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New comment by mackrevinack in "Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash"

mackrevinack — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:06:27 +0000

make it a separate program that people can install if they want to. if its really that great then people will download it

New comment by mackrevinack in "PySheets – Spreadsheet UI for Python"

mackrevinack — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 16:49:59 +0000

grist is sort of similar. its a spreadsheet/database hybrid that lets you use python for formulas, and they have a self-hosted option:

https://www.getgrist.com/product/self-managed

New comment by mackrevinack in "Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard"

mackrevinack — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:14:57 +0000

or something like the yotaphone where it has an eink screen on the back. the specs were always pretty awful though

New comment by mackrevinack in "Ask HN: What do I do with my side projects?"

mackrevinack — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:38:56 +0000

"a 3d scammer app" this one sounds like the real money maker :p

New comment by mackrevinack in "Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator?"

mackrevinack — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:15:23 +0000

i only recently noticed that powershell accepts ~ as a shortcut for your user folder. anyone know how long that had been a thing?

New comment by mackrevinack in "The Cassette-Tape Revolution"

mackrevinack — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 22:31:24 +0000

the good thing about miniDisc is that its relatively easy to get the tracks back off it again. like if you wanted to share a disc with a friend, they could copy the tracks onto their computer using webminidisc or some other software. all the software is a bit old and janky but it's quicker than having to copy a tape!

New comment by mackrevinack in "Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now?"

mackrevinack — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:46:34 +0000

i used to have a lot of trouble finding things as well until i discovered the command pallette (the / key opens it). now i do nearly most things just by fuzzy searching for them

New comment by mackrevinack in "Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered"

mackrevinack — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 07:37:31 +0000

usually the polite way of going about it is to credit the original artist in some way but it seems zeppelin didn't make any attempt whatsoever. dazed and confused is a good example. its not just copying a chord progression and taking it from there, it was the whole thing, the name, the melody

New comment by mackrevinack in "Tao Te Ching – Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English Translation (1989)"

mackrevinack — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:26:13 +0000

has anyone read the translation by james legge? that's the only copy i have but i haven't got around to reading it yet. would it be better to go with something else even if i have to pay for it?

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/laozi/tao-te-ching/james-l...

New comment by mackrevinack in "Firefox got faster for real users in 2023"

mackrevinack — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 07:59:54 +0000

heres a few general ones. on my linux computers i have a bash script to install firefox, then it sets up symlink of the user.js file from my own config folder to the default .config folder. on windows i just manually add it

  user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", "false");    // disable about:config warning
  user_pref("browser.startup.page", 3);    // restore previous session
  user_pref("browser.ctrlTab.sortByRecentlyUsed", "true");    // cycles tabs in recently used order
  user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", "false");    // dont ask to save passwords
  user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", "false");    // disable address bar suggestions
  user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", "true");    // enable custom css

this is the only css i could find that i like since it keeps the window controls as well, although since a recent update, theyre just showing as a white box now but they still works https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery/issues/458#issuecomment-9...

New comment by mackrevinack in "Firefox got faster for real users in 2023"

mackrevinack — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:42:57 +0000

the user.js file is a very underrated feature as well. i have a few computers and some of them are dual boot which means i have a lot of firefox installs so its great just being able to drop in the user.js file and have everything set up the way i like it

New comment by mackrevinack in "Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake"

mackrevinack — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:25:15 +0000

the name was a bit of a mouthful as well "windows phone 7 series". or even worse if "microsoft's" had to be added at the start of it

New comment by mackrevinack in "A Brief Introduction to Military Pillboxes"

mackrevinack — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:32:58 +0000

you can find some of them on openstreetmap by searching for "bunker_type=pillbox"

https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Cno

New comment by mackrevinack in "What every developer should know about GPU computing"

mackrevinack — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 17:35:00 +0000

not sure if this is what you have in mind but Code by Charles Petzold might be worth checking out

New comment by mackrevinack in "F-Droid: Android FOSS app store"

mackrevinack — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 06:44:48 +0000

nice. i like that neo store let's you bookmark things

New comment by mackrevinack in "Wireless is a trap (2020)"

mackrevinack — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:01:58 +0000

when i was younger we made good use of those headphone splitters to share music on the bus home from school or wherever. how long has bluetooth been a thing now and it still doesnt have that feature? i use bluetooth headphones here and there but i would never consider it to be a replacement to analog

New comment by mackrevinack in "Wireless is a trap (2020)"

mackrevinack — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:18:48 +0000

another plus for using a bluetooth reciever. something like the fiio btr3. it still works while charging and can be used with any headphones or earbuds. it will hopefully last me longer too since i probably have more chance of replacing the battery compared to the types that are in headphones

New comment by mackrevinack in "Scrollbars are becoming a problem"

mackrevinack — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:45:05 +0000

that really bugs me any time i have to use a Windows computer. on linux (on pop os or zorin os at least) you just hold down the super/windows key and then left click and drag anywhere on the window to move it.

pop os also puts a thick border around that active window which makes it much easier to see where you are

New comment by mackrevinack in "Not setting up Find My bricked my MacBook"

mackrevinack — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:35:53 +0000

i have one of these and the smaller btr3 as well. i really love that you can use them while theyre recharging as well

New comment by mackrevinack in "Most demographers now predict that human population will plateau"

mackrevinack — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 07:05:34 +0000

a lot of people say things like "ive always wanted kids". seems kind of selfish as well. just pick any of the cliche things, passing on your genes etc, its all selfish in a way