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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
> Windows is the only one that does this properly. How can you say this when applications render either minuscule or gigantic, either way with contents totally out of proportion, seemingly at random? I don’t have to pull out a magnifying
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
This seems insightful. I was going to comment elsewhere that some people seem to find structured systems really bothersome, whereas I personally just do not. But I am an INTJ, if anything. The idea of not taking a systems approach feels inc
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
TickTick gives me reminders to do some of these things - daily reflection is a “habit” and weekly reflection is a recurring task. That helps me not forget. There’s still value in doing the daily plan regardless of whether I do it right afte
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
Here is my template from obsidian that I use for my weekly reflection - customize reflection based on your values and priorities. I have goals to improve work-life balance, social connections (social isolation was a factor driving poor outc
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
As an ADHD person, this app looks like a repackaging (with nice design) of all the stuff I’ve built up over years - habit tracking, daily/weekly/yearly reflection, detailed task management, etc. This isn’t for me (because I’ve alr
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
> Look at my drafts that were started within the last three months and then check that I didn’t publish them on simonwillison.net using a search against content on that site and then suggest the ones that are most close to being ready Th
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
I used to get sick a lot more often, pretty consistently 3-4 times per year. Since I’ve started masking on trains (specifically because others who are sick and coughing aren’t wearing a mask) and other things (elderberry, zinc, NAC at signs
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
Of all the lessons society failed to learn from 2020, the importance of clean air is perhaps the most disappointing. I wear N95 masks on local trains, long distance trains, planes, buses (most of the time), and movie theaters when busy. The
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
You’re right command-p prints in the common view, but opens command palette in devtools. That actually catches me out pretty frequently if I forget I moved focus.
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
This is a story about the risks of AI-induced brainrot. You get so used to having the computer just do your work, that the second you need to engage your noggin you’re lost at sea. Or at least just frustrated. Reading and understanding the
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
How did these come to be associated with command-k and not command-p, which is the more common association at least for developer tools (chrome, vs code, sublime, figma, obsidian)? Command P makes sense since it is a Palette. Maybe it is ju
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Safari exclusivity is the only reason we aren’t living in a 100% “this site built for chrome” world. I think folks must forget the IE days and how bad that was. There is zero percent chance developers are wasting a second making sure their
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
It’s an impoverished view of what an OS is. A great OS is also providing APIs that enable a cohesive desktop, integrations that enable apps, and other core services. For example, iOS has a built-in API for managing calendar events. That mea
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
> Too many bugs. Too many changes. Too little control. Windows 11's reputation might be at its lowest it's ever been as 2025 comes to a close. That, sadly, also applies almost perfectly to macOS. And yet, as bad as macOS has be
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Do you have a trackpad? If you re-enter focus by right clicking (very easy to do with gestures), focus stops working until you leave and re enter by left clicking. Unfortunately not a new issue.
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Why not just quit work and wait for AGI to lead to UBI? Obviously, right after chatGPT solves climate change, it will put all humans out of work as next step, and then the superintelligence will solve that problem one way or another. People
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Link to context if there’s interest, there was a macOS equivalent back in the day: https://istartedsomething.com/20080811/launching-aqua-taskfo... Don’t bother clicking the links in the post, domains are squatted.
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Do people know you can turn copilot off?
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Not a very clear issue report, but looks like a conflict between language features, copilot, and possibly snippets? The project is open source and invites feedback in the form of issues, although sadly their issue report page is a bit of a
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Dairy is a category that depending on context may or may not include eggs. In this case the distinction doesn’t matter. Vegans wouldn’t have experience with strictly defined dairy or eggs.
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
It depends on the level of your habitual use. A 5mg gummy every evening is probably fine. I’ve seen plenty of people who are essentially using THC vapes like nicotine vapes, in that they use them every few hours and start to get anxious if
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
On Mac with the security key you can just press the button on the security key before choosing a path. It only looks like a required extra step but in practice it is optional.
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
I did a computer graphics course on EdX: https://www.edx.org/learn/computer-graphics/the-university-o... Objectively the quality of the production was pretty mediocre, but the assignments were challenging and I le
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
I wonder why meta chose not do the whole localhost thing on iOS. I guess their engineers aren’t creative enough. The defaults aren’t really relevant because they don’t come up. You can disable Siri and use the action button to use any other
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Google Health Connect is still not mature. Believe me, if it was, I’d have likely at least attempted to switch back to Android by now. [1] Apple Maps can be uninstalled, and many people rely on Google Maps. There are plenty of alternatives.
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Android is definitely the superior choice as long as you have no expectation of privacy and never need to dial 911 in an emergency. [1] More serious problems blocking a transition to Android: instead of developing Health Connect in 2015 or
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
I’ve repaired a eufy vacuum without issue, pretty easy to find repair parts as others have mentioned. I replaced a wheel assembly that wasn’t working quite right. Repair shops will refuse to look at them outright; pretty frustrating they wo
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
I don’t get where the fear mongering is coming from on this. All or nearly all robot vacuums have controls for their various functions on the side. Plenty of robotic vacuums even come with remotes so you can program schedules without a phon
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
It’s not worth skipping an upgrade, it’s just misleading to describe iOS 26 as an upgrade. My iPhone 16 pro can’t manage a stable frame rate on the Home Screen anymore. And nearly every screen has a bug. What new features?
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by n8cpdx 10mo ago
Doesn’t work If the keyboard doesn’t have a spacebar - happens with numeric input. IIRC the old 3D Touch version worked on any key.

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