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AltF4meon The Codex App

This is the reason. When an app changes so often, across different platforms, you don't want to support people lagging behind on old versions.

I'm not saying native is better or worse, but this will be why.

AltF4meon What's New with Firefox 142

It says you have to click and hold

AltF4meon UK Gov enables drivers to use preferred apps in all car parks

Great defense against QR code scams too.

AltF4meon Netflix's bet on advanced video encoding

I think the OP's question was maintaining the higher quality stream, not the act of ripping.

AltF4meon How (and why) to de-Google your life and protect your privacy

Check out Photoprism too, also very good. I've not settled on Immich quite yet, but it is very nice.

AltF4meon Did the whole pairdrop repo just vanish

Self hosted Gitea will mirror a repo for you - I'm not sure on an entire account though.

AltF4meon Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly

It's not fragmented like video is. You go to your favourite music streaming platform and listen. You don't need to check all 10 services you pay for to work out if the artist is available on it.

AltF4meon A 15 pound computer to inspire young programmers (2011)

No, we like to use imperial and metric in the UK.

AltF4meon Man hacked airline Web site to locate his lost luggage

Reminds of me of Tony Abbott getting hacked https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minis...

AltF4meon How to Migrate Google for Your Domain to Normal Gmail

You don't need your own email server to switch your MX records to Proton or Zoho...

Surely moving away from Google is the answer here?

AltF4meon This year, Oculus has sold more headsets than Microsoft did Xboxes

You haven't tried VR yet have you? When you do, you'll see this is very different to 3D of the past.

AltF4meon Ask HN: How has long-term work from home changed your sleep habits?

I don't nap, but I do sleep in longer. I don't need to rush out the door to catch a train, but sometimes it means starting work before showering.. And taking a shower on my lunch.

AltF4meon GitHub Actions limitations and gotchas

Turnstyle?

We've had similar issues with Terraform deployments.

https://github.com/softprops/turnstyle

AltF4meon GitHub Actions limitations and gotchas

Turnstyle?

We've had similar issues with Terraform deployments.

https://github.com/softprops/turnstyle

AltF4meon Sourcegraph: Why we're indexing the OSS universe

Sourcegraph have been sending unsolicited emails to my personal and work email addresses, and there's no way I signed up to any marketing on either of them. Very dodgy practices going on.

AltF4meon Show HN: Mmm.page – Drag and drop personal website creator

Nice. Maybe edit should be the CTA rather than sign up?

AltF4meon Computer Science Curriculum in 1000 YouTube Videos

I think this is where coding bootcamps are winning...

AltF4meon Ask HN: How to Become an Expert at AWS?

Why? I've always found certs give a great grounding of what's available, even if you don't understand everything in great depth.

AltF4meon O2 outage due to expired Ericsson certificate

Would it not be possible to expire the cert if the domain expires?