technosmurf

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Superlogical remote sessions pre-alpha demo [video](youtube.com)
2 points by technosmurf 8d ago|0 comments
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by technosmurf 3y ago
I thought a big reason for the removal of Cover Flow from iTunes was troubles with patent troll companies in 2008: https://www.macobserver.com/news/apple-settles-coverflow-pat...
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by technosmurf 4y ago
The source is SBF himself, in an interview with Tiffany Fong (covered by Coffeezilla): https://youtu.be/0rL35_WV3lE?t=77 He said he donated about the same to both parties, with the Republican donations hidden as dark money.
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Newer Macs Can Use Another Mac as an External Display on macOS Monterey(macrumors.com)
2 points by technosmurf 5y ago|0 comments
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Shank Mod's Custom Handheld Virtual Boy (The Real Boy)(youtube.com)
2 points by technosmurf 5y ago|0 comments
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by technosmurf 5y ago
The arrow keys on the smaller model are unfortunately full-sized (like the older Magic Keyboard 2). I created an image gallery where you can see all 3 keyboard layouts shown in the keynote video today: - Magic Keyboard 3 (lock button)
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by technosmurf 5y ago
Yeah, that repository's README is a little bit outdated. Here's what I found works or is broken in macOS Catalina and above: Works: -------------------- # Preview source code files with syntax highlighting (like colored .JS fi
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by technosmurf 5y ago
Where did you get the idea that the technology's been superseded? The NANOGrav collaboration is trying to use millisecond pulsars to determine if a galaxy-wide analysis of 47 pulsars can detect gravitational waves. The team says that A
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by technosmurf 6y ago
Mosh is designed to only synchronize the last screen of changes and will never support scrolling. https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/issues/122#issuecomment... http://web.mit.edu/keithw&#x2F
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by technosmurf 7y ago
When you already have Safari running (or any other app), pull up the dock from the bottom edge of the screen. Then press the Safari icon (or alternatively, press and hold on the Safari icon and choose "Show All Windows"). Now, all
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iPad Pro, Hosted VS Code, and iPadOS 13(medium.com)
2 points by technosmurf 7y ago|0 comments
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US man could face death penalty in Thailand over ‘floating home’(nypost.com)
3 points by technosmurf 7y ago|0 comments
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Using the iPad Pro as my development machine(arslan.io)
2 points by technosmurf 8y ago|0 comments
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“Whistled Languages” Reveal How the Brain Processes Information(scientificamerican.com)
3 points by technosmurf 10y ago|0 comments
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by technosmurf 10y ago
WordStar is popular with science fiction writers for more fundamental reasons. (Not because it doesn't have spell check or isn't connected to the internet.) Wordstar treats the text like a long-hand manuscript. You can add notes t
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by technosmurf 10y ago
The agricultural systems around the big temple complexes suggest that over a million people lived in the area. http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/08/metropolis-angkor-world...
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by technosmurf 12y ago
After I do a search, the Back button is broken. Seems like it somehow made 5+ entries and I have to manually look through my search history to go to the previous website. I'd rather use the Algolia search at the bottom of every page.
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by technosmurf 12y ago
There are a good number of reviews and testimonials from people who have finished these "developer bootcamp" schools at: https://schools.techendo.com The person who runs that website also runs SF Hacker News and its we
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by technosmurf 13y ago
I'm surprised that Anand didn't mention anything about the trackpad. The Verge's impression is that it's pretty terrible: "The trackpad, on the other hand, is pretty bad. It’s sticky and plastic, and doesn’t allow
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by technosmurf 13y ago
In 2012, it seemed that Newsstand was a lucrative option for some publishers. Future PLC (which makes PC Gamer, Computer Arts and Computer Music magazines) earned $8 million USD in one year. They were really happy with the number of people
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by technosmurf 13y ago
> Bill Gates shouldn't be listed as someone who inherited his wealth: he did not inherit it. According to Philip Greenspun, Bill Gates started off with a million-dollar trust fund: "William Henry Gates III made his best decisi
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by technosmurf 13y ago
You're probably thinking of a RIM employee who told a story about how the engineers thought Apple was lying about the iPhone because the large screen was too power-hungry: The iPhone "couldn't do what [Apple was] demonstratin
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by technosmurf 13y ago
This allegation has been debunked. Apple device are not being throttled. In fact, the original author has deleted his article. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7037/apple-not-throttling-ipho...
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by technosmurf 14y ago
Another glitch: the volume controls don't work correctly. No matter what level your volume is at, if you press the down button just once, the volume will go completely to 0! You have to keep pressing up again to reach the proper level. Quit
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by technosmurf 14y ago
I also checked the shasum by comparing 2 files. The Mega link (Mac client) from the official web page: bd9fe1e58343a5c03295a975697de3e64e65b42c asiekierka's Mac link: bd9fe1e58343a5c03295a975697de3e64e65b42c Both file sizes are the same (9,
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by technosmurf 14y ago
Samsung wanted to fortify the claim that Apple "copied" from Sony. (The evidence was dismissed because of procedural reasons.) However, the main problem with this story is that the "copied" design is for a Sony Walkman, not a mobile phone.
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by technosmurf 14y ago
rprasad wrote: > You can quibble over whether he donated a dollar or two to some bum somewhere, but ultimately, Steve Jobs donated less to charity than either of us. I don't know how to reply to individual posts, so I'll write in the ma
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by technosmurf 14y ago
ShiftIt is great because it's an open source version of many of the other app suggestions you list! The public 1.5 versions on GitHub are missing one important feature: pushing the current window to a second monitor. This is available on th
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by technosmurf 14y ago
I've had good success with an open source tiling window manager for Windows called HashTWM [1]. I use it inside my Windows XP virtual machine to manage a bunch of hairy situations with multiple windows. I like that it actually does repositi
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by technosmurf 18y ago
I wish you could browse the available sets and DJs without signing up for an account. To force me to do that is a bit of a pain. I'd rather go back to doing some "real work" than to go through the trouble of signing up so I can explore your

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