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Re:Make Tmux Pretty and Usable on Monday April 13, 2026 @01:03PM (#47754973)
> play around with the Light Mode dropdown which was new to me. :)

It's this year's April Fools' joke: https://xkcd.com/3227/ :P

The dialog has a checkbox to always use previously saved settings. "Always show on import", screenshot: https://files.catbox.moe/r79y0i.png
Re:Smartphone Cameras Go Hyperspectral on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:47PM (#45363674)
There are lots of 3D scanning apps using "Face ID", like Heges: https://hege.sh/
Re:Playing “Minecraft” Without Minecraft (2024) on Friday September 19, 2025 @10:48AM (#45302283)
It got forked as Amethyst[1] after it was taken off Google Play and some drama with the privacy policy.

[1]: https://github.com/AngelAuraMC/Amethyst-Android/

Re:Apple Photos App Corrupts Images on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:58PM (#45279933)
There is also osxphotos for macOS.

https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos

Re:How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs? on Saturday August 30, 2025 @02:42AM (#45072415)
And MS is increasingly dropping the .com: https://cloud.microsoft/
Re:What are unrelated cost of switching to Linux you know? on Monday August 18, 2025 @01:16PM (#44943026)
It's encrypted/decrypted on the phone if you enable encryption (like iTunes).
Re:Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels on Monday August 18, 2025 @01:14PM (#44943000)
F.B. Purity can get rid of all that.

https://www.fbpurity.com/

Re:Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels on Monday August 18, 2025 @12:52PM (#44942723)
F.B. Purity[1] works great for Facebook. It can selectively remove ads, suggested crap, reels, etc.

[1]: https://www.fbpurity.com/

Re:What are unrelated cost of switching to Linux you know? on Monday August 18, 2025 @12:28PM (#44942450)
libimobiledevice[1]'s idevicebackup2 can backup iDevices the same way iTunes does.

[1]⋮ https://libimobiledevice.org/

Re:Show HN: A playable game of Tetris inside a PDF on Saturday January 11, 2025 @12:46PM (#42667520)
This PDF still runs with JS disabled in both of those, and in Firefox about:config...