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nkerkinon I fucking hate Jira

So frustrating! Not sure if it's just in team-managed projects, but they look to have fixed this, e.g Description field maintains a draft across page-loads, until you hit save now :)

nkerkinon Diagrams: Open-Source Alternative to Lucidchart

I'm loving the VS Code extension[1] for this aswell, my teams have finally moved away from visio

[1] https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hediet.v...

nkerkinon M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through their Thunderbolt 3 ports

Are you saying it doesn't exist, or just that it's not compelling?

I'm typing this comment on a phone connected to a standard monitor, running a desktop-like experience [0] and it's surprisingly usable!

Hardware - Samsung S8 (2017), generic USB-C to HDMI adapter, bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

[0]https://www.samsung.com/au/apps/samsung-dex/

nkerkinon Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack

> 7. Ability to run a small chatroom for free which AFAIK Microsoft doesn't offer (its included with other Microsoft products that were paid for usually)

Looks like there's a free [0] version of teams that supports unlimited search, unlimited app integrations and meetings of up to 100 attendees. Compare to free [1] slack that has limitations of 10k searchable messages, 10 app integrations and only 1-1 meetings

[0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/microsoft-team... [1]: https://slack.com/intl/en-au/pricing

nkerkinon Show HN: Hyperlogs – Easy time tracking

I tried out hyperlogs and don't really see that it provides any features over existing timesheet entering solutions yet. It looks good so far and I'll be interested to see how you progress.

I disagree that it's more streamlined though. toggl's killer feature is the ability to switch between tasks with 1 click as I'm performing the work. For mine this is the big distinction between an after-the-fact timesheet data entry app like hyperlogs and an actual time-tracking app like toggl.

The majority of my interaction with toggl is via the desktop app and chrome plugin, any competitor without these integrations is a non-starter.

nkerkinon Show HN: Hyperlogs – Easy time tracking

How does this compare to toggl [0]?

[0] https://toggl.com/

nkerkinon Using VS Code to Debug Java Applications

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you're confusing Eclipse with Electron.

nkerkinon Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties

http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/mobile-phone/wearables/ge...

Was pretty cool to be able to leave your phone at home and still have full 3g coverage, especially when out running/cycling/surfing. Opera mini browser was sufficient for looking things up on the go.

Like others have mentioned, Tizen is a hot mess though. In the end the lack of a spotify app was the main pain point for me. Apple will do well to fill that gap.

nkerkinon Show HN: Sourcetrail – Get productive on unfamiliar source code

Visual Studio 2013 and lower had the Code Definition window, which sounds very similar to what you are describing. It was replaced by the (possibly inferior) inline Code Peek feature in VS15.

nkerkinon Review: The NES Classic Edition and all 30 games on it

I would for sure! Tekken, Metal Gear Solid, Wipeout, Resident Evil, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, TOCA, Colin McRae, Soul Blade, Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, Crash Bandicoot, Chrono Cross, Quake 2, Red Alert, Street Fighter Alpha, Tony Hawks, Spyro, Driver, Gran Turismo.

nkerkinon Half a year later, the Apple Watch feels like a stalled platform

The Samsung Gear S (released November, 2014) accepts a sim card and can make calls without tethering to your phone.

The marketplace for apps is fairly limited though.

nkerkinon C# Edit and Continue and Make Object ID Improvements in CTP 6

That does sound annoying, IIS (non-express) seems to not have this issue though. Agree with debugging and tweaking though, my largest complaint is that you can't edit methods that contain lambda expressions.

nkerkinon C# Edit and Continue and Make Object ID Improvements in CTP 6

I'm confused, the whole point of EaC is to not have to stop the debugger? I would hazard a guess you're not debugging on iis, as detaching a debugger certainly doesn't stop the webserver.

nkerkinon Electronic Medical Records, Built For Efficiency, Often Backfire

You should checkout OpenEhr[0], "enable the development and deployment of open, interoperable and computable patient-centric health information systems"

0: http://www.openehr.org/

nkerkinon Electronic Medical Records, Built For Efficiency, Often Backfire

From my understanding, HL7 is designed for data transfer rather than persistence.

nkerkinon Fully Functional 1KB Hard Drive in Vanilla Minecraft

Reminds me of this 8-bit CPU[0] built in minecraft

[0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxAmphwLPDY

nkerkinon Painless Windows Workstation Setup with Boxstarter

Agreed. I should have made it clear that I was responding more about the "who is behind this?" question and their possible motives, rather than passing judgement on whether it is secure or not.

nkerkinon Painless Windows Workstation Setup with Boxstarter

Fear not! Chocolatey[0] is open source.

[0] - https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey

nkerkinon Before you Dual Boot – MS, OEMs and Linux

I'm confused, could you please elaborate on this? I successfully dual-booted a second-hand (wiped hdd, etc) Lenovo Carbon X1 w/ Ubuntu and Win8 from MSDN media. It picked up the pre-loaded Win8 license without issue.

nkerkinon Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO

frik is correct, watch around 0:40 - 0:45, it's pretty obvious.

nkerkinon Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO

You can with ConEmu, just drag or snap to any size you want and subsequent commands will fill any available horizontal space

nkerkinon 4K is for programmers

Reports indicate that the Dell 4k 28" will be 30Hz @ 4k also :(

The Lenovo Thinkvision Pro 2840m and Asus PB287Q have both been announced (60Hz @ 4k, US$799), but you might have to wait a couple of months for release.

nkerkinon Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

The article has been updated. No 60hz 4k is a deal breaker

"UPDATE: I now have confirmation of the P2815Q’s full specs, and have listed them below. Unfortunately, it tops out at 30Hz 3840 x 2160 and 60Hz for 1920 x 1080. This should prove a deal breaker for gamers, but the monitor still has a solid feature set for the asking price.

Panel tech: Anti-glare TN (not IPS which was previously rumored)

Connections: DisplayPort (v 1.21)/Mini-DisplayPort, HDMI 1.4 (MHL 2.0), DispayPort out (MST), 1 USB upstream, 4 x USB 3.02 downstream (including 1 USB charging port with BC1.2 compliance devices on back)

Color Depth: 1.073 billion colors

Viewing angle: 170 degrees

Response time: 5ms

Brightness: 300 cd/m2

Power Consumption: 75W"

nkerkinon Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

Apple aren't the only ones that have been innovating in this space. For example, the terribly named Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus has a ~20% higher pixel density than MBPs.

It looks as though the HD4600 should be able to push UHD using DisplayPort

nkerkinon My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done

That wasn't GPs point though, "all that clicking and no unix tools" seems like FUD.

I dunno, I must have a different usage pattern to a lot of people here, but I've used tools such as git/ruby/node/telnet/etc across Windows(conEmu + bash)/Linux/OSX and don't really have a strong preference for any OS in this regard. I get that there are differences, and maybe I'm just lucky and haven't seemed to hit these issues that make Windows so horrible for a lot of devs.

nkerkinon My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done

You know it is possible to use windows without a mouse? I make a living cutting .net code in Visual Studio sans toolbars/designer windows, we're not all as inept as this thread makes us out to be. Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but many unix tools have been ported to windows.

nkerkinon Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 billion

Microsoft sell direct to consumer[1]. Every consumer electronics store I walk into has a bunch of Apple gear sitting on store shelves also.

[1] http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/html/pbPage....

nkerkinon H2 {position: sticky} [video]

Will this support horizontal scrolling also, e.g. freeze a table column?

nkerkinon Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview for Windows 7

I'm genuinely curious, why was a full web dev stack on windows so painful? And, why is OSX better?