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Re:Apple Music 404 Not Found on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:48PM (#50215118)
If someone still has a third or fourth generation iPod, there is a crowdfunding for an rp2350 based mainboard

https://www.crowdsupply.com/certain-things/sprout-pi-mainboa...

Im not affiliated with this project

Re:Apple Music 404 Not Found on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:43PM (#50215057)
Somehow apple does not want users to turn off their devices. They removed the “hold the lock button long to show the shutdown slider” and buried it deep into the settings as well…
Re:The designer lamps in my house on Monday October 05, 2026 @01:54PM (#49968118)
I couldn’t differentiate one of these designer lamps from an ikea lamp. They look almost the same.
Re:Parley: Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC on Monday September 28, 2026 @07:17AM (#49876296)
This is exactly what i was thinking about for the last few weeks (but am too stupid to implement myself).

It’s like email just for IM…

Re:Banks and Credit Unions to Team Up Against Apple Pay Fees on Saturday September 26, 2026 @02:29PM (#49859169)
There is already apple wallet where i can put any of my banking cards…
Re:iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 on Monday September 14, 2026 @02:22PM (#49701537)
Each time you type the wrong letter there’s a big chance you didn’t miss but the keyboard typed the wrong key anyway.
Re:IBM i (OS/400) the Database Operating System on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:55AM (#49144158)
The main database of the company i work for is DB2 on a very recent IBM System. In terms of sql there’s nothing i miss that postgresql has.

If only the company for the software which runs on top of the DB2 would have used single column primary keys (some go over 7 columns) and not decimal for dates…

Couldn’t GrapheneOS provide a special pin which boots into an “empty”session? Where the user can install some default stuff to not look suspicious?
Then it’s no longer _completely_ free
Re:Jim's TrueType QR Code Font on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:24PM (#48821588)
It doesn’t seem to like spaces that much, the code for [QR coded] is broken for me on safari ios. When the space is removed it’s a working qrcode again
This doesn’t read to me as someone who is sincerely impressed or rather surprised what ai is capable off.

This reads like someone is trying to convince me, that ai is just this good, and that the author is telling me to use more ai.

To me this sounds like: Trust me, it’s really bad, i know what I’m talking about. Just lean into it, or change profession.

Why does your last sentence sound like something yoda would say?
Re:The worst volume control UI in the world on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:59PM (#47461933)
The same with brightness. I have a shortcut to lower the white point because the lowest brightness level is still far to bright in complete darkness.
Re:Is the author of pdf-lib okay? on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:53AM (#46943866)
If one needs to work with pdf in a JS environment one will sooner or later cross paths with pdf-lib. I noticed the last release was almost 5 years ago and the maintainers git contributions stopped at the same time. There is a second github account under the same name but the last contribution was in 2024.

Also his personal homepage (https://andrewjdillon.com/) seems to be no longer under his control, the certificate has a different CN and the websites domain is listed under the SAN (with a multitude of other domains).

Re:Astrological CPU Scheduler on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:07AM (#46868491)
"Yeah i know compile times are slow today, but that's because pluto is moving into Aquarius"
Re:Apple I Advertisement (1976) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @04:15PM (#46849439)
Beats me. Same computer, same browser. Don’t know whether it’s the exact same address though. Cleared cookies already. Still only working in incognito.
Re:Apple I Advertisement (1976) on Sunday February 01, 2026 @02:32PM (#46848645)
I have the exact same problem. It’s saying something about not being able to confirm my identity? I took a look at the dev tools and it’s apparently making a request to a server which returns an error.

It only works in incognito because it’s using a different ip address there…

Yeah, as an iOS dev, the grass is not greener on this side of the fence…
Re:Show HN: Fun things to do with your VM/370 machine on Saturday January 17, 2026 @06:11AM (#46657099)
What a coincidence. My company just upgraded their AS400/IBM i and nobody wanted to buy the old one, so it’s just sitting there. I think it’s a Power 8 Processor…
But is it really hacking if they just give you the key?

Am i breaking into your home when you leave the door wide open? /s

Did not expect that: I got rid of a small screen i can carry around by putting a lot of small screen all over my house.

I put that in the same bin as all the “Stop doomscrolling” apps. You can’t prevent doomscrolling by adding another app on your phone. Get rid of the phone (and all other screens), one does not need to be able to look up everything in a moments notice. Write it down on a paper and do it later.

As soon as i read the author used grok as an ai assistant, i was somehow less interested to keep on reading. Not because of the usage of ai, but the chosen provider. (I don’t know whether grok is just the best choice for this kind of work.)

Is it wrong to judge people for their choice of ai providers?

At least the Hindenburg was iceberg proof

https://xkcd.com/2350/

Re:Pebble, Rebble, and a path forward on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @02:46PM (#45971070)
Rebble sounds pretty much like a non profit to me

> The Rebble Foundation is a non-profit organization that keeps the Pebble community alive. rebble.io

https://rebble.foundation/

Re:Writing Your Own Beam on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:15AM (#45889032)
Clicked on the link because I don’t know what a “BEAM” is, was not disappointed
Re:Transparent computer monitor designed to protect your vision on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:08PM (#45859995)
For what it’s worth, i didn’t know about this and in the last 7 years my eyesight didn’t get any worse. I have -1/-1.5

And i work 8 hours in front of a computer

Re:ICC ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk on Thursday November 06, 2025 @04:38PM (#45840766)
They couldn’t be more different. One is doing it in secrecy and for a “reason”, to spy on someone. The other one will do it in public because he can and doesn’t like your name.
Re:Just Use a Button on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:14PM (#45776205)
> You shouldn’t, though! Seriously, just don’t fuck with focus order.

And here i am, wishing some would do just this. Especially creators of log in forms which make the “reveal password” button the next focus point instead of the “submit” button

Re:Hello-World iOS App in Assembly on Thursday October 30, 2025 @04:01AM (#45757464)
Of course it is. You just have to reimplement UIKit in ASM, no big deal…

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