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Don't forget rounded corners and overzealous reflections and shininess on buttons!

Oh yeah, and loading spinners.

Correct, and for future reference:

i.e. - id est - "that is" (i.e. a clarifying restatement of what was just said)

e.g. - exempli gratia - "for example" ("I like to post comments about language and usage of English, e.g. clarifying the use of certain Latin abbreviations")

Internal...until they aren't. :/

Funnily enough, I happen to sell these horizontal ATX cases door-to-door! Only thing is, I'm a bit far from your area, and I can't stand travelling more than I need to. You'd help me a ton by helping me schedule my way to you, if you've got a few minutes.

> We actually did learn some things about the Intel re-timers through this product development that let us come up with ways to improve the behavior on the regular 12th Gen Framework Laptops. We are currently developing a firmware update for that that will improve both active and standby battery life.

Is this specific to Intel's 12th gen or can it also be ported to the 11th gen? I have an 11th gen Framework and am delighted with everything about the laptop except for battery life. If that could be improved, I would have absolutely no complaints whatsoever about the laptop.

Also Henry Ott's website, which unfortunately went down recently as he retired, but luckily can still be found on the Internet Archive.

That's the one. Thank you.

Adding to the other comments, there are also SD card/flash drive-based 'floppy disk' hardware emulators available on eBay. They even have buttons on the front so you can cycle through, e.g. all thirteen floppies of Windows 3.1. :)

There's one piece of hardware (3.5" hardware emulator) whose clones are popular enough to even have third-party customizable firmware on github!

I own one, but unfortunately, I can't remember the name of this hardware nor the alternate firmware off the top of my head. When I get to a computer I will check my ebay history.

Even though it's physically a 3.5" 'drive,' with the IDC-style connector, the alternate firmware lets you emulate various disk geometries, and I believe the 3.5" and 5.25" signals are electrically compatible.

It's an extremely useful piece of hardware, especially if you're already getting software in the form of floppy disk images from a place like winworldpc.

I'd just go with a ambient light detector/photodetector, as long as no one else is trying to check the mail.

> So the government will clearly help out here.

I...don't share your optimism, to put it lightly.

Ironic, since Microsoft is the worst (in my experience) at being a giant black hole to emails sent from an otherwise well-configured (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, non-SBL-listed IP, &c) but not major SMTP host.

> writing formulas in latek is wayyy faster to write and easier to maintain

I was told by a friend that the Equation Editor in Word would silently accept LaTeX math-mode equation syntax and convert it automatically. Besides trying it out briefly, i never used it extensively, so I'm not sure how complete it is. Still, it's there.

An interestingly more literal use of the analogy. I like it.

That has always bothered me, and I swear no one ever seems to notice. I see it everywhere, and it clearly must work, since you can even see it being said by owner of devices.

But it's...only one view. Forever.

Thanks. So I guess they send the money with the "goods and services" type instead of "friends and family" ? I wonder if that's (very) visible in the 'you received a payment' email. I never looked before.

How did you know the PayPal payment was fake? Was it an edited screenshot, or did they actually spoof a 'you received money' email from PayPal?

I ask just on the off-chance that you got a seeming-real email from the real PayPal, and I'd like to know what to look for if so.

That's basically how Polaroid pictures work(ed). The developer/fixer was in the bottom edge, and this container was punctured and the chemicals squeezed out by the rollers as it came out. The only thing left would be to distribute it along the back of the photograph, so you, you know, shake it.

Yeah, the DNT header ultimately being used as another bit for tracking seemed to me the ultimate irony.

This, as for many things: Thanks, Microsoft.

I don't know if you're the author of that medium post, but instead of privacy@ and support@, the author/you really need(s) to be emailing legal@. They're the ones who can 'softly nudge' the rest of the organization into compliance.

Region locked ink?! That's a special kind of stupid.

I agree. It's so hard to recommend printers to family and friends now. It seems they all suck in their own very special way.

The only reason I even have a printer is that I happened to find an old LaserJet for 10$ at my local thrift store. It was "broken" but all i had to do was oil the laser scanner motor. Right era of printer, toner cartridges are only around 20$, and I put in a JetDirect card. Only thing is the memory is a bit lacking, even being fully upgraded, so for complex documents it sometimes will pause between pages.

I definitely wouldn't have bought a printer new today.

Considering the origins of these tech giants, I read your first paragraph and couldn't help but think, "meta-VC"

I agree. It's so anno...

And don't ever, ever mention Iran.

What about the kids in school districts that issue locked-down Chromebooks? They probably can't even do that!

I, for one, learned how to bcdedit my way into booting from a .vhd on my school-issued laptop. And how to SSH tunnel on port 443 to get past the proxy. How LSPs worked on Windows. Messing around is how kids get their start in computers, and I couldn't agree with the parent comment more.

Thank you! This means a lot to me. I collect Palm and Pocket PC handhelds, and remember how it seemed every independent developer had their own website with fun little creations on them and how easy it was to get software.

It's just not as much fun to use the devices without it being loaded with all sorts of fun programs.

I also recently scored a HP Laserjet 2200, which has an IrDA port on the front, which was a nice bonus for me in particular. I remember dreaming of being able to print from them and thinking how cool that would be. Funny how you only appreciate something when it's not possible.

Edit: I just realized this isn't about that Palm era, but yes, for the same reason I of course had to get a Palm Pre the second it came out. It was my first smartphone, and I remember it fondly.

So in your case, holding 'reduce power' then actually raises the power to the maximum?! It's like an additional slap in the face.

Good lord. If it does, don't ever mention it to anyone on chatroulette. It's bad enough without that horror.