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by tqwhite 3y ago
Finding stuff in Notes is bad. You cannot scope a search to a subset of the collection. It's terrible. Drafts is very fast and, as plain text, is very simple. The automation is fabulous. Good support for widgets. Its sync is instant. I
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by tqwhite 3y ago
When I download the version for M1 Macintosh, it tells me the application is damaged. FYI.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I ask a lot of questions and make the other people talk while I figure out what I am saying. This has the additional benefit of giving me more input. I simply refuse to participate in rapid back and forth. (In my dreams! But it does work so
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by tqwhite 3y ago
My iPhone asks if I want to allow an app to access the Local Network. I assume that this 1) means that Apple does cover this situation and 2) my opinion that the phrasing "Apple allows applications to track user locations without autho
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I have written blog platforms for myself several times over the years. (I've always compared it to the Great American Novel. Every programmer has to write at least one.) It's a fun thing to do and it sounds like Developer_Tom has
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by tqwhite 3y ago
The only thing that matters is that the type size can be changed by the user. I miss the old days when sites often had a +/- button. People have different vision. I am old and need it big. You are young and want all the text at once. S
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by tqwhite 3y ago
It is a big deal because he is known to us all. When something happens to a person you know, you care. When a person is known to a large community, us, our shared amazement adds up. ps, The overthinking is most of this conversation is amazi
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Also, I picture a person fleeing an abusive partner having their car decide it's better to pull over and let them be killed.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
It would be much better, and more effective, to have police everywhere so you could ask their permission. Or, this would work, prohibit cars so nobody would ever die. Stupidest law ever.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Right! Right! Also, we can't require railings on stairs or prohibit electrical wiring from being attached to doorknobs as a trick, or stop people from driving on sidewalks. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds and this commenter
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by tqwhite 3y ago
At 70, I do not think anyone has anything to learn from my 40+ years of code. I envy Mr Mindfactory's confidence.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Also, I read it perfectly well and never thought about switching to reader. It made me laugh.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
If you don't have reader mode, get a new browser. Don't tell him to make it boring for all the rest of us who behave normally.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Best. Explanation. Ever.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I used UV cure glue to put small dots on the little arrow keys. It totally solved the problem for me. Turns out my issue was that I couldn't be sure my fingers were on them and which one. The raised dots worked.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I put it on the bottom edge of my monitor, on the back, just peeking out enough to illuminate my keyboard.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
PS, I have never been able to understand the Windows control key placement. You have to use it all the time but it's off to the far side. It has to be pressed with the tiniest, weakest finger. I'm mostly a Mac guy but have spent l
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Fingerprint reader on keyboard == AWESOME
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I use the Apple keyboard. It is very, very low profile. I have had wrist trouble but not in this context.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Incorrect! I have worked on a high quality, wooden card table for fifteen years as a professional programmer. I am right-handed and there is no way there is room for a mouse or (as I actually use) a trackpad with a number pad on the keyboar
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by tqwhite 3y ago
This is cool and, if it interests you, you might like a thing I have been using for many years. https://www.npmjs.com/package/qtools-asynchronous-pipe-plus
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I do not want to do my work on an iPad. I have never understood what the Mac was lacking that the iPad might provide. The essay explains the perfection of the Mac: You can do anything with it. If you are a developer, you can really do any
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Also, WTF?, this article is behind a paywall. Who puts stuff like that on Hacker News? Very irritating.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
It sounds like we all should 'lose' our credit cards once a year. It's a hassle to give the new number to the companies we want to keep but probably worth it for the ones we don't.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
There is no information about the pricing after trying it for free. I never, ever invest time if I don't know what it costs. Maybe others feel that way, too.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Though I use .ini, myself. I often think about changing to sqlite. It is insanely stable and provides all the goodness of a database. Since I speak SQL like a native, it would be easy for me to manage. But, I stick with .ini still because,
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I use .ini. I have tried everything. I always return to .ini as the easiest way to express static data regardless of complexity.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
YEs. YEs. YEs. I always do and condemn everyone who doesn't. Also, it's nice to have a -showConfig flag that exposes the results of config file processing, minus secrets of course.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Also, the bad guys could kidnap your children and use them to force you to hand over your password. The histrionic use of "snake oil" is silly. Only idiots think that secrets are safe under all conditions, viz, the above. The real
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Maps are like script handwriting. Obsolete in practice and it's a shame. Both offer real advantages. Both are not worth the effort compared to modern tools. It makes me sad. But, it also reminds me that I have intended to own a compreh

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