barryvan

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by barryvan 2y ago
Loads of music production opportunities on Linux! Reaper (which I use, albeit in Windows), Bitwig, Ardour, Renoise (which, as a tracker, may be more approachable for Devs), and more besides! And there's always CMusic (with various bind
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by barryvan 2y ago
This sounds very promising, although I do have to wonder whether we could have seen these improvements many years ago if Intel (and AMD) had focussed more on efficiency.
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by barryvan 3y ago
Is that really so problematic, though? It's the same as ABC iView and SBS OnDemand, from what I can tell... Perhaps this is just to comply with local law, then?
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by barryvan 3y ago
I think the point of the page was that unless the site/app/program is explicit about the language being displayed, you'll get Simplified Chinese. As HN is an English-language site, it uses the default. Similarly, your termina
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by barryvan 3y ago
Have you considered something like https://www.indiegamemusic.com/ , where a lot of artists have their music available free or super cheaply?
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by barryvan 3y ago
Here's someone who's been building an Antikythera mechanism. Over time, he adopts a more and more "historically accurate" set of tools and techniques. https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxf
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by barryvan 3y ago
In Australia, you need to make sure you have all your documentation lined up and iron-clad before you let someone go. Most companies I know of avoid firing, preferring to "encourage individuals to explore other opportunities" as t
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by barryvan 3y ago
Looks like they've copied Firefox's download design -- which is a significant improvement. Chrome's strangely tall bottom downloads bar always confused me and seemed a waste of space.
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Redesigning Chrome Downloads(blog.chromium.org)
33 points by barryvan 3y ago|51 comments
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by barryvan 3y ago
Possibly... But I don't understand why that particular HDMI cable was causing issues with my USB devices -- with no visual artifacts or latency or other issues being evident on my screen. But you're right -- I was possibly too qui
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by barryvan 3y ago
I recently diagnosed a very weird problem on my M32 MacBook Pro 13" where the _HDMI_ cable I was using caused my Logitech mouse (with 2.4GHz dongle) to stutter and disconnect/reconnect. Nothing to do with the display, my adapter&#
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by barryvan 3y ago
A friend of mine wrote and published this Amiga GPT client recently. Seeing the Win 3.1 client here on HN prompted me to post this here too. I must admit that I find the instructions explaining that the app needs 20KB of memory right alongs
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AmigaGPT(github.com)
3 points by barryvan 3y ago|2 comments
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by barryvan 3y ago
Obsidian plus various plugins would be my recommendation.
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Tomb Raider(filfre.net)
205 points by barryvan 3y ago|114 comments
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by barryvan 4y ago
My default assumption is that if people talk about "0.8FTE", they mean 80% pay for 80% time and 80% output, whereas "4dw" _should_ equate to 100% pay for 80% time and 100% output. If it's anything other than 100&#x2
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by barryvan 4y ago
Oh, absolutely! I have all the regular breaks etc. When I said "go out to lunch" I meant it more in the sense of "go out for a _loooong_ lunch involving a few courses and a bottle or two of wine". ;)
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by barryvan 4y ago
Not where I am! Rather, it's a negotiation with your manager to see what works best. That way, we can ensure we have coverage across the week. We're all "on" for Mondays and Tuesdays, and then people take Wednesday, Thur
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by barryvan 4y ago
Although I'm in Australia, I work for a UK-based edtech company (Wonde) that operates a four-day workweek -- having joined just over three months ago. I know that I can only contribute anecdata, but from my perspective I've not se
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by barryvan 4y ago
I think the Australians might have a few objections to that proposal... As one of them, I know I do at least! It is interesting how much more archipelago-like Antarctica is. I wonder if that would mean fewer interior deserts than a large co
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by barryvan 4y ago
I'm not so sure that the behaviours on one system are necessarily "better". I know that my preferences lie in one direction (away from MacOS), and I infer that yours lie in another. If a computer is a tool to get some set of
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by barryvan 4y ago
I do use that, but I find that it's inconsistent. From what I can tell, it seems to toggle between the current size and the previous size -- which becomes problematic when using an external screen. Or perhaps that's just Finder --
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by barryvan 4y ago
What a great little utility -- part of my growing collection of tools to make MacOS behave more reasonably, or at least more in line with my particular expectations (which, yes, in many cases means more like Windows). I think that part of t
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by barryvan 4y ago
Mostly went. My 2022 13" MacBook Pro still includes it. Whether or not it should is a different question, of course.
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by barryvan 4y ago
And it wouldn't still be around if not for your incredible efforts -- not only on the software issue, but also on the OpenMPT community.
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by barryvan 4y ago
Awesome idea, and I really like the implementation! It'd be great to see an integration with something like Moodle -- so that educators could generate quiz questions based on course content automatically, eliminating the "blank pa
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by barryvan 4y ago
Mazda is all _out_ on touchscreens... There are knobs and buttons for controlling things. You still get all the standard bells and whistles (radar cruise, lanekeeping, heads-up display), and, at least in Australia, no phoning home or built-
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by barryvan 4y ago
Because it's of general interest to a wide range of people, and may well "gratify one's intellectual curiosity", as per the HN guidelines [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by barryvan 4y ago
Yes, they have. The front-facing camera in my Surface Book is of a much higher standard than most -- better than most separate webcams in my experience! As you've found, though, I suspect that this is something which is mainly availabl
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by barryvan 5y ago
It's not exactly clear what this is. Is it a music player, or a new streaming service? They make a big deal about their history, but then also talk about fair revenue for creators. I have a vague fear that it's going to try and do

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