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Re:iPhone Duo Teardown on Monday October 26, 2026 @02:34AM (#50239890)
48 months is 4 years.
Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:11AM (#50015901)
Sorry, what are you talking about?

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mxcj3ll/a/magic-keyboard-...

I see on that Apple keyboard:

• two control keys

• two option keys

• two command keys

• delete (aka backspace)

• forward delete (aka delete)

• home

• end

• page up

• page down

Even that Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card implementation still works better for parent’s game reselling use case (for a limited time) than outright removing the physical media option as Sony is doing.

From the link you posted:

“Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your "key" to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.

After it’s downloaded, you can play the game by inserting the game-key card into your system and starting it up like a standard physical game card. An internet connection is only required when you launch the game for the first time. After this, the game can be started even without an internet connection. However, like regular physical software, the game-key card must be inserted into the system in order to play the game. A Nintendo Account is not required to download the game data.”

So lending and reselling game-key cards is still possible in the same way as physical media… at least until Nintendo’s servers stop serving the game, heh.

Re:Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons on Saturday March 21, 2026 @10:09PM (#47473744)
New Smart Folder with a cogwheel icon is in the File menu of Notes.app, while New Smart Folder with a folder+cogwheel icon is in the File menu of Finder.app.
HDMI in 1997–2003?
Re:Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:13AM (#46563532)
As an example, Opera was payware for the first ten years of its existence. I remember trying out a demo of it included on a CD decades ago!
A similar alternative is Howard Oakley’s Dintch/Fintch/cintch:

https://eclecticlight.co/dintch/

Re:Apple squandered the Holy Grail on Monday January 06, 2025 @01:22PM (#42613451)
> (No good music players for MacOS for instance)

Have to strongly disagree on this point. Cog¹ is my music player of choice on macOS; not only does it have a clean GUI, but it supports almost every format² I’ve ever wanted to listen to audio in, including game music in formats like GBS (Game Boy Sound System) and 2SF (Nintendo DS Sound Format).

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¹ — https://github.com/losnoco/cog

² — https://cog.losno.co/

Re:"Everything" is a filename search engine for Windows on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @05:02PM (#41384339)
Doesn’t work as insanely quickly as voidtools’ Everything, but I use Thomas Tempelmann’s Find Any File as my Everything replacement on macOS:

https://findanyfile.app/

Re:Video is a language for making movies on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @01:41AM (#41106319)
Archive.org link for the v0.2 documentation:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191239/https://docs.rack...

Re:Show HN: Turn your work into a multiplayer adventure on Sunday March 31, 2024 @09:58PM (#39890162)
From the linked website:

“Focus Anywhere

Our web app can be installed on your mobile devices. Focus with friends & keep track of your progress on the go. Boost your productivity no matter where you are!”

Re:FlipperZero: 1 Month Battery Life with Firmware Update on Friday April 28, 2023 @01:54AM (#35737907)
It’s mentioned in the first paragraph:

“We are proud to announce that starting the firmware version 0.82, your Flipper Zero's battery life will last up to 1 month! It took us 2 years to resolve all firmware issues that prevented Flipper Zero from switching to power-saving mode, resulting in the same power consumption baseline in both idle and active states. As a result, Flipper Zero's battery life was approximately 1 week instead of the intended 1 month.”

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