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michaelmcdonald··on Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget
Would you share a bit more about how you have your custom bangs setup? I'm always curious to see the life hacks people implement that speed up workflow processes.
michaelmcdonald··on Strong evidence for new light isotope of nitrogen
> The experiments were performed in 2016 as part of a study of several proton-rich nuclei at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (which was recently transformed into the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams).

This is the facility I work at! The stuff they do here is quite amazing! If you ever get a chance to visit I highly recommend it!

michaelmcdonald··on Show HN: Tailspin – A Log File Highlighter
Would you be able to add instructions for a source install? That would help alleviate issues with the package not showing up in various repos.
michaelmcdonald··on Show HN: Tailspin – A Log File Highlighter
Same for me - Debian 10
michaelmcdonald··on New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor
In "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) James Bond drives his BMW remotely via a cell phone. Now there are multiple instances of prior art.

EDIT: corrected which movie

michaelmcdonald··on Radar Maps Platform
I believe the point is that Op doesn't _want_ to chat. I believe the originally point is you should be up front and _clear_ with your pricing rather than trying to force a conversation.
michaelmcdonald··on Lego’s new $200 Concorde is a fantastic homage to the supersonic passenger jet
The Saturn V doesn't, either. Can't always scale them to the minifig :(
michaelmcdonald··on Iranians sell kidneys on Instagram to survive economic hardship
I don't know, this seems pretty convincing to me:

https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearings/forc...

michaelmcdonald··on Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movies on a Plane
I'm as big of an Apple fanboy as they come; however I clearly remember "Antenna Gate" and how simply holding the iPhone 4 caused signal attenuation of a rather severe degree.
michaelmcdonald··on Targeted attack on our management with the Triangulation Trojan
Should add that this can only occur if you haven't updated your phone in over a year.
michaelmcdonald··on Alien was released 44 years ago today
You mean aside from exploration with the idea of discovering something new that can be turned into a profit?

Shipping.

That's exactly what the Nostromo was: a shipping container. They were hauling goods from one planet to another for some (profitable) reason.

What we know now, however, is that a great deal of that could likely be automated / not require a crew. But even then: the Nostromo was massive with what could amount to a skeleton crew (half a dozen?). Container ships even today have more than that on them.

michaelmcdonald··on Rio: Terminal app built over WebGPU, WebAssembly and Rust
How on earth have you had iTerm use up so much memory it's given you an error? I've been using iTerm for years on some absolute crap machines, abusing iTerm with tmux and numerous customizations, and have never received that error.
michaelmcdonald··on Bed Bath and Beyond files for bankruptcy
BBBY has been a meme stock for quite some time over the last couple of years.
michaelmcdonald··on Kali Linux 2023.1 introduces 'Purple' distro for defensive security
No official release for that architecture just yet.
michaelmcdonald··on Kali Linux 2023.1 introduces 'Purple' distro for defensive security
Using an Apple Silicon Mac? I'm seeing the same and my research is showing that it's an issue with the virtualization.
michaelmcdonald··on Show HN: Bearclaw – tiny static site generator with RSS
I took it to mean not a list of post _titles_, but a full output of posts on a single page (a la DaringFireball).

I tried to do the same not that long ago (was just starting to toy around with Hugo) and could not find an easy solution to it.

michaelmcdonald··on Something strange is happening on the sun, and we've never seen it before
I really enjoyed the first "part" of Seveneves. I felt the second part went a bit off the rails and was almost _too_ out there for me (at least as it compared to the first part. Love Neil Stephenson though (Cryptonomicon was amazing and Diamond Age / Snow Crash hold a special place in my heart).
michaelmcdonald··on Nationwide FAA weather reporting outage
Is it them wasting money, or do they have a constrained budget with an ever growing number of responsibilities and scope? Do you think there are fewer planes in the air now then 30 years ago? 10 years ago?
michaelmcdonald··on Pornhub users in Louisiana now have to submit government ID to access the site
> We know that porn is harmful

Please provide peer-reviewed studies from non-biased research firms / organizations detailing the harm porn is causing.

michaelmcdonald··on Pornhub users in Louisiana now have to submit government ID to access the site
Can you provide the evidence / proof of Satan's involvement?
michaelmcdonald··on Tesla Market Cap falls below $500B
Past 12 months has seen a hefty decrease in the value of $TSLA (~50%, it's 60% if you look at just 2022). I've read numerous reports about Tesla quality (fit / finish), the FSD is receiving horrid reviews, and that's not even bringing into the equation Musk and his antics. Can't say I'm surprised to see the stock taking a hit and hope it doesn't dissuade companies from continuing down the EV path.
michaelmcdonald··on Scientists discover secret to waking up alert and refreshed
My fitbit will do sleep tracking and use a silent alarm (ie. it vibrates rather than beeps) to wake me up during a window of time where it detects I'm not in a REM cycle. This has worked extremely well for me and it's almost a bit jarring. I wake up, not instantly "alert", but not groggy. I don't get that "smack the phone to turn off the alarm" desire. It's more of a "Huh, I'm awake now. Okay." type of feeling. The only catch is it needs a 30 minute window in order to detect and it can "wake" you at any point during that window.
michaelmcdonald··on Factorio runs on Apple Silicon
Games are a hobby. Hobby's utilize time. No different than reading a book, building a chair, gardening, etc...
michaelmcdonald··on [dead]
Sounds like we found a male who not only doesn’t have to deal with the repercussions of any pregnancy complications, but hasn’t known anyone personally that has had to deal with a late term pregnancy complication.

You are the exact type of individual that should. It have any day in this debate. It doesn’t affect you and you’re imposing your beliefs on other people who don’t share your viewpoint.

michaelmcdonald··on Police don't trust Apple's Find My to retrieve missing MacBook shown next door
The article is lacking in numerous details; however something glaring to me is that they don't talk about how / when the laptop went missing and / or the relationship between the victim and the neighbor. Was there an opportunity for the neighbor to take the laptop?

Also, and this could just be me: I found it odd that the neighbor was fine with calling the police as well as speaking to the author of the article. I wouldn't have thought that the perpetrator of a crime such as theft would _want_ the police / attention put on them.

michaelmcdonald··on Books recommended by profitable founders
It's a bit complicated since they break down the books on various factors (books recommended, books with 3+ recommendations, etc...)
michaelmcdonald··on Passage Is Joining 1Password
I am an ardent user of 1password and can do all the tasks you desire:

- I frequently add notes to the logins / items I've created (adding information about security questions or why I created an account to begin with) - I add tags to every single item in 1password, detailing if it relates to a "website", "app", for "personal" or "work", etc... - The primary presentation of items _is_ in a list

I would highly recommend you review 1password as perhaps you have not used it in some time or were using something else.

michaelmcdonald··on The rise of biodigital surveillance
> This may at first glance sound sensible. But consider: If an impoverished family doesn’t accept the health NGO’s preferred interventions for its children, these children may not be provided any other opportunity to establish a “legal, broadly recognized identity” necessary to access things like primary school. In other words, you are literally nobody until you are vaccinated.

Author is making quite a leap that the _only_ way to receive a digital ID is to get vaccinated. If a program like this ever does take off you will see alternative methods of identification acquisition. Case in point: I don't need a driver's license to get a state issued ID. Functionally they are the same in terms of proving I am who I say I am, but one affords additional benefits of stating I can drive.

michaelmcdonald··on Google removes Drink Champs interview from your Google Drive
Utilizing the popular cryptocurrency "Not your keys, not your coins" we can easily change it to:

> Not your disks, not your data

Trusting Google with your data and expecting it to always be there is a risky bet.

michaelmcdonald··on An account was suspended
Ben's account is already un-suspended, but only because he has a major presence and large audience (I would be shocked if people at Twitter didn't see this minutes into it happening or if Ben didn't have some direct line to various high up employees there).

For the rest of us peasants: good luck getting help.

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