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CTOSianon Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet

more likely "...a furlong and more" ... no meters that time :}

CTOSianon Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux

yes, some tablets (eg Dell Venue), real pita there..

CTOSianon Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son

Or just toggle JS on their site mate

CTOSianon Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features

hello! hello! I was mainly admin and COBOL dev with them (I wish I kept the collection of the manuals and PRGs, alas when no space..), bitsavers have a quite collection (incl a virtualbox HDD) if you are interested!

CTOSianon L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility

yea visidata light years , I still use 123R2 runs fine under msdos runner - old version I know but I have a hack of addins :}

as for that project .. well not even windows binaries there

CTOSianon Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter? (2024)

also free arcade credits :}

CTOSianon Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language

input: total idiot

output: A professional with a unique approach to problem-solving who offers significant opportunities for team growth and mentorship.

CTOSianon $3 ChromeOS Flex stick will revive old and outdated computers

Win11 IoT ;-)

CTOSianon Bye Bye Gmail

no idea, do they really read any darn email on storage, or just when you use their webmail/android app?

CTOSianon Bye Bye Gmail

you can use your gmail on zoho, they have some low cost plans

CTOSianon Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11

you guys def have no idea about LTSC...

CTOSianon Man shocks doctors with 254/150 blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks

I know a guy that used to drunk a lot of frappe[0], more than 10-15/day IIRC, so friggin addicted till the day he had a seizure while driving...

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee

CTOSianon Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer

@op did you try via command prompt (cmd.exe) eg copy or xcopy ?

CTOSianon Microsoft Will Preload Windows 11 File Explorer to Fix Bad Performance

at least on some versions of 11 (tested on LTSC (24H2)) is still possible to have the w10 file explorer - with hacks...-

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/restore-classic-file-explorer-...

CTOSianon The history of cataract surgery

I know this project: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00793091?term=Chakshu%20...

but I think it is stalled/abandoned

CTOSianon Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts via POP

I am using the gmail web-app to access emails from eg yahoo and outlook, well if they pull off the plug of this feature (gmail mobile app only) no big deal - sod off gmail (web app again) there is zoho that you can do this with a very small cost (abt £1/mo IIRC)

CTOSianon Ask HN: Accessibility tools for knowledge workers with low vision

bad eyes here due to corneal erosions and cataracts, but I don't use voiceover, just large fonts+ inverted contrast - on linux anyway, Gnome. I think windows have way better (quality) text2speech at least than linux

CTOSianon ChatGPT, draw a picture of a parrot in ASCII art

google gemini not better LMAO https://g.co/gemini/share/64e01b99c217

CTOSianon From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban

Smart kids then could use retro PDAs like Palm :)

CTOSianon Cecil B. DeMille and the Google Android Gmail App

enshitification and bloat this is what we get today

CTOSianon Hacker News Alternativies

https://twostopbits.com mainly retro stuff

CTOSianon Tribblix – The Retro Illumos Distribution

me as well, olvwm was last time in Debian Jessie, now only on NetBSD as package

CTOSianon Commodore 64 Ultimate

The guys behind Olimex are top chaps! Their products are not only affordable, also OpenSource as well! Nothing good came so far by the C= or Amiga copyrights...

CTOSianon 'I felt pure, unconditional love': the people who marry their AI chatbots

They could 'talk' at the past as well, depends of what people smoke...

CTOSianon Engineer creates ad block for the real world with augmented reality glasses

or pr0n

CTOSianon Snow - Classic Macintosh emulator

I usually use https://www.macintoshrepository.org , the garden lack some proper organisation

CTOSianon A receipt printer cured my procrastination

I use one Intermec with android , I just print todo and lists for my pocket filofax - alas not possible to print under linux (proprietary drivers), and I even had to 'hack' the android intemec print-app (as it was designed for intermec android devices and if you don't use a such it put a watermark line) - TBH even their setup app is windoze only.. FFS

CTOSianon Multipaint: Draw pictures with color limitations of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms

grafx2! ported to a lot of platforms http://grafx2.chez.com/

CTOSianon ReactOS 0.4.15 Released

Kudos to devs and anyone involved there!

CTOSianon Guten: A Tiny Newspaper Printer

those cheap-as-chips thermals are nice, esp some old ones , they come with a parallel port - very retro! I used an 80mm one to print short todo/lists, they fit well into my 'ancient' pocket filofax (4-ring), alas this kind of paper is not echo friendly.