cobbaut

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   by cobbaut 4y ago

   No (betteridge's law). But the tech sector is the doom of the consumer :)
2. 122.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   Early 90s (and end 80s) was more "copy parties" than Internet iirc.
3. 123.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   Programs from Lego for Mindstorms NXT, LDD and Studio. Also Chromecacheview.exe, Maperitive and Civ-IV.
4. 124.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   I seem to be the only one here who really does not want a calendar in an e-mail application. They are different things, and should imho be separate programs. Same for chat and tasks.
5. 125.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   I work as a volunteer for blind people and own a 3D printer. This opens a world to me and to the blind. To me, because I vastly underestimated the possibilities of a 3D printer. To the blind people I volunteer for, because they have a map o
6. 126.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   Sounds like "Gravity Force" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXG5Bu_xmQU
7. 127.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   Are you the guy who installed unlicensed Novell Netware servers at the Atlanta Olympics? I clearly remember those weeks, all of the Netware servers at IBM were beeping during the Olympics because someone had installed those unlicensed serve
8. 128.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   An alphabetical list of software that I really like. Apache: Not as popular as it used to be, but I know it and so still use it apt/aptitude/apt-get: The origin of all 'apps' and the most user friendly and secure way to
9. 129.▲
   by cobbaut 4y ago

   And do this again in 2050 to get to 256-bit computing? And then 512-bit around 2070? Can we not play it save and immediately jump to for 65536-bit :) We could call it 16-bit-bit.
10. 130.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    So a famous cocktail is designed in a hotel, what's ... oh the plane! :)
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    by cobbaut 4y ago

    Would be awesome if this app contained all Lego sets ever (including the Rebrickable ones) so you know which sets you can build when you just bought bulk Lego at a flee market. But it seems it only contains their own designs and some user s
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    by cobbaut 4y ago

    This is easy in Thunderbird, right? I have filters that put around 35 specific senders (bank, ISP, VPS-provider, ...) each in their own folder. Thunderbird makes these folders bold when a mail arrives, indicating the number of unread messag
13. 133.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    Somewhere in 1999 I started using unique email addresses for every single service or registration. For example, if I would register with Reddit today, then I would use 20220825_reddit_registration@example.com. This makes it really easy to f
14. 134.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    > I’ve noticed it’s better to install Windows without a connection to the internet. I have a Windows 7 PC installed like this... and never connected it to the internet. It runs two single players games and works like a charm. Very secu
15. 135.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    I am sure many people remember Norton Commander (or nc). Also take a look at Midnight Commander if you still like this.
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    by cobbaut 4y ago

    IMDB originated on usenet. Someone mentioned a hot actress, another person made a top three of actresses... a bit later is was a top 100, and that is how IMDB started. Source: my memory :)
17. 137.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    > After Amazon bought IMDB it became more about advertising for movies and less about being a database. Yes, but several years later, since Amazon bought IMDB back in 1998!
18. 138.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    So basically always double quote every word. Thanks.
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    by cobbaut 4y ago

    Yes I am very aware of this. Can it be set as default? Verbatim will still include results with other characters between "franciscus xaverius"than a space. Like a ( or a dot. It includes results containing a phrase that ends with
20. 140.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    Thanks. Yes, I understand about the punctuation now. About 'napoloen', I often search for non-english words that differ only one letter from an English word (English is my fourth language). I wish there was a way to permanently di
21. 141.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    Search "xaverius franciscus" Only one of the first six results contains the exact phrase, the others all have other characters between these two words. Search +"napoloen" And it insists on including napoleon. Please incl
22. 142.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    The link in the article to the pp tool is no longer active. Find it here https://github.com/CDSoft/pp
23. 143.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    And what is the cost of unplugging devices after every use? Not just replacing sockets or cables, but is not true that (electronic) devices have a longer live if they are always plugged in? Are electronic components happy now with the const
24. 144.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    > but in order to get a 'complete' desktop experience you kinda have to opt-in to GNOME/KDE try XFCE, it works.
25. 145.▲
    by cobbaut 4y ago

    Really? Just searched "pirate bay" on DDG. First result is thepiratebay.org.
26. 146.▲
    by cobbaut 5y ago

    Belgium also, Dutch-French-German and English.
27. 147.▲
    by cobbaut 5y ago

    Sorry but this is not true. I canceled my NYTimes subscription online, in a less than two minute chat.
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    by cobbaut 5y ago

    So when you need to remember a user/password combo for a new device, offline doorbell maybe, or a parcel number, or the address of a friend, then you record a 4K video instead of writing it in a text file? Plain text just works, everyw
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    by cobbaut 5y ago

    I've been doing this for a really long time (2003-ish). I use vim mainly, and open in Mousepad before sending text to people via e-mail (plain text email of course). Most of my knowledge base is in plain text. It is easy to 'find&
30. 150.▲
    by cobbaut 5y ago

    It is fixed, thanks.