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by downtide 7y ago
I still use w3m, for basically an easier, less cluttered text based version of a page. Cuts the cpu goblins found in adverts too. Some sites just won't work for me in a modern browser without at least some blocking. Personally I find
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by downtide 7y ago
I had some old Dragon 32 tapes from days of old. And when the emu scene turned up, managed to record the tape onto the PC, play an unfinished game of my youth, snapshot it so I could cheat until I finally completed the damn thing. For all
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by downtide 7y ago
It is a luxury item. In the UK dairy and meat get subsidised. A pack of sausages cost the same as a red pepper. Go figure! At the same time farmers here moan that they aren't getting enough money per pint. They are at a loss. Meanw
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by downtide 7y ago
Exactly. Composer is key here. Pear just didn't work well as a third party bolt on. As a result monolithic frameworks such as Zend Framework were born, along with Blogs, come CMS come frameworks. And Rails clones. It's still
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by downtide 7y ago
Due to a broken oven, I've ended up using a breadmaker, and although the results are middle of the road, the simplicity of making a loaf is super. Just throw in the ingredients, set timer, wake to the smell of cooking bread. The knea
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by downtide 7y ago
I can't seem to right scroll under firefox. What am I doing wrong?
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by downtide 7y ago
Just tried out Tree style tabs, how does this prevent this issue? I have two pages in two tabs open. To read one I resize the window, I go to the other it has been resized also.
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by downtide 7y ago
Nope, problem is each window may need a different sizing. With a tabbed interface you resize the lot.
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by downtide 7y ago
Easy to read/follow menu, and a phone call isn't that hard, with front door payment. Online shopping experiences vary widely. I love it when the interface isn't even noticed/gets out of your way.
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by downtide 7y ago
There's other cognitive issues here. I find reading from the screen difficult, CRT, LED, OLED, but I'm fine given e-ink. Any web pages with text more than a paragraph or so is sent to an e-reader for me, otherwise I just cannot
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by downtide 7y ago
Problem is that tabbed interfaces make window resizing harder. Bring back MDIs (maybe)!
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by downtide 7y ago
I often use w3m.
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by downtide 7y ago
Think Mad Max on mobility scooters. I've stock piled food. The Irish border is already an issue, I was there recently when two bombs were found. I doubt it will be pretty.
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by downtide 7y ago
They are missing a trick with peer to peer piggy backs.
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by downtide 7y ago
We have a house without any Internet connection - that would require at least a mobile link.
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by downtide 7y ago
Yeah I had a manager that was quite good at throwing out functionality. Didn't like it at the time, but they were mostly right - of course they were just trying to save money.
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by downtide 7y ago
When I couldn't program I almost achieved more! I saved time by picking stuff up and glueing it together. Then later spent ages learning specific softwares, plugins and their wiring only for them to fall out of favour. Later framewo
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by downtide 7y ago
The quotes around 'loud' here, is an emphasis on relativeness. There is a flyover down the valley and sound flies off that. You only recognise silence in the event of road closure. Then momentary bliss is attained through someon
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by downtide 7y ago
I live rurally near a busy trunk road. I can walk about 1/2 mile away and the road is still in my line of sight, and it is still 'loud' (as in irritating). However, I'm blighted by this road as I'm so close to it
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by downtide 7y ago
That sounds like a way to save a browser session that comprises of tabs. Perhaps a better UI. Many browsers have had the ability to group/tabs/bookmarks. But it's usually quite clunky.
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by downtide 7y ago
In a UK terrace, even given a large bay window, your view will likely be squandered by a large work van, as the terraces seldom have off-street parking.
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by downtide 7y ago
That's slightly smaller than ours probably all in all. But I've seen smaller, like the one up, one down back to backs in Leeds/Woodhouse and many modern flats apartments, are just broom cupboards - but then you look at down
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by downtide 7y ago
That's larger than mine. Sizes are getting smaller. Can't comment for the rest of Europe but the UK has quite a bad homeless problem, it's very visible at the moment. Rents are prohibitively high, and getting onto the hous
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by downtide 7y ago
I bought a Pi 0 W. The USB port failed on it. Sent it back, the second did the same. Booted probably about 10 times in all. That was the end of that.
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by downtide 7y ago
We do have another room, that's slightly larger but it's a bit bleak. And weirdly it's a more fussy room to furnish. The smaller size is better in the winter. The old brick terraces aren't that warm. In large houses
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by downtide 7y ago
I'm still struggling a bit with large screens. For something like playing games I'm guessing you can comfortably sit back. High resolution screens for computers feel attractive, but getting up close and personal can feel a bit m
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by downtide 7y ago
In the UK in a victorian terrace, and our front room is perhaps on the small side at about 3x4m. I'd guess somewhere between that and 4x5m is about average. For us 32inch still can feel imposing. And that size screen seems to be bei
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by downtide 7y ago
Thanks for the pointers.
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by downtide 7y ago
Perhaps keep them clear of the idea. And stick to Windows. Assuming they can do Window management... I've an 84 year old family member, who still doesn't get tabs. Heck they don't really get the Web. And are kind of stuck
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by downtide 7y ago
Can you add a brief explainer?

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