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Comment Re: Markdown (Score 1) 27

Nothing like HTML. Itâ(TM)s far more lightweight and interferes with legibility a lot less. I couldnâ(TM)t imagine trying to type Slack messages on my phone in HTML, what a nightmare, but its flavour of MD is fine. Iâ(TM)m surprised you havenâ(TM)t encountered because itâ(TM)s everywhere. I will have used it in GitLab, Jira and Slack by mid-morning, and maybe somewhere else too.

Comment Re: Markup, Stupid! (Score 1) 27

Thatâ(TM)s a stupid question, but you were just trying to whinge about something completely unrelated, werenâ(TM)t you? The only way this issue will be fixed is if /. fixes its bugs. Until then: weep. It must be frustrating knowing that /. will never fix this bug as they donâ(TM)t spend money and are just try to squeeze out a dwindling supply of revenue from a niche website with declining numbers and an audience whoâ(TM)s very proactive about blocking ads.

Comment Re: in CA (Score 1) 157

Before GPS navigation, I would study my route in advance and write down a list of road numbers and towns. If I hadnâ(TM)t managed to memorise it, I had a summary that was really quick to check and refresh myself from. If I actually needed to look at the road atlas, I pulled over instead of driving dangerously. The modern equivalent of the turn by turn instructions from Google are ridiculous and way too detailed to the point of being useless. Eyes should be on the road.

Comment Re:Sad to see them go (Score 1) 182

You've just made me realise that I haven't seen anybody walking their car for many years or stopped to help them push start it. Manuals still make up the majority of the cars on the road here in the UK, so maybe it's just a function of my lifestyle or perhaps people just wait for a jump start these days? It could be that push starting is just a nightmare on busy the roads of London?

Comment Re: Save more by spending more? (Score 1) 32

I was shot down on this site for predicting this asking the simple question: what evidence is there to believe that consumers would pay less. I think some people got too caught up in somebody trying to stick it to Apple. At best, Epic might offer a small discount over Apple to try to tempt people over to their payment system. But it will never be more than 30% because then there is no point and they have the cost of running their own store and payment processing. Actually, it was always less than 30% because that number is BS and is steeply discounted by Apple after the first year.

Comment Re: Microsoft's enshitttification (Score 1) 81

While tech-savvy people around here might number close to 100%, in the general population, this number is well below 5%. So even if 100% of the /. crowd live up to the comments on this site, that translates to nothing important in the real world. Itâ(TM)s clear though that many people on this site donâ(TM)t care that much and choose Windows anyway.

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