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staticfishon Material Theme has been pulled from VS Code's marketplace

So what? The answer to the question is still yes.

I assumed it was patent-encumbered that could not be reconciled by either party.

staticfishon Material Theme has been pulled from VS Code's marketplace

Yes, in Britain it is, you fanny.

staticfishon Nullboard: Kanban board in a single HTML file

You can already do this using things like the Chrome Storage APIs (obviously chrome only, and you need to be signed in, and bundle an extension)

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/s...

staticfishon M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS

Seems like a bug if it only affects certain processor cores.

staticfishon M4 Mac mini's efficiency

Watch the video again. He emphatically says they have to be blank or it won't work

staticfishon M4 Mac mini's efficiency

I don't think this is true. If you watch the videos, dosdude1 specifically says he had to order blank NANDs for this process. Then you DFU restore the system from another mac. I have no proof, but I assume part of this DFU restore process is the new NAND chips being hardware paired in some way.

Again I have no proof, but there must be reasons he claims they have to be blank NANDs

staticfishon Bypassing regulatory locks, hacking AirPods and Faraday cages

I assume he needed it to have a small opening in the cage to shove the Raspberry Pi through it (to broadcast new SSIDs)

staticfishon Microsoft's official Minesweeper app has ads, pay-to-win, and is hundreds of MBs

It looks really cool, but i'll make an argument to how faithful it is. I opened the page, and clicked on a square. Immediate bomb loss. This does go against the rules of Windows Minesweeper.

staticfishon Static Chess

url length limitations may thwart that, unless it's all compressed which might defeat the purpose

staticfishon Design docs at Google (2020)

Interesting. I occasionally use this feature so will keep an eye on it. Thanks for the clarification.

staticfishon Design docs at Google (2020)

Interesting, thanks for the info. I must have missed this. It doesn't seem completely unfair to not pass your main Google password, and I imagine you still might be able to use generated application passwords if you really need the functionality (maybe).

staticfishon Design docs at Google (2020)

I'm not fully understanding your comment. What do you think is happening or has happened to IMAP at Gmail?

staticfishon Small Things

> you have to pick your approach and commit to it.

I somewhat agree with this, especially when we are talking about higher brand companies appeasing cheaper consumables.

However, the other way around, it can be done effectively. Take for IKEA instance. They made inroads into Europe and American homes, and did it by offering cheaper, well-designed and modern alternatives made of particle board. After seeing some customers wanted higher-quality products with the same design aesthetic, they introduced a sliding scale of products from cheap-and-cheerful, to better constructed, yet still flatpacked materials.

Customers could then choose the desired range and quality on a sliding scale for each product. This model seems to have worked well for them.

staticfishon Small Things

Not OP but they are almost certainly referring to the BIOS POST self-health and status messages.

staticfishon GM's Futuristic '80s Digital Displays – This Man Fights to Keep Them Alive

Often because (as in this case as well) they are not regular LCD or calculator-like segmented displays, but rather Vacuum Florissant Displays. VERY satisfying hue they emit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_fluorescent_display

staticfishon Apple has not fixed the macOS audio left/right balance bug for nearly 10 years

It does not (unless you install XCode developer tools)

staticfishon Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers

It's much more insidious than you let on. It's plain lying about the cost of the service (food in this case) so they get you in the door, then bait-and-switch you when you get the bill.

Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you live in Seattle. I've been noticing the same thing all over, and honestly it should be highly illegal.

staticfishon Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead

More likely that they've laid-off or reassigned the person(s) responsible for Googlecache, and want to sunset the feature as fast as possible.

staticfishon Google Search officially retires cache link

Cached webpages have pretty much been dead since the pandemic, at least from my usage in the last few years. There used to be a prominent cache link under the search results, then it moved to a weird overflow menu thing, and then finally about a year or more ago, Google exposed no cache version for most websites. This just seems like confirmation.

Still really shitty. I used it constantly. I hate new Google.

staticfishon Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead

I would be surprised if this was actual Google hardware.

Most likely this is one of their pagerank (?) servers that Google sold to business customers way back in the day.

* Edit: It seems these we called the Google Search Appliance. GSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMbvt1iARJ8

staticfishon Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead

Cached webpages have pretty much been dead since the pandemic, at least from my usage in the last few years.

There used to be a prominent cache link under the search results, then it moved to a weird overflow menu thing, and then finally about a year or more ago, Google exposed no cache version for most websites. This just seems like confirmation.

Still really shitty. I used it constantly. I hate new Google.

staticfishon Takeaway

Native Brit here from the South of the UK (midlands and London). Never had I ever heard the phrase "take-out" until I moved to the U.S.

staticfishon Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000)

Not to be a pedant, but just for your info, Ham is not an acronym :)

staticfishon Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline

overnight oats isn't really the same as musili

staticfishon Framework Laptop 16 Deep Dive: 180W Power Adapter

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22734233/apple-140w-macb...

MBP 16 inch in 2021 was apparently the first PD 3.1 apple charger

staticfishon NYC Slice

Sorry, I live in Seattle and it's not even on the same league as even the worst East Coast Pizza.

staticfishon US annual inflation declines to 7.7% in October vs. 7.9% expected

I'm guessing parent resides from the UK or Europe. Mostly "own brands" here come in 2 litre bottles

staticfishon Rewind: The Search Engine for Your Life

I believe it's because they are using middle-out compression.

staticfishon “It’s time for Apple to fix texting”

I'm pretty sure last time I checked, Gmail supported IMAP's IDLE[1] extension just fine. I get instant notifications on Mail.app.

[1]https://samjohnston.org/2008/07/18/proof-gmail-imap-gimap-su...