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by codepoet80 2y ago
You’ve already been shouted down, but thank you for daring to suggest this. I maintain APIs and proxies for APIs for legacy devices, and will continue to suggest that some kinds of APIs remain appropriate for HTTP access. Never do your ba
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by codepoet80 2y ago
I'm 467533, managed to remember my password -- haven't used ICQ in >20 years. I'll pop online periodically from now until the shut down. Say hi!
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by codepoet80 2y ago
I'm 467533, managed to remember my password -- haven't used ICQ in >20 years. I'll pop online periodically from now until the shut down. Say hi!
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by codepoet80 3y ago
If you're in the Microsoft world, try out the LTSC flavors (of Windows and Office). Its basically just that -- security updates and patches, no new features. Since switching, my environments have been much more stable, no Windows Updat
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Thank you for making this. I'd been puzzling through how to build something similar. Starred and downloaded, I'll definitely be using!
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by codepoet80 3y ago
You are correct, reading the RFC just a little further than my ctrl+f found: > A host identified by an Internet Protocol literal address, version 6 [RFC3513] or later, is distinguished by enclosing the IP literal within square brackets
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by codepoet80 3y ago
> It is recommended to place IPv4 and IPv6 addresses into brackets: I tried doing this, and my brower(s) just assumed it was a search string, and took me to my search engine. Does that mean they're not following the RFC? (section 3.
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Got an old Dell running Windows 2000. Its remarkable how responsive the UI is. I open an Explorer window, it paints instantly. The Start Menu pops up completely drawn in a fraction of a second. Windows 11 on a monster machine is sluggish by
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by codepoet80 3y ago
I have been waiting for someone to do this. Thank you. Submitting my apps soon!
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I Ported a Legacy Palm/HP WebOS App to Modern Android(play.google.com)
1 points by codepoet80 3y ago|1 comments
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by codepoet80 3y ago
With permission from the original author, and leveraging a 12+ year-old cross-platform framework, I was able to port the webOS app almost as-is to modern Android. (Its available as a PWA for iOS/Windows/Linux too)
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by codepoet80 3y ago
I have a sinking feeling this applies to most Google services...
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by codepoet80 3y ago
https://www.jonandnic.com Online since 2001 in some form or another. Its mostly genuinely personal, but since tech is my life, there's a lot about tech in there. (I'm a top result when searching for getting a NeXT Stat
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by codepoet80 3y ago
If it bongs, but doesn't light up, give the right side a gentle smack and see if it flickers. In fact, almost any sign of life is a good indication that it can be restored. Take the battery out, if you haven't already!
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by codepoet80 3y ago
This might be sacrilegious, but I've made a bit of a hobby of repairing old Macs. When I really bring one back from the dead, I add my signature to the inside (in pencil, of course)
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by codepoet80 3y ago
My 2016 XBox 360 still runs great. Watched a HD-DVD off it just yesterday!
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Had the privilege of owning one of the last Saabs for 5 years: a 2010 "NG" 95. It had GM fingerprints all over it, but still held onto some quirky originality. It was my 4th Saab -- my son is now driving my 3rd as his first car. A
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by codepoet80 3y ago
I wonder how many of them are like me: I have an iPhone and a Mac Mini in the basement, so I can be in "blue bubble" conversations, but those messages are just flung via AirMessage to a couple different Android phones of varying a
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Just rip off the band-aid. Your friends can't invite you to things on Facebook if your account is fully deleted, and they'll be forced to reach out in different ways. The first 6-12 months are hard, but if you can make it past tha
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Thank you for making this. I'm a good programmer, but was awful at math in high school and college. I've often thought that now that I'm older (40s) and more patient (most days), I would like to try again, but have never fo
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Same in a 7 person company. Got voted down in favor of Teams because the "learning curve" of anything else wasn't worth their time. This despite the confusing and ridiculous UX of Teams.
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by codepoet80 3y ago
Palm has entered the chat: https://www.palminfocenter.com/news/6823/palm-webos-mojo-sdk...
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by codepoet80 4y ago
If you've got an old HP Touchpad or Palm Pre handy, you can still get the original -- free of telemetry and micro-transactions: https://appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/AngryBirds
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by codepoet80 4y ago
You mean like macOS since like...Yosemite?
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by codepoet80 4y ago
I got to virtually meet Woz during the pandemic. He was as friendly, nerdy and approachable as rumored. Story here: https://www.jonandnic.com/2020/05/08/that-time-i-talked-to-a...
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by codepoet80 4y ago
Its not the same thing, but I do have HP's emulator image updated for modern machines: https://www.webosarchive.org/docs/emulator/
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by codepoet80 4y ago
I (significantly) restored Palm/HP's webOS services, include the SDK, (partial) App Catalog, and a variety of proxied, re-created back-end services to keep devices like the Palm Pre and HP Touchpad functional: https://w
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Old Man Yells at Cloud – Part 2: Machines That Think(jonandnic.com)
2 points by codepoet80 4y ago|0 comments
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Legacy (Palm/HP) WebOS Emulator Availability(docs.webosarchive.org)
8 points by codepoet80 4y ago|1 comments
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by codepoet80 4y ago
This virtual appliance emulates the HP TouchPad, running Palm (and later HP's) webOS for mobile devices.

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