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LiquidFlux··on Tailscale is pretty useful
Another option to consider would be TSDProxy.

https://github.com/almeidapaulopt/tsdproxy

LiquidFlux··on Replace Philips Hue Automation with Home Assistant's
Their Hue bulbs are particularly high quality as light bulbs go, and their motion sensors are one of the PIR & Zigbee best in class available (a big thing being their short trigger CD).

It's separately a reasonable upgrade path for people becoming increasingly familiar with smart home tech, smart bulbs are a particularly easy entry point with clear added value with new features (white temperature is a personal favourite) and battery operated motion sensors, with a clear path to further home automation adoption with Home Assistant.

LiquidFlux··on Google Meet rolls out multi-device adaptive audio merging
I'm not a Meet user but Google have a PIP extension of their own for Chrome that might also work for the same purposes.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/picture-in-picture-...

LiquidFlux··on Facebook Asking for Some New Users' Email Passwords
Forgiveness is easier to ask for than permission?
LiquidFlux··on Notices have already been issued under Australia’s new encryption laws
I'm not informed on the subject, but narrow-mindedly, GDPR and serving EU customers?
LiquidFlux··on What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss
There exists a CSS property to disable highlighting, user-select: none; I believe, but in this case ( with JS enabled ) the highlight colour is simply not WCAG AA2 compliant and is nearly the same colour as the background

See the paragraph starting "After Chinn's rebuttal..." - https://i.imgur.com/M02ob3O.png

LiquidFlux··on ES6 Classes
I've used Autobind a great deal as of recent with React classes, it's been both pleasant to use and I've yet to experience any issues with it.
LiquidFlux··on LG Releases Gram 17 Laptop: An Ultra-Thin Notebook with a 17.3in Display
So why are you passing on the laptop, if particular software in this case is the issue?
LiquidFlux··on Why we’re changing Flickr free accounts
Is there an obvious way to get a total count of the number of photos you currently have uploaded?
LiquidFlux··on Reddit Hits 1B Views per Month 1 Year After Launching Native Video Player
Extending upon this, Sync for Android is pleasant.
LiquidFlux··on The Apocalyptic Architecture of One 1970s Retail Chain
Do Argos' have showrooms or open floors? My experience, 10 years back, was limited to a looking through a catalogue, punching in a barcode into their stock checking device, and waiting for our number to appear on the screen in the waiting area after having paid.
LiquidFlux··on Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian
Echoing Promarged, the world class UX claim had me searching for screenshots, not having any was a major turn-off.
LiquidFlux··on Google Cloud Global Loadbalancer Outage
Pokemon Go, Rocket League's MP servers.
LiquidFlux··on Google Cloud Global Loadbalancer Outage
Our services have just become available again, initial downtime starting at 20:25 GMT, uptime returning at 20:56 GMT

EDIT: App Engine and Kubernetes environments in our EU region appeared to go down, Compute Engine was okay.

LiquidFlux··on Google Cloud Platform is down
Our services have just become available again, initial downtime starting at 20:25 GMT, uptime returning at 20:56 GMT.
LiquidFlux··on Chrome developer tools to master
My understanding is that Chrome emulates viewports and little more, it doesn't support different rendering engines and such.

You should use it to understand what various mobile devices might look like, great for prototyping, but it doesn't replace physical or truly virtualised devices ( as a service / VMs ) for testing.

LiquidFlux··on Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results
I believe you can replicate the bang functionality in Google Chrome, should you use it.
LiquidFlux··on Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts’
If they were wrapped up in a single package that was marketed towards buying and playing those games, using the same logic they quite probably would be.
LiquidFlux··on Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts’
I'm assuming it could be relating to the inability to play a game you've just bought, if limited to just the Steam Store app.

That alone isn't exactly competition against the first-party's store.

LiquidFlux··on UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds
Could you recommend modem / router equivalents ( whichever applies to replacing ISP supplied equivalent, I'm assuming both? ) at a few different price brackets?

Ubiquiti gear appears to be quite dear, alternatively are they worth the expense? Are there any benchmarks etc which demonstrate this, or further reading?

LiquidFlux··on Check if your data was shared with Cambridge analytica FB check tool
lostlogin mentioned he had never signed up to FB
LiquidFlux··on Oh shit, git: Getting myself out of bad situations
Not the OP, but I had come from SourceTree to GitKraken and it's a joy to use.
LiquidFlux··on The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV
I've experienced similar with the first BDM40, it dropping the DP1.2 support and needing to open up the OSD to revert back to DP1.1 and again to DP2.2 to resolve, in addition to extreme ghosting.

Please update if you do end up investing in a new replacement, the LG especially.

LiquidFlux··on The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV
I jumped on the Philips BMD40 train immediately at launch for £600 a few years back, the ghosting is an absolute nightmare.

A huge boon for productivity having come from multiple 27" 1440p monitors before, and the BDM40 is something I might recommend for somebody looking to get in and get in cheap.

I'll definitely be splurging for something better next time however.

LiquidFlux··on Standalone Signal Desktop
I'm not familiar with Electron myself, however it's relatively easy to identify which applications are using it.

I know Discord doesn't support using a keybind for push-to-talk whilst the (Chrome) tab is not in focus with their web application whilst their Electron app supports this. Something vital to PTT users whilst playing games.

LiquidFlux··on Ask HN: My house might burn down in the next 24 hours. Suggestions?
Your hypothetical unnecessarily opts to store ammunition in a second safe to your weapon.

The above thread made no reference to owning a weapon for home protection.

LiquidFlux··on Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js
Would the previous license have become relevant if Facebook initiated a patent lawsuit against you?

Even being on the back-foot when having to defend your patents, by refactoring React out of your application, was apparently damning enough for people to migrate.

LiquidFlux··on iPhone 8 Plus: The best smartphone camera we’ve ever tested
Samsung did this with the Note 3, and I suspect other flagships around this time.

The rear-facing camera would default to their 'Auto' mode, switch to the front-facing and you have to switch out of something like 'Beauty' mode with tons of post-processing for selfies.

LiquidFlux··on Magit Kickstarter fully funded
Used to use Atlassian's SourceTree, major slowdowns and lack of a native merge conflict resolution tool had us pleasantly surprised when we first heard of GitKraken: https://www.gitkraken.com/

A year later after discovering Kraken, we've now migrated to it and the developer experience has been great.

LiquidFlux··on Dell 38 inch UltraSharp monitor
144Hz monitors do produce a very noticeable difference for gaming if you can rival the refresh rate with in-game FPS, outside of gaming I've only found it noticeable when moving windows about.

For productivity I'd go for the 40" 2160p over a lower resolution higher refresh panel.

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