amanzi

67 ms·

931.
by amanzi 8y ago
YouTube Red is the killer feature that keeps me with GPM. If I lose YouTube Red, I'd probably switch back to Spotify.
932.
by amanzi 8y ago
I gave up on chocolatey after constant issues with permissions and never being sure which package to install for a particular app. Not sure if it has improved recently but it seemed like every app had multiple packages to choose from, and s
933.
by amanzi 9y ago
My biggest bugbear is with the really important sites like Apple and Google who force you to type out your passwords several times a day when using their services. I really want to pick a long complex password, but not if I have to keep typ
934.
by amanzi 9y ago
Could this be a solution for those of us trying to run a big databases on a small VPS?
935.
by amanzi 9y ago
The website won't even render in the Materialist HN client for Android.
936.
Optimizing your talking points(rachelbythebay.com)
5 points by amanzi 9y ago|0 comments
937.
by amanzi 9y ago
I don't think Apple would release a VR headset until they could call the resolution "retina". I don't know what that translates to in terms of pixel resolution but with the screen only a few centimetres away from the eye
938.
by amanzi 9y ago
Anyone considered remote working as a part time job in addition to a traditional full time role?
939.
by amanzi 9y ago
As others have already mentioned, this article is a bit misleading. However, I'd like to point out the good work that Microsoft is already doing to enable "passwordless" logins. You can log in to your Windows PC with a PIN or
940.
by amanzi 9y ago
It was funny reading that thread and seeing an early post from Drew Houston about a startup called getdropbox he was working on... https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dhouston
941.
by amanzi 9y ago
Bikepackers have been using on-bike GPS navigation for years. These newer devices just make it a bit easier to create routes by linking directly to your smartphone. The eTrex series of GPS from Garmin are more popular for long, multi-day ri
942.
by amanzi 9y ago
Here in NZ we don't sign for credit card transactions - I can't remember the last time I had to sign. Instead you insert your card into the reader and use your PIN to verify the transaction. And if the card reader has contactless
943.
by amanzi 9y ago
Blocking third party cookies goes a long way to achieving the same thing, and also prevents Google and others to track your movements across the web. The occasional site may break if it relies on third party cookies, but this is easy to wor
944.
by amanzi 9y ago
Chromebooks are dominant in schools down here in NZ.
945.
by amanzi 9y ago
This is the tradeoff for getting free stuff on the internet. But surely there has to be a balance between watching adverts to pay for free services, and handing over all privacy in return.
946.
by amanzi 9y ago
All I'm going to say is that I could tell this was a Medium post by the title...
947.
by amanzi 9y ago
If you're feeling nostalgic - just create some VBA, amazing how it's hardly changed... This picture taken from Word 2016 a few seconds ago: https://i.imgur.com/w3qX8Oa.png
948.
by amanzi 9y ago
Nobody has mentioned Wiki.JS yet, so thought I'd share this: https://wiki.js.org/ . I've just started using it and am pretty happy with it so far. It reads markdown files from a git repository every 5 minutes and o
949.
by amanzi 9y ago
This could be how the robots in Westworld got their power!
950.
by amanzi 9y ago
Microsoft already provide a completely different version of Windows 10 that can be used for critical systems - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/w... These systems would almost c
951.
by amanzi 9y ago
I deleted my Twitter account when I realised that I was contributing to the sarcasm/nastiness/hatred on Twitter. Every now and again I look at Twitter to see if there's anything positive on there, but almost always it's
952.
by amanzi 9y ago
This is exactly the issue. I still have a MacBook Pro from 2009,a first gen iPad, and a first gen iPod Touch. All still work well, though I did have to replace the battery in the MacBook. But none of them can run supported software...
953.
by amanzi 9y ago
Yes, agree with that - I've created a mini web server in C# before, but I wouldn't want to expose that to the internet.
954.
by amanzi 9y ago
This is interesting, but for an internet facing server I would rather use an existing server that would be far more secure than anything I could create in an afternoon.
955.
by amanzi 9y ago
I had one of those too, or something similar at least. Had a few games on it - all variations of Pong
956.
by amanzi 9y ago
It's like they're just trolling the entire world...
957.
by amanzi 9y ago
Everything I know about quantum computing I learned from Scott's comic: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3