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I run both on my phone as a lazy (but flawed) backup strategy.
It’s like this site is competing for a prize that rewards the best visuals and the worst user experience. There are lessons be learned here.
Re:SonyShell – an effort to "SSH into my Sony DSLR" on Thursday September 25, 2025 @12:54AM (#45369389)
Multi thousand dollar pro camera and they can’t figure out the WiFi. Sony’s unwillingness to provide any material firmware updates is so disappointing.
Re:PNG Is Back on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @11:20PM (#44383911)
The creator of photopea.com is very responsive to user suggestions. I’d recommend contacting him if you haven’t already.
Re:PNG Is Back on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @11:17PM (#44383904)
You’re awesome. Thanks for making things better.
Re:Testing the Z80 Chip with a 1970s Beauty on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @03:13AM (#42113691)
An isolation transformer will prevent electric shock should you accidentally put your body in contact with the hot side of the device and earth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_transformer#Electr...

Re:Google Cache Is Fully Dead on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @11:45AM (#41648676)
Can you help me understand how you use an LLM instead of google/bing? Did you have to set it up? Got a link to share? Thanks.
How does 25 relate to a wedding?
Have been tested for the type 1 antibody? I was diagnosed as type 2 cause doctors assume type 1 doesn’t happen in your late 30s. It happened to me. Wasted a bunch of time trying to treat it as type 2.

Not overweight and type 2 is rare.

It’s time for an uprising against the ad industry. There’s far too much money and power at play here. They’ve gone full throttle against at every turn and we just take it.

We need to organize ourselves and educate our friends and families. Let’s boycott the largest ad spenders and get some control back in our lives. I feel like we’re living in John Carpenter's They Live.

Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @07:12AM (#38781240)
The J and L keys will skip back and forth 10 seconds.
Their scummy website doesn’t list their prices in any way I can see. Hard pass.
Was this written by someone who’s first language isn’t English?
Re:The History of the PDF [pdf] on Monday December 04, 2023 @04:18AM (#38515244)
Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:07PM (#38463723)
I have a feeling you’re misremembering the details. Toyota’s have a reputation for being some of the most reliable cars.
Re:Orion Browser by Kagi on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:23AM (#38443984)
What if you want to use a Windows or Linux machine?
I think the average NH user overestimates how many people use ad blockers. We’re the minority.
Can you bring me up to speed on the thread.sleep issue?
This comment hurts my head.
Re:DigiSpark (ATTiny85) – Arduino, C, Rust, build systems on Monday October 30, 2023 @06:37AM (#38067716)
Seconded on platform.io. Unsurprisingly, they support the Digispark: https://docs.platformio.org/en/stable/boards/atmelavr/digisp... .
Re:Fixing the Volume on My Bluetooth Earbuds on Sunday October 29, 2023 @07:05AM (#38057407)
To each their own, but for me, high quality wireless buds with ANC are worth every penny.
Re:MIT creates an implantable device that produces insulin on Sunday October 08, 2023 @02:53AM (#37808426)
“ Most patients with Type 1 diabetes have to monitor their blood glucose levels carefully and inject themselves with insulin at least once a day.”

Once a day lol. Tell me you don’t know anything about Type 1 diabetes without telling me you don’t know anything about type 1 diabetes.

You’ve been able to on Safari for iOS for years: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...
These guys could have bought an island and retired in luxury with all that FB money. Instead they jumped on the crypto train. I wonder if they regret this path yet?
Re:μMon: Stupid simple monitoring on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:42PM (#37636975)
“Everything” is a must have for me. It’s shocking that Windows doesn’t come with local search that works.
A couple was captured in the same photo at Disney years before they met: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/06/couple-knows-...
Re:The vital art of talking to strangers on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:07PM (#37629822)
Can you recommend any resources for learning this sort of thing?
Re:Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner on Friday September 15, 2023 @01:27AM (#37518828)
Why would Plex care about this? What motivates them to implement this ban?