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>it's not that different from a deb or rpm repository

The difference is that the default app stores require you to make an account to be able to use them. This would rightfully be considered insane on desktop OSs, yet is considered normal for phones.

It's funny how he also mentioned it looked like a scam from the promotional material.

You can download ms teams on Linux, you just can't use it.

It's only "covered" by saying

>But remember: I’m not really building applications for other people to use. I’m building them for me.

What's the point then? What's the point of writing an entire argument proselytizing towards application developers and ending with saying you're only talking about applications you're writing for yourself?

It's fine? Might be worse than Windows, but unless you spend long times away from a charger, it doesn't really matter, does it?

To answer your question, I might probably get around 5-6 hours of video playback (local files, not streamed) on my generic cheap x86 machine from 3 years ago from full to empty, but I don't have the windows equivalent numbers, and I limit charging at 80% and charge at 40% anyway so I don't actually go through a full charge cycle.

Gnome already has a clipboard manager (maybe it's https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicat..., but can't be sure if that's what I'm using since I'm not at home) which can be bound to super+v.

It's better than the Windows equivalent because

1. It loads instantly rather than taking 2-3 seconds like the Windows version, which is super annoying

2. It retains the clipboard history across reboots, unlike the Windows version

3. It doesn't have a limit to the number of pastes saved, unlike Windows which has a limit of I think 10, so you can find entries from weeks ago

4. It's searchable

5. There's an incognito mode for when you need to copy and paste a bunch of things which you won't need later, or when you're copying sensitive information

Big fan, one of those things that are such a UX improvement that make using Windows feel like a hassle.

Use the website and block the popup with uBlock Origin. Using websites will always have better UX than apps, despite what devs will tell you, even on mobile devices.

Yes, I meant building it in by default won't remove any deniability, because it will just be a content blocker where users can load their own filters (with maybe some adblocking filters suggested by default).

The way uBO works already provides a layer of plausible deniability. It's just a content blocker that loads filter lists maintained by other people.

Good article. Doesn't seem to cover when they turned into anthropomorphized girls however.

Very annoying prose.

>Firefox doesn't support PWAs on desktop

Are you sure? I still see the "add tab to taskbar" option in the address bar and clicking it open the tab in a new window and shows a popup to pin the tab to the taskbar.

Mostly because IT insists that you need to start over with a fresh install.

When I last switched laptops, I just did `dd if=/dev/nvmeOldLaptop of=/dev/nvmeNewLaptop` and was good to go with the entire laptop state being replicated, compared to my colleagues who spent a week gradually copying all their stuff over, and still missing a ton. Some time later IT figured out my windows installation ID was wrong and just assumed they messed up during setup and updated their database.

(posting this here on the off chance someone makes this instead of me so I can just use their version instead)

I was working on a VS code extension that integrated with claude code to show an overlay for the changes instead of the edit tool calls so you could write everything yourself. The idea was that even if you type 100% of the same code instead of making your own changes, it would still mean you go through the code yourself and have a better understanding that you would have on just skimming through the generated code. Maybe I should start working on it again.

Just like every new Android "feature", the first thing that comes to mind when reading this is how will it work if you aren't logged in to Google on your phone. Am I supposed to give up and pretend it's normal to have to log in to an online account to use a personal computer?

I don't know, it works for me.

Using Sidebery panes and treestyle tabs makes it really easy to organize your tabs, I have a tree with all my tasks with relevant documentation or subtasks under each task, and I have a separate panes with all the documentation I refer constantly at the top and everything I'm reading right now at the bottom. I definitely have a lot of tabs I opened to read and never closed, but that doesn't matter since everything is arranged in an approximation of a 2D space, I still know where to look for something specific. I'm sure you feel this is weird because you've never used a tree-style tab manager, but personally I can't go back to a regular browsing setup.

Userscripts are also less friction for the user. At least for some level of triviality.

I would say only go for extensions over userscript if you need a settings menu (or any of the APIs the sibling comment mentions).

Not sure if I agree about using windows instead of tabs. I have hundreds of tabs open, and dozens loaded, at any moment. I'm sure that it's possible to manage all the context with separate windows via a window manager, but it would have to be a REALLY good window manager to be able to provide equivalent features of tree style tabs and separate panes and whatever else that something like Sidebery provides, and it is always easier for each application developer to implement tabs suitable for that application's requirements.

There's a reason the average spider sleepwalks into 8 human mouths a year.

And I hate when someone sends me a goo.gl link, which I need to first open in a browser and then open in my maps app just to be able to see the coordinates they're sending me.

Yep. There is a very distinct lack of horsegirls.

Hilarious article. Surprised to see so many people missing the joke in the comments.

There's a lot of indie vtubers who do it for that reason. It's just that the biggest ones are corporate.

I was riding my motorcycle in heavy rains and had a book in my work bag which, as I later found out, doesn't resist water at all, and the book got soaked. Half the pages puffed up, and I hated myself for it at first, but after a while I realized I like it even better since it feels like the book has been through something with me and I will always remember that incident whenever I think about the book.

Though admittedly, caring about this is even more vapid than caring about my books being pristine.

It works fine as a containment site.

I had problems waking up and was looking for an alarm clock on Amazon. But I could only find analog clocks with the famously unreliably moments, and digital clocks which were overpriced and looked ugly. This feels like a real gap in the market, so I'm working on making my own alarm clock. It's a simple enough project but includes PCB design and modelling the case, etc, which I don't have experience in.

I watch everything other than songs or something cinematic at 2x anyways.

>Plus the updates for some reason slows down the longer it takes.

They're probably using the same technology as Windows Update.

>Astha Astha, Postgraduate Research Student

>Dr Noelia Noel, Senior Lecturer, PhD in Astrophysics

Is this a joke article?