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tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
Yes, Windows 7 was the sweet spot. Clean, uncluttered and functional.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
I second this. WSL2 is very well integrated. You just open a terminal and have your Ubuntu (or Debian or whatever you set as default) environment ready to go. Even though it's running in a VM, whenever I start Tomcat, I can access it from the Windows side using http://localhost/... It's that well integrated. VS Code opens my projects inside WSL as if they were local.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
I second the Garmin Instinct Solar as a really good everyday watch. I got tired of charging my Apple Watch everyday and getting annoying notifications all the time. I just wanted something to keep track of my walks, track my sleep and give me basic watch functions such as alarms, timers and stopwatch. The Instinct is perfect for that.

I also have it set so that the backlight turns automatically on when it's dark and I flip my wrist. I wear it to bed (sleep tracking) and I can always check the time if I wake up in the middle of the night.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
He was one of my favorite authors. I remember reading "Eon" many years ago. I thought it was the best book I had ever read. Then I read "The Forge of God" and found it even better.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
No one is forcing you to upgrade. I still have a 2008 Mac running El Capitan and I can do everything I need to do on it.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
Yes, I hate the trend to apply mobile paradigms to a desktop OS. I will stay on Monterey for as long as I can.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
I am one of those people who still have a lot of PostScript files. I have many scientific papers from college in my collection. I know I should convert them to PDF, but it sucks that they quietly removed support for a file format that's been around for a long time.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
This is a very cool use for a watch. You can use any watch, but some watches, like the Seiko Alpinist, even have a rotating bezel with the compass points. This makes it a lot easier to find the other directions. One thing the article forgot to mention, is that the trick works only for standard time. If you are on daylight savings time, the direction will be off.
tolger
·4 years ago·discuss
I also work from home. I only use my laptop when I travel once or twice a year. I much prefer my desktop computer.