Nikita
Remember when Play Store app awards were fun? Yeah, they're nothing like Apple's, but there also were some gems inside, and they showcased quite some apps that cleverly and beautifully used Material Design. The "best app of 2023" in Germany is a damn streaming platform. 🙄 And it doesn't even have a good app! 
Jan-Lukas Else
@kytta I often use Aurora Store to get updates for automatically disabled apps (to save battery) and today I encountered a banking app that wasn't happy to be installed from Aurora Store and forced me to uninstall, reinstall from Play Store and reconnect it. 🙄 (Hanseatic Bank Secure)
Qoyyuum
@kytta Welcome to #Fediverse ! Your latest blog post says that you've just started working. Congrats on the job! :)
Nikita
New blog post! In this one, I am over the moon about the full-time job I’ve picked up a month ago. https://www.kytta.dev/blog/one-month-full-time/ This is post 009 of #100DaysToOffload. (don’t mind the date — I’ve finished this post earlier, but have only now got to publish it)
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Данила Горелко
> How tired and unsatisfied I was with university and its endless mix of classes, exams, and homework assignments. I couldn’t even imagine how I needed the monotony that a job brings with it. Instead of 5–10 different topics/technologies I had to think about at all times, it’s just one or two — the ones I work with. So true! 
Nikita
#Westfalenbahn tip: the last carriage is usually the best one. — It's a bit further away, so less people are in it Follow me for more #Pendeln life hacks /j
Nikita
For a long time, I was looking at all the endless IDE plugins and extensions, "must have" configs, Raycast, and I used to wonder: Why is there so much hype around snippets? Even when writing #Django views, I never really felt the need for them; I was fine with typing a few redundant lines myself. And then I started learning and working with #Angular. I take my skepticism back.
Nikita
TIL that Microsoft Outlook, when it encounters a quote of the original email in the reply, will hide not only it, but everything below it, making bottom-posting effectively impossible :(
Nikita
New blog post! In this one, I express some thought on a very topical (/s) subject of foreign languages on Mastodon. https://www.kytta.dev/blog/language-on-mastodon/ This is post 008 of #100DaysToOffload
Joel :void: :casio:
@kytta I get you, it's very annoying to have posts that are "English" when they're not, if auto detection is implemented I will be very, very happy—such a feature needs to exist.
Adam
@kytta Well said indeed. I find myself not wanting to filter out the language of a post. I want to see it all, but I suppose in reason. I says this because I've found some really interesting discussions or recommendations in other languages. I rely on the translation. Though I do admit I cannot assume it is correct, yet I still find it beneficial.
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@kytta So I'm not the only one! I thought I was going crazy. I keep seeing posts in my feed that aren't English, though I've specifically told #Mastodon that I only want English content. I'm so frustrated by all the posts I can't read that I've taken to muting any profile that I come across with non-English content. It's not that I don't want to read them, it's that I literally can't (and no, I don't like using 'translation'). So I really hope they give an option to filter the home feed too...
Nikita
Does anyone here remember the Aviate launcher? It had an æsthetically pleasing home screen that would adapt to different use cases based on your location, time of day, and connected peripherals. I loved it so much. Until Yahoo bought it, made it worse, and then sunset it.
Nikita
The picture also made me remember using Foursquare back in the day. I used to feel like I possess some secret knowledge, since it was not popular in Russia, and barely anyone used it :blobcatgiggle:
Nikita
I have downloaded 50 MB worth of files and wanted to move them two directories deeper than where they were located. So I just, y’know, drag-n-dropped them in Finder. A window appeared, saying “Preparing moving” (?), and the files started to move one by one. The whole process took FIVE MINUTES. Why does a 50 MB move between two directories on the same NVME drive take five minutes
Nikita
I checked the Activity Monitor during this, and it didn't show anything writing to disk, really. Moving any other file anywhere else is instant :blobcatgooglyshrug:
Nikita
Working in a different city Cons: My everyday commute takes 3 hours! Pros: My podcast queue has 70 hours worth of unplayed episodes 😅
Nikita
Anyone else having problems with @bitwarden extension in #Firefox (on #macOS Ventura)? Starting ca. two weeks ago, the keyboard shortcuts are extremely flaky. Shift+Cmd+L and Shift+Cmd+Y, which I use a lot, just refuse to work :/
Nikita
I’ve checked the macOS Keyboard Shortcuts, and the combinations mentioned do not seem to be taken. This happens both on my home machine, where it worked flawlessly for the last year, and on a brand new work laptop.
Krzysztof Nizioł :symfony:
@kytta I don't use Firefox as my main browser, but I just checked and there is no issue. Both keyboard shortcuts work as expected. Firefox 118.0.1
Nikita
I passed the two-dozen milestone yesterday, and my SO got me into #CasioCult with her present. This isn't my first Casio, but I haven't owned/worn one since 2015-ish. Not that I'm in, I wonder how fast I'll spend all my life savings on watches :blobcateyes:
Nikita
Me and a friend of mine have visited Belgium and its capital Brussels recently. When there, I voiced the thought that Manneken Pis is the most recognised attraction of Brussels. My travel companion replied that they’ve never heard of it before and that for them, Atomium (of which I’ve never heard before the trip) is the most recognised attraction. So, for you, what is the most recognised attraction in Brussels, Belgium? Anonymous poll
Poll
Manneken Pis, a statue of a boy urinating
5
33.3%
Atomium, a landmark building
6
40%
I haven't heard of either
3
20%
Something else (leave a reply!)
15 people voted. 1
6.7%
Voting ended 4 Oct 2023 at 22:14.
Nikita
We should all ditch #GoogleChrome in favour of a browser with a better engine (=> Firefox, Safari/Epiphany) or at least a more humane Chromium fork (=> Vivaldi). Yet, it's not only about the consumers. The companies should finally stop considering Chrome a browser that everyone has and that just works. Le TEC, the Walloon public transport provider (not on the Fediverse), for example, doesn't allow logging in if Google Chrome is not installed. What the f—?! Very disappointing.
Nikita
I have been doing some last-minute #vacation planning when I suddenly discovered Wikivoyage. I can't stress how incredible this resource is. So much useful information on specific countries and cities, including up-to-date opening hours and public transport costs. How haven't I found it sooner?!
Nikita
Yesterday, after having woken up late and made my ‘morning’ coffee, I looked out the kitchen window and saw the Google Street View car (for the first time in my life!) It is safe to assume that my topless body is going to be on the maps any time soon 😛 
Nikita
I got an email from the Russian Federal Taxation Service saying I have a new notification. I’ve opened the URL and logged in using my email and password. There were taxes to pay. I clicked the notification and got presented with a full receipt, which had a QR code. I scanned the QR code with the banking app’s camera and tapped ‘Pay’. The whole process took two minutes. The IT services of Russia are incredible, and it’s a shame how far Germany is from it.
Nikita
inb4 ‘why are you paying taxes to a war criminal?!’ ⇒ I am not a permanent resident of any other country (yet), and getting criminal records in a country I could be extradited to is not smart by any means
Nikita
Bad Web UX practice no. 981: Redirecting the user to a 2FA page but not autofocusing the code field
Blake Naccarato :python:
Other 2FA UX nags: - When there is one entry cell per character, and you can't copy/paste a code The latter would be fine if every 2FA field worked that way, but the unexpected auto-submit means I also hit enter which sometimes triggers it twice. |
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