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pteraspidomorph··on Kdenlive 24.02 open source video editor released
I subscribe this comment, non-linear interpolation using curves would be extremely useful.

Another obvious thing I often miss is the ability to change the length (duration) of static image clips in the project bin (currently? - haven't tried the latest version yet - the only way is to set a length in the settings before importing). It seems like it doesn't matter at first, since it's a static image, but start adding effects and keyframes and any resizing done in the timeline can mess everything up.

pteraspidomorph··on Combating olive oil fraud with nuclear innovations
The internet is good when it works. Mine has been out for a week. Motherf-ing Altice...
pteraspidomorph··on Apple Vision Pro review
You don't need to worry with most headsets (don't know about AVP). I've been sweating in VR headsets for years and it never did any harm. I saw in the AVP reviews that it has a removable and swappable facial interface, so it should be easy to clean; the same is true of other modern headsets, and before that you had third party face covers or disposable absorbant stickers you could put on the facial interface to keep the sweat away.
pteraspidomorph··on I am the cheapest bastard in indie games (2019)
I had no idea who Jeff was, but I looked at the screenshot at the top and immediately recognized the art style from having played some of his games in the distant past (later confirmed by checking wikipedia). He may say it looks like crap, but it's definitely consistent and recognizable, and that's a big plus.
pteraspidomorph··on Amazon's contracted logistics company refuses to pick up my return package
They scheduled a new collection with the same logistics company. The logistics company didn't show up again. I called them again and they offered to schedule a third collection with the same logistics company. They were adamant that I must return the piece of junk or pay for it.

Apparently Amazon believes I'm supposed to spend a full month at home waiting for a company whose pickup process for amazon returns is broken or no longer exists, and THEN pay for the privilege.

pteraspidomorph··on Amazon's contracted logistics company refuses to pick up my return package
Antagonizing Amazon doesn't seem like a good idea since I rely on them for certain types of products that can't be obtained elsewhere around here.

Also, I don't live in Spain or speak spanish, so that might be a little complicated.

But let's hope this gets solved. Amazon started a new collection for the UPS, but it's the same logistics company and I have yet to hear from them regarding it.

pteraspidomorph··on Bing Gained Less Than 1% Market Share Since Adding Bing Chat
I too can vouch for Phind for programming questions.
pteraspidomorph··on Amazon's contracted logistics company refuses to pick up my return package
I didn't know there was a support path that could handle this situation but your comment prompted me to search harder and I managed to talk to a call center in India? that purports to have solved the problem. We'll see over the next week.
pteraspidomorph··on Bing Gained Less Than 1% Market Share Since Adding Bing Chat
Is that a recent development? I can use it on Firefox now as well, but the previous time I checked they were still telling me to use Edge instead.
pteraspidomorph··on Sony debuts first PS5 controller for disabled gamers
I wonder if they make the analog sticks on VR controllers too. Many have similar issues.
pteraspidomorph··on GitHub 404 errors
I was editing a wiki page, and the UI started telling me that someone else had edited the page and that I should refresh (refreshing resulted in the same message in short order). I'm the only maintainer!
pteraspidomorph··on Samsung and other manufacturers disable phones bought on gray markets
I see. Well, whether unlocking the bootloader voided the warranty or not didn't matter in my case, since the phone seems very resilient so far. It has fallen in the toilet and had yoghurt spilled directly into the USB port and it's still trucking along.
pteraspidomorph··on Samsung and other manufacturers disable phones bought on gray markets
It phones home once in the process of unlocking the bootloader.
pteraspidomorph··on Samsung and other manufacturers disable phones bought on gray markets
I have an older Zenfone, no issues ever. It was easy to replace the OS and root (voiding the warranty though).
pteraspidomorph··on Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
Only your phone number? That's almost benevolent. Here's a list of things companies have asked me for (including Facebook), and which I refused to provide:

- Copy of unspecified ID or driver's license

- High resolution copy of national ID, front and back

- Copy of birth certificate

- 3D video of face

pteraspidomorph··on "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" Simulated by GPT-4
I read most of his books and I would agree too.
pteraspidomorph··on Windows 10 warns me to use a "Microsoft-verified" app
Can't wait to see the fines in a few years then.
pteraspidomorph··on Windows 10 warns me to use a "Microsoft-verified" app
Are you in Europe? I think these days they just use a different behavior for EU users so they can screw over everyone else.
pteraspidomorph··on State of the Map EU 2023
As a casual who has contributed, it's not that hard. I do agree that I wish they had certain features that they currently don't. What was your ultimate objective?
pteraspidomorph··on I'm sorry I bit you during my job interview (2011)
This guy comes up to me on the street and says he hasn't had a bite in three days.

Well, I knew what he meant, but just to be funny, I took a big bite out of his jugular vein.

And he's yellin' and screamin' and bleeding all over, and I'm like, "Hey, come on, don'tcha get it?"

But he just keeps rolling around on the sidewalk, bleeding, and screaming, you know, just completely missing the irony of the whole situation.

Man, some people just can't take a joke, you know?

pteraspidomorph··on Discord as a filehost will no longer be possible by the end of the year
I'm interested in knowing what will happen to the million instances of discord image URLs copied and pasted somewhere else on discord. Discord just displays these as images (as they do every image URL), which might result in a great many broken images from the perspective of a lot of users.
pteraspidomorph··on Ask HN: Anyone else finding Google Maps terrible?
Definitely no maintainers. Still can't get the roads around me fixed (they're completely wrong). I've been trying for... 10 years? And this included Googler friends sending internal requests.

I wish openstreetmap did pins better. I don't expect it to be trivial to add traffic and directions to it but they could at least have a pins/popups system.

pteraspidomorph··on Why Ugly Architecture Is Bad for Your Health
Can you remember what the anime was? That sounds like fun.
pteraspidomorph··on TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts
We have our own issues, including voter apathy, political corruption, unsustainable economic policies, extreme inefficiency and the occasional batshit crazy tech laws being pushed by politicians who probably never touched a device with more than two transistors. But I still love it here.
pteraspidomorph··on Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)
9/10. Sorry, Guido, I knew those were the dead eyes of a programming language inventor but I still decided to go with serial killer.
pteraspidomorph··on How did Stripe come up with its name? (2015)
It's the same as the one I have in another service, but cut short because HN has (had?) a 16 character limit.

To be fair it still is a single word with no numbers or special characters, just not a short one.

pteraspidomorph··on How did Stripe come up with its name? (2015)
This is similar to my approach for finding usernames on most online services these days (not HN). I look for unused strings that are preferrably short, single words (two is not too bad), with no numbers or special characters, and choose one of the best ones more or less at random.

Ideally I'd like to have the username I've been using since the 90s everywhere, but it's a single very common english word. It's always snapped up by some rando who arrived first and proceeds to never do anything with it (sometimes bots, I'm sure). You can't get too attached to the names you really want.

pteraspidomorph··on Exercising at a VR Gym
It's a Vive Pro. I'm not sure why they're not using disposable or machine washable interface covers. I always used them when I had a Vive and I didn't even share it with anyone...
pteraspidomorph··on YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
Back then, I seem to recall there was an issue with an example given in the documentation.
pteraspidomorph··on CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking
They would probably have thought of that if they had anyone left who knew anything about the internet...
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