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GormHouj··on Show HN: They chose your competitor. Find out why
Not sure what this is- I can only input a website if I sign up?

Show me the product first.

GormHouj··on No one can afford to make Myst games anymore
The 2021 remake of Myst has VR support as well as the remake of Riven.

I think I own five copies of Myst now. There are at least 4 remakes/remasters. It's kind of insane.

GormHouj··on Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download your music now
Anyone know how to actually download all the albums you have access to?

There's not like a "download all" button...

EDIT: Whoops, missed the extension suggestion in the actual article. RTFL...

GormHouj··on Counter-Strike 2 – Limited Test for select CS:GO players
>Can I participate in the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test on Linux or macOS? [1]

No. The Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test is only available on Windows.

I'm sure this will change with an official release though.

[1] https://steamcommunity.com/faqs/steam-help/view/5ED2-ED8E-81...

GormHouj··on M2 MacBook Air scores higher on Windows 11 GeekBench than pricier Dell laptop
Honestly, and I'm not sure of the technical specifications, but the screen is so bright that I really never notice the reflections unless I'm in the absolute worst conditions- where I probably shouldn't be running my laptop outside in direct sunlight.

It's an interesting issue, because I have the same feelings about the recent launch of the SteamDeck. The highest priced model has an etched mat screen and the lower models have a reflective one. I'd say that it's far more noticeable in the steamdeck than it is on my macbook screen, even though they look very similar.

My guess is the adaptive brightness and sensors are very well tuned.

GormHouj··on The hacking of Starlink terminals has begun
Interestingly, either H/N changed the submission title, or the article itself changed their title to reflect the content of the article better. Is there a way I can check which happened in the last few hours?
GormHouj··on The hacking of Starlink terminals has begun
I see a lot of articles that quote the cost for hacking a product or service. I feel like these type of titles undermine the effort that took place. Surely the lab Wouters used had tools and processes that aren't cheap, nor would you consider his expertise inexpensive.

I'm not impressed by a PCB board being cheap. Does anyone else feel this way about similar headlines?

GormHouj··on What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book?
A friend of mine once had the idea to create a zine where the contents were made up of things that we'd find in between the pages of books at Goodwill.

We went to a few different Goodwills around town, and while the idea was exciting- it turned dark quickly when we discovered the research notes of a man who had been diagnosed with cancer. It appeared he was not going to win the battle, and he knew it. Perhaps this was his way of coping, but from the state of the medial book it appeared he did not win the battle. I don't think the zine was ever published.

GormHouj··on I Died on Monday Night
Pill presses with name-brand impressions are pretty cheaply imported from China these days.

Unfortunately this is a very common way of cutting pills with stronger drugs and stretching products for drug dealers.

Xanex and Percs are often crushed up, then cut with Fentanyl and vitamins to be re-pressed into the original pill form to be sold on the street as a prescription drug.

GormHouj··on Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland
That would be very dramatic.
GormHouj··on Show HN: AES67 Stream Monitor – An app to monitor audio over IP streams
voicemeeter for windows is really good, highly recommend.
GormHouj··on Police in Minnesota round up journalists and take pictures of their faces
I think it's especially important to keep in mind that George Floyd is not on trial.

He was alive before his interaction with the police.

GormHouj··on Have I Been Facebooked?
The commenter is leery of entering their phone number into the article link.
GormHouj··on Running Docker on Apple Silicon M1 (Follow-Up)
Can I get a source on that?
GormHouj··on An Interactive Introduction to Fourier Transforms
It's linked at the bottom of the article: https://github.com/Jezzamonn/fourier
GormHouj··on I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call
Ah! Thanks for the distinction! I couldn't remember if the transcription was happening in real time during the call, or if we just exported it afterwards. I hope the Zoom team adds real time soon!
GormHouj··on I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call
Hmm, about a year ago when I was on Zoom meetings we could get a transcript that was generated of the whole meeting, along with a recording of the meeting.

Was this feature removed at some point? One of my coworkers would export the meeting conversation and save it in slack. While it wasn't always perfect with the captioning, it worked well enough!

GormHouj··on Giant Pacific Octopus
Your argument is that all words are made up?

You could say this about any language and of course, it still holds true.

GormHouj··on GitHub CLI 1.0
Yeah, and this is the correct way to automate anything relating to github. Their API is insane.
GormHouj··on Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes
Within your rights, sure. Giving access to a webcam and microphone is different from being being recorded in a public setting.
GormHouj··on Valve's Proton Has Brought 6000 Windows Games to Linux So Far
While proton works wonderfully, I've found that most of the time the anticheat systems do not run at all. So multi-player is usually disabled, even if the game runs flawlessly as a port. The Halo collection let me log into Xbox live, but then fails to run anticheat, so you are left with campaign. Same with PUBG.

So many games run extremely well that it's not a deal breaker for me. My last gaming rig was on Zorin Ultimate.

GormHouj··on Voice Recognition Software Beats Humans at Typing
Stenographer!