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by daxelrod 6y ago
Thank you! I didn’t actually realize it was possible for apps to exclude their data from backup. Here it is from their own docs: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Ne... > An iTunes
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Wouldn't the data stores of these apps be included in iCloud backups too?
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Fortunately, it’s coming to Steam and GOG as well. https://cyan.com/games/myst/
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by daxelrod 6y ago
I appreciate you commenting. I think people would panic less if the CentOS Linux cancellation were announced at the same time as these upcoming announcements. Without them, there's a lot of uncertainty and it's hard for anyone dep
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by daxelrod 6y ago
They mean the 8-pin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector) . It's still used in new Apple products including all iPhones, non-pro iPads, the Apple TV remote, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and the charg
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by daxelrod 6y ago
> Of course, the usual warnings about consulting your medical provider and more of a good thing is not always 'better' apply, so be careful not to over do it. For anyone who is curious, the NIH's daily upper limit for adul
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by daxelrod 6y ago
In this case, they explicitly called out that they decided not to make backups of these files, and maybe you’re right that they chose the wrong trade offs and the amount of engineering time they spent recovering cost more than just keeping
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Have you heard any additional news about "the eventual lockout of non-signed apps" on Apple Silicon? I'm curious if they announced anything besides the behavior we already know about in Big Sur.
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by daxelrod 6y ago
f.lux was never allowed in the iOS App Store, because it needs private APIs to change the screen color temperature. Was it on macOS App Store at one point and then kicked off?
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by daxelrod 6y ago
It is impossible to report news without bias. Instead, publications and journalists should strive to be honest about what their biases are, and to do what they can to correct for them.
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Another relevant Adams quip about modern interfaces from Restaurant at the End of The Universe: > “It’s the wild colour scheme that freaks me,” said Zaphod whose love affair with this ship had lasted almost three minutes into the flight,
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Sounds like the higher ups are asking you to decline more meetings, which I’m sure they will also be upset about.
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by daxelrod 6y ago
“Full” init systems tend to need to do things that are hard to secure in a container. Many must run as root, and the reasons not to do that are discussed in the article this HN thread is discussing. Systemd is particularly tricky because it
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Ah, gotcha. The G502 stores something like 5 modes and has a mode switcher button on the mouse, but I could see the convenience of wanting automatic switching per program.
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by daxelrod 6y ago
I'm not sure if this is true for the G700s, but many other Logitech mice store the configuration on the device itself, which lets you configure it once and then get rid of the software or use it on computers or OSes where you've n
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by daxelrod 6y ago
The Kinesis Freestyle 2 [A] with the VIP3 Tenting Accessory[B] (for wrist rests and tenting) will run you $125 on Amazon. It's got two independent halves that you can angle how you want, and put at actual shoulder width apart. It lacks
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by daxelrod 6y ago
AMD created x86_64 and holds patents on it. They and Intel have a cross-licensing agreement for various patents covering x86 and x86_64. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Licensing
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by daxelrod 6y ago
This exists. It's called "Private listening". https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/features/how-to...
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by daxelrod 6y ago
Zoom does have a SIP/H.323 bridge https://zoom.us/roomconnector . I believe it's the decision of the meeting host's organization whether to enable it, and there may be an extra cost associated with it.
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by daxelrod 6y ago
I've seen companies outsource to places with cheaper than US cost-of-living with less of a time zone difference. For example, Mexico City is in Central Time and has a somewhat similar cost of living to Mumbai.
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Ah, but Slack doesn't delete the history either unless you pay them: https://slack.com/help/articles/203457187-Customize-message-... On the free tier it's still there, on their servers.
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Interesting. I have only ever heard "gitflow" used to refer to the specific model described in https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ . The author also wrote a tool, "git-flow&quot
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Important caveat: BigDecimal is arbitrary-precision, not infinite-precision. Using it still requires you to think about the precision of each number you operate on.
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Videos and audio in Safari use the touchbar as a scrubber with controls.
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Which client are you using? Certbot?
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by daxelrod 7y ago
In a monorepo, it’s generally possible to have one version identifier that describes the state of all the code in it. Additionally, you generally get more flexibility of how to slice and dice your view of the repo, rather than being locked
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Nicely done! I scratched a similar itch by creating Jowl[1], which uses JavaScript one-liners with the Lodash library to transform JSON. Like you, I wanted syntax that was more familiar to me than jq's, and like you, I wanted to use a
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by daxelrod 7y ago
I've seen sites that refuse to show you their content at all until you've enabled notifications. I like this lying idea.
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by daxelrod 7y ago
Yes. That was one of the worst parts of Windows 95’s interface because it wasn’t discoverable. A context menu is fine when it provides shortcuts to functionality also discoverable elsewhere. Windows 95’s context menus were full of functiona
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by daxelrod 7y ago
This is one of the threats addressed by https://www.certificate-transparency.org/ . If a CA issues a rogue cert and _does_ add it to the CT log, it's discoverable, at least in retrospect. If a CA issues a rogue cert an

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