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I don’t even think any apps that use the API are allowed to use “Spot” in their name.

It cannot begin with “Spot” or be similar to “Spotify” in sound or spelling.

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/design

I think Krashen’s “Natural Approach” is the best way to learn. It focuses on consuming comprehensible input (CI) - listening/reading in the foreign language, and making sure you understand around 80%+. The idea would be to start with very easy stories/sentences, and slowly build that up as your vocabulary grows.

Pimsleur & FSI are good resources. Also, try to watch movies/shows that you already have seen in the target language instead (e.g. Friends, The Office, Simpsons). That way, you already have the context, and it will be easier to comprehend.

You need around 100-200hrs of CI to have a basic understanding of the language (maybe you can’t speak, but you can understand basic interactions in the language). At around 400-600hrs, you’ll be intermediate, and after around 800-1000hrs of CI, you’ll be fluent.

How do you do the ingredients for a recipe? Does it understand “1tbsp” and things like that?

Logseq is worth looking into as well. You’d have the same sync conundrum as Obsidian, and can solve it the same way too.

That’s nobody’s business but the Turks!

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A couple of reasons:

1. Who would contribute? Banks are highly regulated and sometimes deal with complex products that most Devs don’t have a background on. Even most Devs in banks rely on a team of business analysts, designers etc to shape the requirements. Add on top of that the general negative perception of banks, I can’t think of a large open-source community forming.
2. Competition. Bank’s primarily compete with each other. They all offer very similar products, and any advantage they can gain by developing proprietary software will be explored.
3. Third-party apps. Banks use a TON of third-party apps behind the scenes. A lot of times they will purchase licenses for existing products and then customise on top of that.
4. Outsourcing. Even when they are building the app “in-house” they may have outsourced the development to another company, and will then just maintain the finished product.
5. Banks move slooooowly. As it’s a highly regulated industry, every deployment needs to go through a ton of red-tape. An exploit found in public might take weeks to be resolved internally.
6. Reward is not worth risk. It simply isn’t a priority and they can’t see any benefit for doing it. It’s more likely to cause a reputation risk than not.

I didn’t realise 12ft.io has gone down but I believe their original slogan was along the lines of, “for every 10ft wall, there’s a 12ft ladder”, hence the name.

This policy was last updated in March, 2023.

I quite like Obsidian too. Markdown note app that has desktop & mobile versions. You can create templates and have it so that a new note using a template is opened automatically when you open the app (e.g. for daily notes). It also supports a lot of different community created plugins.

I sync across android & linux via google drive for free, otherwise Obsidian also has a paid sync feature.

This is cool! I’ve been using DeepL for the longest time but their app has become extremely sluggish lately to load. Any recommendation for engine that works best for English/Spanish Spanish/English?

What’s the main motivation for an open-source alternative?

It’s an interesting idea. I’m guessing the largest hurdles would be: trust, funding, and legal. A large part of it I think depends if it’s being run altruisticly or as a business.

Uber/Lyft and others have come under intense legal scrutiny all over the world. The drivers typically need to purchase & obtain a license to be able to drive, and come into agreement with local taxi operators.

What motivates the drivers to drive, ie is this a job or are they volunteering? Does each ride cost or are the rides free? If the rides are free, are the drivers doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, or are donations covering the rides? If rides aren’t free, who is processing those payments? Who decides what drivers get paid and what customers get charged?

Lastly, as a ride-operator, how do I build trust with my drivers? As a customer, how can I trust the instance I am with? If something happens in a ride, is there someone I can contact? Can I get refunds? What if something even worse happens, who is on the hook?

I was going to suggest OpenCollective but I’m not sure if they have any type of voting mechanism. It does provide financial transparency though.

You mean name them Junior?

Haven’t used PHPTools, but I use xdebug in VSCode for php debugging

I’m using Breezy Weather and really liking it so far. Has a good widget as well.

“Orgazmo”? Think it’s South Park creator’s first movie together. Story of a Mormon who goes into porn to pay for his dream wedding.

“Toc toc” is a funny Spanish comedy. Revolves around a group of people waiting in a doctor’s office and each one has a different type of OCD. Think it might work on a subtitle level too, but definitely funnier if you understand Spanish.

“Carnage”. Two sets of parents try to resolve an altercation between their children, and it just slowly descends into madness.