Grumbledour

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by Grumbledour 5y ago
While I get the intention behind simplifying the web and the way we author documents on it, just like gemini this misses the mark by simplifying to a degree that gives as less capabilities we have now in the medium of html/text. For on
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I walked into this trap yesterday as well. The reason being, they also changed many of my settings regarding application handling. While before that change, it was "Always ask" across the board, after the update, many file types w
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Markor + Syncthing are the way!
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
It feels really good to hear that the expensive models have mostly the same flaws as the cheap ones. So the people who tell me it must be my 40€ anker models, because theirs always work fine probably just don't use them as much, but at
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I also had the Hangouts/sms combined app on my Google Nexus. But as you said, after annoying everyone because the sms app was suddenly gone, they annoyed everyone again because it was suddenly back. And then the annoyed everyone with s
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Windows 10 pro also did that. Not sure if it still does, because after it happened to me once I waded into the policy editor and disabled all that shite. However, there was at least one forced update that happened to me after that. No idea
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
People posting their PI on their own in public is however not something the GDPR really covers and so would not affect a forum operator. Leaking users email addresses is another thing of course, but was undesirable before there was GDPR. (T
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Indeed. I also switched to Kitty a long time ago. While I personally would like a tty with less features overall, this one was absolutely a deal breaker for me.
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
While I am not in the "forums are dead camp" per se, I just yesterday searched for forums on vintage/retro computers and found some that didn't look very active. Granted, they had far to many subfora, so maybe I just mis
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
For me, it is also Avatars. I often just don't read the name before the comment, maybe after, if I found it interesting. When people had little pictures it was just so easy to recognize them when just scanning the conversation.
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I am always amazed people liked g+ circles so much. I often found them rather clumsy and isolating. Maybe I just don't get what people want out of these platforms? I was always more of a forum type and also more reader than participant
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I always suspect modern php makes the language nicer but actually reduces it's core feature, the ease of use. Don't get me wrong, I would not like to use older php these days. But just throwing 2 files onto an ftp was always php&#
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
>> Does the fediverse make the server you join irrelevant? In theory, but in the beginning, an instance aligned with your interests will make it easier to find like-minded people to follow. The instances may also have different rules
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I like the idea of a mix between working and cafe, in the sense that I would expect such a place to be nicer to work in than any random coffee shop while still having the same amenities. But I do wonder if this is not more expensive in the
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Yes, thank you. Not being from the UK and having heard about it mainly from youtube I could not remember the name.
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
This narrative reminds me of the similar program in the UK to teach a whole generation computer literacy which I think the country still benefits from. It is somewhat comforting to see what long lasting consequences such programs can have i
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Oh, sorry for the misspelling. I would not say I am really well versed in his work, but the Zooming Interface Paradigm was what really stuck in my head from The Humane Interface and these canvas based UIs discussed in the article seem to be
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
"Task: Earn $100 in BTC - Write a review of this post." Am I the only one who finds that incredibly alienating? What is this dystopian hellscape of a website? The article itself presents really interesting thoughts of course. Whil
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Thanks! It's great to hear quantrix is this similar to improv. I will take a look at it!
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I did this a few days ago and was really surprised by the copying and untaring not having progress bars. I know this thing is old, but as it is heralded so often as a really great system, this little detail struck me as really user unfriend
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Just a few months ago they renamed and moved around items in the context menu (view image and undo closed tab) and even crippled the functionality of the first one for no reason. I personally have not yet recovered from that change and sear
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I wasn't even aware / was for quick search. I always used Ctrl+F, which is incidentally much easier on my localized keyboard. But trying it right now, I notice that / and Ctrl+F opens different dialogs? One is called "Qu
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I read an article a few years back (Though I am unable to find it now) that complained about diners taking longer and longer to order these days, especially because they play around with their phones instead of perusing the menu. (I think t
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
They probably would like to. Using stock photos of apple products on desks seems to be a trend for years and nobody seems to care. What of it if the adjacent indispensable coffee cup has the logo of a big coffee chain on it? Makes it so muc
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Well, in theory. One could write an app for that I guess. But the whole complex android stack does not really appeal to me. Simplicity I think, would also be really important. And I think openness goes hand in hand with that.
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
But should a more modern, digital paper, not enhance the human intellect? Why should I not be able to jot down a math formula that the computer then solves for me? Why cant I draw a triangle and let it compute the sides? Why not write a let
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
Let me just add that I am not talking about a powerful all purpose computing device, because I think we pretty much have this with modern tablets/laptops. But I do feel the computing part could be much more utilized to make taking note
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
I always think of the remarkable as a really odd device. Hardware wise, it looks great, but I seldom hear good things about the software, only that it is "improving" for years now. Also, while I think the form factor would be grea
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
While I don't think it is often as bad as some people here try to make it out to be, it's also sad that comments pointing it or mostly dead, which is why I vouched for you. Because there are to many dead comments that did not des
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by Grumbledour 5y ago
This looks really interesting. But Typescript and "Git uses a restrictive license" give me pause. Maybe it's a cultural thing. I'll be hesitantly optimistic I guess.

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