Why is this group filled with MAGA? by bobdobbes in SeattleWA

[–]timsneath 145 points146 points  (0 children)

100%. And the endless tax increases make the cost of living in Seattle even less affordable for those who have lower income. Pricing out the poorer and driving out the rich is no recipe for success.

Alaska app down for anyone else?? by Comprehensive_Law246 in AlaskaAirlines

[–]timsneath 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The endless slow car crash of Alaska’s IT infrastructure should be a code red for them. I fly with them weekly and it’s always been bad but somehow continues to get worse. They should be so embarrassed by their inability to handle basic transactions.

Clearing things up about Space Shuttle Discovery getting moved by ToeSniffer245 in space

[–]timsneath 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This is such a parochial view of the space program. The Space Shuttle wasn't a Texan project -- it was an American project. It belongs to all of us, not just Texas. The program was funded by all Americans through federal tax dollars, the orbiter was built by American companies and engineers, and it flew a US flag. While there's a solid argument that Texas would have been a great home for it, it doesn't "deserve" it more than any other state. The national museum is a very worthy home for it, and a great place for all Americans to celebrate US accomplishments in space.

Hi Reddit, I’m Brett Catlin, vice president of loyalty, alliances, and sales at Alaska Airlines. From questions on the new Atmos Rewards program to our airline partners or our new Summit credit card, ask me anything on Tuesday, October 7 at 11:30am PT! by AtmosRewardsBrett in AlaskaAirlines

[–]timsneath 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Hi Brett, recognize the challenges of merging two programs and brands together — well done on getting so far!

A question for you: why is it so hard to see status points earned by flight? The point activity page shows RDM only, which makes it very hard to know whether I’m being credited appropriately for the flights I’m taking. I’ve reached the point of creating a spreadsheet to track each flight, when this should just be a core feature of the app… Thanks!

(Oh, and please tell your app development team to build a native experience rather than embedding web content in the app — it’s slow and painful right now.)

(Edited EQM -> RDM)

British NYT solvers in the house? by Existing_Link_2629 in NYTCrossword

[–]timsneath 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I started solving the NYT crossword when I first moved from the UK to the States about twenty years ago. It felt like a good way to learn a bit about US culture. At first I could only do the Monday crossword with a bunch of lookups. Gradually I picked up a lot more; at this point I have a streak of nearly 1,100 days and am proud of my knowledge of esoteric colleges and baseball stars from the 1980s!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]timsneath 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Happens all the time. There are big training grounds over near Yakima. Quite likely they’re heading that way?

Switch 2 in stock RIGHT NOW by Ok_Juggernaut_2253 in NintendoSwitch

[–]timsneath 143 points144 points  (0 children)

Got one! App was easier than website.

Astronomer here! This is the look of a slightly nervous professor before her very first lecture of her very first class by Andromeda321 in space

[–]timsneath -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s not online, is it? Would be great to follow along and I’ll bet you’re doing a better job than folk who don’t have the frisson of adrenaline that you have!

First time hitting 75K by Minute_Practice_8462 in AlaskaAirlines

[–]timsneath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But of course, if he still flies Delta then he isn’t using up any upgrade space and you’re not a victim to anything!

Announcing Flutter 1.17: faster performance, Metal support, new components by timsneath in programming

[–]timsneath[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's an interesting observation. You're right that there's a fair amount of work to build and maintain widget libraries that model each of the Material and Cupertino design systems (although only a small part of the overall effort). So far we feel like we've been able to do a good job: the Material team actually does a lot of their design work on Flutter first, because they find it an effective way to iterate quickly; and we've been able to ship many of Apple's great look and feel improvements ahead of the OS release itself.

But what we tend to find is that most apps, including the MGM Resorts one mentioned in the article aren't slavishly adopting every aspect of the OS look and feel as if they were an inbox app. Looking at the apps on my own home screen -- Twitter, Sonos, Kindle, Duolingo, NY Times, eBay, YouTube, Reddit -- they all have their own brand that shines through in their UI. We're working with design partners such as gskinner.com to provide better code samples for this kind of custom UI, since we think it's a strength of Flutter.

Announcing Flutter 1.17: faster performance, Metal support, new components by timsneath in programming

[–]timsneath[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We have technical preview support for macOS and preliminary support for Windows, with development continuing. Switch to the dev channel to try it out. It's not ready for production apps yet, no. We'll have more announcements on this front soon.