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wappieslurkz··on Ableton Live 13
I sold my license of Live 12 three weeks ago, great timing as it turns out. I went with Reason 14 instead: I'm just so much more productive with Reason, even with the free version (initially). The Ableton Live workflow is just too clumsy and uninspiring IMO.
wappieslurkz··on Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office
Fascinating. Though IMO it's a bit of a pity so many of these kind of historical picture series are in black & white, while color photography was largely available and affordable from the 60's onwards.
wappieslurkz··on Who Is Planting Backdoors in Ledger Crypto Wallets?
Strictly speaking, a hardware wallet doesn't hold your "money". Your assets live on the blockchain, and your seed phrase generates the private keys that control them.

The hardware wallet is just a sandboxed interface between you, your seed, and the blockchain. It requires a computer to connect to you and the internet.

In other words: as long as you have your seed phrase (and your passphrase, if you set one) on a piece of paper, you can smash your hardware wallet to bits and be fine.

(This assumes a standard single-signature wallet using the BIP-39 standard)

wappieslurkz··on Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
They don't have a choice, we do, and it's a choice that's also better for our health and planet in multiple ways.
wappieslurkz··on Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
The difference is that animal agriculture involves millions (or even billions) of unnecessary victims: the animals.
wappieslurkz··on Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)
Be careful with long-term or frequent doxylamine use, especially if you’re older. It’s an anticholinergic drug, and studies have linked sustained anticholinergic use to increased dementia risk, though it’s not proven the drugs cause it.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/288546

wappieslurkz··on Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?
Good thing it did, I've been struggling with it for 9 months now. I'm seeing a new specialist next week.
wappieslurkz··on Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?
One problem is: a tennis elbow does not really involve inflammation... Look it up.
wappieslurkz··on Leak reveals Google's Aluminium OS with a 16-minute video
Is it me or is Google's UI & graphic design becoming more and more childish (and boring at the same time) with every move they make? Not a fan. And: the Google Sans font family looks just so annoyingly "whimsical" and outdated to me.
wappieslurkz··on Leak reveals Google's Aluminium OS with a 16-minute video
Thank you!
wappieslurkz··on Apple discontinues the Mac Pro
Thanks.
wappieslurkz··on Apple discontinues the Mac Pro
Do NVIDIA solutions also outperform the Apple M-series in performance per Watt?
wappieslurkz··on The MacBook Neo
I don't think you actually tried it.
wappieslurkz··on The most-seen UI on the internet? Redesigning turnstile and challenge pages
Thanks for the Wikipedia tip.
wappieslurkz··on The Slow Death of the Power User
Please further explain what you mean. I think this is a pretty interesting and well written article, but your comment made me doubt myself.
wappieslurkz··on Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?
They wouldn't get any worse, but I assume they'd get behind really fast.
wappieslurkz··on YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other browsers
They did not seem to succeed very well. On my M1 iPad Air and iPhone 12 mini background YT playback works mostly fine via Brave, although you might have to go to full screen first before you enter background mode.
wappieslurkz··on I stopped following the news
This might be an open door, but I use the amazing HN-reader app called Hack which offers a filter that hides posts via a list of keywords you can manage. Of course some false negatives happen this way, but I don't mind about that.
wappieslurkz··on iCloud Photos Downloader
Thanks for confirming my hunch. I'd be surprised if it would be possible to work around this.
wappieslurkz··on iCloud Photos Downloader
Aha, thanks. That's good to know.
wappieslurkz··on iCloud Photos Downloader
I did not discover it, disabling ADP is listed under "iCloud Prerequisites" on the/your GitHub page.
wappieslurkz··on iCloud Photos Downloader
Thanks for creating this amazing tool. A requirement for it to work is disabling "Advanced Data Protection". What are the implications of doing this?
wappieslurkz··on I'm returning my Framework 16
Apple could sell so many Macs to Linux users looking for decent machines once they'd open up the hardware just a bit...
wappieslurkz··on Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options
I just ignore all the smart features and never connect my smart TV to the internet, and I disconnected the WiFi antennas from the main board. I use an Apple TV to feed it live TV, series and movies via apps.
wappieslurkz··on Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane
Technically, but in practice.... On top of that the production of AC's is also a factor, and there is the spilling of the refrigerant liquids that only recently became much less damaging.
wappieslurkz··on Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane
Wait... aren't AC's one of the prevalent causes of global warming, so in effect partly causing more heat related deaths? And what about stress caused by noise pollution from AC's? I think we need less units - not more.
wappieslurkz··on Win10 users looking for a new OS? Apple $599 MacBook can't come at a better time
You can absolutely install, run and update macOS without an Apple ID.
wappieslurkz··on Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need
"Windows 2000 was peak Windows to me. "

Exactly, Windows 2000 was such a comfortable workhorse. And lightning fast, it made me doubt why I was a Mac head. I switched briefly until OS X grew up and surpassed any version of Windows in reliability and versatility (for me).

wappieslurkz··on More honey bees dying, even as antibiotic use halves
If you were ever wondering why (us) vegans don't eat honey: this is one of many reasons.
wappieslurkz··on Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar
Tried reducing the space between the icons?

https://community.folivora.ai/t/reduce-menu-bar-icon-spacing...

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