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ricardojoaoreis

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ricardojoaoreis··on Git at any scale
Did you really create an account for this?
ricardojoaoreis··on Your phone is an entire computer
I'm using a Nexus 5 with postmarketOS as an SMS gateway connected to the internet! So glad old phones were a bit more open
ricardojoaoreis··on FFmpeg 8.0
You can use mkvtoolnix for that and it has a GUI
ricardojoaoreis··on Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages – bad news for Steam gamers
Yes, that's what I do on Arch. I don't have multilib enabled and manage to run everything just fine.
ricardojoaoreis··on Vulkan1.3 on the M1 in one month
Alyssa did some work for Valve, they might have an interest in FEX for some ARM version of Proton.

Good thing that we can all benefit from it

ricardojoaoreis··on Apple Maps Gradually Winning over Google Maps Users, Report Suggests
I haven't had Google Maps installed on my phone for at least 4 years now. In the beginning using Apple Maps was an exercise in frustration at times but nowadays it's better than Google Maps in a lot of scenarios. Annecdoctaly we if we were driving somewhere sometimes I had to unplug my phone to get Google Maps directions on Car Play but lately it's actually the opposite.

POI, restaurant reviews etc are still miles better in Google, but using the web version is enough for those.

ricardojoaoreis··on Apple Music Sing
That line stood out, powerful enough for 3D games but not for Karaoke…
ricardojoaoreis··on MyFitnessPal Barcode Scanner Goes Premium and What to Use Now
Leaving yet another alternative to the ones mentioned elsewhere on this comment section, Lose It![1]

It has a premium version to track more than just calories but barcode scanning is part of the free version

[1]: https://www.loseit.com/

ricardojoaoreis··on I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge
I did something similar to my LG TV at the expense of losing the motion sensor of the remote… Worth it in my opinion
ricardojoaoreis··on Pi-hole FTL v5.12, Web v5.9 and Core v5.7 released
Love pi-hole! I’m running it on a tiny ROCK Pi S[1] next to my router and haven’t had any issues whatsoever.

Always amazed at the amount of requests blocked by just the default list included with pi-hole. Although I’m a bit concerned that more and more apps/devices will start using DNS over HTTPS to get around pi-hole like solutions…

[1] https://wiki.radxa.com/RockpiS/hardware/rockpiS

ricardojoaoreis··on Changes to LastPass Free
I don't like using browser extensions for password managers (I read in the past these are usually the easier attacks, might not be true nowadays) and switched from LastPass to Bitwarden.

The feature I miss is that LastPass has a Mac MenuBar app which provided a global shortcut to search my wallet, for Bitwarden I always have to open the app.

Also, the iPhone app doesn't let you view attached images in the app, you have to first download them to the phone's storage.

ricardojoaoreis··on IntelliJ Idea 2020.3.1 Is Out with Apple Silicon Support
Which JVM are they using?
ricardojoaoreis··on Starfucker – A GitHub API exploration
Also a Nine Inch Nails song

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfuckers,_Inc.

ricardojoaoreis··on How the most popular Chrome extensions affect browser performance
Browser extensions are usually the attack vector for password managers.

I use the native desktop apps for them, previously LastPass and currently Bitwarden. The UX suffers a bit but you at least you gain some security.

ricardojoaoreis··on VirtualBox 6.1
I used VirtualBox and the last time I installed Linux I gave Gnome Boxes a try to run a Windows VM every once in a while and I haven’t felt the need to go back to VirtualBox.