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by canistel 4y ago
LOL :). Took my a while (I am not getting any younger), but eventually the penny did drop...
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by canistel 4y ago
Feedbro RSS reader, CookieBro, uBlock Origin
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by canistel 4y ago
Having a peep at miniaud.io, I am astounded to say the least. It supports almost all of the popular back-ends across platforms. A library as complex as PortAudio in a (largish) header.
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by canistel 4y ago
When, pray when, would ReactOS go beta? Or am I a dreamy fool to look forward to that day?
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by canistel 4y ago
I switched back to K9 recently, as OAUTH2 works now. I am using Gmail(IMAP) and Rediffmail(POP3). Light-weight. Does not add accounts to Android system. Less colours.
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by canistel 4y ago
As image processing is a relatively processor intensive activity, Mac used to be, and is still (it seems) the OS of choice for this work. GIMP's native Mac support too came quite late. This is another reason which adversely affected ad
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by canistel 4y ago
The AppImage is 79MB. Are Appimages usually this huge, even for immediate mode GUI apps?
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by canistel 4y ago
I have to admit, sheepishly, that I use RCS for version controlling dot files and even files such as fstab and grub. I use it in Windows too. Infrequently, even on binary files (smirk). There, I have said it, and taken the load off my consc
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by canistel 4y ago
I would say that it is the other way around. Firefox provides essential functionalities that are altogether missing in Chrome:- 1. dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled - Enable copy paste 2. dom.event.contextmenu.enabled - Always enable co
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by canistel 4y ago
It still does not support dual boot, or does it?
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by canistel 4y ago
Thunderbird provides an option per account - Synchronisation & Storage > Message Synchronising > Keep messages in all folders. I keep it unchecked for all IMAP accounts. Only headers are fetched in the beginning, and rest is fetch
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by canistel 4y ago
Hindi has sufficiently diverse and fine-grained kinship terms, far more than English, and enough to baffle Dravidian speakers like us. The terms in Hindi though, seem to be entirely different from that in Urdu.
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by canistel 4y ago
How does it compare with pngquant? Edit: This is clarified under the section Heritage . Based on pngquant and has probably more functionalities in addition.
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by canistel 4y ago
In addition to what has already been highlighted, end-to-end planning, identification of best and worst cases, rudimentary probabilistic calculations, assessment of options and the associated risks, and the pursuit of the combination which
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by canistel 5y ago
I just want to see ReactOS reach Beta. Get a modern browser working in ReactOS. And then we dual-boot happily ever after.
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by canistel 5y ago
In Double Commander, it is a sophisticated tool in itself. Regular expression based, with substitution. There are additional bells and whistles such as counters, capability for character conversion etc. You also get to preview before commit
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by canistel 5y ago
Btw, I just figured out that Double Commander has the very same capabilities too. You can get the list of selected file names in an editor, make the necessary changes and save. Multi-rename tool > Editor (bottom right). Ctrl+M is the sho
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by canistel 5y ago
Thanks for suggesting this tool. Didn't know about it until now. From what I have read, sounds like a powerful tool and I would be trying it out.
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by canistel 5y ago
I do have mc installed, but Double Commander remains the first choice owing to:- - Tabs - Multi-file rename
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by canistel 5y ago
Hmm... Does this then explain why Sri Lankans play Draughts on a 12x12, like the Canadians?
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by canistel 5y ago
Isn't the reason for widely used messaging/chat platforms not using open protocols also (roughly) the same?
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by canistel 5y ago
You can use the --dry-run option in rsync, with which you can do a pre-run inspection.
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by canistel 5y ago
Recently had to go through the source code of mpg123 and found this:- /* ========================================= THE BOUNDARY OF SANITY Behold, stranger! ========================================
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by canistel 5y ago
Reminded me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Km9qo5JyA . Prophet Taleb getting riled up.
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by canistel 5y ago
My wife claims that I use Linux precisely for this. To get the kicks from troubleshooting pesky little issues, endless tweaking and discovery of obscure configurations.
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by canistel 5y ago
I still remember that day when a South African colleague, who was a known Linux fan-boy, was enthusing about Linux (and also belittling Windows in the process as is customary) attempting to get us to try the OS. He even used to use Emacs fo
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by canistel 5y ago
What if it is a Black Swan event that adversely impacts the price of gold? Isn't that the whole point about Black Swan events? (Or is my interpretation of prophet Taleb wrong?)
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by canistel 5y ago
Same story here too, except that we moved to Syncthing. Periodic cloud back-ups with Rclone, in addition.
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by canistel 5y ago
Ironically, users themselves are disallowed from rooting their phones. Right to root, is right to repair.
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by canistel 5y ago
Libreoffice to the rescue... On a serious note, the Libreoffice suite has been more than sufficient for the needs of our family. It has also got far stabler over years... When it comes to office work though, where you need fine-grained comp

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