rlv-dan

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by rlv-dan 3y ago
Wow, thousands! In a country with 300m people... My home town with 300k people probably has well over a hundred roundabouts. They are everywhere.
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Yep, it's written in VB6. Who cares?(xyplorer.com)
6 points by rlv-dan 3y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
I've always liked the Windows Explorer Treeview+Listview style file managers (XYplorer is vey good), but for heavy workloads, nothing beats Total Commander!
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
Even Windows 3.1! https://www.ghisler.com/wcmd16.htm
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
Well, sure. Free as in freeware, gratis, no charge. I haven't seen any ads either.
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
Don't know about Australia. It's available in Sweden though, so it's not only for US.
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
If you are looking for an alternative navigation app I can recommend giving Magic Earth a try. Simple, clear and free. Nice developers that answers your mail. It even supports Android Auto. https://www.magicearth.com
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Magic Earth: Free Maps and Navigation App(magicearth.com)
1 points by rlv-dan 3y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
Perhaps not "use", but the site where I publish my hobby software, still uses a design made in 1999. Slightly updated (now it uses CSS!) but still the same table based layout :-) Why? Well I guess have better things to do than con
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
There are (at least) two project in development aiming to make a modern VB6 with full backwards compatibility: https://twinbasic.com/ https://www.radbasic.dev/ Especially Twin Basic looks good IMHO. Looking
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by rlv-dan 3y ago
> What arcane library does it rely on Win32 > can't just cross-compile Suppose that you only use a specific operating system. Even if you could cross compile, how would you verify that it actually works? How would you know the sp
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
I'm sure you've thought about every single possible situation to conclude your insightful comment. Otherwise... There is no use for your comment.
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Slow and/or unavailable in Sweden too
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Transferring from disc to system via a laser is analogue and error prone. What if there is a scratch? What if the cd wobbles?
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
How does HN feel about "open source but not open contributions"? I have several applications with source on github, but I'm not really interested in contributions. I feel kind of bad about it, but they are "my" appl
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Yes, very bad memory with regards to details. Which makes it frustrating listening to people here rave about command line utilities and vim shortcuts.
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
This comment make me sad. Replacing human creativity with "ai" is like we've reached the peak so no need to put any effort into life anymore..
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
The best thing about this is that I no longer feel an urge for another side project to make an elevator programming sim myself :-)
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Not learning new languages and frameworks all the time gave me time to build actual software.
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Hello Miljöpartiet. Still full of bullsh*t and FUD I see.
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Exactly. I know one myself, one of the biggest companies in the world, who's tenant name has no resemblance to their company name. Security by obscurity is not a security feature but it is a barrier...
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
One of the most impressive games I ever saw was Pinball Fantasies for DOS. Running at 60fps on a 286 with real music through the built in PC speaker was unheard of, like a real games console.
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
The website talks a lot, but where are the screenshot? Are they afraid to show what it looks like?
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Nostalgia? I still use winamp v2 every day...
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Phyche Rock (1967) – the origin of the Futurama theme song [video](yewtu.be)
1 points by rlv-dan 4y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
As a long time Windows user, it would take me a considerable amount of time to get used to the operating system and all applications and utilities that I need to be productive. Not saying Windows is great, but it works for me. And I'm
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
It's taboo to criticise such movements because by extension you criticise those that actually have the illness. And some movements have grown quite powerful politically. If you allude that it's problematic to let children change s
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Tip: When on someone elses computer, type ddg.co/yourquery in the adress field to quickly search on duckduckgo
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Would it be possible to store subscription data without actually linking it to the account that is affected? Sort of like a one way encryption.
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by rlv-dan 4y ago
Exactly. Now I'm going to write down all the correct options so there is no more arguing on what is right or wrong. Then no one will ever need to feel offended again!

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