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Re:MailCrab on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:54PM (#35032685)
There's also: https://usehelo.com
Re:Offline First on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @08:31AM (#28692757)
Check out WatermelonDB: https://nozbe.github.io/WatermelonDB
Re:IntelliJ Idea 2020.3.1 Is Out with Apple Silicon Support on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:15AM (#25581837)
Speed difference of M1 (native) vs Intel (I have an i7 Mac mini and M1 Mac mini): It is snappier and more responsive than ever before, but that's to be expected since the M1 single-core performance is so much better. It feels like a breath of fresh air!

Speed difference of Rosetta vs native: It was unusable for me on Rosetta. Super delayed responses for everything, and used a lot of memory. I temporarily switched to the Exploration version of VS Code while I waited for Jetbrains to update. :)

Downloaded and tried it... main app and the helpers currently using 671MB of RAM. :(
Re:Time to move on? The case against daylight saving time on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:30AM (#6658994)
Always my favorite video showing just how crazy DST makes everything: http://youtu.be/84aWtseb2-4
Re:Flamingo for Mac: A Modern Messaging App on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @10:36PM (#6639087)
No status message options = no go for me as well.
They were just quoting the article: "While they did say that this was the biggest overhaul to their engine since the 2009 “Caffeine” overhaul (which focused on speed and integrating social network results into search) and that it affects “around 90% of searches”, there wasn’t much offered in terms of technical details."
Just getting rid of DST would solve a lot of what this is trying to accomplish.
Re:WordPress Caching with Nginx and Redis on Saturday May 11, 2013 @08:47PM (#5692690)
A gist of the entire Predis library on the blog post? That's a bit… inefficient… to say the least.
Re:White House Petition to Eliminate Daylight Savings Time on Friday March 08, 2013 @10:07PM (#5347141)
Always my favorite video showing just how crazy DST makes everything: http://youtu.be/84aWtseb2-4
Re:Spreedly. Funding, expanding our horizons, pivoting on Monday March 04, 2013 @11:29AM (#5318947)
I was confused by this initially too. I think it's just "token" that throws me off. I know what a gateway is, so maybe just saying "25 Gateways" or "$10/Gateway" instead of "gateway token" might be better? Just my initial thought.
Re:About Not Owning Sh*t on Monday February 11, 2013 @09:04AM (#5200775)
You just throw them in the trash? Why not donate them to a library or used book store?
Re:End Daylight Savings on Saturday January 12, 2013 @02:42AM (#5046887)
This video explains DST really well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4
Yes, only one monitor per mini DisplayPort.
What's wrong with a referral link?
Monitor cable note: You don't have to use the expensive dual-link DVI adapters if you have a monitor that supports the standard sized DisplayPort. You can get a simple Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter (and DisplayPort cable) and it supports the full 2560x1600 resolution of monitors like the 30" Dell.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TSDG06/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=dr...

(note: summary description says max of 1920x1200, but detailed description says up to 2560x1600. I'm using it on a 30" Dell, so it works :)

Re:Kaleidoscope 2.0 Beta - Diff and Merge Tool on Monday November 19, 2012 @09:08PM (#4807398)
I bought v1 with the hope that a merge tool would be added. Looking back, I can't remember if that was just something I had in my head or something that was mentioned somewhere or maybe they just mentioned something like they were "working on it".

Kind of disappointed that I have to spend more money to get that… and there's no upgrade path for people who bought v1.

This is not a matter of PayPal blocking anyone in Iran from buying specific services in order to help the Iranian government. This is your account being accessed from a new and well known scammer hotpot successfully, and PayPal attempting to stop any damage that might be taking place. (you kind of state this)

I run and have helped run many ecommerce stores, and the middle east and nigeria are the two places where all the attempted scams are from… and they use PayPal to do it. I've accessed PayPal from another country and had similar things happen, and a phone call or two fixed things up quickly.

I completely understand it sucks that your account is blocked; but _call_ customer service, and if you have any real history with PayPal, tell them that. "I've been a great customer for X years and have moved $XXXXX through PayPal over that time. I need your help please." Don't count on emails to help… scammers use emails too.

Very cool site! I think aTech Media's DeployHQ.com has been doing something similar. :) Does this differ in any way?
Re:A free Bootstrap admin theme (that doesn't suck) on Monday October 08, 2012 @01:19PM (#4627821)
> Why the 'that doesnt suck' addition? Are there so many free Bootstrap admin themes out there that suck?

Yes. There's even more non-bootstrap "admin themes" that suck too.

Re:A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps on Friday September 28, 2012 @10:13AM (#4585592)
I found this week the true extent of how terrible the new iOS Maps is, when I needed to find a hospital. We needed to go to the ER in the middle of the night, and were stuck waiting at a particular hospital that was nearest to us.

I knew there was another, better hospital with a better reputation down the freeway (perhaps 5 miles) and wanted to call to ask what their wait time was. I searched "hospital" and the nearest one provided was 25 miles away. I knew where the one I wanted was and it was no where to be found on iOS Maps.

I also searched for "emergency clinics" in various naming forms, knowing of the ones I would try first… and again, came up empty of all the ones that I knew existed.

I now have a shortcut to Google Maps on my home screen and will only use iOS maps for turn-by-turn directions. I was very frustrated to begin with that night, and Apple disaster of a Map app didn't help.

The Verge has a nice video review of this unit: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/13/3232132/lenovo-thinkpad-x1...
Re:Things 2 is out (Mac/iOS app) on Thursday August 09, 2012 @02:39PM (#4362520)
I was really looking forward to the next release, and I'm really happy for them. But it's taken years for them to do cloud sync... and the feature I was waiting for was teams. I'm personally disappointed in how incredibly long it takes them to roll out any feature.

I like Things, it's great... but until it's collaborative, it doesn't work (for me).

Re:With great sadness we announce the closing of Fluent.io on Monday August 06, 2012 @11:02PM (#4348471)
I share similar sentiments. Start-ups feel more fickle as of late... perhaps just chance with Sparrow's recent buy out, etc. Unless there's a real reason to keep going for the starters (monetary or personal drive/passion), then there's no fountain to stand on.

It's disappointing! I was really looking forward to trying this out... but I never made it past the waiting list.

Perhaps they were thinking of 1337?
Re:Paypal Redesigned on Monday July 02, 2012 @07:52PM (#4191704)
While I'm in complete agreement; as a PayPal user, I'd rather have my dashboard/account views actually load in a reasonable amount of time... never mind a redesign. I've redesigned client workflows (from shipping through PayPal) and changed credit processors simply because looking up a transaction (or _anything_) is like pulling teeth in PayPal. Even when using their API.

Seriously, doing a transaction search results in a "please wait" message that reads: "This may take up to 30 seconds".

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