dcormier

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by dcormier 5y ago
I know this doesn't address all of the points you brought up, but I heavily use Multi-Account Containers[1] to isolate social, work, shopping, etc. It works well, for me. I don't miss Chrome profiles. [1]: https://suppo
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by dcormier 5y ago
The permission request should probably be reworded to make that more clear.
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by dcormier 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28949093
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by dcormier 5y ago
If I have a video up in portrait, and tap on or pause the video to expose the UI elements that overlay the video (Chromecast, closed caption, and overflow buttons), they're all at the top of the phone. The Chromecast button is obscured
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by dcormier 5y ago
I find the notch on my iPhone to be _incredibly_ annoying. It's by far the worst when in YouTube, where it covers a huge chunk of the video and UI elements when not full screened.
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by dcormier 5y ago
It would be annoying in something like a full-screen game, though. It's not uncommon for them to have important UI elements right at the top center.
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by dcormier 5y ago
I really like golang, and have used it for years. But I really dilike gomod. It's not uncommon for using it to be a frustrating experience. It makes me glad that most of my work these days is not in golang.
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by dcormier 5y ago
My favorite mustard is missing: Lusty Monk mustard[1] I fully admit to first buying it because of the branding, but it is the best mustard I've ever had. It is pretty potent, so if you like a subtle mustard don't bother. [1]: htt
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by dcormier 5y ago
My first thought upon reading the headline: "Which one?"
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by dcormier 5y ago
It's out of date, but still an interesting read: https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat
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by dcormier 5y ago
> Why is that even a metric for a browser UI? Because they need to know where to focus their efforts.
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by dcormier 5y ago
I'm having similar difficulty on macOS.
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by dcormier 6y ago
https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29#file-v...
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by dcormier 6y ago
Probably. But it depends greatly on what happened and how they handle it.
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by dcormier 6y ago
But at some point you'll _only_ be able to run ARM binaries. Rosetta2 will go away. Like how Rosetta went away for non-ARM Mac's, and now they can only run x86 binaries. This is bad.
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by dcormier 6y ago
Those illuminated brand logos are so tacky. I hope the trend ends quickly, with a whimper.
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by dcormier 6y ago
> I really like the idea of setting your MX record to 127.0.0.1. I am not sure what problems this causes (the author mentions people are angry about it) but I like it. I imagine it could cause annoying loops with some mail server configu
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by dcormier 6y ago
Toxie. Here are the relevant episodes: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/06/01/131077279/toxi...
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by dcormier 7y ago
> A Surface-branded Android phone wouldn't be out of the question, but my gut tells me it would die a quiet death from thin margins and differentiators that aren't big enough for people to get excited. It's coming. https: