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whatch··on Valve secrets spill over in new Steam documentary app
Felt just like you a few chapters back (I'm on 6th now). But now I wish it doesn't end too soon.
whatch··on Ask HN: Can browser block all notifications but pretend accepting all?
Didn't think about that. Maybe I should be more careful about what permissions I give apps I install.
whatch··on Linux Touchpad Like a MacBook update: progress on multitouch
As someone who used MacBook for ~5 years I miss touchpad especially for switching between workspaces.

The closest alternative (for me) on Ubuntu (Gnome) I've come up with is Super+J/K for switching between workspaces and, as a bonus, moving windows between workspaces with Super+Shift+J/K. Feels almost as productive as on MacBook with touchpad

whatch··on Japan Captures TOP500 Crown with Arm-Powered Supercomputer
As someone who started learning Python with Data Science and ML courses and tutorials I overused these short names for variables in my first web apps
whatch··on Japan Captures TOP500 Crown with Arm-Powered Supercomputer
That can happen when maintainers are professional scientists rather than professional web developers

update: added "professional" before "scientists"

whatch··on Turn on MFA Before Crooks Do It for You
Some password managers (1password, for example) suggest adding MFA for services that you have records for and if it knows that these services have MFA. Not sure where they get that info.
whatch··on Apple’s secretive AR and VR Headset plans altered by internal differences
> Swapping out the SOC from an Oculus quest to an a13 or higher would be extremely compelling for me to buy.

I agree, but I believe the battery will need upgrade as well

whatch··on Apple’s secretive AR and VR Headset plans altered by internal differences
> I use my Quest many times a day, often for just a few minutes at a time. It is so easy to get up from my desk, and jump into a ping pong game, enjoy a favorite part of Vader Immortal, randomly try a VR art piece, etc., etc.

It was great in that until recently. I leave my quest powered on between gaming sessions. Sometimes I even leave game (beat saber or boxvr) open. It worked great for some time, but for about a couple of months I am experiencing a lot of bugs when it's impossible to recenter headset (using hardware button) and image weirdly freezes for a couple of seconds.

Reboot fixes everything until next time.

It really ruins using headset for frequent short sessions.

And support was really unhelpful.

whatch··on Show HN: ProsperStack – Use Stripe to automatically prevent cancellations
As a customer, I can imagine unsubscribing because some service was quite good, but not worth the full price for me. Maybe this service is still figuring out its pricing model. If they, for example, give me cheaper price and then keep it, I do not mind being "saved". Not sure how often this scenario will be considered though.
whatch··on Apple Doubles the Price of RAM Upgrade on Entry-Level 13-Inch MacBook Pro
CTRL+L clears terminal in all Ubuntu versions I have used (16.04+) and works out of the box.

Didn't use Mac for some time. Is CMD+K behavior different in some way?

whatch··on SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
I envy you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1m1Mr0aPSs
whatch··on SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
I believe when falcon (or another rocket) will be launched as many times as Soyuz (for example), weather requirements will be more relaxed. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1266695491879911424
whatch··on Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz Is Out
Can confirm. I have fallen in love with VR when I tried this game on my friend's Oculus Quest. Now during lockdown Beat Saber and BoxVR (another great title, with issues though) on my own headset account for, I guess, 90-95% of my physical activity.
whatch··on Ask HN: Any good FOSS alternative to Google's reCAPTCHA?
Except when you use a couple of privacy-related extensions in Firefox and every other website forces you to mark bicycles or buses.

Or do these websites use older versions?

whatch··on Popcorn Time 4.0
Same in Russia. But they tax not only storage but basically everything that can play music and/or video including desktops, laptops, tablets and phones.
whatch··on Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of Covid-19
Before I've read you message I was sure that dry air slows down transmission speed. But indeed, it's humidity https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3551767
whatch··on The Math Required for Machine Learning
As someone who took calculus, linear algebra and a couple CS related courses on my economics program in university 6 years ago, I wish I had someone around who could explain me (better) why and how all those courses can be helpful to me. ML and AI were not big those days (at least I didn't hear much about them as I do know). Now, looking for my first python web developer job and dreaming about switching to something more ML related eventually, I am thankful I hadn't completely fail those courses, but feel extremely sorry I didn't study them properly.
whatch··on How did Google get so big?
> Everything else they do is a huge side show to distract people

Or attract more people to use their services to sell more ads

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