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TomJansen··on Ask HN: How to manage phones and PCs for elderly parents?
My grandma's pretty good with her Android phone, but every month, she calls us totally lost because apps like WhatsApp keep messing with the UI. Why do they have to change the interface so often? Most times, these changes seem pointless and just confuse her.
TomJansen··on Ubuntu 24.04 (and Debian) removed libsystemd from SSH server dependencies
If you requested this 5 years ago every would think you were crazy...

Same as the suckless people. They were right after all.

TomJansen··on Sweden Is a NATO Member
The super strategic island Gotland, for one.
TomJansen··on "Dutch engineer carried out Iranian nuclear sabotage": VK
The AIVD nor the spy did know the specifics of the operation, e.g. that the waterpumps were carrying Stuxnet. Sources in the AIVD said that they felt used by the CIA.

Better source: https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/politiek-ontste...

TomJansen··on Freetar – an alternative front end for ultimate-guitar.com
Hey! I made project like this, but I reverse engineered the API from the Ultimate Guitar android application. I used BurpSuite and Frida to look at all the HTTPS requests that the app made and went on from there
TomJansen··on Parents are teaming up to delay their children's first cell phone
I don't think denying children of phones is a good idea. First, we shield and deny them things enough as it is already (which only makes them less prepared for the real world later in life, a thing we can observe already). Secondly, I think that we should make policies that make (social) media on the internet less addictive, and implement stuff like good internet behavior into our parenting.
TomJansen··on 'Counterfeit people': The danger posed by Meta’s AI celebrity lookalike chatbots
AI safety is just a thing to keep the advertisers happy
TomJansen··on Ask HN: Do you still use a hand held/desktop calculator?
I use a Casio FX82 on my desk sometimes, for my phone I use the HiPER Calc Pro and on my laptop I have the app SpeedCrunch installed
TomJansen··on Is GPT-4 Worth the Subscription? Here’s What You Should Know
You first need to get access to the API, which is not available to everyone
TomJansen··on Dutch journalist who writes critically on China targeted in intimidation scheme
What is this based on?
TomJansen··on Improved audio rendering with an optimised version of memcpy (2013)
Brings back memories!
TomJansen··on Wine 8.3
The only thing keeping me from using Linux is the lack of OneNote support in Wine. Essentially, it is only this bug that needs to be fixed: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47135

I can't really understand that if there is a patch made which works, why it has not been merged into master yet?

TomJansen··on A Perceptually Meaningful Audio Visualizer (2016)
If one is interested in audio visualisations, you should check out Cycling74's Max MSP with Jitter. That program has huge capabilities in making these things!
TomJansen··on A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
Konsole now supports many different image rendering protocols: sixel, iTerm2 and Kitty image protocols. See https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/merge_requests/59...
TomJansen··on Ethylene carbonate solvent with a sodium iodide salt create a new refrigerator
That is why I always go to the toilet before driving
TomJansen··on Amsterdam's 'stay away' campaign targets troublesome visitors
The Dutch bicycle-network is safe enough to not have to wear bike helmets. We have a really nice system of seperation of car/bicycle/pedestrian traffic. In addition, a lot of tought is given to design roads in such a way that car traffic automatically adapts to the correct and safe speed that is needed.
TomJansen··on New research suggests eating early and within a 10-hour window is healthier
Isn't this the classic working schedule? Breakfast at 8, lunch at 12:00 and dinner at 18:00. I think it minimizes snacking
TomJansen··on Farm vehicles approaching weights of sauropods exceed limits for soil function
Doesn't the economy of scale teach us that one big apparatus is cheaper than many smaller ones?
TomJansen··on Recording 660FPS Video on a $6 Raspberry Pi Camera (2019)
Would it also be possible to increase the exposure time to above the 10 seconds which is officially supported by the raspberry pi V2 camera?
TomJansen··on Used car market gets even more bizarre
Congratulations
TomJansen··on Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality
Opening a window?
TomJansen··on Mirror image DNA polymerase has been engineered
That is called chirality, and many compounds found in nature are chiral
TomJansen··on Why do we use R rather than Excel?
For a program which combines R with an Excel/SPSS interface I can recommend Jamovi [1]

[1] https://www.jamovi.org/

TomJansen··on WhatsApp caves in: Won't limit features if you reject privacy changes
Europe does not have these changes because of the GDPR.
TomJansen··on Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO on July 5th
So the MGM deal was the last one he wanted make
TomJansen··on Numi – Calculator app for Mac
Hmm when I need to calculate something I just run python in the terminal, using the underscore to access previous results in the prompt
TomJansen··on Study finds walking improves creativity (2014)
I have jogging buddies sometimes but we don't talk when we are running, so that could be an option?
TomJansen··on Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B
Very true. It is the years and years of crap needed for backwards compatibility. They really should make a separate Windows without backwards compatibility.
TomJansen··on UK 'Right to repair' law to come in this summer
Fridges need software because only then the manufacturer can drop the support after 5 to 8 years and you need to buy a new one.
TomJansen··on Research establishes antibiotic potential for cannabis molecule
No. CBD is a compound. Whether that is made syntheically or not is not relevant
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