Kipters

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by Kipters 7y ago
I accept being downvoted to death for saying this, but everytime I see gnu.org (or anything RMS related) I can't help but roll my eyes and start with a huge dose of prejudice about what I'm about to read
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by Kipters 7y ago
The URL bar being at the bottom is what sold it to me. It's the single thing I miss the most from Edge on Windows 10 Mobile.
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by Kipters 7y ago
> They could probably implement the Win32 API as an API for a distro They did, that's how SQL Server runs on Linux
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by Kipters 7y ago
That's why I use it in conjunction with Firefox (set to the strictest anti-tracking level) and uBlock Origin
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by Kipters 7y ago
Why should it? Most ads are toxic. Even if the site is well-intended and doesn't put too many of them, the few ads are still going to track you and disregard your privacy.
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by Kipters 7y ago
I've given up on Chrome a long time ago (using Firefox now), but I think the best way to block ads for good is to use Pi Hole as DNS. I've set it up a couple months ago at my home, plus a Wireguard tunnel so that all connections f
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by Kipters 7y ago
That's what the TPM does. Windows Hello in conjunction with a TPM can be used for FIDO2 authentication in the current Windows 10 version.
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by Kipters 7y ago
Are are more explanations for the manual patch than losing the source code though: why spend days/weeks setting up a 20-year old dev and build environment when a two-byte patch does the trick?
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by Kipters 7y ago
In WSL1 Microsoft only ships an implementation of the Linux syscall interface, the actual userland comes in the form of a tarball inside an appx package from Canonical, through the MS Store. I don't exactly know how WSL2 works, but the
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by Kipters 7y ago
>It's quality control My MacBook's keyboard disagrees
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by Kipters 7y ago
>If done by car it requires a drivers' license, putting it several steps above zero-training Most of these workers, in Italy at least, use bikes
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by Kipters 7y ago
Windows 8 (and perhaps 10, can't remember) alerted me when I used a USB 3 thumbdrive in a USB 2 port
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by Kipters 7y ago
I wasn't specifically talking about any ntdll call, but in one of their "deep dive" videos on Channel 9 they state WSL1 supports fork() because the NT kernel natively supports it, it just isn't exposed on the normal API
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by Kipters 7y ago
WSL1 also uses that functionality
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by Kipters 7y ago
"What I do daily so I can pay rent and eat" sounds better?
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by Kipters 7y ago
I agree, I too think naming something "Pro" is stupid (especially when you don't have a "non-Pro" counterpart). It just adds a pinch of irony to the whole situation: they're selling it as a professional machine
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by Kipters 7y ago
You're right, I've had completely forgotten that one!
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by Kipters 7y ago
> I'd honestly describe using the built-in keyboard (and especially trackpad) on most laptops as cumbersome and uncomfortable. I somewhat agree given the topic, but I think carrying, having to charge and balancing a Bluetooth keyboa
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by Kipters 7y ago
I absolutely agree about the Surface Pro 4 keyboard: I've been using one as my personal laptop for the last 3,5 years and I absolutely love it. Although I must say the keyboard on my girlfriend's Surface Laptop feels slightly bett
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by Kipters 7y ago
> 1. If you don't care about MacOS, and want a different keyboard, please buy a Lenovo Carbon X1 and leave us happy Macbook Pro users in peace. I would gladly get a Carbon X1 or an XPS 15 if my work didn't require me to use mac
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by Kipters 7y ago
It does not, this is a dashboard, not a terminal multiplexer
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by Kipters 7y ago
Or you could get a real computer to use on the go instead of relying on two devices and a cable
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by Kipters 7y ago
The same thing has been told referring to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace though
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by Kipters 7y ago
English is not my native language. In my native language (Italian) "coworker", like many other words, can be both male and female, but to avoid unnecessary redundancy our grammar allows for the male form to be used to include ever
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by Kipters 7y ago
You can also list them with `code --list-extensions` [0] [0]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery#...
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by Kipters 7y ago
You can add an "extensions.json" file inside of your workspace's .vscode directory with a list of recommended extensions[0]. The first time a new coworker joins the team, he only needs to pull the project and open it in VSCod
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by Kipters 7y ago
Additional tidbits about Shell_NotifyIcon: it still works now, it gets automatically mapped to a UWP toast notification
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by Kipters 7y ago
Not that I know of, sadly. Pebble was a jewel :(
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by Kipters 7y ago
I made something similar when I was in uni and had to catch a bus to get back home, but with my Pebble and a C application: next bus was one button press away and another press was all was needed to start a carefully calibrated double alarm
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by Kipters 7y ago
In Sicily that would be "putìa" (same Latin origin as bodega), but I've heard them being called differently in other parts of Italy, specifically in Rome "bangladino" is widely used (because most store owners are fr

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