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Re:Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @06:03PM (#33616456)
I think exactly the same. Even though the SP design was more successful and influential for consoles like the DS series, the shape of the original GBA is not only very comfortable but also pretty darn iconic!

Wikipedia says: «As of December 31, 2009, the Game Boy Advance series has sold 81.51 million units worldwide, 43.57 million of which are Game Boy Advance SP units and 2.42 million of which are Game Boy Micro units.»

So, the SP was the most sold version, but I can't name a single GBA emulator that uses its design as the logo.

I'm not surprised. Both Wayland and GNOME are pushed by Red Hat.
Re:Why does culture get less happy year after year? on Thursday July 21, 2022 @10:43PM (#32187867)
It's then one of these moments: «Not every quote you read on the Internet is true.» – Abraham Lincoln
Re:Framework Laptop (2022) review: the repairability dream on Thursday July 21, 2022 @10:39PM (#32187844)
My only problem with my Framework Laptop is (apart from the battery being drained to death on sleep in only a few hours) is that when I hold it with one hand from one of the sides, the weight of the rest of the laptop makes the frame bend enough to force a click on the trackpad.

It's strange to explain, but yeah, the aluminum frame is too soft and bends easily, causing this issue.

Re:Why does culture get less happy year after year? on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:50AM (#32167483)
Let's be fair, humanity has been saying that everything is falling apart for centuries.

There's in the front page a post that's named: "A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore"¹ that shows registers from as early as 1894 of media saying "Nobody wants to work anymore".

Even the classic "Kids these days" can be tracked back to 624 BCE².

Socrates said too something along those lines: «The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.»

[1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32161426)

[2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_these_days)

Re:ISO name change for Türkiye on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:40AM (#32068982)
I was disappointed last year when filling an official COVID-19 form made by the Spanish Government that didn't support the acute accent in my very common (Spanish) last name.
Re:Introducing PyScript (summary of PyCon keynote) on Thursday June 23, 2022 @11:27AM (#31850464)
In a world where PyQt is a thing, Tkinter is not even worth learning.

The problem is that packaging a PyQt project is too difficult.

Re:Introducing PyScript (summary of PyCon keynote) on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @10:31PM (#31844540)
That's interesting. I played with Svelte a couple of times and I like it.

But since it's kind of niche among the rest of JS frameworks, I'm wondering, what made you chose it over the alternatives?

Re:Introducing PyScript (summary of PyCon keynote) on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @10:21PM (#31844471)
I would love to see Python in browsers more than Javascript. But since this works through WASM, I'd probably stick with Rust in that case.

If I'm going to be bound by the limitations of how immature WebAssembly is right now, I'd at least use its more mature ecosystem for development, which is Rust. And actually, I recently began doing so in my free time with a framework named Yew[1].

I know that it's unrealistic to expect Python to be a first-class citizen in browsers as JS is, but at some point we'll grow tired of reading "X language is now available for browsers" when it's more like "X can do WASM now".

edit: Anyway, I don't want to come off as under-appreciative of PyScript. I'm sure a lot of people will love it and make it grow a lot. I'd probably give it a try someday too. Props to the developers!

1 : https://github.com/yewstack/yew

Re:Ask HN: How do you cultivate social skills? on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @12:17AM (#31819807)
You are being downvoted because of the obvious health implications of alcohol consumption and its potential addiction.

On a similar vein, I've been smoking for 10 years and trying (ineffectively) to quit for the last 4. But I can't count the amount of nice moments I made by borrowing (or having borrowed) a lighter.

Anyway, don't smoke.

Re:Apple Will Be Forced to Use USB-C Charger in iPhones on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @01:58PM (#31657942)
Good.

Reminds me of the Bill Burr bit about Steve Jobs: «New phone can't fit the old charger. This is your hero?»

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3s-qZsjK8I

Re:Keep the web free, say no to Web3 (2021) on Monday May 23, 2022 @08:20AM (#31478050)
It's like The Year of Linux Desktop
Re:Sunset of libspotify on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:40PM (#31424836)
It happened to me and my brother too (in separate occasions), with the official client.

The data and music "being played" with our accounts seemed so random and niche that I doubt that it was result of human interaction, seemed like something wrong with their DB. Also, changing the password didn't fix it.

Had to change the password and also delete all the data in the account, losing also my data of course. It had so much garbage that it was pretty much ruined anyway

Re:Sunset of libspotify on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:08PM (#31424472)
How was it working for Spotify? They are kind of an interesting company for me
After watching the article I came here to comment exactly: «I never understood Picasso»

It's not about it being bad or something. It's just that it's not for me. And that's fine

Perón said a more radical version of this on camera[0]: "To friends, everything; to the enemy, not even justice"

"Al amigo, todo; al enemigo, ni justicia."

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDh9M9aty4U

Re:Ask HN: What's Your Personal Motto? on Sunday May 15, 2022 @06:46PM (#31391904)
I tend to say this in Spanish as "Cosas que pasan", which can be translated as "Things that happen". It's similar to French expression "C'est la vie"

Edit: of course that I use it mostly when something bad happens, something that's maybe unlikely but possible. That's when I tell my peers «these are things that happen». Like, after a robbery or something. Son cosas que pasan

Re:Ask HN: What's Your Personal Motto? on Sunday May 15, 2022 @06:44PM (#31391887)
I like this one
Re:Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:21PM (#31384395)
Add [2012] to the title
Re:Yep, I created the new Avatar font on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @12:32PM (#31329066)
I'm recently seeing more content than usual about that movie. It was pretty much forgotten but now that it has a sequel on the way is something to talk about again?

The font looks nice though

Re:Ask HN: Why is Hacker News so anti-crypto? on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:39AM (#31315532)
>Rather than embrace speculation, Bitcoin should have deterred it, keeping the price low and limiting environmental impact.

Well, for something that's said to be a currency, that would be logical. But for something that's meant to be "deflationary" it isn't.

Finally, I thought that there was something wrong with my energy settings.

Glad to learn about this.

Well, the Japanese yen being 10% cheaper against the US dollar since the beginning of the year would make it even more tempting for tourists to visit.

Even in 2019 they received a record high amount of American tourists because of their currency getting cheaper, so it would be similar once they let people in again.

For me, what he wrote is exactly what I expected from the title.

In some universities from where I am there's something known as "rendir libre", which means that you can skip classes but still do the final exam for each subject, so you would be able to achieve something similar to this.

I like that kind of system, as I don't like the bureaucracy of the education system getting in the way of someone who has the knowledge, I think it was a nice read and what WGU does is useful for a minority of people.

Re:K-9 Mail 6.000 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @03:41PM (#31114268)
I use K-9 on my Android phone and I'm happy with it.

It was recommended by FastMail (where I host my e-mail address) and it's been working properly since then.

Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @03:10PM (#31101543)
According to the thermometer right now: 50°C

Sometimes it reaches 75%

It's not hot by computer standards per se, but since it's built out of aluminum, there are moments when you wouldn't want to have it on your lap because it would be somewhat painful. Specially with some heavy compilation going on

Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:43AM (#31092896)
I have one too, using it with Linux.

I'm using it with fractional scaling at 175% and I notice that it's less sharp than with either 100% and 200%.

Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:41AM (#31092880)
Hello! Happy Framework laptop owner here.

Any plan to release an AMD alternative mainboard?

Re:Overengineered Japanese Mechanical Pencils [video] on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:28PM (#31032846)
I grew up using a lot of mechanical pencils, but I was too reckless and the cheap ones I used broke easily.

Now I just use a standard #2 pencil.

Re:Tell HN: Gnome on Wayland Is Amazing on Monday March 21, 2022 @11:46AM (#30755401)
I had to switch back to Xorg in my Framework laptop mostly because of the screen share, but also because of an issue with the mouse lagging.

The mouse lagging turned out to be a problem with Panel Self Refresh, so I had to disable it: <https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Ubuntu+21.10+Installation+on...>

Now it's fixed (although I would like to have the PSR back), and I don't think I'll try Wayland until I can get:

1) Google Chrome Teams screen share working or a good, native, official client for Teams

2) Discord screen share (well, I use the Snap version, I should try the Flatpak version)

I would like to use Wayland 24/7, but probably won't get to try it again for a few months

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