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by n4te 2mo ago
Use pi. Can't trust OAI or Anthropic to make good tools.
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by n4te 1y ago
Swing layout was bad then (gridbaglayout!) and is bad now. The framework's approach is bad. Components provide min, pref, max sizes that are very often just ignored. Components need a layout mystery object in order to participate. The
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by n4te 1y ago
True those platforms have security controls, better than what we've ever seen on desktop. Desktop also needs controls like that: to use the system tray, filesystem, hardware, etc. There's at least a work multiplier of 3 for Window
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by n4te 1y ago
Hard disagree. Lots exist but none are great. Usually layout isn't sane. Another blunder is components are too complex with too many layers. Customization and creating your own components becomes difficult. Often the event system is te
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by n4te 1y ago
Ah. One difference is a normal desktop can access a lot more or even all of your system. Otherwise cross platform UI toolkits exist: GTK, Qt, Swing, SWT, etc. They could be great but they aren't, not because it can't be done well
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by n4te 1y ago
No, tables are the right solution: nonoverlapping elements arranged in a sane way that is easy to reason about. The arguments about semantics so everything can be a div are hilarious -- it really doesn't matter.
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by n4te 1y ago
Yes, a terrible one. That's what the article is about.
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by n4te 1y ago
Windows Firewall Control is good, binisoft iirc.
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by n4te 2y ago
The Bay Area start up money bought nice marketing that makes it look popular, but it's not really.
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by n4te 2y ago
Close! It was 1 dev and 1 artist for a long time. Eventually the runtime and support load became too high and it's slowly grown to 9 people. Running lean was satisfying but exhausting.
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by n4te 2y ago
Anyone can distribute the Spine Runtimes without a Spine license, but they have to attach the Spine Runtimes license, which means the need for a Spine license is pushed down the line to their users. In this way someone without a Spine licen
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by n4te 3y ago
The only thing that makes sense to me is that the body gets more efficient.
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by n4te 3y ago
Good point, that also works. For some reason I never remember to use it.
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by n4te 3y ago
Ha, it works great! I like it, thank you!
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by n4te 3y ago
The blog header popping up constantly makes the page unreadable.
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by n4te 3y ago
I didn't really expect anyone who played HaVoC to see my post. It's cool you guys are out there! Like you I was just tinkering, though I stuck with it for a long time. At that point I was 19 and literally living in my mom's b
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by n4te 3y ago
This is GREAT! The usability is through the roof, and supporting HN in the same way is super cool. It's similar to Sync but simpler and even better in some ways. To bring your own subreddit subscriptions into this, use a multireddit: 1
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by n4te 3y ago
Hello! Yes! It's cool you remember. I resurrected the site a while ago and gave it a domain. I also have a HaVoC server running on a Linode, so there will always be a server up. The master servers are a bit of a mess and it's a li
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by n4te 3y ago
I had a lot of fun making the HaVoC Tribes 1 mod. It was really cool seeing there was 1000 people online playing my mod at once.
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by n4te 3y ago
Read this: https://nootropicsdepot.com/articles/melatonin-supplements-d...
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by n4te 3y ago
0.3mg is right. I recommend get dissolving 1mg tablets, just break them into rough thirds. Dissolve under the tongue 15 minutes before sleep.
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by n4te 3y ago
Many brain affecting substances don't depend on body weight.
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by n4te 3y ago
I've used an Imak Smartglove w/ Thumb for more than a dozen years. It helps a lot. Also a Kensington Expert Mouse, a keyboard tray, and a Steelcase Leap v2.
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by n4te 3y ago
Even though I love working on my software, there are still a lot of business things that need to be taken care of. Even some aspects of building the software are not fun (eg, fuck Apple). Ultimately it's a job and even in the best case
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by n4te 3y ago
If you need the public to help you develop something, it's an indicator you don't have the wisdom to build the right thing. Anyway I don't think that's what Apple is doing. The are just being expensive, exclusive ass clo
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by n4te 3y ago
This is about debloat. I don't want Microsoft's garbage utilities.
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by n4te 3y ago
I use Sledgehammer to control when Windows Update runs and which updates it installs.
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by n4te 3y ago
No, no it shouldn't.
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by n4te 3y ago
Aye, though it mentions fixed temps and my CD-1BQF is variable 90-450C. Don't know if it's induction but it heats up so fast it's at temp by the time the tip moves from the holder to work.
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by n4te 3y ago
IKEA Symfonisk is 50mm round but it has press and rotate. I was actually thinking of Aqara WXKG11LM. It's 45mm square with round corners, but only 12mm thick. Otherwise you can look at the Picoclick. It's 18x22m (height unknown) w

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