reddalo

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   by reddalo 8mo ago

   I miss when the Notepad was doing what the Notepad is supposed to do: show a text file, plain and simple.
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   by reddalo 8mo ago

   The OP is referring to the original article [1] that Raymond Chen published on his blog, which was posted on January 3rd, 2006 (20 years ago). [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060103-52/?p=32...
3. 243.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   I miss that kind of iteration. New OS releases actually meant new technology, better tools, a more refined UX. How did we end up in a world with Windows 11 and Liquid Glass? So sad.
4. 244.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   I just wish parents would do what parents used to do: parenting. Then we wouldn't need any of this bullshit.
5. 245.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   I just wish that the whole badges thing was off by default. It's a forced gamification that's just annoying and doesn't really teach anything. Except for that, I love Discourse.
6. 246.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   In a way, Usenet was a kind of ancient fediverse.
7. 247.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   This blog seems promising; I just wished it had an RSS feed so I could see when new articles come out.
8. 248.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   Me too. I'm starting to self-host more and more services for both me and my family, and I wonder what would happen should I meet a bus in a front-facing way.
9. 249.▲
   by reddalo 8mo ago

   In other words: never put sensitive information in names and metadata.
10. 250.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    I'm so happy I didn't buy a NAS, Synology or not. I think a proper computer running Linux gives me so much more flexibility.
11. 251.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Agree. In general, the whole Microsoft "Admin" panel is utter garbage. Messy, slow, with ten different interfaces. Finding something without Googling it first is impossible.
12. 252.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    I'm still super mad at Google+ because it was clearly the cause for Google Reader been killed. That's when I started losing trust in Google as a company.
13. 253.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    You can _almost_ do anything you want in the privacy of your home; but in this case Twitter was actively and directly disseminating pictures publicly on their platform.
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Exactly. If AI really worked, they would've released a native app. And it wouldn't take much to also get a Windows and a Linux native app, wouldn't it? Apparently, the Codex app itself is proof that AI is not that good at doi
15. 255.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    It's not made by Google, it's just certified. So it must have the same amount of spyware that the Nvidia Shield has (which we all know it's not zero).
16. 256.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    I've been using the Thomson Google TV Streaming Stick. It's cheap (~40 euros) and it works surprisingly well for what it is. It's sold in Europe, but I think you can find the same product in the US at Walmart, rebranded as On
17. 257.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    I'm not trying to defend Wikipedia at all costs, but you should also think about how much spam and trolling would happen on their platform if they didn't have these annoying blocks for non-registered users. I run a pretty simple S
18. 258.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    I honestly think that the search feature of Immich is better than Google Photos. Maaaybe AI-based searches like "cat on a red car" are better on Google (but I wouldn't bet my life on it), but Immich applies the exact filter
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Do you realize that those are just wrappers for YouTube, not a real competitor?
20. 260.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    >Windows feels a bit weird in some places too Windows 11 still has some dialogs that haven't been touched (and they can't ever be, in order to prevent backward compatibility breakage) since Windows 3.1: https://www.w
21. 261.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    It's almost the same reason Windows still uses CR LF characters for new lines. Not one character, but two: Carriage Return and Line Feed. Literally the action of moving the printer back to the beginning of the line and then the action
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Okay, so list which websites I can use to watch all kinds of content that I can find on YouTube. Vimeo? It's basically dead. DailyMotion? It could've been an alternative, but they've recently deleted most old videos. Peertube
23. 263.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Just to be precise, onBlur is a JavaScript event for an item that loses its focus, visibilitychange is what you actually need to detect tab changing.
24. 264.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    >They corned the market, drove everyone out of it, and are now rent-seeking. It's almost dumping [1]: they gave a service away for free (even if they were losing a lot of money) just to make it unfeasible for any other company to st
25. 265.▲
    by reddalo 8mo ago

    They made it free just like any other startup makes a free tier to obtain market share.
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    >If you don't like free services, stop using them Problem is, there's no real alternative for YouTube. It's a monopoly.
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Off topic, but I'm always amazed by Archive.md/.is/whatever. To this day I don't understand how they manage to bypass a lot of paywalls. The mystery about the owner makes it even more intriguing.
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    Oh my god, so THAT'S WHY sometimes when I get up from the chair in my office, the screen flashes black for a brief moment?!
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    >they're safer because they're less safe Roundabouts are safer. They're safer because they prevent everybody from speeding through the intersection. And, even in case of an accident, no head-on collisions happen in a rou
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    by reddalo 8mo ago

    I miss Win32 APIs.