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by pfranz 7y ago
If they couldn't make it easier to set I think the clock should have been less prominent. It's necessary if you're doing a scheduled recording. It's too bad time sync over power lines didn't catch on widely (or bro
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by pfranz 7y ago
What was touched on in the reply, things like the amount and distribution of testing, the compliance and effectiveness of measures like wearing masks, and other information and treatments could change the criteria marked in green--which mea
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by pfranz 7y ago
The attached spreadsheet is basically I've been waiting to see. I figured from the title of this post that's what this would be. Everyone I talk to is asking, "Now what? Do we just keep doing this until there's a vaccin
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by pfranz 7y ago
Sure, I think that's a market to target. But it sounds like it's a slog to develop for and often a slog to use (or at least set up). Often the opinions made when designing the software is part of what you're selling. Otherw
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by pfranz 7y ago
> Before corona, it was around 12-13% in Australia compared to 8-9% in the US, 3-4% is a non-trivial difference. I was looking over the past 10-20 years (I have no idea how long Australia has had a high minimum wage...I figured that wasn
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by pfranz 7y ago
> Having difficulty finding work after graduating high school or university is a common complaint among Australian youth, in my experience. Those numbers don't look all that different from the US. Are people pursuing minimum wage j
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by pfranz 7y ago
Yep. Looking at `history` it's often something like "ping" "top" "docker ps" "curl" which don't care about directory. Since it defaults to $HOME, that's generally good enough. When I w
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by pfranz 7y ago
When software grows I notice there can be a lot of dev done on features I don't end up using. I don't use CarPlay, watch, Smart Speed, Voice Boost, or playlists. Last year it looks it launched a sharing interface with what looks
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by pfranz 7y ago
> 1) Any terminal that you can summon/dismiss with a global hotkey. Examples are Guake for Linux and iTerm2 for OSX. I consider this a must-have for all developers. Years ago I saw someone using this (I think it was actually Yakuake
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by pfranz 7y ago
Most of the "open concept" I've seen is just the kitchen/living area. I can see pros/cons for separating the kitchen (to keep a messy kitchen behind doors) or opening it up (more space, can talk to guests while pre
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by pfranz 7y ago
Sorry. Our sysadmin had set it up. We relied on OpenGL applications and had multiple users, so we weren't using :0. I thought I got it working (sans OpenGL/VirtualGL) by just installing the rpm, then each user would run `vncser
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by pfranz 7y ago
Really? I agree "a new remote desktop" makes me suspicious about usage over WAN because most all suck. I didn't have great luck with Windows Remote Desktop, either. We went with TurboVNC/VirtualGL on the server and re
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by pfranz 7y ago
Yeah. I can't imagine KDE using Qt if there's a 12 month turnaround (and they don't have final word of what goes into a release). I would think they'd have to fork and hopefully merge on release.
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by pfranz 7y ago
I feel like Python bindings came along kicking and screaming by the Qt owners. PyQt was originally developed and licensed independently. Nokia was negotiating a relicensing with Riverbank Software. When that broke down and they wrote PyS
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by pfranz 7y ago
I was staying home with my kid a few years ago and baking a loaf every week among other things. I bought a larger bag of flour but didn't have a great storage solution and it got bugs in it. I'm in a privileged position, but to m
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by pfranz 7y ago
> My MIL and I have literally had facetime pointed at her laptop while I directed her where to to get copilot running for the quarterly cleansing-of-the-spyware. I haven't used it, but macOS does have screen sharing built into Messa
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by pfranz 7y ago
That sounds like an appropriate response. I do think the BYOD push over the past 10+ years has improved Enterprise experience for end users and I expect things like Zoom and the current push for work-from-home does the same for working rem
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by pfranz 7y ago
What are you advocating for? Either way business will continue; lock down security and people (and productivity) will suffer but still continue, ignore security and business will still happen. Different business will fail in each scenario
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by pfranz 7y ago
I do think there's multiple reasons for hoarding or minimalism. I'm just saying that I've noticed more well off people in my life advocating for minimalism over the years. I do agree with your sentiment. In general, the poo
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by pfranz 7y ago
I have noticed that people pushing minimalism...or at least the idea of "throw it away and buy it if you ever end up needing it" is a luxury that I think many people take for granted. Even if you're not privileged I think th
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by pfranz 7y ago
If your oven has an incandescent light, often that's just warm enough. Just leave it on. Same with gas ovens with a lit pilot. I recently noticed mine has a "proof mode" I had been meaning to test out.
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by pfranz 7y ago
My annoyance with macOS/Apple is that this isn't standard and default. Therefore, not consistent and can be confusing (especially if you're trying to join a call in progress). Because of this, Zoom chose to reduce the numbe
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by pfranz 7y ago
I've heard authors complain they no longer access their own papers. (Although, you would think they'd keep a copy somewhere).
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by pfranz 7y ago
Maybe it was the friction around plugin deprecation (was it Firefox?) combined with the treadmill of deprecations and transitions to new products; within the past year or two I've had to jump between Safari, Firefox, and Chrome to join
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by pfranz 7y ago
I'm pointing this out not as an excuse for Zoom, but as an example of long-standing friction in macOS. I think it's worth pointing out they've had the same motivations in the past. Like Dropbox, I hope the OS improves so th
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by pfranz 7y ago
> First, there's nothing wrong with that. Sure, you can technically run .app from most places. It becomes problematic in that you can't write to that directory or self update the app if it's still in the DMG. If you rebo
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by pfranz 7y ago
I feel like Zoom has a history of doing shady things under the vail of "ease of use" (referring to the uninstall complaints a few months ago). I do think on macOS the average user doesn't understand DMG files, run apps from i
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by pfranz 7y ago
Apparently, there's an upgrade for HIPPA compliance, too. I have no idea what that entails or how to tell from the client-side if that's in place. I was working with a medical provider and had to switch to remote sessions. Our
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by pfranz 7y ago
At my previous company there was no official VC app. Zoom was used the most across multiple years even after trying every other app often. Personally, I didn't like Skype because it seemed heavy and they kept making the things in the
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by pfranz 7y ago
It looks like Zoom started in 2013. Google Hangouts was only released in March 2017. When trying to use Hangouts I've had to jump through different browsers because the one I was using wasn't supported. I also think accounts are

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