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Your point is relevant, but it’s not the whole story.

A rational actor will act on available information. It’s entirely possible that someone unhappy with Mullvad switches to an alternative that is even worse (on whatever dimensions they care about), and they just don’t know it. The question is whether they could’ve expected that outcome on a balance of probabilities.

I feel like the default assumption for a company in the privacy space is that they are close to politically neutral (0). Certainly skewing libertarian, but probably not more right (+1) than left (-1). So, if you see that your money is explicitly being siphoned to right-wing political parties (>0), and you don’t like that, it’s rational to switch to an alternative (expected value = 0).

Also, “very likely” to be better isn’t necessary, because switching costs are minimal.

Also also, saying that Proton’s founder is “outwardly MAGA” is really oversimplifying things. I’m not sure what your viewpoint actually is — maybe you’re just expressing someone else’s — but I’d encourage you to read: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-tr...

It's possible to support all of the same policies without referring to human beings as "parasites," and I don't think we should be flippant about what language is used. It's relevant. It reflects a state of mind.

I personally do not ever see myself voting for (or otherwise indirectly supporting) a politician that speaks like that, regardless of whether you can steelman it with more neutral language.

I think most liberals have the intuition that laws should apply equally to citizens and non-citizens, and I think that's where a lot of the discomfort comes from when we talk about immigration. A citizen who doesn't meet those demands imposed on non-citizens (e.g., language, cultural assimilation, etc.) will never be at risk of deportation, simply because they were lucky enough to be born in the country.

However, it does seem that this Swedish party is willing to "repatriate" even Swedish-born citizens, so at least they're consistent.

Yes, where it's feasible

I think that's what a lot of people in this thread are missing. There are alternatives to Mullvad, so it's pretty easy to take your money elsewhere if you're unhappy with where it's being spent right now.

The counter-reaction to the reaction is so dumb. If you think it's silly to boycott a company because of a co-founders political donations, fine. But it's just as silly to try to argue people into not boycotting. Live and let live.

You're just playing with language. I can say:

"I'm surprised the co-founder of a freedom of speech company is contributing to a political party that wants to force religious charter schools to close."

Liberate your e-books, my friend: https://github.com/Satsuoni/DeDRM_tools/discussions

I’m going to use the heck out of this!

Just one suggestion: Could you add another sort order for the list view based on the number of “closet picks”? It would be cool to see which films are most popular among Criterion Closet guests.

Me too, but it definitely doesn't qualify as "zero glue code."

I wouldn’t accept the premise that wrappers (i.e., <div>s) are to be avoided in the first place.

Perhaps less nesting is better in that it is more readable. But if you compensate by writing more complex CSS, then I don’t see how that’s an improvement.

When you look at each dimension in isolation, the difference is fairly small. But the 12” is 60% of the volume and 75% of the weight of the Neo. It’s significantly more portable by these metrics.

Why are you assuming there's something wrong with it? I'm not pointing to outliers that are only cheap because they're broken. The average market price for an M1 MacBook in my area is around $350.

I wish there were more laptops with a similar form factor. I was looking forward to the MacBook Neo before it was officially announced; I thought it was going to be more like an upgraded MacBook 12", but it ended up being more like a downgraded MacBook Air 13". Nobody likes small things anymore :(

It looks like the current iteration of the MiniBook will be discontinued soon; their official stores (on chuwi.com and AliExpress) are not selling them anymore. I've had my eye on this laptop for a while and still haven't bit the bullet, so I really hope it's not going away.

I'm starting to see 2020 M1 MacBooks CA$350 on Facebook Marketplace. That's the device I'm using to type this out. It still lasts all day, and it's still the only computer I use.

This is a great use of open data!

Please consider making the source code available. I’d love to make something similar for your friends across the pond (in Canada).

It should obviously be the orphan.

But it isn’t obvious that a line cut off from its descendants should be a widow, so that mapping isn’t ideal either.

I propose “bereaved” — a parent cut off from its children.

Considering how difficult it is now to buy a TV without ad-infested “smart” software, I think we should all be grateful for the opportunity to pay to remove ads.

But what a sad world we live in…

This article is talking about Greptile’s competition as if they aren’t destined to make the exact same changes to their pricing schemes. That strikes me as very naive. The writing is on the wall for all of them.

Was unfortunate to read about the instances of OSS contributors being billed for their usage though. Reptile was earning a lot of good will for that, so it’d be a shame if they weren’t actually following through.

Or even Typst (not an extension of Markdown, but it has very similar goals and use cases).

Another one to add (1.5k stars on GitHub): https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex

The use case for this app (Dull):

1. Uninstall Instagram

2. Install Dull

3. Use Instagram via Dull

The use case for a Safari extension:

1. Uninstall Instagram

2. Install the Safari extension

3. Use Instagram via Safari

Am I missing something that is obviously better about Dull (which couldn't be replicated by a Safari extension)?

(P.S. this is not meant to discourage the developer of Dull; I like the idea and your implementation seems really good.)

Regarding the text bubbles problem [...], you can use `text-wrap: balance | pretty` to achieve the same result.

No, neither solves the problem. And even if `balance` did work, it's not a good substitute because you don't usually want your line lengths to all be the same length.

See also, related CSS Working Group issue: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/191

What is stated in the article about Pocket Casts (a podcast app) is false. The timeline of events was basically:

1. Pocket Casts exists as a paid app for years (the cost is paid upfront).

2. Pocket Casts goes freemium. All current features are made entirely free. A new cloud file feature is introduced, requiring a monthly/yearly subscription called Pocket Casts Plus.

3. In response to backlash, users who paid upfront are given a lifetime of Plus access.

I get that this could be considered part of a broader trend, but in this case, paid users never lost access to the features they paid for.

how many segregation categories to you create before it becomes all meaningless

Considering the fact that most women's leagues barely get any mainstream attention as is, I think any further fragmentation of sports isn't going to be sustainable.

Also, ignoring the commercial and entertainment aspect of sports, it's just really hard to organize local leagues if they only serve a small portion of the population. Like, even in a large metropolitan area, how many transgender people are there? Of those, how many are interested in a particular sport? Of those, how many are interested enough to form a club?

I think both of these points are two sides of the same coin. There's an athletic advantage that most transgender women will have over most cisgender women, but there's also an athletic disadvantage that most trans women will have compared to cis men.

i.e., unless something fundamentally changes about how leagues are divided, there's going to be perceived unfairness in sports.

As long as things are unchanged, I think the real conversation boils down to who we prioritize: cis women or trans women.

How'd you design the icon/logo for it?

It depends on the laws of your country, but here in Canada, you can't slaughter cows on your farm. They have to be transported, often long distances, to a slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouses, and the metal box that brings them there, aren't very nice places for a cow.

Psst, the GitHub link in your post is broken (it should be https://github.com/chenxin-yan/crust).

It’s built with SwiftUI, which is not really cross-platform.

The only reason why you regard JavaScript as “fundamental” is that it’s built into the browser. Sure, you can draw that line, but at least acknowledge that there’s many places to draw the line.

I’d rather make comparative statements, like “JavaScript is more fundamental than React,” which is obviously true. And then we can all just find the level of abstraction that works for us, instead of fighting over what technology is “fundamental.”