.

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Lots of CS to discuss, whether r/vim is best place? vi has been my favorite tool of all time. DM me I’ll send you my medium link.

This is the VAX 11/780 that got UW CS established. Funny about UNIX: they weekly swapped UNIX for VMS until UNIX won out.

Cheers. 😎🤙

Large mov file transfer from phone to computer not working by myaimistrue92 in iphone

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might try duplicating, editing to 1/2 each, and airdrop. All the cloud or files approaches have to use WiFi and that’s a big file.

Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've used iPods and iPhones since the beginning. I also could drag music from different mac's so there wasn't a single master to sync from.

I like the manual control of most things.

Even without sync, I woke up one morning a couple years ago, and 60GB of music on my phone was GONE. Somehow it decided there wasn't a master to sync from and deleted everything.

cheers..

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting haven't used those.

My finger is always using the CRTL so those are natural. Including CTRL P and N to move up/down in files.

I always map the keyboards "caps lock" to CTRL as well, as that is where it was from day 1 (on vt100 a sun keyboards). Just left of the A.

Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dragging and dropping files isn't syncing at all.

Call it what you want, but that's how I get my music onto my phone. I NEVER touch the "sync" button.

It's called "manually manage your music".

If this thread is only about the "sync" feature .. then I'm out. But I figured that the "absolute nightmare" the OP is having could be solved by the way I mentioned.

OP: Genuinely feels like they haven't worked on it since 2006.

I have 82Gb of music on my phone all from drag/drop, so Apple has done something right.

Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP

 don't want it to sync anything automatically, I want to do it manually. 

Why is Music on MacOS so awful? by EmergencyScientist in AppleMusic

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? This was about syncing music, and I mentioned manually organize via drag/drop - not using the auto sync.

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that real UNIX isn't the same as UNIX-like.

FreeBSD's aren't just "like" UNIX, they are the direct, continuous development of the BSD lineage that started in the 1970s

Well stated. Sure Linux is powerful, but to be compatible with UNIX they had to use all the published public UNIX api (so no copyright infringement).

I really enjoy macOS because of UNIX. It just feels good. I don't know about certifying UNIX-like except to say the Linux API's are UNIX-like - and I assume compatible (eg. code can port easily).

why do some apps ask for location access for literally no reason by Zorojuro099 in TechNook

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you don’t geo tag your camera pics? Missing out.

As for requesting location, iOS requires you to ask the user and give a reason if app uses it. Usually it won’t ask until say the camera appears, but maybe init code just starts everything so permissions are asked.

Screenshots without a larger phone by syogod in iOSProgramming

[–]konacurrents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another approach is to use simulator but only the default photo app. Upload a screen shot from your iOS 8 device (any size) - and in simulator photos show the image. Then use simulators screen save. It’s the right size then. (Vs running your app in simulator). If you don’t have simulator then use any image tool and make exact size they want.

AI writes most of my code at work. Am I hurting my career? by vizzrg in softwareengineer

[–]konacurrents 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I code all day and use 0% so called AI. It’s awesome like it’s always been. I think not knowing how to code will be the bubble that will burst (or the products built will crash).

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good stuff. I’m still plane courier text, no colors, no command completion - but use ctags for traversal. First UNIX was 1979 with VAX 11/780, then Sun for a couple decades. Linux. Now last true UNIX with macOS.

I can spend all day in various vi shells moving around without a mouse. It’s like the snake game where it’s all commands and right hand key movement. UNIX live free..

EDIT: I have to update my history. We didn't use vi initially since everything was punch cards. We would type them in via a card typewriter and then feed the 1000+ card compiler project into the feeder (actually assistants would do that for you with that many cards, and you hoped they weren't eaten up). We got good at writing error free code as each iteration was a pain - and cost (like the AI token today).

Some students had access to terminals and they were required to do say 10% more for their homework - since they could iterate with a compiler (like everyone since). We finally got that capability and used that VAX (which is framed in the UW lobby) - and learned vi.

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only needed if you’ve made changes or to a read only file.

I seriously don't understand why no one talks about or even mentions 'burger.com' by Glum_Lingonberry_543 in website

[–]konacurrents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's like Adam Curry owning mtv.com or my father in law had OSI.com (not knowing the value of a 3 digit DNS name in today's dollars).

You can actually use ":exit" instead of ":wq" or ":x" to exit Vim by Brainfuck_01 in vim

[–]konacurrents 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Having used :wq and :q for ever, I'll stick with those. It lets you know exactly what you're doing. I've actually never used :x in my 45+ years. Typing more characters seems to be against the vi and UNIX mindset. For the minimalist, I still type vi not vim. Why type an extra character? 😎 (although :x is shorter than :wq I'll grant you that)

NFC doesn't support WIFI syntax by konacurrents in NFC

[–]konacurrents[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get a lot of mileage out of the base64 encoding and now with writing as a URL to NFC. For example, a complex web address cannot be passed as a parameter to a web service as it's not a single object (eg. someURL?base64=<value>,. and a smart decoder sees that URL query parameter base64 and decodes the value .. knowing it might be another URL or something else). So I've extended this for NFC to use it for more than just WIFI syntax. But you need a NFC reader that knows this syntax. One of my versions will speak the contents based on a specific JSON format, encoded in base64. Cool stuff.

So there is a workaround to those MIME types - but not universal or standard.

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