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vanous··on I Tried Hiding from Big Tech in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets
When using smart watches I have found Gadgetbridge [1] useful, to keep my smart band conveniently connected to a phone but not to send my data to Xiaomi.

Gradully going fully F-droid [2] on my devices.

[1] https://blog.freeyourgadget.org/ [2] https://f-droid.org/

vanous··on Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive
As long as you only sync org-mode text files, you could install synsthing-fork and enable custom rule to sync the orgzly directory even on mobile data.
vanous··on Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive
Wow, what i timing. Just found out org-mode thanks to bumping into Orgzly [1] and proffering it more then Joplin [2] due to local directory storage (synced with syncthing [3]). As a Vim user i am now trying vim-orgmode [4] and hope to have complete self hosting synced note taking solution... i will see if org-web fit's into this somehow...

[1] http://www.orgzly.com/

[2] https://joplinapp.org/

[3] https://syncthing.net/

[4] https://github.com/jceb/vim-orgmode

vanous··on Advice on Getting Better from an Accomplished Piano Player (2011)
Yes. Good music teacher will highlight passages to practice, rather than asking students to keep repeating the full length.
vanous··on Google Photos will stop syncing to Drive
This means rclone will stop working. Thanks for the reason to push me to move away from gphotos and gmail...
vanous··on iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracking you
You can always choose to pay for a utility apps from reputable developers, rather then use adtech apps.
vanous··on Ask HN: StackExchange down for anyone on Firefox specifically?
Same issue here, Firefox 66.0.5 on 5.0.0-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.0.1-1~exp1 (2019-03-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
vanous··on Pollen: the book is a program
Similar here, i use Docbook and then convert to PDF with FOP, this all via Red-Hat's Publican. Recently i actually started writing in asciidoc, which i convert to docbook and then to pdf and other formats. This is now pretty slick. Both asciidoc and docbook also provide good localization tooling for gettext, which i need.
vanous··on Huawei banned from using SD card branding
Thank you for the insight.

Well, they lost me then and probably many other potential readers on mobile devices.

vanous··on FeX: Forum Explorer – Rethinking how we interact with threaded conversations
Might be very nice, but unfortunately all I see are many lines that say "loading". Is this intended for people with "web browsers" or is it only for those who installed the "Google Chrome" software?
vanous··on Traccar – Modern GPS Tracking Platform
Thank you for the tip! Hass user here too. I was reluctant to use GPS based detection but traccar seems like good private solution. I still have to check whether I must spin my own instance or if the traccar server is running automatically on (my) Hass server.
vanous··on Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service
Tried it and it seems cool. Too bad that there isn't an addon to create a provider for Thunderbird 's filelink.
vanous··on Running a Bakery on Emacs and PostgreSQL
This. Being able to run easily selectable scripts on pieces of selected text in my editor is what keeps me in vim. Doing repeatable tasks, filling XML data, gosh, I even keep my odometer book in vim via small hacked together python script.

People keep recommending things like Visual Studio Code, but I am yet to find a way to do it there... Is it even possible?

vanous··on Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-Breaking Speeds
So what if they suddenly left the jet stream, for example flew a bit below or besides... If that's possible... and happened to be in normal wind speed, the plane would disintegrate due to sonic boom?
vanous··on Dbeaver – Multi-platform database tool
Thanks for mentioning this, I will also give DBeaver a shot instead of HeidiSql
vanous··on Ask HN: Why would I choose Python over JavaScript/Node?
Not an expert but would recommend you to look at pyenv with virtualenv from the start. This allows you to use python3 version of your choice in virtual environment based say per project etc. Obviously, this landscape has been changing rapidly lately and other people might recommend different tools, but for manual (or automated) server deployment I like this - I can test new versions of libraries and python (3.7.2 ;) and switch between them super easily without affecting/breaking each other.
vanous··on Improbable and Epic Games establish $25M fund for ‘more open engines’
If you are like me wandering what is SpatialOS, from https://improbable.io/games :

SpatialOS provides managed cloud services that solve common technical and production challenges when you’re creating, iterating on and hosting multiplayer games.

SpatialOS: the cloud platform for real-time multiplayer games, built with any game engine.

vanous··on My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
rclone is great, i have been using it to make backup of google photos. I had tried so many different solutions before achieving this. Great to see it being here on HN.
vanous··on GitHub deplatforms Code of Merit Author Roberto Rosario
I would also like to know. I have watches the video and read the manifesto on GitLab. Was there some backlash?
vanous··on Giving Mono Souper Powers
KeePass was using mono.
vanous··on How to Swap Ctrl and Caps Lock Keys in Linux
Having done this myself (ctrl key permanent failure) the article and it's comments are listing several ways to achieve that swap.
vanous··on The Google Cemetery – A list of dead Google products and why they died
Thank you very much for sharing, I am glad to have seen your comment here.
vanous··on Python Qt tutorial: Create a (working!) chat client
Can I make all three platforms installers on Linux or do I need Windows and macOSX for the specific installers?
vanous··on How I Handled Python, SQLAlchemy Threading for GhostiFi
Here is correct link which doesn't require sign-in: https://medium.com/@reillychase/ghostifi-python-sqlalchemy-t...
vanous··on Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017)
Yes, yellow were the pencils of my childhood. But finally I learned what Koh-i-noor stands for, never bothered to Czech. Pun intended :) CZ citizen here.
vanous··on Thefuck – Corrects your previous console command
I run a discord bot for wot blitz and the close to 70 commands are available under about 180 names, based on observed typos people make. Autocorrect on mobile cannot be used (it puts an extra space before the word) and it's sometimes super hilarious to see what people come up with...

Example:

?clantopplayers

aliases=["clanplayerscharts","clanplayers","calntopplayers","calnplayerscharts","calnplayers", "clantoplayers"]

vanous··on Show HN: Podcast downloader command line script in Python
Nice. Also the python related podcasts, except the robotic voice __init__ one, which I just am unable to listen to it.
vanous··on REMI: Python REMote Interface Library
Anyone tried to make an apk with Remi via p4a?
vanous··on You Should Use VS Code If You're a Python Developer
Can I run python script on selection of text in vscode yet? That's a breaking feature for me, vim does great job with this. It's really handy when transforming documentation into code.
vanous··on Google Play Protect is reporting that Android Lost can damage my device, Why?
I think it has to do with thr one before latest update which enabled remote camera and mic usage without any notification. Right now I got an update which rolled this back, probably as a response to this reaction by Google.

Interestingly enough, Android lost, which I have been using for past several years, is not working very well on some devices of family members and I have been considering uninstalling it as they now have a data plan and the great function to respond to sms commands is not needed by me anymore.

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