I spent a few $1000 on the computer, I’ll spend $100 more to make it look fancy

That’s kinda the way of the world in general unfortunately.

I’ve been working on my own macOS tiling window manager inspired by Gtile for gnome. I’ll probably put it on github at some point.

https://youtu.be/aLSGBQUA8l0

Hydrophobic coating loosely means a thin water proof coating on a material that otherwise isn’t waterproof.

Example: the previously mentioned popcorn bags are paper based but with a thin plastic based coating. (Historically we used to use wax for this kind of thing but in the modern day it’s almost always plastic)

Not that containers made of glass, ceramic, or metals that don’t corrode don’t need and typically don’t have hydrophobic coatings.

It’s still there, buried in the settings. TBF I wouldn’t expect them to remove it, because some people probably do use it.

Rumble has been basically a variant of a traditional speaker in many devices for a while now.

Also it can still heat up, although it might not be as prone to burnout as a motor.

I’m not sure how legal it is for CA to stop paying taxes. At the very least, it’s an attempt to attack where it hurts, which is in the money.

I have like a 70% success rate with this trick

In Python, self is not a keyword, it’s a conventional variable name. You can replace all instances of “self” with “this” and your code will work the same.

No.

The “all browsers are iOS reskin” thing is browsers must use WebKit for JavaScript and rendering, which are the two biggest parts of a browser. WebKit is a library of code distributed as part of the iOS SDK. However, Safari adds more on top of WebKit, including its plugin API. Installing plugins into iOS Safari wont affect anything just using WebKit because they aren’t using the Safari plugins code.

In theory Firefox could implement its own plugins system for iOS, but it would more limited than the normal Firefox plugin system for other devices, and also they might run into policy issues with Apple (this policy about 3rd party browsers is part of a broader policy against side loading, which has in the past prevented things like emulators and programming apps into the App Store. They have recently started loosening up on their anti-side loading policies, however).

The environmental toll doesn’t have to be that bad. You can get decent results from single high-end gaming GPU.

While selling data in general is shitty, I want to push back on the fear mongering a little bit.

This only applies to new accounts, can be opt-out of, and doesn’t apply to self-hosted content.

+1 for UBlacklist. Here’s the link if anyone’s interested: https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist

FOSS and supports Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

I don’t know if I want my text to be that bright TBH.

I have a 1000 nits monitor and IMO it looks best with things like stars in a night sky or lights in a dark cave.

When it gets too much of the screen bright at once it hurts my eyes. Sometimes that happens when playing Destiny 2, which generally has a pretty good HDR implementation, but when too many explosions happen at once it gets overwhelming.

1 kills you because you need some fat to live

I use a good chunk of the paid PlexAmp features, although I agree they are mostly just extras.

However, Downloads is a must-have IMO. I often listen to music while traveling, e.g. on a plane or train or on a road trip, and cell service is unreliable in those situations.

Also just getting bombarded by ads to upgrade would be enough for me to consider the product a “free trial”, although tbf I don’t know how bad PlexAmp is about that.

Ah neat, it used to require PlexPass to use the app at all. Now it only requires PlexPass for most of the app, including some pretty basic features like downloads.

Still, it is nice that there’s some level of “free trial” for it.

To be clear I love PlexAmp and use it as my main audio player, but I’ve paid for a plex lifetime pass.

You do need to pay for plexamp

The mom figured out he was missing almost immediately, but then it was hard to get back because the airport was overloaded due to the holiday rush. That part would still apply today and cell phones don’t change it.