[-] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately I already read the headline, is there anywhere I can offload this now unnecessary excitement?

Python in Excel would be great, but nerfing it with some ridiculous cloud dependency is crazy. They could still paywall the feature if they really wanted while still running the Python interpretation locally.

I suppose we should be grateful they hadn’t also stuck ChatGPT on to it too so it could (badly) write the Python for you. Tech by buzzword will be the death of us I’m sure.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

It’s neat how much motion can be conveyed in so few frames, and fairly smoothly too.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

A company that builds tools for remote working, doesn't believe in remote working? That doesn't seem a great look.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Yeah, you would think a company that would promote remote working would be company that creates tools for remote working.

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In computing lore, an Easter egg typically refers to a secret message, image, or feature intentionally left in software, often (but not always)...

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Figures obtained by Lib Dems reveal need for eightfold increase to reach greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2050

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Head of global meteorological body warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar

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Head of global meteorological body warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar

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First-half results will anger consumer groups that have campaigned over treatment of vulnerable customers

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Apple opened up access to three ways to test apps on real hardware.

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Levelling up secretary calls for scrutiny of green policy but says ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars is ‘immovable’

[-] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears

I thought the the new logo was the X11 logo at first, they are bit similar.

Also a bit ironic seeing as Musk wants ~~Twitter~~ X to be an "everything app", while X11's cruft and bloated featureset have led to it being replaced by Wayland.

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Samsung today announced the upcoming U.S. launch of its ViewFinity S9 display, which is designed to compete with the Studio Display from Apple. The...

[-] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago

The internet used to be more decentralised. There were lots of smaller websites, blogs, forums etc, which people discovered via word of mouth, search engines, and forgotten things like webrings. It's only recently that big monolithic social media platforms took hold.

Tech is often cyclical, we could now be swinging back to a more decentralised web, but with the benefit of newer technologies. Right now it's almost a new "wild west" as new platforms appear and new ideas like federation are experimented with. Some will rise, some will fall, some will go off in the corner and do their own thing. While all that happens it's going to be a bit messy, much like it was in the 90s with the initial rise of the web.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I’ve noticed a lot of German language fediverse content too. Does anyone know why German speakers are so keen on the fediverse?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Never mind zero stars, the Reddit app (and new Reddit in general) deserves negative stars.

Thankfully there is plenty of innovation in the market for fediverse apps.

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Samsung today announced that its ViewFinity S9 external monitor is now available to pre-order in South Korea, and will launch in the country on July...

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Some older people in the UK still prefer Fahrenheit, Celsius is still the official/default unit however.

A politician here recently tried to promote returning the UK to Imperial units, it has gone nowhere so far.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

With hobbies involve lots of data. Anything with an excuse to make a spreadsheet or Grafana dashboard. My latest one is home weather monitoring.

Or if you just want to see a number get bigger, Cookie Clicker is a surprisingly deep distraction.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I agree. People can never fully seem to grasp that upvote and downvote do not mean agree and disagree, which discourages real conversation and ferments a hivemind.

People that want to put the effort in to have real discussions also don’t tend to care about internet points. But people that care about internet points are more inclined to only post low effort content and continual reposts.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Computers and tech in general often feels like magic. The first computer I ever used was a ZX Spectrum, now I have something vastly more computationally powerful, and constantly connected to a worldwide communication network and knowledge repository in my pocket!

It's amazing any of it actually works, especially as we don't always seem to know how it works.

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Japan is joining the EU in requiring mobile platforms open up for third party software, and allow third party payment processing.

Perhaps the increasing global regulatory pressure will make Apple concede on blocking third party software sources in general.

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