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Re:Nano98: Windows 98 that boots and runs under 5MB (2003) on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:18AM (#28593475)
I remember running Winamp in the background along with various games (Diablo, Age of Empires, Red Alert). They would always lag terribly.. but not if you didn't log in first!

win+R before login was pretty useful - albeit insecure!

The logo just makes me think "Chrome"...
Re:Facebook Alternatives on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:12AM (#18734207)
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use online standup tools? on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @10:02AM (#15018221)
I've seen them being used, eg. the /standup command in hipchat, but not a huge fan. Obviously Skype or similar for remote teams.

TBH I always think of standups as being as informal and brief as possible, and physical interaction promotes better comms within the team.

If it's causing real problems, why not suggest a low-tech solution like keeping notes?

Re:VPN Report – Reviews of the top VPNs on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:52AM (#14977378)
I think you're better off with this for a proper technical feature-set... https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-section/
Re:Ask HN: What happened to the ORM? on Thursday June 29, 2017 @05:52AM (#14661962)
What's wrong with ORMs? I tend to use Dapper. I've found that it can solve most of my problems, and it's easy to drop back to raw SQL as needed for the last 5% that need finer control. It's also super easy to extend and customize based on my requirements, and it's almost as fast as raw SQL.
Re:Ask HN: Tab or Space on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:57AM (#14400477)
It really comes down to preference, tooling, and coding standards.

Personally, I use tabs.

Well that sucks. I was just getting used to using Wunderlist. I guess I'll have to give dead trees another try...
Good call, but my line in is RJ25 so probably not gonna happen.
I think the Turris Omnia (https://omnia.turris.cz/en/) looks fantastic, and plan on getting one when my budget allows.

On further (re)inspection though it seems you'd still be tied to your ISP's router/modem :(

Perhaps there's a good standalone/mPCI modem out there somewhere?

Have you looked at Git LFS? https://git-lfs.github.com/

GitLab have it in the Community and Commercial Editions: https://about.gitlab.com/2015/11/23/announcing-git-lfs-suppo...

Re:Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend? on Thursday August 18, 2016 @10:11AM (#12312563)
I didn't like their client so switched to using the OpenVPN client instead: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html
Re:Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend? on Thursday August 18, 2016 @07:27AM (#12311629)
I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ on recommendation from a colleague, and I'm pretty happy. No logs, plenty servers, no real issues, and they recently shut down their Russian server due to imminent privacy concerns. So I feel that they have their priorities straight.

I used https://www.frootvpn.com/ briefly when it was free - seemed ok too, but not many servers back then.

Depends really what you want to use it for, but you could look into something like https://www.zerotier.com/ or even hosting your own.

This might be useful for more in depth comparisons: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

Cool idea, but how do you deal with flats or multi-stories? What about mail distribution - how do you group items for the same area?