elseleigh

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by elseleigh 2mo ago
I've been using https://startpage.com for more than ten years and can't fault it.
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by elseleigh 6mo ago
I had a SailfishOS phone for four years; an Xperia XA2+. The operating system was wonderful, and being able to run Android apps when there was no alternative was a good way of filling in the gaps in the Jolla store. However, as I've go
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by elseleigh 7mo ago
This is a very nice library. At a first reading it seems complete (but did I see summary/detail - I don't remember). Bookmarked for further investigation. Congratulations and thank you.
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by elseleigh 8mo ago
I've been running Linux Mint exclusively as a daily driver for fourteen years. The software company I started used it for everything from development to marketing to accounts. We had zero issues, and security audits always gave a clean
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by elseleigh 8mo ago
https://www.else.co.nz/
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by elseleigh 10mo ago
I have a 2017 Dell XPS13 that's been hammered as a developer laptop and is still going great guns. It's on its third battery, and I've just replaced the screen. I bought a newer one in 2022 and sold it again a couple of month
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by elseleigh 11mo ago
Yes, I still use FreePascal for utilities, libraries and console apps. I write these in Lazarus on Linux, and run them on local machines or (for some console apps) on our Intel Synology NAS. It's nice knowing I can easily recompile for
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by elseleigh 1y ago
I live in Aotearoa New Zealand and have only one subscription: to the Otago Daily Times https://odt.co.nz . It comes a close second in annual "most trusted media" surveys, after Radio New Zealand https://www.
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by elseleigh 1y ago
I switched from Google to StartPage twelve years ago and have seen no need to change. I have trialed Kagi, and would move there if Startpage became unreliable. I've not used any LLM as a search engine alternative, and I have no plans t
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by elseleigh 1y ago
I will no longer travel to or through the USA. I'm a white New Zealander, nearly seventy, have no criminal convictions, but will not even contemplate putting myself at the mercy of American border officials.
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by elseleigh 2y ago
USD10 a month, as long as it's going to maintaining and developing the browser, not for any other purposes.
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by elseleigh 2y ago
I don't directly use any Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta or Amazon products and don't have accounts for any of these. I have one (almost always) off-line Mac used solely for music production, and I realise some web services I occasional
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by elseleigh 2y ago
Framework laptops are great, and would be my first choice if I were looking for a new work computer. I've previously run Dell XPS13, Lenovo Thinkpad. There's no shortage of good distro choices. I've run Mint for ten years on
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by elseleigh 2y ago
I wrote my own; Lyricist, to integrate rhymes, synonyms and antonyms without having to switch applications or browser tabs. It's a small, not very fancy, web page you can run anywhere, even from your own hard drive. You have to sign up
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by elseleigh 2y ago
I've recently retired. I get up between 0630 and 0700 and do fifteen minutes of core strength exercises. I create a new handwritten task list for the day, then have a long, slow breakfast (at least an hour, sometimes ninety minutes) wh
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by elseleigh 2y ago
I have email going back more than 25 years from various software; in most cases an export dump when I stopped using, say, Pegasus Mail or Eudora. Since I started with Thunderbird I've created a new profile each year, and have profiles
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by elseleigh 2y ago
YouTube would die. Although it generates a large amount of revenue, YouTube's costs are substantially higher. It provides Google with engagement and a prime source of user data, so subsidising it has been an acceptable trade-off for Al
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by elseleigh 2y ago
I have a CardDAV server on my NAS and sync contacts across all my devices. I've been using this for more than ten years now with all types of phones, tablets and computers, and it's not let me down.
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by elseleigh 2y ago
For twenty years I've used early church fathers, one device for each letter of the alphabet. So Ambrose, Basil, Clement, Dionysius. When a device is retired, a new device can take that letter of the alphabet with a different name, so A
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by elseleigh 2y ago
100%. And I only buy phones with these features.
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by elseleigh 2y ago
Tons. A few recent pieces are documented on my site, at else.co.nz/code ... but there are also plenty of utilities as well. I've written "radio station" music software that used text-to-speech to back and pre -sell music
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by elseleigh 2y ago
My most commonly used cables are stored on the wall using 3M removable clips (they work like lightly sprung clothes pegs). The remainder are coiled and tied, and stored by type in big, labelled plastic bags. The bags live in a large lidded
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by elseleigh 2y ago
Prrivacy is important. I kept using my Blackberry Z30 long after its demise had been signalled. I then moved to SailfishOS on a Sony XA2+, which I ran with until late 2023. Unfortunately as I get older, larger phones become less usable, and
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by elseleigh 2y ago
A personal website built with markdown and javascript. A website generator to keep that personal site up to date. A utility to download and parse Electronic Programme Guides to schedule TV shows I want to watch. Scripts to build dynamic ema
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by elseleigh 2y ago
Exactly. And day to day, ruthless prioritisation.
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by elseleigh 2y ago
Not coding, but my daughter Aelyth and I are a musical duo. Our first album ( https://sidesister.bandcamp.com ) took four years to complete thanks to COVID lockdowns and living in different cities. On Thursday evening we rendezvou
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by elseleigh 2y ago
I cancelled my Google account more than five years ago and no longer use any of their services. Email is via a shared hosting account. I host my own CalDAV and CardDAV servers as well as shared notes and backup services. I run Linux on my c
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by elseleigh 3y ago
Sailfish OS is a non-duopoly option. There are community builds for a wide range of devices, and official licenses which support a smaller number of devices but include extras including an Android compatibility subsystem so you can run Andr