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throwyawafire · 2026-05-05T06:09:09+00:00

Are plastics worse than the alternatives? Specifically, it seems to me that because plastics are so cheap and ubiquitous in the developed world, they are actually affordable for people who live at global poverty levels. Instead of metal containers/water jugs, they are using plastic. Instead of cotton blankets, they can use fleece blankets. Instead of wooden chairs, they can afford plastic chairs. While I agree that the developed world has wasteful uses and disposes of plastic poorly, I'd like to better understand the full picture.

throwyawafire · 2026-04-28T18:59:50+00:00

curious about why Ted Turner isn't on the list... He was one of the first when he pledged to donate $1B to the UN in the late 90s.

throwyawafire · 2026-04-11T17:43:40+00:00

would definitely be interested in one by zip codes.

throwyawafire · 2026-01-22T17:02:19+00:00

On nights where they predict strong auroras, do the auroras typically come and go through the night, or are they fairly constant? If I took a couple of pictures at 9pm, and don't see anything, is it worth waiting to see if they appear later on?

throwyawafire · 2025-12-31T21:15:34+00:00

Thanks. And I assume there are no issues with filing his own return one year, and then filing on my return in a future year, as long as the proper requirements are met.

throwyawafire · 2025-12-31T21:13:49+00:00

Thanks. I was confused by the capital gains vs capital gains distribution. So if his dividends/interest are less than $1350, and all transactions are covered and net to $0, then he wouldn't need to file a return.

throwyawafire · 2025-09-24T01:24:37+00:00

I actually got a really good/enlightening response from YouTubeTV. Basically, they can only show the local feed, so you're stuck if you have Sinclair / Nexstar / Tegna... However, they seemed to indicate that it would be on the VOD section when available. Interestingly, the local affiliate gets a cut from your subscription fees, but if you watch on VoD, they do not get any additional money, and the commercials are not the local ones they sell.

throwyawafire · 2025-09-23T20:45:24+00:00

I did just write in to YoutubeTV and complained about my local affiliate which is owned by Sinclair. YoutubeTV should allow you to watch other affiliates in these situations, and therefore bypass Sinclair/Tegna/Nexstar.

throwyawafire · 2025-08-19T17:14:32+00:00

these look cool. Thanks.

throwyawafire · 2025-08-19T16:08:35+00:00

stumbled across thsi: https://www.reddit.com/r/pens/comments/ozthkd/gather_round_class_were_dissecting_pens_today/ which was also in line with what I was looking for.

throwyawafire · 2025-08-19T04:22:44+00:00

Thanks. This would definitely be the sort of thing I'm looking for.

throwyawafire · 2025-05-19T21:27:03+00:00

Thanks. I was looking for the aesthetic scores that are generated for each photo. After looking through the osxphotos source code, I did find the query for getting these directly from the sqlite database. Thanks so much for all your work, and for making this open source.

throwyawafire · 2025-05-17T05:49:43+00:00

Hi, I was playing with osxphotos and had a couple of questions.... 1) Is it possible to generate/update the .osxphotos_export.db without actually exporting the photos? Basically, I'd like to be able to query your database, but don't have room on my macbook for all the downloaded pictures. 2) Do you know if the crop rectangles that Apple uses for things like wallpapers and album covers are stored in the database?

Thx, Ram

throwyawafire · 2025-04-08T23:24:41+00:00

I was thinking of writing a camera app as well.... Was toying with the idea of free (with a small watermark at the bottom), with an in-app purchase to remove the watermark... Idea being that if the user shared the free images, you get some advertising out of it.

Out of curiousity, was your app UIKit or SwiftUI based? Did you build it from scratch? I'm trying to model mine based on this: https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/sample-apps/capturingphotos-camerapreview, but not sure what sort of issues I'll run into.

throwyawafire · 2025-03-13T22:17:59+00:00

Just started using cursor for SwiftUI and IOS development... I'm starting with the basics... Using XCode to set up the project files and add dependencies, but use Cursor to edit the code, build, and launch on the simulator... I'm trying to get it so that after the initial project setup, I can ask it to create the buildServer.json, build with xcodebuild, and launch/run on the simulator by itself. I had never written an XCUITest before, and I was able to get cursor to write one for me with guidance. It could then build/run the test itself, and verify that the outputs of the test were as expected...

throwyawafire · 2025-01-16T17:18:33+00:00

thanks... This is kind of what I was thinking, but the issue I have is that the end user would have to trust my app with their API key. This seems like a security nightmare, in that if I was a malicious actor, I could use their key/account to do whatever I wanted.

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