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New comment by MenhirMike in "A Clone of Deluxe Paint II Written in Python"

MenhirMike — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 22:45:49 +0000

Also shoutout to DPaint.js, which runs in the Browser: https://github.com/steffest/DPaint-js/

(Though I will say that Aseprite has taken over as my preferred Pixel Art editor.)

New comment by MenhirMike in "Wiz turns down $23B Google deal"

MenhirMike — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:30:56 +0000

Depends on how much of the stock is actually available to purchase. If the owners of the company keep 51% (or 50% + 1 share? Whatever it is), then no.

New comment by MenhirMike in "A word about private attribution in Firefox"

MenhirMike — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:41:53 +0000

That's Librewolf: https://librewolf.net/

New comment by MenhirMike in "A word about private attribution in Firefox"

MenhirMike — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:18:50 +0000

They do have a "Privacy Preserving Ad Measurement" setting that's enabled by default. Just like Firefox, you can opt out of it, but it is opt-out - so same deal as with Firefox. Apple may be a lot better than others, but they're still doing tracking.

New comment by MenhirMike in "A word about private attribution in Firefox"

MenhirMike — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:40:34 +0000

Our Browser options are currently all tied to one of the big AdTech companies:

* Safari is owned by Apple

* Edge is owned by Microsoft

* Chrome is owned by Google

* Firefox is partnered with Facebook/Meta

I guess technically there's Opera (owned by Chinese company Kunlun) and Brave (known for inserting affiliate links into stuff), which aren't any better.

In the future there might be Ladybird (where we'll have to see if Shopify wants something in return for their >=$100,000 investment), though that's pretty far off.

I know that maintaining a browser is a massive amount of work, but man, things are bleak. I guess that an OSS fork like Librewolf or Chromium is the best option these days.

New comment by MenhirMike in "How to run Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 on Windows 10 and 11"

MenhirMike — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 21:40:04 +0000

That would be great, because the RA1/C&C1 remaster collection has been great, so I hope the other games get the same treatment.

New comment by MenhirMike in "Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-out in Firefox 128"

MenhirMike — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:48:50 +0000

> A privacy-friendly solution developed by Firefox

It's actually developed together with Meta/Facebook: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/privacy-preserving-attri...

New comment by MenhirMike in "Twilio confirms data breach after hackers leak 33M Authy user phone numbers"

MenhirMike — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:38:32 +0000

Does anyone have a recommendation for an Open Source 2FA OTP app? That's the only thing I use Authy for, to scan the QR Codes into the App and generate the 2FA tokens, but in a way that allows me to migrate to another phone without having to re-set all the 2FA tokens on the vendor side.

New comment by MenhirMike in "The Cheapest NAS"

MenhirMike — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:28:42 +0000

Same, that was also my lesson that RAID is an availability mechanism, not a data safety/backup one. (Of course, Ransomware would also hammer that point home for many later on)

New comment by MenhirMike in "The Byte Order Fiasco (2021)"

MenhirMike — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:41:47 +0000

It's like Tim Berners-Lee being referred to as "Web Developer" :)

https://imgur.com/kX5oBk6

New comment by MenhirMike in "The Byte Order Fiasco (2021)"

MenhirMike — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:42:16 +0000

Big Endian is also called Network Order because some networking protocols use it. And of course, UTF-16 BE is a thing.

There is a non-trivial chance that you will have to deal with BE data regardless if your machine is LE or BE.

New comment by MenhirMike in "The loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player"

MenhirMike — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:56:41 +0000

ESPN's 30-for-30 episode "Broke" is a great watch. It does seem though that newer generation athletes are a bit better educated in that matter since they're better connected online, but that might just be anecdotal.

New comment by MenhirMike in "React Lua"

MenhirMike — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:44:56 +0000

No, Luau is a new programming language that's based on Lua.

New comment by MenhirMike in "The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300"

MenhirMike — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:33:20 +0000

I'm kinda curious if CRT technology advanced to the point where a TV like that would've been possible at a better weight and price tag? I assume that CRT technology development stopped decades ago, but could we have e.g., replaced the heavy glass with some plastic-like material to save weight without compromising the picture? And are there any heavy components in the mechanism itself (Coils, Magnets?) that would have had alternatives?

I know it's just theorycrafting, but I do wonder what kind of CRT someone could've created if it wasn't for market economy forces.

New comment by MenhirMike in "More disabled Americans are employed, thanks to remote work"

MenhirMike — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:11:45 +0000

Third Places really took a hit in the pandemic :( But yes, as someone who re-discovered them last year, I absolutely agree.

New comment by MenhirMike in "Safe Superintelligence Inc."

MenhirMike — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:12:30 +0000

SSI? I hope that their first product is called Gold Box.

New comment by MenhirMike in "A new RISC-V Mainboard from DeepComputing"

MenhirMike — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:27:59 +0000

Good point, the form factor of the regular isn't suited. But I do hope that someone will actually make a laptop shell for it.

New comment by MenhirMike in "MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5"

MenhirMike — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:54:05 +0000

With a 4K display and HDR, we can actually do really decent CRT emulation. It seems a bit ridiculous to need 4K/HDR to emulate 40 year old display tech, but you need the resolution to do the aperture grille in a way that's small enough to work, and you need HDR for that phosphor glow.

The Retrotink 4K has been pretty eye opening (and eye-watering, given the $750 price tag) in terms of where we are with CRT emulation these days.

New comment by MenhirMike in "MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5"

MenhirMike — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:50:43 +0000

I wouldn't go _that_ far because the case, mouse, and controller are actually really good quality. But yeah, the bundled games are a bit underwhelming and ultimately it's just a Linux/Emulator box.

I wish someone would make an Amiga shell for a Raspberry Pi that's quality like that. I can 3D print my own, but injection molded plastic is still a quality level above.

New comment by MenhirMike in "A new RISC-V Mainboard from DeepComputing"

MenhirMike — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:47:35 +0000

> grabbing a raspberry pi and sticking it in a laptop chasis

OT, but does something like that exist for the Pi 5? I actually loved the Pi 400 Desktop Kit (I hope they make one for the Pi 5!), and I saw quite a few laptop shells for the Pi 4, but I've not seen anything announced for the Pi 5 except for various ridiculous "desktop" cases (like the Pironman 5 that I've actually ordered).