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Yes, it now works in Zoom, but not in Webex, unfortunately. That's been a big obstacle for me. I'd need to be able to share individual windows with audio.

mmwelton Ubuntu 26.04 LTS – The Roadmap

A key difference is support lifespan, though: 5 years of standard security maintenance for regular Ubuntu[1], and 3 years for Kubuntu[2].

[1] https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu

mmwelton I spent a week without IPv4 (2023)

If ISPs tried that, everyone would just go back to using NAT, even for IPv6.

mmwelton VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits

There was an article on HN not too long ago about how to get a North Korea / Antarctica VPS[1], so this isn't entirely surprising!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45922850

mmwelton Auto Dark Mode for Windows

A very similar function was just added to Microsoft PowerToys 0.95 recently, called Light Switch[1]. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but basically does the same task, including switching modes automatically based on sunrise and sunset times.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/light-sw...

mmwelton Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

Looks like MacOS and iOS only, which is unfortunate. Support for at least Windows and Android is needed for wider adoption. Linux would also be nice.

mmwelton BBC Micro, ancestor to ARM

There's a good BBC emulator in your browser here, for those who want to play:

https://bbc.xania.org/

mmwelton Final report on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in-flight exit door plug separation

Obviously, such mistakes have no bearing on the content of the report. However, there are usually certain expectations of a formal report from an official government bureau, including a standard of presentation.

mmwelton Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android

Does about:config work on Firefox Android?

mmwelton Cloth

Another one for the browser: https://oimo.io/works/cloth/

mmwelton Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging

The problem is the networking effect. Since so many people use iOS, even Android users often have to contact people on iOS devices, resulting in Briar likely remaining very niche.

mmwelton Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging

Indeed, this is very much a limitation for all apps on iOS that don't want to rely on centralised services, such as a push notification server other than Apple's.

mmwelton Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging

Unfortunately, iOS simply does not allow apps like Briar to run reliably in the background[1]. Unless Apple changes its thinking about iOS, Briar or other similar apps would never work reliably.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/685525

mmwelton Feds Link Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks

SyncThing[1] works very well for syncing with Android devices, but IIRC doesn't work with iOS.

[1] https://syncthing.net/

mmwelton Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

If you're using Gnome, you could try the system-monitor-next extension[1]. The main thing to note when installing for the first time is that you'll also need to install a few system packages[2].

[1] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3010/system-monitor-n...

[2] https://github.com/mgalgs/gnome-shell-system-monitor-next-ap...

mmwelton Airflow – Stream media files directly from macOS to AirPlay devices

It looks like it also works on Windows (64-bit or 32-bit).

mmwelton Developing inside a virtual machine

This all looks fine for developing server apps that don't need a GUI, particularly as long as 3D accelerated graphics aren't needed. You don't even need to be using/developing a 3D game or application, just using a modern GUI without too much lag now seems to require 3D acceleration.

mmwelton UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol (2022)

A pity that iOS doesn't support UnifiedPush and probably won't in the foreseeable future[1].

[1] https://unifiedpush.org/users/faq/#will-unifiedpush-ever-wor...

mmwelton Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

> It’s up to 1.8x faster than M1, so multitasking across apps like Safari and Excel is lightning fast

Is multitasking across a web browser and Excel slow on any CPU nowadays?

More seriously, though, it probably shows that CPU speed is not the bottleneck for most tasks nowadays.

mmwelton Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted

I'm not the person you were replying to, but in the past, I've just used an IP reputation checking website, such as:

https://www.apivoid.com/tools/ip-reputation-check/

mmwelton Gorhill pulls uBlock Origin Lite from Firefox store

Wow, that's good to know, thanks!

mmwelton Gorhill pulls uBlock Origin Lite from Firefox store

But now it's not even possible to use the add-on in Firefox for Android, as only add-ons from AMO can be installed.

mmwelton State of S3 – Your Laptop is no Laptop anymore – a personal Rant

Anyone have a suggestion, how it would be possible to schedule an overnight backup on a Windows 11 laptop with Modern Standby? This used to be possible using the task scheduler, but that doesn't seem to work anymore.