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From the README:

This is a fork of the original Adium (source) that revives and modernizes it for current macOS. It began as an Apple Silicon (arm64) port, as the original is an Intel-only binary from 2021. Since then much has changed: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and Microsoft Teams arrived next to the classic services that stood the test of time, encrypted voice and video calls over XMPP, full Dark Mode, replies straight from Notification Center banners, a rebuilt System Settings-style preferences window, a WKWebView message view, and a long list of fixes for how modern macOS behaves.

Re:Southwest Headquarters Tour on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:41AM (#48008654)
I read Hard Landing a few months ago and really enjoyed it. I was interesting to see how everyone in the industry admired Herb and SW during those years.
Re:Bring Bathroom Doors Back to Hotels on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @08:51PM (#46064584)
This is one reason I'm staying at more Hilton hotels than Marriott brands these days. Having a wet bathroom floor is high on my list of pet peeves, enough so that I'll abandon lifetime elite status with Marriott to stay at hotels with doors on the showers.
For me, it's a showstopper because Google Fi does not yet support eSIMs for their data-only SIMs.
Re:Alternative front end for Lemmy (looks like old.reddit) on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:16AM (#36615256)
This is great, but I'd like to see oauth support. I'm a bit hesitant to enter my credentials for other Lemmy instances on a site that is proxying them.
After 6 months of testing different diets to try to solve my migraines, I eventually discovered an ultra-low histamine diet resulted in a ~90% decrease in my headaches. Then I began trying different DAO products before eating foods with histamine, but the headaches returned. I eventually discovered NaturDAO (available via Amazon) and its much higher 1,000,000 HDU per pill. Taking two of these before any meal or coffee finally worked to stop the food-induced migraines for me. Hope this helps.
Virginia has everything from both lists, except for proximity to Asia.
Re:Blue Origin BE-4 engines sorts out turbopump issues on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:51AM (#24917672)
Merlin?
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:30AM (#23069189)
> Tried 5 dongles, none can hold a drive reliably under heavy use

This is something I've had a problem with as well on my late 2016 13" MBP, 2 usb-c port model. I have two external drives that I sync via rsync occasionally (1 local, 1 offsite). No matter what type of dongle I use, one of the disks always ejects shortly after beginning the rsync. Even with the Apple dongle, when I plug in one of the external disks via usb-a, and plug my usb-c power to the dongle, then plug in the 2nd external disk directly to the only other usb-c on the mac, it fails every time.

What I have been doing instead is unplugging the power cord and syncing the disks while running on battery. This seems to work, but the odd thing here is that about 50% of the time when I do this I lose my wifi connection as soon as I begin the rsync from disk to disk. Nothing I can do makes the network work again until after I unmount the external disks.

Having only two ports on the computer, one of which is also used for power, has turned out to be far more annoying than I imagined.

Doug Hurley was the pilot on the shuttle crew that left the flag on the ISS, and will be the commander of the crew that brings it back to Earth.
Re:16-inch MacBook Pro on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:29PM (#21531443)
The TSA cares.
Perfect for Tom Hanks.
I've got a late 2016 MBP and the right command key does not register about 1/10 of the time I press it. I use that key a lot. I'm taking it to the Apple Store tomorrow to see what they say about it.
Using an electric toothbrush. (It's the little things)
Re:Give Google Contributor a try: Pay to remove ads on Thursday September 24, 2015 @02:14PM (#10273452)
Same here. I'd happily pay a monthly subscription to stop seeing ads in the YouTube iPad app.
Re:Space X CR6 First stage landing on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @06:06PM (#9384515)
SpaceX has now published the video on their channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMSzC1crr0
Re:Space X CR6 First stage landing on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @05:00PM (#9384082)
This is an "unpublished video" on a non-SpaceX YouTube channel. Who uploaded this?
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup – itripd.com on Thursday August 14, 2014 @11:32AM (#8177948)
I'd like to see is for the search drop-down to list locations that aren't already in the trip database. This way it prevents people from misspelling locations when they are the first person to add it to the site.

Edit to add: Also, please allow setting a username so the profile URL is meaningful (and pretty).

Edit again to remove unnecessary feature request.

Exactly. I'd love to use this service, but I am hesitant to connect anything to gmail.
Re:Ask HN: Your favorite YouTube channels? on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:17PM (#7610777)
My favorite YouTube channel is that of Matthias Wandel:

  https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel
A software engineer by training, Matthias was one of the first 10 employees at RIM, and after he "retired" a few years ago he began making woodworking videos. His videos are great because of his background (he grew up working on his father's sawmill) and he brings an engineer's approach to woodworking. I've never done any woodworking, but I enjoy his videos because of the way he approaches and solves design problems.

Some of the marble machines he's made are incredible.

Re:Ask HN: How do you get and stay in the "zone"? on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @12:53PM (#7592897)
Listening to Live Phish always gets my brain in gear:

  1. http://www.livephish.com/
  2. http://www.phishtracks.com/
With Live Phish (non-studio stuff) you get some very long jams with minimal lyrics and long riffs. For some reason this really jump starts my productivity.

For a good one listen to the famous "Tahoe Tweezer": http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/2013-07-31/tweezer

Also, check out Marco Arment's "Geek Intro to Phish": http://www.marco.org/2011/05/26/geek-intro-to-phish

Re:Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data on Thursday December 05, 2013 @11:43AM (#6855312)
Maildir please.

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