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Re:MonitorControl: Control external monitor brightness and volume on y... on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:03PM (#23786287)
Sometimes I just wonder why does apple don't provide such a basic features/necessities.
Re:HSBC moves from 65 relational databases into one global MongoDB dat... on Saturday June 13, 2020 @07:19AM (#23508673)
I recently came to this article[1] where Guardian switched to PG from MongoDB

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-h...

Re:Zero-day in Sign in with Apple on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:51PM (#23363590)
Some people commenting this to be overpriced, but I don't think so even if they are considering the INR value. The bug is quite critical considering how large the mac and iOS ecosystem is.
Re:Hacker Mods Old Calculator to Access the Internet, Casio Files DMCA... on Saturday May 23, 2020 @12:53PM (#23284463)
"... to their exam-apporved calculator case" is a very good point, this calculator is basically used by every engineering student in their exam. And it clear that they feared that their sales might get hurt.
Re:AI-Powered JavaScript Completions on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:00PM (#23212832)
Thanks for the comment, I came back to TabNine after your previous comment, and I am glad that the issues (mostly performance) looks to be resolved, yet I need to play more with it.

Edit: OS: mac os 15.4.2 Editor: Vim and VScode

Re:From Node to Deno on Sunday May 17, 2020 @11:57AM (#23212818)
Curious, Why do you think it will be "notoriously" difficult?
Re:Working remotely crossed the chasm today on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:06AM (#23164645)
> From Github to DuckDuckGo, remote-first successful businesses are no longer rare.

Github or Gitlab?

Re:AI-Powered JavaScript Completions on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:43AM (#23155219)
Off-topic maybe, but do you feel the any kind of lag with TabNine. I've dropped using it after a month as its slowed down my editor.
Re:AI-Powered JavaScript Completions on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:41AM (#23155179)
No, IntelliCode is also powered with AI and does not do fuzzy matching. Fuzzy matching happens if you disable intellisense. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/intellicode/
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:48AM (#23067299)
no macos?
Re:India orders coronavirus tracing app for all workers on Saturday May 02, 2020 @07:23AM (#23051079)
There has been questions to apple-google ct too, but I always take any country's gov's actions with skeptism. Especially, when they are not making the details/specs public.

Also, have a read: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu...

Re:TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:20PM (#22909835)
Using Postico for long time, great so far and is also cheaper.
Re:Don’t Flock to GitHub Just Yet on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:34AM (#22906993)
Repost
Re:How TV Logos Were Made Before Computers (2017) on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:07AM (#22717447)
Scenes created for star wars (19xx) are also quite fascinating.