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New comment by NoSalt in "3D Pinball for Windows (1995)"

NoSalt — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:53:46 +0000

Before I install it, how is it?

New comment by NoSalt in "'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling"

NoSalt — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:18:13 +0000

Part StackOverflow, part Reddit ... it's getting dicey around here.

New comment by NoSalt in "Great Mobile Apps Aren't Built Around Features"

NoSalt — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:57 +0000

Your link:

https://geekyants.com/case-studies/nowmatch-next-gen-social-...

Doesn't work. Tested on Firefox, Chrome and Edge on Windows 10. It resolves to a "404" page:

Looks like you're lost

The page you are looking for is not available!

This page will be redirected to home page in 3 seconds

New comment by NoSalt in "Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS"

NoSalt — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:11:22 +0000

Will it run Myst???

New comment by NoSalt in "So Bright the Vision (1956) – a story about machines writing instead of humans [pdf]"

NoSalt — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:11:26 +0000

If there is one thing I love ... it's old SciFi. I'm looking forward to reading this, thanks!

New comment by NoSalt in "Backtrack-Free Cursive"

NoSalt — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:41:46 +0000

As a guy who writes software for a living, I rarely put pen or pencil to paper. I type out everything, and print it if I need it. I have nice and simple note taking and list making sites for myself on the www, so that takes care of a lot of what people write for. I am odd, though, in the fact that I LOVE a good pen, and I have several nice ones that I never use.

New comment by NoSalt in "Backtrack-Free Cursive"

NoSalt — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:39:25 +0000

I am afraid to ask what the parameters are of "an Old", for fear that I may fall into said category.

New comment by NoSalt in "Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance"

NoSalt — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:16:08 +0000

James Cameron is prophetic:

https://www.google.com/search?q=hoverdrone+dark+angel

New comment by NoSalt in "An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop"

NoSalt — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:01:41 +0000

I have a cure-all for difficult-to-cancel services ... cancel the credit card. I have done it before, and I will do it again if need be. And, I absolutely refuse to give any, ANY company my debit card number or bank account number. I want to be in charge of when my money leaves, and to whom it goes.

New comment by NoSalt in "Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt"

NoSalt — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:02:19 +0000

Spite

New comment by NoSalt in "How to sequence your own DNA at home"

NoSalt — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:11:04 +0000

Very cool ... thank you!

New comment by NoSalt in "How to sequence your own DNA at home"

NoSalt — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:10:11 +0000

I want to sequence, but I absolutely do not want any company or government or church to have access to my data. When the author says:

> "I have a VCF, I can run it through tools like VEP, ClinVar, gnomAD, PharmGKB (highly recommend), Gene Inspector, or Claude"

I am assuming my data is now within the hands of some of the very entities I do not want to have access to my data ... true?

New comment by NoSalt in "Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal"

NoSalt — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:04:58 +0000

I don't know anything about her music, but she seems pretty cool on the literary front.

New comment by NoSalt in "How does a pull-back car work? Illustrated teardown"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:23:24 +0000

I'd love to see one on the toy car where you rub the wheels across a surface several times in a row to get the engine going faster and faster, then on the last rub, you let it go and it zips away.

New comment by NoSalt in "Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:11:46 +0000

I am all in favor of going outside ... just don't bring a stink into the workplace.

New comment by NoSalt in "Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:11:25 +0000

I have NEVER worked at a place that offered showers. Plus, along with the extra commute time of walking or cycling, a shower adds another ≈ 20 minutes that I am not doing what I prefer ... which is not working.

New comment by NoSalt in "Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:11:02 +0000

If you mean showers, then you can forget it. I have NEVER worked at a place that offered showers. Plus, along with the extra commute time of walking or cycling, a shower adds another ≈ 20 minutes that I am not doing what I prefer ... which is not working.

New comment by NoSalt in "Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:09:18 +0000

Why should the onus be on me when they are the disgusting ones and the employers are at fault for not offering showers?

New comment by NoSalt in "Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:07:36 +0000

I have been using the same µSD card since 2016 with no issues.

Watch ... it'll fail on me later today. :-D

New comment by NoSalt in "Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For"

NoSalt — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:17:50 +0000

Ever since Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. started offering "free" online storage for photos, ever since streaming started to be popular, I have ALWAYS extolled the virtues of µSD card slots in phones and owning your own media (i.e., purchasing CDs and DVDs). Many people would give me a hard time about this, calling me a Luddite, but I will never lose access to my photos, music, or movies ... unless it is the end of the world as we know it, which I happily have on R.E.M.'s Eponymous album.