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New comment by blackbeans in "The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes"

blackbeans — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:36:11 +0000

I must be weird, but I like the name. It's a palindrome and I dig their symmetrical logo.

And of course, it is clever marketing. Even here we are talking about it.

New comment by blackbeans in "Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries"

blackbeans — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:06:18 +0000

Sure, it's possible to make the battery removable, but why would they do that? It was the manufacturers (e.g. Apple) who decided to make the battery non-removeable in the first place, as it allows for a more compact design and more revenue.

Also the batteries would have to be ordered as a spare part years after the product launched, and most cheap manufacturers are horrible with sustained support.

New comment by blackbeans in "Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries"

blackbeans — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:57:20 +0000

It's their first iteration and I applaud their effort. It takes at least a year to develop something like this and the sales quantities will be lower compared to the big brands, so the price is understandable.

You seem to belong to group of consumers that wants to compromise lifespan and sustainability in favor of features and price. That's fine, but it simply means you are not their target audience for this product.

New comment by blackbeans in "Paint.net"

blackbeans — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:08:58 +0000

I have tried all but pdn is the best software for quick editing. In the time it takes for Krita or GIMP to launch, I'm already halfway in pdn. I really miss it when using Linux.

New comment by blackbeans in "How to fix CSV: make it even more U+1F4A9 PILE OF POO"

blackbeans — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 07:39:35 +0000

Ageeed, and the RFC4180 you are referring to also specifies how to escape newlines.

CSV is a simple storage format for data. Its simplicity, readability and portability makes it popular. I think that any attempt to improve it will be a failure.

I must say that CSV generally suffices for table data. The only annoyance is that internationally, there are differences in the use of the column separator, as the comma is often used as decimal separator. I think CSV should always be implemented with a comma as column separator and a dot as decimal separator, regardless of the country. But applications such as Excel do not accept this format internationally.

New comment by blackbeans in "Pack: A new container format for compressed files"

blackbeans — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:36:43 +0000

You can still use RAD Studio today. Although it's expensive and it's primarily used to maintain old software these days.

Lazarus is the best IDE for Pascal, being completely free, open source and cross platform.

New comment by blackbeans in "EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after partial ban"

blackbeans — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:57:31 +0000

Many European countries already banned it in the '90s. That was decades ago and the EU is currently discussing making it obligatory to replace old asbestos materials in existing constructions.

New comment by blackbeans in "Show HN: Comma Separated Values (CSV) to Unicode Separated Values (USV)"

blackbeans — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:53:28 +0000

I don't see this as a perfect solution, but CSV is not great either. A comma is super common in both text and numbers. Here in Europe we often use commas as decimal separator and use a semicolon as value separator.

As a result spreadsheets almost always fail to automatically parse a CSV.

I do like the idea of having a dedicated separator character, that would work right worldwide. And then just standardize the use of a dot as decimal separator in these files.

New comment by blackbeans in "Open-sourcing our progress on Tailwind CSS v4.0"

blackbeans — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:56:27 +0000

It's slightly more convenient, but Vue3 is already great. I like to support an ecosystem and I want a framework to keep existing, making sure I can maintain my projects in the future. That is why I don't jump ship.

New comment by blackbeans in "EV LFP Battery Price War at Less Than $56 per KWh Within Six Months"

blackbeans — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:29:45 +0000

Bosch batteries are made in Europe (Poland) but they can contain Chinese cells.

Bike batteries do not use LFP because bike consumers demand high mileage, small size and low weight.

The Bosch batteries are made very sturdy because bikes experience higher vibrations and water ingress compared to parts in cars.

Bosch batteries are built to be removable on a daily basis for external charging.

I still would say it is too expensive, but it is also not directly comparable.

New comment by blackbeans in "AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET"

blackbeans — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 07:54:59 +0000

Avalonia is interesting because so many desktop apps have been made in WPF over the past decades. And now the technology is getting old and MS wants to replace it by unproven frameworks which have various drawbacks. As Avalonia is XAML based just like WPF, it is a good way to upgrade old apps and make them multiplatform in one go.

For mobile or web it would not be my first choice. And desktop apps may not sound as sexy. But there is definitely a category of applications that works best as a desktop app and shouldn't be replaced by the web.

New comment by blackbeans in "Meta now lets EU users unlink their Facebook, Messenger and Instagram accounts"

blackbeans — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:52:08 +0000

If you don't want to deal with cookie banners, there are browser extensions you can install to automatically accept them. However, although the cookie banners are sometimes a nuisance, it is still a good thing that people are informed and given the option to accept it or not.

New comment by blackbeans in "Solar will supply almost all growth in U.S. electricity generation through 2025"

blackbeans — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:43:56 +0000

It is possible but traditional power grid lines have quite some losses over longer distances. An expensive HVDC connection would be more efficient.

Furthermore Arizona could be too hot and dusty to be ideal. Solar panels work best when they are unobstructed and not too hot.

New comment by blackbeans in "Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports"

blackbeans — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:49:24 +0000

Same thing with the Samsung S5 from 2014. IP67 waterproof with headphone jack and removable battery.

New comment by blackbeans in "IDEs we had 30 years ago"

blackbeans — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 07:20:04 +0000

I think Delphi was slightly better. The components in Delphi were more powerful at the time. But the general idea is the same.

C# with WinForms is still usable today and provides a similar experience. Although the design language has fallen out of fashion.

New comment by blackbeans in "Firefox for Android is adding support for 400 add-ons"

blackbeans — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:36:40 +0000

I use Firefox Beta daily on Android. Works without complaints.

I have used add-ons with it for the past years. The ones you really need, like uBlock Origin, have always been there.

New comment by blackbeans in "HTTP/2 rapid reset attack impacting Nginx products"

blackbeans — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:49:02 +0000

What about the old and proven Apache? Is it affected?

New comment by blackbeans in "Delphi 11 Community Edition"

blackbeans — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:34:37 +0000

Yes, and it has never been a bad experience. However, I don't see a use case for new projects. There are many language options nowadays and most have a larger developer pool. I don't think the Community Edition will have the same impact as for instance Visual Studio CE.

New comment by blackbeans in "VanMoof acquired by e-mobility company Lavoie"

blackbeans — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:06:35 +0000

But the electric components are not standardized. You can buy e-systems from Bosch, Yamaha, Shimano, Fazua, Mahle, Stromer, Bafang et cetera and they all have different dimensions, different mounting holes, different communication protocols and different chargers. If you need a replacement part as a consumer, you have no choice but to buy the same part, which is usually quite costly because of lack of competition.

New comment by blackbeans in "The EU's war on behavioral advertising"

blackbeans — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:03:46 +0000

As far as I know, the EU legislation is primarily aimed to protect privacy. Behavioral advertising is related because it requires tracking, and tracking requires the consent and understanding of users in the EU. There was (is) a huge dependence on US software in Europe, that's probably why there was some reluctance at the start in enforcing it. However since "America first" the EU is trying to be more independent and boost its own European made software, that's likely why the climate for other software has worsened.