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TheHippo··on Chatbox: Cross-platform desktop client for ChatGPT, Claude and other LLMs
File uploads don't work and the Linux Appimage won't start.
TheHippo··on WordPress.org bans WP Engine
It is not about the code. It is about using other company's server resources.
TheHippo··on Learn Git Branching
Nothing about the content of the site, but please stop determining the language of the user based on geolocation. If the browser says he wants English, serve English.
TheHippo··on Winlator: Android app that lets you to run Windows apps with Wine
They had official documentation on how to do this, although this page has been deleted: https://web.archive.org/web/20160115055656/http://wiki.wineh...
TheHippo··on Amsterdam Switches to 30 Km/h on 80% of its Roads
> To keep public transport running smoothly, in some places we are constructing separate lanes for public transport. Public transport is allowed to continue travelling at 50km/h on these lanes.

So even more incentive to use public transportation.

TheHippo··on Steve Wozniak hospitalized after fainting at an event in Mexico City
Planes are pressurized.
TheHippo··on micro – A Modern Alternative to nano
That is what makes micro so easy to use. It uses widespread hotkeys.
TheHippo··on Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way
You can't sleep a Pi.
TheHippo··on OpenSSL 3.0.7 fixes X.509 email address buffer overflows
> Ubuntu packages are built with stack protector, reducing the impact of this CVE from remote code execution to a denial of service.
TheHippo··on Tauri – Electron alternative written in Rust
I don't know how the website was translated, but the German translations are terrible.
TheHippo··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell
Don't determine the users language by the country the request is coming from. My browser wants English, despite me being in Germany, so don't show me the German page. The good thing though was that besides the language selector nothing else was translated.
TheHippo··on Tell HN: SMS-based two-factor authentication is not secure
This seems more of an problem when living in the USA than an SMS problem. I'm in Germany and there is no way someone gets a new SIM card without someone checking the persons personal ID.
TheHippo··on Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps
Add calc to your favourites (programs on the left bar). Now it comes before Libre Office Calc when you enter "calc".
TheHippo··on Chaos Communication Congress is moving to Leipzig
Yes, it's outside, but it's 8 minutes by train ride from the central main station.
TheHippo··on Google Earth Redesigned
It was part of Google+ until very recently. So my guess is, that they just moved it.
TheHippo··on CIA malware and hacking tools
There are even images here: https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_13205694.html
TheHippo··on I Know What You Download on BitTorrent
Not from the States, not on AT&T Wireless. None of my torrents is shown. I think you don't know anything.
TheHippo··on Berlin Is Bringing Back Subway Trains from the 1950s
I don't know. The Berlin train system is known for stopping to work if its either to hot, to cold, to windy or to rainy.
TheHippo··on New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore
I lost it at:

> There are ~ 19 million developers in the world. And Apple has managed to sell ~19 million Macs over the past 4 quarters. What a coincidence!

TheHippo··on The decline of Stack Overflow (2015)
I'm apparently in the top 0.54% for this year. Whoever says SO hates new user have never used the moderation tools and read the stuff new users write on this page.
TheHippo··on A Review of Time Series Databases
Dataloop develops DalmatinerDB. Guess which database won first place.
TheHippo··on Elementary OS Loki 0.4 Stable Release
Does Android Studio have an built in upgrade option?
TheHippo··on Google+ Redesigned
No events anymore. This was one of the most useful features that G+ had.
TheHippo··on The Cuban CDN
When you watch the YouTube video linked in the article it seems like lot of the content is gathered in the USA and then brought over on a drive / stick. There are also many people involved in gathering the content.
TheHippo··on [dead]
Just use `go build -i` to install everything and compile only packages that have changed.
TheHippo··on KickassTorrents resurfaces online
Not relevant for the this site because the didn't even turned on HTTPS.
TheHippo··on Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession
If you are looking for an AR mobile game with more depth maybe you should try Ingress.
TheHippo··on Git-secret – store private data in a Git repo
Similar project, that I personally use quite often: https://github.com/StackExchange/blackbox
TheHippo··on Rqlite: Replicated SQLite using the Raft consensus protocol
> rqlite reports a small amount anonymous data to Loggly, each time it is launched. This data is just the host operating system and system architecture and is only used to track the number of rqlite deployments. Reporting can be disabled by passing -noreport=true to rqlite at launch time.

This is very close to the end of the Readme in my opinion the wrong default setting.

TheHippo··on Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client
> No desktop client

Seeing the level of shitty ported Linux programs I see this as a pro.

> Connected to your google account meaning I'll need to juggle several google accounts to keep my personal and business chats separate

This would be easier with Skype if you have 2 Skype accounts?

When using Chrome:

> - Gets grouped with my other browser windows in my taskbar, making it hard to find

Menu -> More tools -> Add to desktop

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