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jbj··on Show HN: Open-Source eInk Bike Computer
This would be a pair great with Gadgetbridge and Endurain.

https://gadgetbridge.org/

https://endurain.com/

jbj··on Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc
I was recently surprised to see that AOE2DE captures my microphone on ubuntu even when I toggle the in-game settings to not do so.
jbj··on Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra
What made it awful? I have been using a Surface Pro with fedora as my main portable device for the last 2 years and enjoyed it.
jbj··on Just got a MacBook Pro for work; what are your tips?
you are correct. however this allows you to keep touch pad scrolling separate from mousewheel scrolling that will otherwise be tied together
jbj··on Just got a MacBook Pro for work; what are your tips?
disable mouse acceleration and install unnatural scroll wheel to flip scrolling direction

https://github.com/ther0n/UnnaturalScrollWheels

jbj··on When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of your ability to think
no pun intended, actual typo caught in the wild ;)
jbj··on When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of your ability to think
Especially on my phone I have actively disabeled all spelling control, and successively suggestive typing.

writing a sentence while making it, I feel too much the words are being forced on me.

Where as it can be a great tool, I like to exercise my mind, the same reason I calculated all Matrix determinants with pen and paper when I started my engineering degree.

Some people may go to the gym and work out, but I am like to just squeese in exercise within my bicyle commute.

Sometimes there may be greater projects requiring more heavy tech, but for housekeeping I honestly dont mind harvesting the synergies of planning and doing things by myself.

jbj··on Krita: A professional free and open source painting program
if you have an old surface tablet, this is really great with linux surface kernel

[ https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface ]

jbj··on Compromising Garmin Sport Watches: A Deep Dive into GarminOS and Its MonkeyC VM
I am pretty sure you can use the sports tracking functions in garmin without an account, if not, at least without connecting the watch to a phone. You just need to connect with usb to copy the activity file (.fit) which can be converted to tsv.

regarding the passive tracking I dont have a clue

jbj··on Show HN: Don't Hold Your Breath – Breathing Analysis with Polar H10 HR Monitor
I am a long time Garmin user, and sync to runalyze, when paired with a hear rate chest strap, they also calculate a breathing rate
jbj··on Show HN: Don't Hold Your Breath – Breathing Analysis with Polar H10 HR Monitor
dont you need to hold both hands on the watch to get this from apple?
jbj··on KeePassXC Audit Report
Not KeePassDX which is in F-Droid?
jbj··on Why are weather apps still so terrible these days?
there is always a good moment to 'curl wttr.in'
jbj··on Why are weather apps still so terrible these days?
https://yr.no works great for northern europe
jbj··on DIYtouchpad
there is an interesting interview with Federico Faggin from Synaptics explaining how they created their touchpad in this youtube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SonkKtxZx8w
jbj··on Microsoft tests Windows account menu error badge when Microsoft Account not used
If you are on an android phone what supports shelter[1], I can recommend installing "social" apps inside the shelter, and just sleep the apps when you don't use them.

In regards to windows, it feels to me as morphing into a solution for large corporations if disregarding the tabloid news while leaving private users just waiting for a friendly OS to be presented for them.

[1] https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter

jbj··on RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Earth asteroid
not only uracil and niacin, also other molecules:

'''revealing that a wide range of organic compounds such as racemic non-protein type amino acids, alkylamines, carboxylic acids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and nitrogen heterocyclic molecules are present in the aqueous or organic extracts'''

from the linked paper.

racemic mix refers to the equal amout of stereoisomers

jbj··on Hardware microphone disconnect (2021)
this comments reminds me about owning a mac and installing a github repo to allow mouse scrolling direction to not be tied to touch pad scrolling

[edit] just following up, it was UnnaturalScrollWheels, which have been notarized: https://github.com/ther0n/UnnaturalScrollWheels/releases/tag...

jbj··on Microsoft makes Outlook for Mac free
just a few days late to get me to use outlook ... just last friday I was installing outlook to open a .msg file with attachments, the hassle of having to setup an account was enough to uninstall again and asses if I trusted a pip package to extract it for me. Much respect to those open source developers.

https://github.com/TeamMsgExtractor/msg-extractor

jbj··on OsmAnd 4.3 for Android devices
OsmAnd worked great with multitouch on my old ms surface (fedora+waydroid) but now it crashes after a few seconds. I hope to get it up and running, it is amazing for offline maps on such a big screen.
jbj··on NYC officials say they can't find EV garbage trucks powerful enough to plow snow
I hope they will be as creative as in Michigan once they find a machine powerful enough: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/travel/safety/road-users/winte...
jbj··on Getting Started with Tmux
My favorite mod is something simple as renumbering the windows/tabs to range starting at 1, rather than being zero indexed, this way they align with the digits on my keyboard.
jbj··on How to arrange any number of stars on the U.S. flag (2016)
like this?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Ross_flag

jbj··on Mosh: An Interactive Remote Shell for Mobile Clients (2012) [pdf]
Ahh, thanks for clarifying! Yes, in that case it is very appreciated to see recent updates.
jbj··on Mosh: An Interactive Remote Shell for Mobile Clients (2012) [pdf]
I have been using mosh on and off, and actually appreciated that the software was so robust that it just works without frequent updates, and as far as I understand, most security is in ssh, so there would not really be a need for a new version.
jbj··on 2D Rubik’s Cube solution visualization
yes, that is a good saving, The 3D printed plastic by itself is around USD 140, and the magnets around 40.

Here are the links I used back in 2018:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/965KNUESR/melinda-s-2x2x2x...

http://www.gaussboys.com/store/index.php/catalogsearch/resul...

jbj··on 2D Rubik’s Cube solution visualization
too late back here to edit, so just another post to share another implementation of 2x2x2x2 I have come across:

https://github.com/roman-tershak/4DMC-Model

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L0vkK_z0gM

jbj··on The store Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of preview
very curious if this will open up for waydroid

https://waydro.id/

jbj··on “Invalid Username or Password”: a useless security measure (2014)
> 99.9% of websites on the Internet will only let you create one account for each email address. So if you want to see if an email address has an account, try signing up for a new account with the same email address

that may explain why my gmail keeps getting signed up for obscure cypto services :(

jbj··on 4D rubiks cube 3D analog
Another implementation by using electronics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L0vkK_z0gM
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