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Cake day: August 28th, 2023
  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•My journey of digital privacyEnglish
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    1 month ago

    <3 wow it is a big coincidence! i wish your lemmy client app becomes very famous :D

    Awww thanks!! <3

    is it an ios app?

    Yes, eventually. I’m developing in react native (one codebase, many platforms). I own an Android though, so all physical testing is on this phone. Therefore, all alphas and stuff like that are being built for Android for now. Unfortunately, building and testing for iOS is a massive pain in the ass. I think I would have to take the help of some iOS dev for this in the future/get an old iPhone or something.

    do you want to share the link if it is available for everyone to download?

    Aww thanks for the interest! It’s not ready enough imo to share it publicly for now. However, it’s getting there quickly! Can’t wait for the day I can share the repo link on the Lemmy app development communities!

  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•My journey of digital privacyEnglish
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    1 month ago

    thank you so much for the suggestions; do you know if there is a way to use Organic Maps on iphone?

    No worries <3! Isn’t it on the App store? On looking it up, it shows that it’s available here. I don’t know though, as I don’t own any Apple devices.

    I did use LibreOffice many years ago … i should give it a try once again.

    Definitely! I’m a sucker for the native gtk apps. So I may be a little biased when I say this, but it’s WAY better than Microsoft office from a UI standpoint. All Microsoft products just feel cheap to me.

    also, you have no idea how happy you made me by giving me my first comment on my first lemmy post!!

    Awww I’m so glad haha. Guess what? I’m developing a Lemmy client app right now, and this is the first “real” comment I made which was outside the pure test oriented comments! Interesting firsts, eh?

  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eetoFuck Cars@lemmy.world•Does induced demand affect busses as well?English
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    2 months ago

    It does. It does with every mode of transport (except for really rare and really weird cases).

    The difference is in terms of scalability. Public transit like trains and buses are a lot more scalable than cars. A city that entirely uses public transit would be a lot more cost and space efficient and would be a lot better for the environment compared to a city that entirely uses cars.

    The “induced demand” argument is primarily used against the “just one more lane will fix the traffic bro” argument. The complete argument goes as follows: Building one more lane for a given road won’t end up reducing private automobile traffic. In fact, it would induce demand for travelling using private automobiles, thus increasing the demand for road space, thus making the road reach capacity a lot quicker than expected. Is it technically possible to design a city around cars, such that all its inhabitants can drive to their destinations? Sure. The costs (financial, environmental, health, etc.) however are huge. We don’t want to pay these costs. Most individuals are not aware of these costs and are misled into believing that these costs are a lot less than what they actually are.

  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social mediaEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Governmental overreach. Good luck trying to enforce this shit.

    Social media isn’t bad inherently. Addictive algorithms, violation of user privacy, etc. is bad.

    Kids should be taught how to make use of social media for good. I was bullied quite a lot as a kid. Social media is what kinda brought me out of it.

    Social media told 13 year old me, that it is alright to be gay. Social media is what made me interested in politics. A huge part of who I am today is because of the nice people I met online. Fuck the government for trying to take it away from others like me.