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Wevah

101 karma · joined August 19, 2009

I do computer.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/wevah; my proof: https://keybase.io/wevah/sigs/LT28v2Bi-DJp23TKiMt9zoWSjpDwSPvJJ1W8vRp74hk ]

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Wevah··on Web color is still broken
HEVC video with transparency is apparently possible[1], though I’m not sure if it’s supported on non-Apple platforms.

[1]: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/506/

Wevah··on -h –Help -help Help –? –?
And (e.g.) OpenSSL IS `openssl version`, with no dashes at all.
Wevah··on Apple’s Universal Control
There is a Remote app for Music (and TV) on both iOS and watchOS, though it’s a separate download on iOS.
Wevah··on I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
I thought the comment was sarcastic.
Wevah··on Ask HN: Why are fonts on websites so small?
I find myself scaling text down slightly a lot (without scaling images)…though I did go through and increase the base size on my own site recently.
Wevah··on This page is designed to last (2019)
Modern browsers also support the `system-ui` font family keyword. (https://caniuse.com/?search=system-ui)
Wevah··on Firefox 93
IIRC the real nail in the coffin for Camino was the phasing out of support for embedded Gecko. (I was a Camino dev.)
Wevah··on 14kb WASM game written in D
It looks like it might be due to Safari pre-15 not supporting WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming().
Wevah··on Challenges students face when learning to work with relational databases and SQL
Option-= on a Mac with the US layout, fwiw.
Wevah··on New UUID Formats – IETF Draft
I think there was some proceeding/preceding confusion in GP. I misread it at first, too.
Wevah··on New UUID Formats – IETF Draft
There’s another typo in the v7 section where it’s erroneously referred to as v8.
Wevah··on The string type is broken (2013)
(Addendum: "baffle".uppercased() does correctly return "BAFFLE".)
Wevah··on The string type is broken (2013)
All of the things I know the answers to off the top of my head it passes, but I’d have to check a few of the others (e.g. the “ffl” ligature) I’d have to check.
Wevah··on Freenode has blocked all IRCCloud users
Yes, unless the messages are sent via DCC.
Wevah··on Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
Newer iPhone models have magnets in them to attach to various chargers and accessories.
Wevah··on Best practices for writing SQL queries
FWIW, Lua and AppleScript (and HyperTalk!) use(d) `--` as well.

(Edit: I think I misread “know” as “know of”; whoops.)

Wevah··on Canon CR3 Fileformat
(To be precise, HEIC is HEIF with the primary image guaranteed to be compressed with HEVC.)
Wevah··on The Case of the Extra 40ms
It might not be quite what you want, but Command-(Shift-)-` should cycle through an app’s windows.
Wevah··on Why NetNewsWire Is Fast
You can shake/three-finger-swipe to undo deletions, though it’s not very obvious.
Wevah··on A calculator for the Terminal that renders beautiful math
Neat!

One documentation nit: “Parenthesis” is singular; the plural is “parentheses”.

Wevah··on Sorry macOS users, but Apple has gone too far for some of us devs
In my (limited) experience, for non-GB-sized apps, the turnaround time is closer to five minutes.
Wevah··on Notarizing Your App Before Distribution
My understanding is that if you’ve released Developer ID-signed software in the past, you won’t have to notarize just yet.
Wevah··on Apple has removed Infowars podcasts from iTunes
I think mrweasel meant iTunes the app, not the service.
Wevah··on A week-long programming retreat
I wondered why he didn’t use LLDB; thanks.
Wevah··on Microsoft forced users to install a password manager with a critical flaw
Anecdotally, I haven’t had any problems with my local vaults (yet), though I rarely use 1Password on Windows.
Wevah··on Ask HN: Are there drawing tool plugins to be used within forums?
Sugar (https://github.com/elektronaut/sugar) has a custom drawing tool (called Napkin), though it’s pretty bare-bones (line-drawing only) and uses Flash (eugh).
Wevah··on Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
The difference is between "less" as a stand-alone word, and "less" as a suffix.
Wevah··on Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X
To clarify: FileVault on 10.6 and earlier; current FileVault is FDE.
Wevah··on Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
I use ctrl-tab and ctrl-shift-tab. Works out of the box in Safari (and customizable for apps where it doesn't).
Wevah··on Changes to Npm's unpublish policy
And OS X/iOS app identifiers, etc.
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