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Niki Tonsky

admin@tonsky.me informs me, niki@tonsky.me, about my expired password.

Not suspicious at all!

James Conroy-Finn

@nikitonsky I hope you thanked your local administrator for keeping your system secure.

mf

@nikitonsky Gotta rotate your passwords regularly 😏 I wonder if someone replied if you replied “thanks for a reminder, done” 😂

Niki Tonsky

Some good movies in there, but in general, yeah, stand and deliver sucks. It was particularly pronounced in Game of Thrones, people barely move at all in that show youtube.com/watch?v=wKx5JEvP5o

Daniel Große

@nikitonsky his critics falls too short. The way the old movies where shot were also driven by the restrictions of that time.

Cameras where big and heavy machines, only usable on a stand or a dolly. This made it impossible to build scenes like today. Therefore the stages looked like open rooms with the camera on the free side.

The director could the only work from that angle and had to be creative to not bore the audience.

This also lead to that infamous dialogue scenes where both actors looked into the camera. No one would talk to someone in that way.

The usage of wide lenses was also driven by the needed amount of light. A narrow zoom needs much more sensitive material and high quality lenses.

Today the audience got used to that fast cut scenes. Detailed shots of the actors faces reveal much more emotions than the wider shots could deliver. They look more intensive on a big screen.

So I disagree with his stand that it’s all boring and looking the same.

@nikitonsky his critics falls too short. The way the old movies where shot were also driven by the restrictions of that time.

Cameras where big and heavy machines, only usable on a stand or a dolly. This made it impossible to build scenes like today. Therefore the stages looked like open rooms with the camera on the free side.

Niki Tonsky

You wouldn’t believe it. grumpy.website does not have infinite scroll anymore. It was a fun joke but it got old after seven years

dmitriid

@nikitonsky

Nooooooooooooooo!

(But I approve of this change :) )

Niki Tonsky

I wonder who invented this Instagram behaviour: right after opening the app, show you some _new_ content, spark user’s curiosity, but then immediately and unconditionally replace it with another content.

Like, what was they thinking? Show skeleton screen or a spinner!

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Arto Levi

@nikitonsky wallpaper from an old iPad… much appreciated!

cGilmore

@nikitonsky Spotify kills me with this too. I see what I was wanting to listen to, but their algorithmic brilliance finally loads and swaps in what I don't want to listen to.

Dimitri

@nikitonsky to sparkle your interest so you desperately scroll to find this specific content. They are weaponization the fear of missing out.

Niki Tonsky

“throughout all this we had to grant Location permissions at least three times, and each time you have to decide between three options, none of which are "Yes." the one you want is "while the app is open" but there is no way to know this, and nobody alive has ever picked either of the other options. nobody would.”

cohost.org/cathoderaydude/post

Nikita Karamov

@nikitonsky my town has a great solution to this problem. Paying for parking via an app is *more expensive*, so everyone just sticks to cash. Put coins in, press button, done.

Roman Busygin

@nikitonsky хорошо, что эта история про андроид

Niki Tonsky

They say “don’t deploy on Fridays”, but today is Saturday, so...

grumpy.website now runs off DataScript database stored inside sqlite file!

Only took me 6 years to get rid of EDN-backed file storage.

Niki Tonsky

Let’s see how long until it corrupts itself or loses data (DataScript, not SQLite. I trust SQLite)

Niki Tonsky

In man's life soon or later there comes a moment when he absolutely must buy a mug with a dachshund

Niki Tonsky

Railroads? Where we’re going, we don’t need railroads!

Григорий Клюшников

С трамвайными рельсами в Питере иногда тоже так делают

Niki Tonsky

When website really wants you to pay

Григорий Клюшников

Но ведь это всю жизнь так было, что у тебя был отдельный пульт для каждого устройства, подключенного к телеку? По крайней мере, с тех пор, как люди начали смотреть на них что-то кроме эфирного телевидения.

eisenhorn

@nikitonsky you can use control codes over hdmi (CEC) to a degree. But your devices should support it, otherwise no luck.
I tried sofabaton universal remote. Total “meh”.
If you make a startup and build a decent solution, I’m going to be your happy customer!

Niki Tonsky

What is the most current web-server for Clojure with best websockets support? And what’s the best way to deal with them on Clojure side? Ring? Aleph? Immutant? Something else?

Niki Tonsky

The media is the message (kerning in PA is PAIN)

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