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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem on Sunday November 16, 2025 @05:44AM (#45944080)
They don't report battery status to non-Apple devices. This is a pretty basic feature and without this I wouldn't consider them to perform "on par" with other Bluetooth headphones.
Re:Beginner Guide to VPS Hetzner and Coolify on Sunday October 05, 2025 @11:52AM (#45482507)
Yeah that won't work unless you configure postfix or something (which sadly wasn't included in the guide).
It's great that Microsoft added this as an official feature but there has been an open-source third-party solution that does exactly the same thing for a long time: https://github.com/dotnet-script/dotnet-script
Re:Show HN: A no-build fullstack SSR TypeScript web framework on Thursday February 13, 2025 @12:19AM (#43032916)
I take the opposite approach - bundling is a non-starter for me. But it really depends on what you're building. Bundling can be great for web apps, but for content-driven websites where SEO optimization is key, I prefer the "90s-style" approach and Fullsoak's philosophy.

Also, separate HTTP requests allow for granular caching, and with HTTP/2 the overhead is minimal.

Re:Review: Glove80 Ergonomic Keyboard on Monday September 04, 2023 @07:59AM (#37379649)
It seems that any layout is supported and that it comes with the QWERTY layout by default.
Re:Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:33AM (#37333269)
Saving time may be one aspect of it but I can also see it being useful for people suffering from repetitive strain injury / carpal tunnel syndrome.
Re:Creating an advanced search engine with PostgreSQL on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:47AM (#36706481)
Tried this as well but the difficulty is that Postgres is a relational database whereas ElasticSearch stores schema-less documents.

Your record in ES might include data from many different tables, and figuring out what to (efficiently) update when there is a change in Postgres is not a simple task.

Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @04:31AM (#36583819)
Does this KVM work with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse? Do you have to reconnect the devices every time you switch?
Please name one credible Google Ads competitor.
Should Turkey decide how their country is called in other languages?

America is "Měiguó" in Chinese.

I'm pretty sure the Chinese decide for themselves what they want to call America.

Re:Modern SPAs without bundlers, CDNs, or Node.js on Friday February 17, 2023 @06:03AM (#34833242)
You could also just use a polyfill (es-module-shims) to add support for older browsers.
Re:Is TypeScript actually worth It? on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:05AM (#34365119)
While I agree that static typing provides some of the benefits of unit tests, I think it provides much more than that: compiler-assisted renames, code completion, extra code documentation...
I like solving problems that I encounter, with the assumption that others may have similar issues. When I moved to Bulgaria, I wanted to learn Bulgarian online, but I couldn't find any good resources for it (since it's a relatively niche language). So, I built my own learning platform [0]. I created an MVP and ran a few Facebook ads, and it was quickly confirmed that many other people were interested in a resource like mine.

Currently, I'm exploring opportunities in the video editing space, based on pain points I experience with existing software.

[0]: https://www.bulgaro.io

Re:France to Build Six New Nuclear Reactors on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:13AM (#30298559)
> It's particularly smart in this moment of tension with Russia, as Europe depends a lot on Russian energy.

This may help lowering the reliance of France on Russia but its energy production will still be reliant on other countries, as 100% of the required fuel (uranium) is imported.

Re:Ask HN: Can Firefox be revived? on Friday October 22, 2021 @04:25AM (#28954833)
I use Firefox exclusively and I can't remember the last time I've had to switch to Chrome because the page wasn't working in Firefox.
Re:Culdesac: Car-free neighborhood built from scratch in Tempe on Saturday November 23, 2019 @04:30AM (#21613271)
I grew up in a European city and never once took a car to school. I walked to primary school, junior high and high school. Then I took public transport to university.

I know most cities and neighborhoods aren't set up for that in the US, but if it can be done in Europe it can be done elsewhere.

Re:Algolia raises $110M for its search-as-a-service on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:43AM (#21279496)
> you’d already have to hire pretty much all the same staff

I don't know what most Algolia customers are like, but we have been using them for a long time and we are a team of... 2 (only 1 being a technical person).

So hiring a whole team to work on search is certainly not an option for everyone. By paying $29 / month and spending a couple of hours on integration, you get a working search that most small shops will be happy with. That sounds like a valuable proposition to me.

Re:What Makes .NET Core So Special? on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:47AM (#18412962)
I think that's unnecessarily angry at Microsoft. Of course they have to sell something. They offer some great tools for free (as in free speech) and you still complain that their MVPs promote their own paid services at their conferences?

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