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gempir··on Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream
I really enjoyed the article.

But does the site really need those obnoxious popups if I need anything? Similar to those chat windows?

I didn't even bother reading what it wanted I dismissed it immediately. Worst part after dismissing it it scrolled me quite a bit back up.

gempir··on A tool that increased my typing speed
It keeps training on your own code when installed if you chose it to do so.

Although this was not a great experience on my already slow two core macbook.

The results were pretty amazing though.

gempir··on Apple’s dongle problem isn’t getting any better
I always thought the full move to USB-C was the right one. Only someone like Apple could have pulled it off and forced all of their customers to change the way they use their devices but now we are better off because if it.

I connect a single USB C Cable to connect 2 extra monitors, mouse, keyboard, ethernet and extra USB ports.

This was only possible on proprietary Docks like Dell or Lenovo beforehand. Now even those moved to USB-C Docks and everyone can use most USB-C Docks.

Dongles are just for transitioning.

Did Apple make a pretty penny on selling you extra crap you didn't need before? Of course they did. But I still prefer USB-C over having a bunch of different ports on a laptop that I have to each connect every time I want to "undock" my laptop.

And now those technologies are shared beyond manufacturer lines and you don't have to buy a Dell specific dock.

gempir··on A Chrome feature is creating load on global root DNS servers
They don't. They use the default DNS that's available for the user. That's the whole point of this feature.
gempir··on How to deploy a React app for free
I don't recommend Github Pages as they have issues with routing.

Read this [1] for workarounds but it's more than annoying to work around instead of just using a better hosting solution.

Personally I have only ever tried GH Pages and Netlify had no issues at all with Netlify.

[1] https://github.com/rafgraph/spa-github-pages

gempir··on Mac keyboard shortcuts
Also most Linux/Windows shortcuts feel way more natural than on macOS

For a new tab in chrome Ctlr + T is easily done on Linux/Windows. On macOS for Cmd + T you need to weirdly bend your thumb under your hand while also hitting T somehow.

Or you need to move your entire hand 2 columns of keyboard layout to the right to be able to hit cmd with your pinky.

gempir··on Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
He corrected himself in a comment. It does use the earpiece as a speaker aswell.
gempir··on Show HN: Neural text to speech with dozens of celebrity voices
Absolutely amazing. Are there any plans to make it open? Open Sourcing it? Paid API in the future? Something like that?
gempir··on Highlights from Git 2.28
This change isn't done because master is super offensive or racist in the context of git. It's done to show some kind of support to the movement.

Might not much very much, but I think showing you care is something.

If it breaks a bit of shitty tooling that relies on hardcoded values, then I think we can live through that.

gempir··on OpenJDK Migrates to GitHub
Totally agree. Wasting time on infrastructure like self hosting gitlab to be less reliant on Github is not always a good idea.

If your project is setup in a way to just git push to another remote and then you're done, then I think it's fine to use Github.

gempir··on Amazon Warehouse scam: 16TB HDD swapped for 8TB, returned for full refund
It's cheaper to just accept returns instead of checking every product for complete function.

And I think it's acceptable considering how easy returns are with Amazon.

gempir··on Valve secrets spill over in new Steam documentary app
Runescape embraced the subscription model and very little people had a problem with paying that subscription. It felt really fair.

But still today RS3 is riddled with MTX while you also have to pay a membership fee.

gempir··on Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
Ninja is really marketable. He has merchandise sitting in Walmart, was on big tv shows like Ellen or hosting a NYC New Years Event.

He's the face of gaming for all the non-gamers right now.

Shroud is just a very good gamer and has a big audience, he's not that marketable compared but still worth a decent penny I guess. He's probably considered the best FPS streamer out there whenever a new game comes out. He's the go to for many.

gempir··on Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
He already updated his Twitch profile, he's coming back for sure. Only other way I see would be a really big YT Gaming Contract but I think YouTube is just sleeping right now.
gempir··on Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
It's definitely not a feature since twitch has been trying hard the past years getting that number down a lot.

They have extra options for artificial delay if you need it.

gempir··on The Day AppGet Died
No but there is bad press

"Microsoft is paying someone who develops piracy software"

The half assed articles from TechCrunch and such will cause a lot of drama around MS they simply don't want.

gempir··on NextDNS Is Out of Beta
It's way faster in terms of UI atleast. It boots up almost instantly, configuration is pretty simple and the UI is better IMO.
gempir··on Ask HN: Your must-read HN post?
Thank you, that was such a fun read. Very inspiring
gempir··on Grafana 7.0
Have there been no efforts to add this with a PR? I mean Grafana is open source and if the project leads wants to focus on other things that's his choice.
gempir··on Join Chrome Extension in Jeopardy – Google Won’t Tell Me Why – Tasker and Join
Archive link, since the site seems to be overburdened.

http://web.archive.org/web/20200514182732/https://joaoapps.c...

gempir··on Gearbox – A web framework written in Go
I think it's great it forces you to write a comment for an exported function but why the hell do I have to write down the function name again?!? It's literally 1 line below. Can the analyzer tool not grab the name of the function from that?

It makes these comments very frustrating and also more annoying to read because you always have duplicate text.

gempir··on Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client
The nightlies have a lot of UI bugs, Filtering options disappear randomly, the left column is kinda weird etc.

But still with all those UI bugs I prefer it over any other client.

gempir··on DigitalOcean VPC
Scaleway has 0 bandwidth fees and unlimited bandwidth.
gempir··on OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming
This makes me so sad. Thousands of streamers make millions of Euro from their great software and so few of them contribute back.
gempir··on Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy
Some buzzword recipes are impossible to google.

Overnight Oats as an Example. You just find pages upon pages of blogspam. And almost every page has the same useless information. No normal recipe site is somehow in the top 10 pages.

gempir··on Setting up a Raspberry Pi 4 home server
I personally looked into this a lot the past year. And Ended up with a Synology NAS.

The software is just incredible on that thing. I got one with an Intel CPU and can run Docker on it that way. This replaced my PI where i was previously running a few things for home automation.

You can totally setup a NAS with a pi but IMO it's never gonna be as nice as a Synology NAS and all the trouble you have to go through setting it up.

gempir··on Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
No Problem here. I use for work and personal. Got zero issues that I can think off that weren't there in other versions
gempir··on Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID
this is just a test case. It could very well be a much bigger list.
gempir··on My 2020 Hackintosh Hardware Spec
They make their money selling you overpriced hardware. This won't happen. Well maybe it would but then every part of the ATX Mac Board would also be sold by Apple and third party RAM etc would never be allowed.
gempir··on My 2020 Hackintosh Hardware Spec
Oh won't work at all? I thought Nvidia released drivers for macOS
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