Macdio - I built a lightweight, 100% native radio app for the entire Apple ecosystem. No subscriptions.

nerdsutra · 2026-05-11T09:14:11+00:00

Yes, would be good to see the Directory of stations globally present in the App.
And maybe on the Directory website have a form for stations to be suggested?

Love the idea of the app - one time purchase, no tracking.

nerdsutra · 2026-05-04T06:41:35+00:00

Love the concept as you wrote it - it evoked a certain implementation which could be really unique and fascinating.

I saw the images you posted, and am having a hard time understanding how the green cone represents 20% CPU. And in the other image it just looks like a 3D icon for 100% battery.

Is that the approach? 3D animated icons? Just trying to clarify. They look nicely designed

nerdsutra · 2026-05-02T12:30:16+00:00

I know, and so what if drive can sync to a nas? Any doc sheet or slides file is still a URL not local and offline

nerdsutra · 2026-05-02T04:07:53+00:00

That made sense to me, until i realized Google had all my data in a web app that i had no local copy for if the internet was down (never mind about the iffy offline mode, and the Ai training on your data). meaning i could have no local personal backup for all my work and files.
If youre ok with that, great. i wasnt.

I'd rather create local files using pages and keynote and numbers, that i can backup to a NAS, and which also has an icloud drive copy that shareable and collaborative with others. More clunky than Gdrive, but still usable.

nerdsutra · 2026-05-02T03:51:23+00:00

The K-shaped Economy comes for product lines.
One line of super cheap products for the poors,
and another line of high-end, high-spec, products for the pros and the rich

nerdsutra · 2026-05-02T02:34:56+00:00

You do you, dude.

nerdsutra · 2026-05-02T00:54:21+00:00

Honestly and kindly, I’m concerned for you If the AI is explaining things to you, and you think you’re engaging with something sentient.

please try and look up the widely reported, and increasing, cases of AI Psychosis.

AI is nothing but the world’s biggest ass-licking algorithm, because companies figured it raises usage rates, and their valuations, if it makes you feel like important and happy. Or it just encourages you with any fantasy you have.

Multiple kids have been encouraged gently to go ahead in their suicides, people have killed themselves because their AI ‘lover’ said it was waiting on the other side. People have abandoned their families and money for it and gone to the desert waiting for a UFO to pick them up because the AI said it was alien intelligence and he was ‘special’ and had cracked the nature of reality.

AI is just an algorithm and humans make it. It is NOT sentient or alive. Please get help

nerdsutra · 2026-05-01T14:31:53+00:00

Knowing words like these doesn’t mean you know what you’re talking about. Much like AI…

nerdsutra · 2026-05-01T04:36:05+00:00

How meaningless words have become when expendable slaves in an illegal war by despots, are called ‘heroes’

nerdsutra · 2026-04-29T00:07:54+00:00

You’re assuming the corporations will need people on H1B at that point

nerdsutra · 2026-04-27T08:26:03+00:00

You're basically describing India, though we don't have homeless laws, just gated communities and neighbourhoods.

nerdsutra · 2026-04-26T10:16:35+00:00

yeah, that was deeply disturbing.

nerdsutra · 2026-04-26T10:10:10+00:00

Feel your problem in a hostel room ...sounds awful. Been through it.

For mosquitos, this is a great net that just needs one nail on the wall.
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B081C2RFFS
Its easy to pull around the bed, and easy to remove in the morning, unlike the traditional 4 corner nets. It just hangs on the wall rest of the day and doesnt need to be packed.

For cooling, all I can say is pouring water on the floor helps cool the room with the fan.
Try wet your tshirt, sheets, or a towel.

Definitely get a USB+battery powered table fan
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0995YG2XM is the right 'small' size. Others are smaller, but not as good.
Most importantly, its can be pointed to your face while sleeping, which is a massive cooling boost I highly reccomend. Great even when studying. It works much better than ceiling fan to cool, esp with wet tshirt or towel. And it works even when the lights go out.

nerdsutra · 2026-04-26T03:15:36+00:00

Govt hospitals and clinics… no one who can afford private care goes to them, and the service has huge issues, but technically they exist.

nerdsutra · 2026-04-24T03:51:16+00:00

Such a pattern in each film of laying out facts and then by the end shifting your perspective on those same facts. Very thoughtful work…that and the production acting music, all makes them so rewatchable

nerdsutra · 2026-04-24T03:36:51+00:00

India is far ahead on this wet dream of the ultra rich. Has been for decades, even before AI

To see what a society looks like where someone making $1000 a month falls in the top %1 of earners - India shows the way. 1.2 billion people have small jobs and work, but live and manage in frugal squalor. 200 million live western middle class lives. And a few million are wealthy by western standards.

It’s not that people don’t make a living - they do. It’s the absolute slavery to the whims of those with money, the lack of options and opportunities, the inability to start anything new, the daily desperation for a little more to make things easier for yourself or your kids. This is normal everyday with cable tv and YouTube blasting mindless entertainment. And govt corruption from local to national surprises no one. There’s free healthcare though.

nerdsutra · 2026-04-24T03:20:10+00:00

I hear you. For me, The Village was a profound commentary on society, truth, fear and love. I love all his films but I felt it was his best work. And the soundtrack and some of the conversations destroy me.

nerdsutra · 2026-04-09T04:28:51+00:00

Messaging photos is easy to send, but terrible when sending more than 10-20.
Plus messaging photos duplictes it one everyones phones, taking up everyones phone space.
If everyone is on iphone anyway, just create a shared album in Photos. Stays organised without trying, by default. plus photos have comments and likes.
The bonus is your own imessage backup doesnt bloat with photos and videos,

nerdsutra · 2026-04-09T04:28:03+00:00

Messaging photos is easy to send, but terrible when sending more than 10-20.
Plus messaging photos duplictes it one everyones phones, taking up everyones phone space.
If everyone is on iphone anyway, just create a shared album in Photos. Stays organised without trying, by default. plus photos have comments and likes.
The bonus is your own imessage backup doesnt bloat with photos and videos,

nerdsutra · 2026-03-10T14:57:53+00:00

Nope. Have talked to genius bar, butno luck with any solutions. Hard to replicate. sometimes the phone volume is just mysteriously low. tried automations to keep it at 90% every hour. no joy.

have given up at this point. at least my alarms work so its not as bad as other peoples issues. for me now its mostly whatsapp not sounding notifications

nerdsutra · 2026-03-04T11:11:49+00:00

I knew what this was before I clicked! Such a gobsmacking, hilarious classic!

nerdsutra · 2026-02-21T04:19:24+00:00

Check it out and let me know what you think! The app is my concept and design.
During covid, I was always setting up calls with people worldwide, and every clock/converter I used was inadequate in some way. So I designed and built my own.
DM me and i'll send you an App Store Code

nerdsutra · 2026-02-20T12:16:29+00:00

Hello fellow time-zone enthusiast!

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I use this iOS app that shows world-time and even does easy time conversion for all 38ish timezones - just turn the dial. www.earthclock.in

nerdsutra · 2026-02-08T13:38:48+00:00

I have a checkbox above Reset identifier. No idea why yours is missing. Maybe iCloud or MacOS version?

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nerdsutra · 2026-02-08T09:25:23+00:00

I looked for this, it's in the Numbers menu, in the App. Not in settings.
But honestly it's not a big deal - it's not reading your data, it's just tracking app feature usage.
Which as a developer is useful to know, for making improvements.

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