chroma_zone

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I'm glad the JSDoc type syntax is still getting some focus. It's my favorite way to use typescript in my own projects. Some of the syntax changes will be annoying to update but most of them seem to be for the better.

chroma_zone

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Very cool. It's not the ideal environment but it's nice to have those tools available when you need it / are bored. Termux saved me on a few homework assignments in university.

chroma_zone

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Minus the policy restrictions, this has always been true for all LLMs in general.

chroma_zone

vorige maanddiscuss

My life has changed, but not necessarily for the better.

chroma_zone

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Yep. If it weren't for cheap / freely available tools (and their limitations) I wouldn't be where I am today. I think about this every time I make a tool of my own.

chroma_zone

2 maanden geledendiscuss

Microsoft has done their part too. Try using a modern Office 365 program and see how many clicks it takes to get to an actual file browser.

chroma_zone

2 maanden geledendiscuss

They were right about cars, to be fair

chroma_zone

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My experience with wxWidgets based apps is that they tend to not handle DPI scaling well. Audacity is a good example, IIRC that's one of the reasons they're moving to Qt.

chroma_zone

3 maanden geledendiscuss

No mention in the README either. Sneaky

chroma_zone

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A lot of basic tweaks to windows behavior require those types of unstable hacks. The point is that developers or users who want to modify their system are forced into sketchy software.

chroma_zone

4 maanden geledendiscuss

Having spent a few years trying to write Windows utility software, it is really exhausting to be in an antagonistic relationship with Microsoft and have their updates constantly break your work.

The article mentions ExplorerPatcher -- the changelog [1] of that project is informative. Every release involves fixing a bunch of things that Microsoft broke, intentionally or not. Some of this is understandable given how it (necessarily) messes with low level OS components, but there is still zero transparency and you just need to roll with whatever changes. I can't imagine doing that kind of work anymore.

[1] https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

chroma_zone

4 maanden geledendiscuss

The terms of those licenses are still relevant...

chroma_zone

4 maanden geledendiscuss

You may have turned this feature off (like I did) but by default Gmail sorts your emails into categories like Promotions, Social, Updates...

chroma_zone

5 maanden geledendiscuss

Does Debian Stable count?

The page didn't include a download link, so I found it here: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/96.0/linux-x86_...

And yes, it runs perfectly fine on Debian 13.

chroma_zone

5 maanden geledendiscuss

Sounds like the iOS model: your app only exists as long as you are alive and able to pay $99/year. This mentality is a nightmare for software preservation.

chroma_zone

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I paid for "Square Home" a couple years ago and I'm very happy with it. It's highly customizable. The Windows Phone style layout probably isn't for everyone but it works well for me.

chroma_zone

6 maanden geledendiscuss

At least put the ads in a consistent location so I can cover it with masking tape

chroma_zone

6 maanden geledendiscuss

TFix is very nice but unfortunately removes the software renderer described in this article. It's very difficult to get the original exe working on modern systems.

TFix also brings back the spatial audio / EAX support that was broken by Vista, which is a huge part of the experience IMO. Highly recommend installing and configuring OpenAL Soft for this game.

chroma_zone

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The Win11 start menu used to have a fun bug where pressing Ctrl-Minus would open search with the phrase "zoom out". No other shortcut did this. Just Zoom Out. No idea how a bug like that happens.

chroma_zone

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I usually add:

  <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">

which gives you a nice automatic dark theme "for free"

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