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laurentlbm··on Two nasty surprises in Home Assistant's config
Why change the timezone using YAML instead of directly from the UI, if you used the UI for everything else? I'm not trying to victim-shame, it's still unacceptable that all the settings were lost.
laurentlbm··on Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi
I've been happy with yadm for few years now. I had tried chezmoi, but preferred yadm. I don't remember my exact reasons though...
laurentlbm··on Goblin.tools: simple, single-task tools to help neurodivergent people with tasks
There are other tools in the menu.
laurentlbm··on Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source
No need. Obtainium already supports downloading from third-party F-Droid, so users can add Grayjay this way: 1. Enter the URL "https://app.futo.org/fdroid/repo/" 2. In "Override Source", select "F-Droid Third-Party Repo" 3. For "App ID or Name", enter "grayjay" 4. Press "Add" 5. Done

Reference images: - Add app: https://ibb.co/dL1Hqw6 - Result: https://ibb.co/whmL3PY

laurentlbm··on Scientists may have found a cheap, natural cure for baldness
Should I start rubbing coffee on my bald head?
laurentlbm··on Cory Doctorow on Kagi Search
I don't get the point of your comment. They were only owned by Opera from 2010 to 2013, that's more than 10 years ago.
laurentlbm··on Tutanota is now Tuta
That's hilarious!
laurentlbm··on AOL pulls Nullsoft file-sharing software WASTE (2003)
Never.
laurentlbm··on AOL pulls Nullsoft file-sharing software WASTE (2003)
I use 24h clocks and every time it's 13:37, I think "leet". I hate it. It's been decades and it still won't leave my brain.
laurentlbm··on IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work
Relevant link from the article: https://www.imax.com/news/oppenheimer-in-imax-70mm
laurentlbm··on PhpBB
You're just saying that because you're not cool enough to get an invite.

On the other hand, I'm actually too cool for tildes.

laurentlbm··on Alert HN: Mozilla puts advertising into Firefox AGAIN
Yes, you can enable the feature from the settings.
laurentlbm··on Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unrelated page
Mull (https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix) is a great fork with privacy improvements, and about:config is accessible.
laurentlbm··on GNOME 44
They were talking about MacOS, not GNOME.
laurentlbm··on Firefox Android now supports Tampermonkey
I recommend the fork Mull: https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/

It includes privacy-related improvements. See more: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix

laurentlbm··on ReVanced DMCA Takedown on GitHub
The repository is back. The offending patches (for the apps AnyTracker and Pflotsh ECMWF) have been removed.
laurentlbm··on Announcing KataOS and Sparrow
They're a bit much, but in this case, they've clearly added to the discussion. It helped to show the distrust and skepticism around product announcements by Google. It also helps us question whether it's worth it for us to invest time, money and/or effort into a project.
laurentlbm··on 2-in-1 calculator app adds up to surprise hit for retired engineer
I've been using All-In-One Calculator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=all.in.one.cal...) for years, mostly because of all the conversions it can do. It has what you want, although you need to clear the result before tapping a previous calculation, otherwise it appends the formula to the result (e.g. in your example, you would get 201+1).
laurentlbm··on Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs
I switched to Tidal a few months ago after getting sick of them pushing podcasts non-stop and some other annoyances. Tidal is fine, but I do miss all the user-created playlists from Spotify.

I also still sometimes buy music through Bandcamp if it isn't available on Tidal or if I want to support the artist.

laurentlbm··on Chezmoi – Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely
That's why I use https://yadm.io

It's basically a helper for a bare git repository plus some added features.

laurentlbm··on What comes after Git
It's not as “accessible” though: it's not free and is less user-friendly.
laurentlbm··on Vitamin D and Depression (2020)
I have TRD too and tried so many things. It sucks.
laurentlbm··on Can I PHP? – caniuse.com but for PHP features
I agree. I learned PHP at the time of PHP 3 and then 4. It was my first programming language. I grew critical of it as time passed and, like most people, made fun of its lot. But its ease of use and ubiquity still made it practical for some small projects in the following years (mid 2000s).

Then, in 2014, I got a job where PHP was the main language and I was surprised it had improved so much (though I left around a year later and haven't done any PHP since). I find it very impressive that they've been able to address many of the criticisms they received and that they keep introducing concepts that are popular in other languages, all the while mostly starting backward-compatible.

I probably still wouldn't pick it for a project—simply because there are other languages that I prefer or would like to learn—but I respect it a lot more than I used to and understand why many like it.

laurentlbm··on Zim – The Zsh configuration framework
Although development has stopped recently, I have found that nothing beats zsh4humans: https://github.com/romkatv/zsh4humans

It's very fast and includes most if not all the features you might need.

laurentlbm··on Google says iMessage is too powerful
I still use FB Messenger to keep in contact with a group of friends. I would love to use something else, but we were never able to agree on another platform to switch too... I barely use Facebook, don't have the app installed, and would probably stop using it completely if that group chat moved elsewhere.

I have FB Messenger, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Discord on my phone...

laurentlbm··on Ask HN: Let's build an HN uBlacklist to improve our Google search results?
I also use uBlock, but with this list: https://github.com/stroobants-dev/ublock-origin-shitty-copie...
laurentlbm··on Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites
Thank you, I hate blog-post-type recipes! Do you plan on adding a dark mode?
laurentlbm··on Syncthing – a continuous file synchronization program
I can confirm that the F-Droid version has fixed this issue a while ago.
laurentlbm··on Squirrel stores thousands of nuts inside man's parked truck
> I believe that squirrels are much more common in US (and Canadian?) cities [...]

Yes, very common in Canada. I live in Montreal and frequently have as many as four just hanging out in my backyard.

Funnily enough, gray squirrels were also introduced in London parks in the 19th century and have completely taken over the city, much like here in North America.

laurentlbm··on What will programming look like in 2020? (2012)
Why do you write years with a preceding zero?
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