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KindOneon An opinionated approach to GNU Make

Previous discussion (2019) with 194 comments.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21812656

KindOneon iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims

Previous discussion from 4 days ago with 240+ comments.

"VPNs on iOS are a scam" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32488308

KindOneon Delphi still exists and is actively developed

Some websites I have signed up require a real phone number so they send a verification code on account creation.

KindOneon Delphi still exists and is actively developed

I don't know.

KindOneon Delphi still exists and is actively developed

Be warned: You need to enter a valid phone number. They will call you asking on what you plan on building with the software. I've had that happen to me within a few days of downloading the software.

Another person had the same experience. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24582890

KindOneon VPNs on iOS are a scam

It already exists in the App Store. I've been using it since April 28th of this year.

ios/ipad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wireguard/id1441195209

macos: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wireguard/id1451685025

KindOneon Hacker News was down

I just automatically assumed I was having internet issues instead of checking other connections like I usually do when other sites have issues.

KindOneon Two people in Tesla killed after crashing into parked semi at Florida rest stop

Here is the original image that is not zoomed in.

https://i.imgur.com/YKtf8Jj.jpg (4032 x 3024 pixels)

KindOneon iOS 16

Some people don't like Steam since its proprietary. I own around 200 games on Steam and almost all of them have Steam's DRM that prevents me from running the game without being logged into Steam.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/drm

Some games can be bought on Steam, GoG (DRM-free), and/or their website.

Example:

https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/games-kerbal-space-progra...

https://www.gog.com/en/game/kerbal_space_program

https://store.steampowered.com/app/220200/Kerbal_Space_Progr...

KindOneon Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

You can buy a LTSC license for a single computer.

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2167558-explicit-inst...

KindOneon Education Department Forgives $415M of For-Profit College Debt

https://archive.is/20N5L

KindOneon Pentium III: Processor Serial Number Controversy

Needs (1999) in the title.

KindOneon Microsoft Says Windows May Need Up to 8 Hours to Update

They outsourced the QA team to the general public.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/12/micro...

KindOneon SpaceX winner ‘insanely disappointed’ he had to give away his trip to space

https://archive.ph/jfDSF

KindOneon FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and lifecycle (2012)

From my observations content from previous years tend to get the (YEAR) appended at the end of the title unless its from the current year.

KindOneon FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and lifecycle (2012)

Needs (2012) in the title.

KindOneon XSuspender Auto-suspend inactive X11 applications

This? https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050822-11/?p=34...

KindOneon IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts

Windows 7 went EOL in on Jan 14, 2020.

Are you talking about the Extended Security Update? That ends Jan 10, 2023.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-...

KindOneon Intel claims new i9 is faster than M1 Max

Power Chart with a Core-i9 11980HK (11th Generation) instead of a Core-i9 12900HK (12th Generation) discussed in the article. The chart is about half way down the page.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performanc...

Here are some power, prices, and other things can be viewed here about them.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?pro...

KindOneon Ask HN: Why can't I downvote? I've been a member for over 10 years

You need 501 karma for downvoting.

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

KindOneon Windows 2000 Modernization Guide

Win2k has 16-bit colour in the tray icons. You can enable 32-bit colour if you hex the explorer.exe.

I've used this program before:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120824125326/http://www.r1ch.n...

Note: It will timeout when it tries to download the database.

If you want to manually patch it yourself, open explorer.exe in a hex editor and edit this: