klkvsk

Software can not abuse workers. Managers can, with our without software.

We've had automated KPI measuring tools since punch clocks. Nowadays it's OK in some companies to install remote access software to monitor employees' screens. It's nothing new. It's just collecting data. Question is, what will bosses do with this data, will they abuse or develop.

I have no hate towards those guys. No love also. It's just business.

After using a Macbook for a while, I became very accustomed to the "drag with three fingers feature" (found in accessibility settings, as I remember). But I am mostly use Windows, and after getting a new Windows laptop, I really missed that feature.

There are apps for that, but I couldn't find any that is lightweight and able to get around some edge cases, like when while you drag with three fingers and let one finger up, it should let you scroll with two fingers, but let you to continue dragging if that was an accidental move and you put third finger back. And you have to address many such small details to have a seamless user experience with touch.

So I wrote my own, and have been happy with it everyday since. It works with any Microsoft Precision Touchpad certified devices, so driver-independent, but I found that implementation of it can differ from vendor to vendor, and it can malfunction on some. And it is very hard to debug without access to device, so I tested only on my laptop, and couple of my friends'. So due to it, I didn't try to make it widely available, and therefore it actually is for my own use. I'll leave the link if anyone want to try: https://github.com/klkvsk/precise-three-fingers-drag, but if anything, don't ask me, make a PR :)

Curious, is this what inspired JetBrains to include such ligature in writing "IntelliJ", merging iJ? [1]

They embeded it in their own font in an interesting way: the ligature only works for whole "Intelli" + "J", not just any "i" + "j".

[1] https://www.jetbrains.com/ru-ru/idea/

It's cool that they also have a ready docker image with their building toolchain. Setting up a dev environment for a C project can be cumbersome otherwise.

I used to use HTTrack, but then I found Cryotek WebCopy[1]. It's basically same, but with more user friendly GUI and some more features useful for modern web. Like for example, it can fetch resources by URLs contained in JS code or from special attributes like data-src. And it's free, but available only for Windows, though.

[1] https://www.cyotek.com/cyotek-webcopy

There is also another MS Applied Science project that is a mix of Surface and TouchBar-like enabled keyboard:

https://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/D...

So when you'll find yourself looking at front page full of "woo look at my helloworld app btw here's our website"-like posts, would you still think the same? Every tolerance should have its limits.

I can tell from your own previous submissions that you are somehow affiliated with "belka.us", same company that open-sourced this calendar widget, so I am sure you were first here to upvote, and I understand why you are being so passive-aggresive now. But I really do not want HN to be a platform for such kind of self-promotion.

Is that really worth showing to HN? I mean, I dont want to be rude -- your code is ok, no problem here -- but it's not even a library, it is just a widget in 200 LOC, that renders a single table. What's the achievement here?

$199? Wow. Xiaomi's IP cam costs around $30 and does all the same, except it's 720p.

The guy did not add indexes for junction table, that is why it took so much time. The benchmark is incorrect.

There's a lot of comments here for which I want to reply: "Have you tried MobaXterm? It can do want you want, and much more". But I don't want to be too imposing, so I'll just leave it here:

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/features.html

Why would anyone buy that computer? It's too expensive for enthusiasts and too weak for doing real work on it. Not to mention its look and bulkiness.