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flintchip··on Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
very constructive
flintchip··on Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister
If only the electorate knew that
flintchip··on Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system webview
random and probably irrelevant spotify tip:

I absolutely hated how slow and buggy the app was, until I realised it was down to it attempting to index music locally all the time

my app speed increased massively by going to settings > local files, and turning off all of the options of where to show songs from

flintchip··on Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts’
Can you explain how Google pulling YouTube from the Firestick was good for consumers?
flintchip··on Earthsea – A Rival to Tolkien and George RR Martin (2015)
Yes!

I recently picked up the Way of Kings but found the way he described the action/fantastical elements really jarring. It was like he felt he needed to spell it out rather than let the reader discover it organically. I've been told I need to struggle through though as it's supposedly a great story.

flintchip··on Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
God forbid someone tells a joke.
flintchip··on Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB
What a sweeping generalisation to make.
flintchip··on Flex your computing power!
Or if you're a university student living in halls!
flintchip··on Jack Dorsey giving up 30% of his stake in Square to help underserved communities
Yes, but 10% of 100% is a lot more than 10% of 24%.
flintchip··on Hacker Implants NFC Chip in His Hand to Bypass Security Scans and Exploit Android
"Just as easily" is not the same as "surreptitiously".
flintchip··on A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the U.S
Good, finally people can stop trotting out the inane adage "if you ban guns you have to ban cars" whenever the gun control debate comes up.