atticmanatee | 4 years ago | on: Workers in Portugal could see healthier work-life balance under new labour laws
Yes, hence why a redundant law was rejected.
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atticmanatee | 4 years ago | on: The tight-knit time zone data maintenance community
In 1884, at the International Meridian Conference in Washington DC
atticmanatee | 5 years ago | on: 'Remember the Internet': An Encyclopedia of Online Life
I think the idea of gathering these stories and sharing them is a good one, and certainly of value. That said, asking for 10$ per ebook may be a bit too much.
Best of luck to them.
atticmanatee | 5 years ago | on: Apple’s new iOS 14 home screen brings Windows Phone Live Tiles back to life
They might have the same name, might even turn into the same thing, but right now, they’re Live Tiles.
The only action taken when you tap in one is open the app.
Android widgets have much more functionality.
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: Outbreak – playable simulations of a disease outbreak
You think that's bad?
A cruise with 200 people was denied port in Portugal, so the ship went to Spain, dropped all the passengers and they took busses to enter Portugal.
One of the many reasons why the border is being shut
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: Europe’s old money mingles with tech startups
Here's the thing: most companies in Europe also provide private health insurance, almost double of those 15 days and more or less the same holidays (which are state defined and if not provided, must be paid at 150% to 200% the normal rate - depends between country).
This, of course, does not account for the entire gap in wages between both sides of the Atlantic, but it does weigh on it.
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app
So? Decisions and policies change. Just because someone decided something a few months ago doesn't mean they can't make a new decision now.
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: Technical debt and tacking into the wind (2013)
So much this.
I started a new job in a company that is redesigning the product, but instead of a complete rewrite, managers decided it was best to keep as much as possible from the previous iteration (it's an iOS app).
We're getting close to release, so we have less pressing bugs and no new features to implement, so myself and a team mate decided to take a week to perhaps refactor some of the code and update it to Swift. After said week we reach the conclusion that management made the right decision: The written code handled so many edge cases that if we were to rewrite it, even converting from objc to swift could ignore some edge cases.
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry
There is an Always option. It just doesn’t show on the pop up. But if you go to settings -> privacy -> location services you see a list of apps, and if the app registers for always, it will have that option
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry
It never ceases to amaze me how Twitter is so unprepared for anything they do.
This was something Facebook did a few years ago Even Google+ (rest in peace) had a similar feature. How could they have forgotten that dead people may have used their platform, and living relatives would be upset?
Either Twitter is completely run by amateurs - since its inception - or by people who just don’t care. Which one is worst, I wonder?
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company
That was a hack, not them selling your info for the highest bidder.
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: Apple Sign In
On the presentation they said it would be available on web and android.
atticmanatee | 6 years ago | on: An interstellar meteor may have hit Earth
It irks me to no end when publications refer to a star system as a solar system.
There are many star systems, but only one solar system, that which orbits the Sun/Sol.
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: Congress Is About to Ban the US Government from Offering Free Online Tax Filing
In Portugal, of all places, it’s just a web form. This year it took me a grand total of 3 minutes to review all info and less than 10 clicks after logging in.
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: New WebKit Features in Safari 12.1
How can Safari 12.1 impact mobile apps?
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: Mastodon for Metalheads
Trap, reading the title that was not what I was expecting. But my guess is that it was intended.
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: Google Takes Down Artstation Android App for Explicit Content
These companies should already have that info. Just filter the apps for underage users, that simple.
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: Chicken Scheme 5.0
THANK YOU! My Google-Fu was failing on me!
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: Why Did China’s Biggest Movie Star, and the Interpol Chief, Vanish?
atticmanatee | 7 years ago | on: Thanks for the Surprise Integration with My Website, Apple
Shortcuts/Workflow is just a out systems-like programming tool to interact with the web. That just like saying "how can Apple allow Xcode to download link from the internet."
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