apetrovic

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by apetrovic 1mo ago
ASOCIAL people prefer solitude. ANTISOCIAL people doesn't care about society, are harmful towards other people, break laws, etc.
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by apetrovic 4mo ago
When I'm working, I'm at my desk, with a keyboard, mouse, and monitors. But the reason why I have a light laptop instead of some beefy desktop computer is the convenience of having a computer when I'm not at my desk. At a caf
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by apetrovic 4mo ago
I frequently sit on my balcony, with my MacBook Pro in my lap. I'm still alive. I also frequently use that computer, that doesn't have vents on the bottom, for watching movies in bed. And I don't need to think about vents. My
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by apetrovic 5mo ago
That's overly dramatic. I don't think a new Macbook Air today is a worse value proposition than some Mac from 35 years ago. I just checked Apple prices from 1991: - Mac Classic II, the slowest of the bunch, $1.900, or about
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by apetrovic 8mo ago
I don't want to compare anyone to Michelangelo, but the opening sentence of the aticle is more than flawed. My daughter got some painting classes in that age, and I saw work of some gifted kids. A bit better than "directionless do
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by apetrovic 9mo ago
You don't need to go that deep into the article. Just - emacs. Of course I know what it is, I had to google the name to find it's EditorMACroS
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by apetrovic 11mo ago
I had a buzzing problem with AirPods Pro 1. Apple replaced it (both headphones) after year and a half of use, for free.
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by apetrovic 1y ago
I'm probably missing some context, but on my Mac I'm using three fingers drag and I can lift fingers and (quickly) reposition them without breaking the drag.
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by apetrovic 1y ago
What are "competitive options"? It's a genuine question. Before Synology, I had some DIY server in a Fractal Design case, and noise and, to be honest, bulk were a problem. Also, maintenance of the server wasn't funny. I
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by apetrovic 2y ago
Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108345
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by apetrovic 2y ago
I bought Kindle Paperwhite with ads. Get tired of ads. Tried to pay Amazon to remove ads, for some reason it didn't work (I'm not from USA). Contacted customer support, explained what's the problem, the person on the other si
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by apetrovic 2y ago
80% optimised charging, 100% battery life. iPhone 15 Pro, manufactred - September 2023, first use - November 2023.
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by apetrovic 2y ago
So if I have a company that sells, say, manure, I can search and hire a voice actress that sounds exactly like Scarlett to promote me in radio ads? And write a tweet that vaguely implies that it's really her?
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by apetrovic 2y ago
I understand that making a good app is hard, and don't want to undermine your effort, but $150 for a todo app... ouch.
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by apetrovic 3y ago
Huh? Rust, Go, Swift and probably many more languages does the same.
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by apetrovic 3y ago
> Third RANT please STOP making cherry, OSA etc profiles. Very old IBM keyboards have solved the height issue with a simple parabolic support, there is NO DAMN REASON to make flat support and different height keycaps making limited room
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by apetrovic 3y ago
You can type names with only upper case letters and be gramatically correct.
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by apetrovic 3y ago
> I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that the problem with passwords is password hygiene, not with the method itself. I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that the problem with obesity is just amount of food c
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by apetrovic 3y ago
Because it's easier to touch empty space and adjust fingers. Back when I worked on Thinkpad, I really hated these keys, whenever I accidentally pressed them. I don't say you're wrong, just it's a matter of taste. It&#x27
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by apetrovic 3y ago
[citation needed]
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by apetrovic 4y ago
Yoir sample of "normal people" is vastly different than mine.
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by apetrovic 4y ago
Most editors have zz functionality. Ctrl+L for VSCode, JetBrains tools, and SublimeText, for example.
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by apetrovic 4y ago
At this point, whenever anything Apple-related comes to HN front page, I can bring up a bingo card with pre-canned responses and cover at least 80% of conversation. Same with go fanboyism/hate.
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by apetrovic 4y ago
You can preview it in VSCode. Open command pallete, type "Color Theme", click on top on "Browse additional color themes", and type "catppuccin" in the box. Arrows up/down to preview, Enter to install it.
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by apetrovic 4y ago
Tailscale is free for personal use.
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by apetrovic 4y ago
I'm using this to authorize sudo (and other things) with Apple Watch: https://github.com/insidegui/pam-watchid ... and my /etc/pam.d/sudo needs to be changed like this: # sudo: auth account pa
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by apetrovic 4y ago
I have iPhone XS. Full of 3rd party apps. My wife and my daughter have iPhone XR. Also full of 3rd party apps. Other daughter have iPhone 11. 3rd party apps? Yes. Nobody in our home noticed any slowdowns, especially 4-6 seconds to unlock th
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by apetrovic 4y ago
I was in a similar position, worked with C# from the beginning and recently switched to non-MS stacks. I found official documentation [1] easy enough to follow - I started with "What's new in C# 8.0" to the latest version. [1
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by apetrovic 5y ago
> A $1600 monitor with no HDR, can you believe it? Is there a good alternative for reasonably calibrated 27" monitor, with 5K resolution, integrated (96W) USB-C hub that have camera, good speakers and HDR? How much that monitor co
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by apetrovic 5y ago
It's not alarming, it's just an excuse for a clickbait title. Yesterday that monitor didn't even existed. Today half of internet acts like life on Earth is impossible without it.

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