sunbeam60

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on Linux — Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope this forces an Affinity build for Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone with a 20 year old Reddit account, I have to say I agree. The character of Reddit did change noticeably when digg users came over. And that’s fine. But it definitely happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Set up your own emergency grid. I’ve got a couple solar powered nodes around so I can contact my wife even from the villages that aren’t in mobile coverage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d be surprised.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taiwan chipmaker TSMC begins 2nm chip volume production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this all marketing mumbo jumbo by now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes I know what’s on a SIM card. But if it’s physical I can move it to another phone in a flash. With an eSIM I had to ask pretty please of the phone companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can move my phone number to another phone in 2 minutes without involving the phone company. The same is definitely not true with an eSIM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a world of corporate control over everything, I’ll take my globally defined, physical interface standard thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need to vent about plastic milk jugs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The way the old Norse gods intended it to!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does he think he is The King?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve given you an update, only because I’d like to encourage a diversity of opinions here.

  But can I ask you some questions:

  • Does Farage’s connections to Russian money concern you?
  • Do you genuinely believe Farage cares or understand everyday people’s concerns and situation?
  • What changes is it you seek that you feel only Reform will deliver?

  Cheers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grid-Scale Bubble Batteries Will Soon Be Everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a hell of a lot better than most other systems. If true, and if scalable, this is a huge innovation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grid-Scale Bubble Batteries Will Soon Be Everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And if there is a known high wind coming, the plant can forcefully go through the compression cycle to remove the bubble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 displayed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depending on where you are in China, I agree. But the benefits are very unevenly distributed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re like kids trying to damn up the stream in the forest. They’re all enthusiastic at the start and then they realise the power of water and quickly give up. Still, for a few moments, it gives them a sense of control.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here.

  I self host photo storage, which leaves originals untouched. It’s got a parity drive. There’s a hot spare. Every night it gets backed to up two different cloud providers that both host their own hardware, on two different continents (OVH, Germany and Backblaze, US East). The entire thing gets written to two offline disks every six months, for worm protection. I run recovery exercises a couple of times a year.

  It would take a dinosaur killer asteroid for me to lose access to this data.

  Imagine giving all that to Apple?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally. This is the data equivalent of a “new battery tech will revolutionise your phone” post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbh my own personal use case is getting buried with all of my data and become some kind of data-“Tollund man” in the year 4000, when they dig up my data cube and study it endlessly.

  I expect them to build a reading device to do this; it’s the least I would expect if they want to study the holiday I was on in Bergen, or completely misunderstand the two hotdog pictures I happen to have as some kind of fellatio training device.

  “Myes, we do believe family structures were loosely organised around the remote picture beaming devices that used to be called “te levision”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What DDNS providers you guys recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve used duckDNS for years. A couple of years ago it started flaking out every couple of months so I migrated off it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US demands access to tourists' social media histories⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well you can of course do that. Then if it discovered that you’ve lied on an entry form, you’ll be denied entry forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asking the right questions...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Snide comment that achieves very little. Word has done the dash —> em dash transformation since the late 90s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asking the right questions...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many writing tools automatically transform dash to em dash when used as an em dash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asking the right questions...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use em dashes all the time and I’m a real person, at least last time I checked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Proton Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Point taken. Thank you for the reminder. I was probably being harsh. Appreciate the feedback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Altman’s Dirty DRAM Deal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, I luckily upgraded to 64GB (when MSFS 2024 said “that’s preferred”) before all this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Proton Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In a personal context, agreed. In a business context, I completely disagree. Analysts, finance, operations etc all have much more complex requirements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Proton Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Google Sheets is competing with Excel. Proton Sheets is competing with Google Sheets. So Proton Sheets is competing with Excel.

  I used Word as a comparative example to say that parts of the office/docs suite are easy to compete with (there’s only so may things a word processor can do), while others (like Google Sheets or Excel, whichever order you prefer) is incredibly difficult to compete with; a formatting error on import of a Word doc is acceptable. An unsupported formula ruins the entire thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. The RU ain’t perfect, but I’d take it over any alternative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Proton Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does if have FILTER, array formulas, spill zones, MAP, data tables, query engines, SQL engine etc etc?

  To compete with Word: Easy. To compete with Excel: Very, very difficult (pretty much only Google Sheets have managed).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fortunately I live in a country where the government can (broadly) be trusted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I thin Zig actually stands out pretty well from the pack. You sound maybe a little jealous or something?