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MikusR··on Known Meta Sites
And just like most of the blocklists, this list is made by somebody who does not know what they are doing.
MikusR··on Known Meta Sites
Missing from list: https://astrea.hello.from.aliens.fb.me/

server just responds to any subdomain you ask it.

MikusR··on Hetzner switches to new billing model
Because they are so cheap, they are often used by spammers or other shady entities. So occasionally they may ask for ID. For example, if you connect from one country, use an address from another country and use prepaid card from yet another country.
MikusR··on Plex Accounts Getting Disabled
https://symfonium.app/
MikusR··on Microsoft is driving users away
I have used every Windows version since Windows 95. And pressing Win and searching brings up the stuff I search for
MikusR··on We Have to Start Over: From Atom to Zed
How much power goes to blinking the cursor in VS code? And how it compares to other functionally similar editors.
MikusR··on Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today – alternatives?
Have cows not suffered enough?
MikusR··on Feds want to ban the Flipper Zero – Experts say it's a scapegoat
Instead of fixing swiss cheese cars, maybe try catching and punishing the criminals. Just because i hold my phone in my hand and not in a locked safe doesn't mean you can take it.
MikusR··on Built-in workaround for applications hiding under the MacBook Pro notch
Under screen cameras have been in mass produced devices for 4 years.
MikusR··on Nvidia pursues $30B custom chip opportunity with new unit
CUDA runs on essentially all NVIDIA consumer gpus. ROCm is supported on a single 5 year old model and two 2 year old models.

https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/install-on-linux/en/docs-...

MikusR··on What it was like working for Gitlab
If they also don't have regional pricing then it's discriminatory.
MikusR··on Mixed Reality gone in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052
Hololens is standalone
MikusR··on Mixed Reality gone in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052
Quest is outselling PSVR2 https://www.roadtovr.com/quest-psvr-2-unit-sales-holiday-202...
MikusR··on Mixed Reality gone in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052
From the linked post:

"This deprecation does not impact HoloLens."

MikusR··on Mixed Reality gone in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052
They finished killing Cortana some time before starting from scratch with Copilot
MikusR··on Mixed Reality gone in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052
So another thing Microsoft abandons just as it starts growing. It happened with Mobile phones, browsers, tablets, AI.
MikusR··on Sudo for Windows
But enough about MacOS.
MikusR··on How iTunes Is Changing on PC
A couple years ago I was rebuilding my nas that i keep my music on. So I decided to trial all the popular streaming services. Apple Music had a generous 3 month trial compared to the usual 7day-1month ones. I cancelled the service on the second day. Because the Windows iTunes experience was incredibly horrible - laggy/glitchy mess. If hell exists then the worst torture there would be being forced to use iTunes.
MikusR··on Disney to take $1.5B stake in Epic Games
Only for the first season. They switched to their own stuff later. IIRC.
MikusR··on Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute
VeraCrypt works on Windows Home
MikusR··on The Apple Vision Pro
Thanks. I was looking for better numbers.
MikusR··on The Apple Vision Pro
AVP gets you around 1440p
MikusR··on macOS Sonoma 14.4 removes critical functions from the fileproviderctl command
Google Drive used to, maybe still does keep versioning metadata in file names
MikusR··on macOS Sonoma 14.4 removes critical functions from the fileproviderctl command
OneDrive has had block level sync dor all files for 4 years.
MikusR··on Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird
Quest 3 is lighter than PSVR2. Even Quest 1 is only 10 grams heavier.
MikusR··on JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry
Features that require quite sizeable server resources?
MikusR··on Apple Vision Pro review
This thing is less than 4k for the entire fov.
MikusR··on The Apple Vision Pro’s missing apps
Even Apple don't say that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36265316

https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/142kz7x/app...

So 3660 pixels horizontal (already smaller than 3840 pixels for 4k), and that's for full field of view.

MikusR··on The Apple Vision Pro’s missing apps
You have a 150" screen at home? With VR devices you do.
MikusR··on The Apple Vision Pro’s missing apps
>The AVP has a much stronger OS and software ecosystem play; you can just download and use your regular iOS apps.

We are literally discussing big companies not checking a checkbox that allows their existing apps on AVP

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