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Re:I'd not buy a LG monitor on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:08PM (#49089225)
I really appreciate that the Dell monitors don't have the stupid proprietary charging bricks. And fairly decent features.
Re:SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket on Friday May 22, 2026 @08:59PM (#48243452)
I think the ship really punted the booster during stage separation. And caused the boost back failure from sloshing.

Also I think Ship now has methane thrusters on it. They were operating with a clean blue flame in short purposeful bursts.

Re:Framework Laptop 13 Pro on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @07:57PM (#47856578)
Now that you have a custom touch-screen. How long until you release a tablet (Surface-pro-like) form factor? I'm still using my 2017 Surface Pro because the form factor is amazing, but no one has come up with anything to compete with it.

I know it's not the most ideal form factor for a repairable device, but I can dream.

Apple is pissing me off. (rant - Account Settings)

I like Apple TV+ a lot... I think it's probably the best streaming service for my interests. Recently I decided to cancel my Netflix subscription for it. But I share my Netflix subscription with my mom, and I don't want to leave her without anything. So I decided I'd go ahead and have her make an apple account then add her to my subscription.... simple.Except not simple, because apparently you...

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I literally just came across and installed your project on my server today. It's fantastic and with it I was able to cancel my readwise subscription. Great work!
Re:Media Player Classic Qute Theater on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @09:42PM (#46627373)
Hey this is the one I use. Back on windows I used to used MPC-BE and this has been a fantastic replacement for it since moving to Linux. All the features I want in a nice interface with great shortcuts and extra features.
Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too on Sunday January 11, 2026 @12:52PM (#46577829)
This. OMG Affinity is the ONE piece of software I actively miss. I tried the wine setup for it and it just doesn't work to a usable extent.
Re:Affinity Studio Now Free on Thursday October 30, 2025 @01:15PM (#45762433)
IF the new app truly has all the features of V1 and V2 of the affinity apps. And IF it's truly free. Would it would damn sure be nice of them remove the license requirement from the V1 and V2 versions which I both bought and loved. And let users continue to enjoy these pieces of software for years to come without having to sign up for this new program which I don't trust at all. I've used and loved it for close to 10 years now. And it's fantastic software. But I just can't trust software without a proper non-subscription business model. I'm not going back to fucking Adobe and it's ilk.
Re:Obsidian Bases on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @12:36PM (#44953458)
I don't want to manage that many files. I'll fully admit that I'll hit my limits before the computer cares.
Re:Obsidian Bases on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @11:28AM (#44952707)
This is my main complaint for Bases. It forces you to split your data into many many small files.

I don't need entire files for each individual book/movie/task I want to manage.

They'll have maybe 4-5 properties at most with not much content in them.

File system, and syncing operations will take a massive hit if I have to manage that many files.

Re:Open source can't coordinate on Thursday June 19, 2025 @10:57PM (#44324353)
Android is the most Pervasive yes, but I would consider it too focused on a specific type of platform, and one that is becoming more and more closed off. ChromeOS might be a better example, but much like android, it is also very closed off from the rest of the ecosystem.
Re:Open source can't coordinate on Thursday June 19, 2025 @10:09PM (#44324141)
This feels very right. The problem is there are few entities invested enough in Linux as a consumer platform, that have the motivation to push things forward. To make the decisions on what their "Reference" system is.

Valve is maybe the closest?

Do you have a link to the Android app?
The Path will reveal itself to you as you play. There is usually only one and it is correct.

Memorizing levels in Beatsaber isn't required to do VERY well. I very rarely ever play a level more than once in a session. And actually tend to struggle with highly repetitive "memory intense" sections of songs where it DOES become a rhythm game.

But if you follow the blocks they will lead you to where the next block will be.

Re:We're bringing Pebble back on Monday January 27, 2025 @06:57PM (#42847294)
If I remember correctly (and I could be wrong) Fitbit only ever bought the software side of Pebble (and the developers effectively), gutting the company and leaving Eric with the Hardware side of things...
Re:We're bringing Pebble back on Monday January 27, 2025 @05:09PM (#42846281)
Yeas! I moved over to the Garmin 265 since it felt like the most pebble-like watch. But the controls aren't nearly as immediately intuitive. Pebble nailed the OS and nothing has ever matched it.
Re:The Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction on Saturday January 11, 2025 @04:35PM (#42669091)
Grew in San Antonio as well and one of the best parts about the Riverwalk is that it offers a fantastic pedestrian corridor across almost the entirety of downtown San Antonio and connects a lot of really interesting places, The missions down south, Pearl Brewery and it's shopping district, downtown mall and Convention center as well as La Villita and The Art Museum.

Sure you can walk the streets but getting around via the Riverwalk is actually extremely pleasant. I really love how convinient of a convention city San Antonio is.

Re:Fermat's Last Theorem – how it's going on Thursday December 12, 2024 @09:58AM (#42399667)
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Re:What Arm's CEO makes of the Intel debacle on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:23AM (#42355347)
The verge has seemingly been doing this a lot recently and it's been very annoying. It's not obvious that any given article will be paywalled or not. It would be nice if they at least marked them.
Re:Tesla Robotaxi on Friday October 11, 2024 @12:24AM (#41806106)
I think their "robotaxi" is kinda pathetic. But goddamn... That bus is one of the single most beautiful vehicles they have ever designed. I absolutely love it. (Fan of Art Deco and streamliner locomotive design)
Wait to they hear about that one "Lock-picking Lawyer" then they'll always be scott free.
I just really want Tab Groups.

This is a nice step forward.

Re:Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @06:13PM (#40591197)
I think there are thrusters on the Russian side of the station. They aren't large but they move the stations orientation for docking sometimes. (And cartwheels for fun and horror)
Wake me when it's brighter than the sun.
I read this comment as "NVIDIA just took over Saudi Aramco" and was briefly confused in what could possibly be their reasoning for that acquisition?! Perhaps they decided to get some weird lower price on fuel for their gpus.... Anyways it was a brief but fun bit of confusion.
Re:RR – Railroad Diagram Generator on Friday January 05, 2024 @08:37AM (#38878882)
Slightly saddened by lack of usefulness for building model railroads....
Is this talk anywhere? Or maybe one sililar to it?
Time mirrors are useful to know if youll cut yourself shaving tomorrow.

(This is not an endorsement of Future Mirrors Inc.)

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