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by fassssst 4y ago
If you want it to be “native” on Windows then the Windows backend should use controls from Windows App SDK, not GDI.
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My solution was to buy most stuff from Costco/Target/Best Buy instead. Their buyers do good enough vetting that it saves me a bunch of time.
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More info here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/15/1111316...
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I work on Windows (not the kernel) and the best part is that you can work on critical infrastructure without having to be on call. Work life balance is great.
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The whole system was designed so wealthy landowners could maintain max power while keeping people complacent. It’s as evident as ever.
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I replaced video games with making music. Scratches the same itch and is much more rewarding.
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Which is why they’re simultaneously trying to make it harder to vote.
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It's about power over women and always was.
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Koala Sampler. It’s incredibly fun and you’re actually creating things instead of just consuming. No music background required.
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The DRM bothered me until I discovered the Libby app’s excellent Kindle integration, now I don’t pay for anything since I have a great local library.
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GarageBand
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Fancy Zones was an inspiration for Windows 11’s Snap Layout feature, which is a bit simplified but provides many of the same benefits.
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The built in Mac/Safari one works great and works with Windows too via the iCloud app and browser extension.
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Read this, it will help: https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Brainjo-Science-Molding-Musical-... It’s ostensibly about learning a musical instrument but it’s really about how to learn anything.
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Try a Launchpad X. It lights up all the pads that are part of a scale.
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Yea a cheap controller like an Akai MPK Mini is a good place to start. There are great free DAWs like Studio One or GarageBand that you can use with soft synths. I highly recommend Serum as a soft synth to learn from because it’s extremely
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Use a TODO that has a forward link to your issue tracker.
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Windows uses it extensively for both user land system code and the app platform.
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A fair amount of software is about either filling in forms to populate a database or rendering views of a database. In that context, tests and maintainability matters because you're generally implementing business processes. Traditiona
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Yea there are a bunch of those in Seattle neighborhoods, they work well.
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by fassssst 5y ago
Progress happens offline.
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This is an essay about what is largely a social media phenomenon. You can avoid the whole thing by just not participating. Seems like a waste of energy to even discuss vs just realizing that arguing publicly on a global scale is not a good
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Enabling multiple languages to consume the Windows API was the whole motivation behind COM. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/com/the-compo...
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DirectUI was a precursor to XAML and is being rapidly replaced by WinUI internally. It has janky markup and renders using non-GPU accelerated GDI. WinUI 3 intentionally decoupled from the OS so app developers can support several versions of
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None of that Win32 UI stuff is being updated anymore so it’s more “classic” than “native.”
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What does “native” mean to you? WinUI is implemented in C++, contains the control set of the current design language, and is used by the Windows shell itself and even Notepad. Yea it looks different than what you can get from CreateWindowEx
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by fassssst 5y ago
TikTok algorithm applied to search. “I’m feeling lucky” but with quick swipe up/down user feedback on results.
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When you visit a city, venture out of the downtown area. Most people that love living in big cities actually live in the neighborhoods, not in the high rises.
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Came here to say the same thing. Russia is shelling civilians at random as these comments are being written.
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Syria

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