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nice__two··on Iraq War Oil Oped
Needs a [2013].
nice__two··on ElevenReader by ElevenLabs
That’s my biggest gripe with audiobooks: good for fiction, not so good for learning.
nice__two··on Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era
Gemini 1.5 indeed is a lot of hit-and-miss. Also, the politically correct and medical info filtering is limiting its usefulness a lot, IMHO.

I also miss that it’s not yet really as context aware as ChatGPTo4. Even just asking a follow-up question, confuses Gemini 1.5.

Hope Gemini 2.0 will improve that!

nice__two··on Speed Up C++ Compilation
I invite everyone to have a look at compiling LibreOffice [0].

Doing a full compile, has been known to bring even the most powerful machines to their knees.

They’ve employed a lot of the referenced article’s suggestions and it still is a massive code-base to compile.

[0]: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnLi...

nice__two··on The Erasmus Network
I’m convinced that the Erasmus programme (and it’s not so serious counterparts such as AEGEE and IAESTE) contribute to lasting peace in Europe by marrying people between nations.
nice__two··on Insulation: First the body, then the home (2011)
It is much worse. The Berbel retains the insulation provided by the wall, when closed. This is nothing more than a fancy hole in the wall.

Opening and closing, means you get the best of both worlds.

nice__two··on Insulation: First the body, then the home (2011)
Berbel has a unit that opens when using the unit and closes, when not in use. Quite ingenious, if you ask me.

[1]: https://www.berbel.de/dunstabzuege/zubehoer/abluft-zubehoer/...

nice__two··on 10x C++ Editor
Did anyone try opening LibreOffice master in it?

LO has a reputation as an IDE-killer, as it’s so large and complex.

nice__two··on The speedy downfall of rapid delivery startups
If _one_ bad experience turns you into a lost customer, then this business model purely operates on the happy-path and hopes for the best.

I am highly sceptical that the core promise “anything, anytime“ is really what people need: they use it, because it’s possible, not because they want to use it.

The alternative to your problem would be asking a friend/relative to do the shopping, using the in-house delivery service or simply make do without. All more secure options than ordering something and not being sure, you’ll actually get it.

I say good riddance for this petty excuse of a business!

nice__two··on Young people are lonelier than ever
Pseudo-engagement, optimised for easy and massive consumption, pushing you to compare yourself constantly.

And all we have to protect ourselves, is our over-exerted self-control mechanism.

nice__two··on V8 Sparkplug – A non-optimizing JavaScript compiler
This is indeed the correct reason. The app is much more usable.

That’s why I switched to teddit.net. It’s much faster, resembles the old Reddit layout and supports dark mode.

nice__two··on Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
I second PowerApps. There’s a to user-friendly tutorials out there and their programming model is based on concepts similar to Excel.

It should be fairly easy to pick up for end users. But only if you don’t use denormalized tables. If your DB is in 2/3NF you’ll run into issues, e.g. the ever so useful DataTable cannot update data across table.

Also, there’s a pretty significant hard limit on 500 rows.

PowerApps is a great tool, but be aware of its limitations and see if that works for you.

nice__two··on Ask HN: Do you create music? let's hear it
Very nice, indeed! Congrats for the release.
nice__two··on LibreOffice 7.1 Community Edition
LO has its own platform abstraction layer (called SAL), which only supported pixel-precise layout of elements. That meant that the longest string in any of the supported languages dictated the element layout.

Caolán McNamara (of RedHat) added support for automatic layouts a few years ago. Since then, LO has been cleaning up its dialogs and has innovated a lot (e.g. by introducing the notebook bar). This simply wouldn’t have been possible previously. Compare it with Apache OpenOffice and you’ll see why.

nice__two··on LibreOffice 7.1 Community Edition
7.0 switched to Skia for drawing. Maybe give it another shot and see if it’s faster now?
nice__two··on Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security
As an Austrian myself, I'm not at all surprised at their reaction. To them, their website is "just IT stuff" and they simply don't have a notion that it would involve any security.

To them you'll likely seem like an overzealous geek that shouldn't mess with their business website. I've experienced this before myself and it's not particularly a good position to be in.

Their site has most likely been technically abandoned, i.e. no one capable is in charge anymore.

It'd be best to talk to the owner, show them your "hack" (change it to cats on your phone and let them verify in their browser) and offer them to fix it for free.

That's how one does these things in our small country. ;-)

nice__two··on How porting to TypeScript solved our API woes
Absolutely! If you don't do this, you're just building the next unmaintainable distributed monolith.
nice__two··on Modern Day Jobs, a curated list of 100 modern ways to make money online
Looks very nice, Bram!
nice__two··on Clear Your Terminal in Style
Neat! I personally prefer the very quick vertical tab method: Ctrl+L.

Quick and easy.

nice__two··on Scanning the fintech landscape: disruptive models
Unfortunately, this post is very US-specific and completely ignored PSD2 and the concept of Third Party Service Providers (e.g. Payconiq).

The whole authentication scheme based on EIDAS is a shot show, though and really very horrible.

nice__two··on Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
That already exists: it's called Collabora Office (https://www.collaboraoffice.com/solutions/collabora-office/) and made by one of the largest contributing firms behind LO (Collabora).
nice__two··on Don't Read the Comments
And it's not just start-ups. If you contribute to LibreOffice, a lot of what is being said in threads under release announcement can make you feel depresssed.

I stopped reading them and just contribute anyways. Just because everyone can have an opinion doesn't mean you have to read all of them.

nice__two··on LibreOffice 5.2 “fresh” Released, for Windows, Mac OS and GNU/Linux
Please file a bug report if you encounter this.
nice__two··on LibreOffice 5.2 “fresh” Released, for Windows, Mac OS and GNU/Linux
Because TDF highly targets one market, MSO isn't that interested about at anymore: government agencies.

In the time a lot of European governments become more open (open data, mandating the use of true open standards etc.), TDF has correctly recognised this as their competitive edge. Also, because they very often are willing to (at least partially) finance that work.

For the benefit of all LO users!

nice__two··on LibreOffice 5.2 “fresh” Released, for Windows, Mac OS and GNU/Linux
You can select the modules you want when installing. Just deselect then in the NSIS installer or don't run the package files (in Linux). It's that easy.
nice__two··on Austria: The up-and-coming early-stage investment capital of europe
Not with this traditional socialist/conservative government keeping everything it's always been.

And let's not hope the FPÖ takes over! They've fucked up good back when they had a chance. With their corruption and strong association with the industrial's association (Industriellenvereinigung), they are more interested in not helping start-ups than any other party.

nice__two··on Announcing SQL Server on Linux
It's simple: we're living in a heterogeneous computing environment now and Microsoft cannot ignore that any longer now.
nice__two··on Announcing SQL Server on Linux
For its eco-system, of course. Their BI tooling is pretty well integrated, as well as (comparatively) easy to pick up.
nice__two··on Include-what-you-use: Clang tool to analyze includes in C and C++ source files
The LibreOffice project has been using this a lot to refactor a large, ancient codebase. They've also developed a lot of Clang plugins, which can be found here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/tree/compilerpl...
nice__two··on An Open Letter to Apache Foundation and Apache OpenOffice Team
The sad thing is, they're completely oblivious of the sidebar. The idea behind it is, to use the much larger vertical screen space of current monitors. In 5.0, you can hide all toolbars and exclusively use the sidebar.

Try it!

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