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by barbs 9mo ago
My Dad, who's well into his 60s, managed to install linux himself on his computer. His kept the windows partition in a dual boot setup just in case, but spends just about all the time in Linux, he loves it.
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by barbs 9mo ago
I'd love to see a photo of this 85" TV setup, if you're willing to share :)
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by barbs 9mo ago
Sounds like Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_percep...
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by barbs 10mo ago
Not sure how much it differs from the US, but in Australia disclosing previous drug use is unlikely to provoke any response from authorities. The main drug crimes are possession and selling AFAIK, not using.
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by barbs 10mo ago
The vulnerabilities listed[0] look pretty severe. I've got a 2016 iPhoneSE running iOS 15. It receives the odd security update (last one was on September 15 this year), but I imagine if these vulnerabilities aren't backported it w
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by barbs 10mo ago
Perhaps AI has made it easier?
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by barbs 10mo ago
Here's a cool story of someone using a mini Linux (not DSL) to save a company-wide bug at a fast food chain. https://web.archive.org/web/20100520020401/http://therealedw...
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Apple's Preventing Some Apps from Working on Older iPhones [video](youtube.com)
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by barbs 11mo ago
Obviously it's subjective, but I really feel the design quality took a nosedive from the 90s onwards. Compared to the sleek simplicity of those earlier watches they just look cluttered, gaudy and over-the-top! I'm glad they still
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by barbs 11mo ago
> - don't have seats otherwise people will sit down, and sitting down is the party killer My Nan used to always say to me: "You know what happens to girls that sit down at parties?" "What Nan?" "Nothing!&q
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by barbs 11mo ago
> " Parties are a public service, you’re doing people a favor by throwing them..Throwing parties is stressful for most people, but a great kindness to the community, so genuinely pat yourself on the back for doing this." I so
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by barbs 1y ago
Agreed. Find a distro that most looks like their current setup (maybe Zorin OS?), customize it so it has all the app icons and bookmarks etc in the same position as their Windows set up, and just leave them to it. If you don't want to
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by barbs 1y ago
Looks interesting. What engine/framework did you use to make the game?
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by barbs 1y ago
I imagine custom ROMs would be able to work around this restriction, but I wonder if simply rooting the phone would also allow you to switch it off?
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by barbs 1y ago
I've been running mostly Linux (with some macOS) as a daily driver for the past 15 years and have seen more and more articles like this pop up on HN over time. I've felt for a while that Linux is more user-centric, but it seems li
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by barbs 1y ago
Agreed. For people coming from Windows Linux Mint is the one I recommend. Simple, stable, minimal hassle.
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by barbs 1y ago
It objectively does feel like a toy with those rounded corners though. How do you know Fischer-Price wasn't consulted?
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by barbs 1y ago
This is really cool to see. I've been on the lookout for software like this ever since reading "Why Doctor's Hate Their Computers" in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11&#
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by barbs 1y ago
Can someone please explain what project X/Xray is? Judging from the context I imagine it's some sort of proxying software but I can't seem to find out more. The website and github seem to be littered with vague jargon or is i
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by barbs 1y ago
Malware, maybe not. But adware...?
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by barbs 1y ago
Same here. I've noticed that the minimum iOS version for a lot of apps is currently 15 so I'm expecting this to increase to 16 and make my phone redundant, but until then I'll run this phone into the ground!
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by barbs 1y ago
Well explain this then! https://www.dafont.com/morse.font
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by barbs 1y ago
Bytedance's Seedream seems to be giving it a run for its money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEn3aWHpO8
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by barbs 1y ago
You could raise an issue here? https://github.com/sjdonado/idonthavespotify/issues
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by barbs 1y ago
Not sure if it's a result of multiple privacy extensions or whatever but it's about a coin-flip on whether Google login actually works for me.
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by barbs 1y ago
Well said. There's a good search engine for that, maybe you've heard of it? https://marginalia-search.com/ ;)
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by barbs 1y ago
I know it's a grey area but I would not consider SMS social media.
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by barbs 1y ago
I'm still on my first gen iPhone SE. Thankfully the apps I use are mostly compatible, and I just use web versions for everything else. Have replaced the battery and screen a few times each. This phone looks like it might be good replac
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by barbs 1y ago
The home button's not too hard to replace, at least compared to the screen and battery. Mine actually broke ages ago but I've just gotten used to using TouchAssist.
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by barbs 1y ago
Took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that "several" didn't mean "about seven"

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