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Re:How bad is your Spotify? on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @03:38PM (#25521929)
There's not Desktop version for this though, right?
Re:Apple backtracking on network filter whitelist on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:16AM (#25150335)
Good thing they listened. There was simply no excuse for this 'feature'.
Re:Show HN: Utility to change macOS Big Sur menu bar color on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @08:25AM (#25123443)
Another option is to disable transparency under System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display.

Check "Reduce Transparency" to make your menu bar (and dock) opaque.

I happen to like it better that way.

Re:NextMind is building a real-time brain computer interface on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:06AM (#21979546)
From what I can tell, it will be locally hosted, and non-cloud dependent. Don't know about the open source though (we can guess not).

Regarding the second part of your comment, an EEG device like that will have access to way less information (even with state-of-the-art signal processing techniques) than, say, an Apple watch or a FitBit, which have access to tons of biometric information (pulse, ECG, sleep data, constant geolocalization, living habits + much more if you also upload your weight and blood pressure measurements in the companion app), yet the vast majority of the public didn't seem to be too preoccupied when those came out.

Re:NextMind is building a real-time brain computer interface on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:01AM (#21978847)
I disagree. Even if you could record only a couple of bits (essentially being able to click with your mind), wouldn't this be useful already?