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Re:The endless uses for an always-on Mac on Friday May 05, 2023 @12:14AM (#35825153)
They did, they mentioned Plex.
Re:Show HN: Flappy Bird and Wordle on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:19PM (#34688709)
When it loads, it seems to show easy mode is disabled, you have to toggle it on and then off again to actually enable hard mode.

I was also able to keep looping through six guesses over and over until it showed me the five green letters, I managed to "crack" the word as SKIMP, however apparently the word was SMIRK in the end? not sure what happened there.

Re:Show HN: Flappy Bird and Wordle on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:09PM (#34688652)
You still only get six guesses though, so typing a mistake to save yourself from dying still makes it a challenge.
She did say in the tweet replies that yes, it’s on her that her domain expired, the credit card expired and the reminder emails went to spam. That’s not what she is complaining about though.
Re:Setting up a Pi Hole made my home network faster on Sunday May 29, 2022 @09:32PM (#31554661)
Looks like it was commented on here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31552552
Re:Facebook Pay on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:37PM (#30328405)
I don't see how it would impact Apple Pay, for example. In Australia, we have instant payments already, and Apple/Google/Samsung Pay is used alongside it - completely separate.
Re:Show HN: Wordle Image Maker on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:52PM (#30143549)
Feedback: I had it open on my tiny laptop screen, and it seems to cut off the top of the Wordle board when I open it up. Downloading the screenshot also crops it off. End result looks like this https://imgur.com/X61qzW9

Edit: the words were a friendly joke towards my colleague, by the way :P

Re:Ask HN: Is the quality of Google Maps going downhill? on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:33AM (#29917210)
It's always going to vary depending on your location. Google Maps still has far richer business listings, Apple Maps is getting there in capital cities but still nowhere near as close as Google.

I'm in Australia, a recent example I had was I typed in the supermarket chain "Woolworths" into Apple Maps search, started navigating, before realising it was navigating me to a petrol station that once upon a time had a Woolworths shop attached. Apple Maps literally did not differentiate between supermarkets and petrol station shops.

I wouldn't see them enforcing needing a Facebook account, in the same way that you don't need a Facebook account to use Messenger, Instagram or WhatsApp.

That's almost worse in a way.

Re:Valve Steam Deck on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:05PM (#27851636)
I tried Steam Link on my Android TV and it ran like hot garbage - I think the main issue I had was bluetooth input lag was very bad. My physical Steam Link still works very well with my bluetooth controller.
Re:Google Workspace for everyone on Thursday June 17, 2021 @09:43PM (#27546547)
I don't know about changing key bindings, but you can use Cmd/Ctrl + number on Mac and Windows, yes.
Re:1Password for Linux on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @08:23PM (#27216030)
1Password does give you some useful info by flagging websites which have been known to have database breaches, and it keeps the flag in place until you update the entry with a new password. I think the info is obtained via integration with haveibeenpwned.com.
Re:1Password for Linux on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @08:21PM (#27216020)
Nothing off the top of my head, I think people jumped ship off LastPass when they were bought out by LogMeIn. I know they chopped and changed what you could get between the free and premium versions a while ago.
Re:An iOS app update that annoys me on Monday May 17, 2021 @12:07AM (#27179965)
If you stop paying for Spotify, your account just gets downgraded to the free version with ads.
Honestly it's not like these stats are always present on the watch face, unless you choose for things like your heart rate to be present. For ECG for example, you have to specifically go into the ECG app and hold your finger on the crown for 30 seconds just to get a scan.
Re:Facebook Down? on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:25PM (#26745014)
"The Same Photo of Jeff Goldblum Every Day"
Re:Facebook Down? on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:25PM (#26745012)
I love these appreciation posts so much more than the typical Facebook-hating comments you get on Reddit in contrast. Yes, we know, FB is evil, but it doesn't mean there isn't actually some good stuff on there.
All that bundling will lead to is then contracts, and we're back to cable company monopolies again. I don't know why people prefer that? At least with Netflix, D+ etc I can cancel when I see fit.
Re:Google suffers from a digital petro curse on Monday March 08, 2021 @08:51PM (#26394406)
Is that likely due to a lot of those niche Facebook products simply launching to very little hype? Or simply only launching to a very select audience for essentially testing purposes?

I remember hype around the Facebook Phone and Facebook Email, but that's about it really. Email didn't really feel like a death either as the rest of Messenger continued to evolve to what it became today.

The problem is Facebook isn't just... Facebook. It's Messenger. and Instagram. and WhatsApp. I could easily cut all of those things but unfortunately literally everyone I know uses Messenger for day to day messaging.
Re:Facebook Container – Mozilla on Sunday February 28, 2021 @06:02PM (#26297934)
You can literally use the two hand in hand. You don't have to use one or the other.
Re:Show HN: Note, my simple command-line note taking app on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:01PM (#26232682)
I still think Evernote is somewhat the closest, though I agree their recent attempts at revamping the UI have left a bitter taste in people's mouths.

I don't mind the new iOS app so much UI wise, though its performance has gone to the dogs (recent issue for example was me trying to write a note in an underground car park with no signal - and it just would not load the note composer at all!)

The Windows app at least has dark mode now, though it's stuck in a weird hybrid of "classic Windows UI" versus "modern UI"

Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:20AM (#26176210)
Worth noting that at least major ones like BOM, Queensland Health, Queensland Police and Betoota Advocate were blocked but that has been reverted now.
Re:Linux and Powershell on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @07:03PM (#25840770)
As others have said, aliases do exist, but I don't think you can deny that verb-noun makes learning Powershell a lot easier. For instance, if I want to get a user account, you know that Get-User exists. You can therefore also assume that Set-User also exists as a command. Tab completion helps a lot too with figuring out what options there are.
Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools on Thursday January 14, 2021 @08:32PM (#25785764)
I can tell you right now they're just gonna default to Zoom as that's the service that is mostly talked about, and probably the easiest to set up and use. Even my grandmother knows how to set up a Zoom meeting.
Re:Gmail having issues on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:55PM (#25436469)
Blimey, why use a free Gmail account for a business critical operation? That's just asking for trouble.
Re:A new jailbreak for a new era on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:25PM (#25193701)
For sure, /r/jailbreak is a cesspit at the best of times. Probably doesn't help it's overrun by presumably teenagers.
Re:A new jailbreak for a new era on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:24PM (#25193695)
It's still Safari's engine but the web browser can built their own functionality on top of it, like content blocking, tab sync etc.
Re:A new jailbreak for a new era on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:24PM (#25193692)
I mean for the most part, I doubt the average Apple fan is going to care.
Re:A new jailbreak for a new era on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:23PM (#25193684)
That's it, it's not so much the "killer apps" anymore but the little things that you can fix up.

The one downside to jailbreaking which I never found a working solution for was numerous apps that had jailbreak detection which caused the app to stop working, like Pokemon Go.

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