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by cstuder 8mo ago
Further essay on this topic: https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/thoughts_and_observations...
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by cstuder 8mo ago
https://www.existenz.ch
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by cstuder 9mo ago
I still think ICQ was the greatest application name ever.
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by cstuder 10mo ago
> A feature known as the Download Monitor plug-in created a webpage with the clear URL which provided a link to the live version, which bypassed the need for authentication. This rendered the protections on the ‘future’ function of WordP
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I Wrote Task Manager – 30 Years Later, the Secrets You Never Knew [video](youtube.com)
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by cstuder 11mo ago
It feels like we're actually living in the Universal Paperclips universe.
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by cstuder 1y ago
FYI: A couple of the images down in the article are not loading (And later some seem to be incorrectly formatted). I'm especially looking forward to the exploded button.
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by cstuder 1y ago
If you want more than samples, he's compiled a lot of 1-2 hour genre specific mixes here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Ishkur/ Plus the one 15 hour mix across genres: https://www.mixcloud.com/Ishkur&#x
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by cstuder 1y ago
Yes, the previous company I worked at redirected the Oracle download pages to a custom page explaining the problem and offering alternatives. That was nice.
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by cstuder 1y ago
The german C64 magazine "64er" had an application which allowed "easy" entry of assembly applications by means of a hex encoding and used a checksum on each line to prevent bugs from typos. Still an incredible chore.
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by cstuder 2y ago
Private Slack, WhatsApp and Signal groups are the most valuable to me.
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by cstuder 2y ago
I'm still running a self-hosted Fever instance, it still didn't break down with newer PHP versions. Using Reeder Classic as an RSS client. Also something threatened by unwanted updates.
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by cstuder 2y ago
My best Mullholland Drive experience: A couple of years ago a local arthouse cinema showed the movie again. It was brilliant, just like I remembered it. After the showing, the projectionist came into the room and apologized for the confusin
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by cstuder 2y ago
For non-americans: Apparently this corresponds to 13-14 years old.
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by cstuder 2y ago
I came from Instapaper after their price hike to Omnivore and went back to Instapaper. I felt that Omnivore was over-complicated with their "every folder is a filter" structure. Instapaper feels much more straightforward.
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by cstuder 2y ago
If you're looking for cheap online storage for your backups know this: A Microsoft 365 Single subscription comes with 1 TB of OneDrive space (Family subscriptions with 1 TB per person). I've been using it with restic + rclone succ
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by cstuder 2y ago
The desktop version of Balsamiq with a one-time-payment is still available, but you have to hunt for it a little.
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by cstuder 2y ago
Thanks for the hint, a usage based model looks way more attractive to me right now.
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by cstuder 2y ago
So for 25$ a month I get access to ChatGPT and Claude offerings in addition to access to Kagi search. This sounds like a good deal, compared to the 20$/month access to ChatGPT only. Or am I missing something?
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by cstuder 2y ago
A notorious issue when doing Windows support (An experience I recommend to every developer!): Double clicking a folder or file in Explorer in order to open it, but slipping the mouse and therefore accidently moving the target into another f
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by cstuder 3y ago
I've recently acquired a 3D printer and have been teaching myself 3D modeling with a CAD tool. It made me appreciate that every. single. line. on man made objects was a conscious decision of a person. Even if the tooling or physical co
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by cstuder 3y ago
The Digital Antiquarian has written a long article on the game and links to the C64 version if you want to play it for yourself: https://www.filfre.net/2014/11/portal/
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by cstuder 3y ago
But don't forget that you'll have to add the `<font>` tag in _every single cell_.
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by cstuder 3y ago
Question: What’s the motivation to put coordinates in one’s own WHOIS record? (geoloc/geofeed)
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by cstuder 3y ago
Getting another turn? Two blue mana sounds about fair. Back in my day: https://web.archive.org/web/20220529033205/https://magic.wiz...
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by cstuder 3y ago
I randomly clicked on `Wyoming` and halfway down the page came across a picture of Amelia Earhart. That was a fun surprise.
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by cstuder 3y ago
https://hymnos.existenz.ch (German.) Technical and personal stuff mixed up together, running since 2005 on Blogger first, then Movable Type and now Wordpress. Always nice to run down nostalgia lane on my personal life.
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by cstuder 3y ago
Any recommendations for an uncomplicated server OS which will just run Docker, SSH and not much more? I'm currently running Ubuntu but am open to alternatives. My local Raspberry Pi uses a fun, but little maintained OS called Hypriot w
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by cstuder 3y ago
> Monochrome pixel art Scroll all the way down for a lovely surprise.
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by cstuder 3y ago
For my hobby server: - Running dokku with Heroku Buildpacks to deploy both from source and to run Docker images behind an ngnix reverse proxy. - Autoupgrade apt's, manually updating the OS. - No load balancing. - No scaling.

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