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83457··on Windows dynamic linking depends on the active code page
They don’t have a time filed in Forms.
83457··on Is "Rich Dad Poor Dad" a Fraud?
What is a good alternative book along the same lines?
83457··on What purpose did the lower-right Enter key serve on original Mac 128k keyboard?
It comes up most often when I'm updating a string. I may want to backspace a couple characters and then, possibly after entering new characters, delete the other direction. I'm already using multiple hands/keys constantly so no big deal. Keeps the theme of removing characters on the same key.
83457··on What purpose did the lower-right Enter key serve on original Mac 128k keyboard?
Hold the function key to change delete/backspace. It is actually nice once you get used to it.
83457··on Hackberry-Pi_Zero – A handheld Linux terminal using Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
Every time I see a little game/dev device with a square screen I think about pico-8.

The devterm looks like it could be a good device too as you could have pico-8 running on one side with code editor taking up the rest of the screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XC5lC9nGWM

83457··on Hackberry-Pi_Zero – A handheld Linux terminal using Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
Looks like it could be a great pocket device for pico-8 development.
83457··on HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash
Most people need to print so infrequently that they should just print to library or print service like fedex. My library's printing is a third the cost of local printing services. Both have simple ways to send print jobs to a location. Really convenient.
83457··on HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash
HP learned from that mistake
83457··on Microfeatures I love in blogs and personal websites
It is related to SEO.
83457··on The Seattle Public Library is reducing maximum digital holds
They likely don't have an issue with physical holds. Digital holds are just too easy.
83457··on The forgotten war on beepers
My late father owned a small commercial radio business for a few decades. It provided sales, install, repair, and repeater service to primarily public safety groups and companies with a fleet of vehicles. A more consumer oriented side to his business was pagers through Metrocall.

A major drug dealer in our region was a kid in my high school. He leased a pager from my dad's company. During the investigation, authorities had my dad create a cloned pager. They could then record all pages sent to the drug dealer, about 6k in as many months, to track his activities and build their case.

83457··on The man who bought Pine Bluff, Arkansas (2022)
1. buy warehouse 2. buy houses 3. start a company and rent houses to workers 4. maybe profit
83457··on Overview of Quicksilver for Mac (2009) [video]
My understanding is that Quicksilver was the first widely used GUI OS tool to allow you to launch any app with the keyboard. Now that is built into all major operating systems.
83457··on Array languages vs. the curse of the spreadsheet
I understand using symbols when helpful, but... they've gone too far. The way to type the symbols in doesn't even correlate to the symbol. To insert division you enter `=
83457··on Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-totality flight
That explains why they had to get approval.
83457··on Should toggle button show its current state or the state to which it'll change? (2010)
A medical video conference / telehealth system my provider uses has broken the checkbox. In their direct message interface they change the checkbox field label based on whether the box is checked. Unchecked has the label as "Not Urgent" and checked is "Urgent". On multiple occasions I have quickly checked the box, to indicated as not urgent, then clicked send.
83457··on Fck-nat: The (f)easible (C)ost (k)onfigurable NAT
Renamed after a decade which I thought relevant to the comment above.
83457··on Fck-nat: The (f)easible (C)ost (k)onfigurable NAT
Was looking for someone to get the fckeditor > ckeditor reference.
83457··on Fck-nat: The (f)easible (C)ost (k)onfigurable NAT
It will probably be changed to "ck-nat" eventually.
83457··on Apple Vision Pro review
> You have to put it in context with what passed for a smart phone back then. No web browser (they sort of existed but were extremely cut down and not really usable)

I based my purchase of phones in the early to mid 00s on whether they came with the full Opera Mobile browser.

I could use just about everything online the same as desktop, that didn't rely on flash of course. The screen size was small but surprisingly wasn't a big issue as everything else was a massive improvement.

Oh Nokia 3660, how I loved thee. I actually chose the 3650 and then 3660 because they seemed to be the best smartphones at a standard sized. I just couldn't justify qwerty.

83457··on Reading QR codes without a computer
My son, a freshman in high school, had an Apple Watch as his first and only device for a while. One big annoyance for him was not being able to scan QR codes that are common in high school where we live. It is an affluent area and the assumption by many, including teachers, is that all of the kids have phones. Not required and they have computers, just comes up regularly.

I was considering doing a project with low quality camera to scan QR codes. We got him a phone before I started down that path.

83457··on Surf the web like it's 1999
https://youtu.be/13bs7oz4wp8?si=lx58N7UsdTXOD8D1
83457··on Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling
I believe they meant edge cases when dealing with sun position calculations or maybe other things, not that the sun position is an edge case.
83457··on Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth
Should it have been additively?
83457··on YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads
I don't know about growth at different stages, but the reason it took off initially is that Flash added video capabilities and YouTube was built around that ubiquitous plugin.

Before that, you needed a video player installed on your computer that then either loaded in-browser or played videos after download. You often needed multiple players installed as none supported every video format.

83457··on Kids with cats have double the risk of developing schizophrenia
Yes
83457··on Amiga Graphics Archive
A great video about Another World's graphics and the capabilities of the Amiga it took advantage of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iz9PJbs5rE

83457··on Amiga Graphics Archive
Are they pre-scaled or different levels of detail for distance ranges that are then scaled?
83457··on Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary [video]
HL3 soon then!
83457··on Titled Tuesday Cheating
But otb is more stressful.
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