Hacker News: limeblack

New comment by limeblack in "Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats"

limeblack — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:45:07 +0000

Or wait for the patents to expire. H.264 won’t take to much longer to expire it’s around 12 years I believe and yet Google has released vp8.

New comment by limeblack in "iOS 16 Available September 12th"

limeblack — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 21:23:56 +0000

This works until you get calls from DC.

New comment by limeblack in "Unboxing a $100 Chromebook"

limeblack — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:52:16 +0000

Audio latency needs to be worked on but other then that virtualization does a pretty good job.

New comment by limeblack in "It's not acceptable that Google does not offer support to users"

limeblack — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:31:19 +0000

Try Google Fi support maybe.

New comment by limeblack in "I want two laptops in one body"

limeblack — Thu, 26 May 2022 17:37:36 +0000

I had a second hard drive attached to the side of my laptop and ran it in a virtual machine that is the closest I have gotten.

New comment by limeblack in "Who owns the copyright to my medical images? (2018)"

limeblack — Sun, 15 May 2022 17:26:49 +0000

There is an exception to this rule and that is mental health cases but otherwise yes this is true.

New comment by limeblack in "My macOS keyboard shortcuts"

limeblack — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:30:38 +0000

I have control and command swapped in system preferences and the only other key combo I use is the CMD+Tab and Ctrl+Tab[1]. I have no issues this way. I will say system preferences is where I put all other key combos linked to AppleScripts.

[1]: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/334266/swap-or-rem...

New comment by limeblack in "Ask HN: Why isn't there a Google competitor emerging?"

limeblack — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 13:12:46 +0000

Bing is becoming fairly popular in the US https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/deskto...

New comment by limeblack in "Google Fi bricked my iPhone 11 Pro Max (2020)"

limeblack — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 01:10:15 +0000

As a Best Buy part time employee the correct answer is that we don’t sell the newest iPhone models unlocked in stores. Refurbished models are the only iPhones we sell unlocked in our store. Online that’s is a different matter entirely and yes there are some newer models we sell unlocked online but it’s minimal because of fraud.

New comment by limeblack in "Google Fi bricked my iPhone 11 Pro Max (2020)"

limeblack — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 01:07:22 +0000

As a disclaimer(I work at Best Buy and) we don’t sell phones unlocked unless they are refurbished which tend to be much older models so something does seem a miss slightly.

New comment by limeblack in "My essential Firefox fixes in 2022"

limeblack — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:09:44 +0000

They need an emulate chrome option: Match keyboard shortcuts, menu, and compact layout. I have said this before.

New comment by limeblack in "LG’s new 16:18 monitor"

limeblack — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 18:20:16 +0000

I assume you mean with out messing with the registry[1]. Disclaimer I have not tried this.

[1]: https://www.minitool.com/news/how-to-move-windows-11-taskbar...

New comment by limeblack in "YouTube TV loses ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels in fee dispute"

limeblack — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 15:54:46 +0000

The Spectrum Roku app is solid because I use it as an alternative to cable. Roku has a no 3rd party tracking policy(according to the roku rep and from my testing.)

New comment by limeblack in "90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper six months before"

limeblack — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 23:37:04 +0000

Yes this is true for appliances not so much for electronics. Just follow the apple products as an example. By the time Black Friday roles around we have the newer laptops and the older ones are almost always on sale.

New comment by limeblack in "FDA authorizes use of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds"

limeblack — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:22:05 +0000

Please correct if I am wrong but schools can start to require them similar to immunizations. Won’t help now but years later we have basically everyone vaccinated.

New comment by limeblack in "20 years of the iPod"

limeblack — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:52:02 +0000

If you are including YouTube streaming then yes ad revenue from this wasn’t that late to the game, but Spotify and pandora took over a decade to grow any meaningful market share.

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/4713/global-recorded-musi...

New comment by limeblack in "Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?"

limeblack — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:36:47 +0000

Network Solutions has 100 year renewal https://www.networksolutions.com/domain-name-registration/po...

New comment by limeblack in "Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink"

limeblack — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 18:39:11 +0000

> I agree, inkjets should’ve died a long time ago.

Aren’t inkjets better for photos?

www.ldproducts.com/blog/pros-cons-of-inkjet-and-laser-printers/amp/

New comment by limeblack in "My Wife Was Dying of Brain Cancer. My Boss at Amazon Told Me to Perform or Quit"

limeblack — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:16:27 +0000

The exchanges are much better then nothing but aren’t great. Alternative autoimmune disease so let’s say diabetes(example IBD) are not covered with out huge deductibles. I know because I have experienced this.

New comment by limeblack in "My Wife Was Dying of Brain Cancer. My Boss at Amazon Told Me to Perform or Quit"

limeblack — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:12:17 +0000

So you are saying Medicaid/Medicare? Where do you put all your money into a house?