rlv-dan

Don't know about Australia. It's available in Sweden though, so it's not only for US.

If you are looking for an alternative navigation app I can recommend giving Magic Earth a try. Simple, clear and free. Nice developers that answers your mail. It even supports Android Auto.

https://www.magicearth.com

Perhaps not "use", but the site where I publish my hobby software, still uses a design made in 1999. Slightly updated (now it uses CSS!) but still the same table based layout :-) Why? Well I guess have better things to do than constantly updating my site with the latest trends. It does its job. It's not mobile friendly, but my audience is mostly using a PC anyway. Somehow I imagine that it portrays an image that a my audience appreciates and matched my software.

https://www.rlvision.com

There are (at least) two project in development aiming to make a modern VB6 with full backwards compatibility:

https://twinbasic.com/

https://www.radbasic.dev/

Especially Twin Basic looks good IMHO. Looking forward to testing it on my old applications!

> What arcane library does it rely on

Win32

> can't just cross-compile

Suppose that you only use a specific operating system. Even if you could cross compile, how would you verify that it actually works? How would you know the specifics of each operating system and adapt you application to work well in such situation so that user don't flame you? It's just not that easy. And don't get me started on making GUI applications.

Side note: As a Windows user, In this case I really appreciate the look and feel of the native GUI. It feels like a "real" Windows application. You would not get that if you cross compiled.

I'm sure you've thought about every single possible situation to conclude your insightful comment.

Otherwise...

There is no use for your comment.

Slow and/or unavailable in Sweden too

Transferring from disc to system via a laser is analogue and error prone. What if there is a scratch? What if the cd wobbles?

How does HN feel about "open source but not open contributions"? I have several applications with source on github, but I'm not really interested in contributions. I feel kind of bad about it, but they are "my" applications. The source is not secret and I don't mind people using it. That is why I publish it. Not to get help.

Yes, very bad memory with regards to details. Which makes it frustrating listening to people here rave about command line utilities and vim shortcuts.

This comment make me sad. Replacing human creativity with "ai" is like we've reached the peak so no need to put any effort into life anymore..

The best thing about this is that I no longer feel an urge for another side project to make an elevator programming sim myself :-)

Not learning new languages and frameworks all the time gave me time to build actual software.

Hello Miljöpartiet. Still full of bullsh*t and FUD I see.

Exactly. I know one myself, one of the biggest companies in the world, who's tenant name has no resemblance to their company name. Security by obscurity is not a security feature but it is a barrier...

One of the most impressive games I ever saw was Pinball Fantasies for DOS. Running at 60fps on a 286 with real music through the built in PC speaker was unheard of, like a real games console.

The website talks a lot, but where are the screenshot? Are they afraid to show what it looks like?

Nostalgia? I still use winamp v2 every day...

As a long time Windows user, it would take me a considerable amount of time to get used to the operating system and all applications and utilities that I need to be productive. Not saying Windows is great, but it works for me. And I'm pretty sure they don't hire people to learn an operating system.

It's taboo to criticise such movements because by extension you criticise those that actually have the illness. And some movements have grown quite powerful politically. If you allude that it's problematic to let children change sex, you are painted as anti lgbtixxxx. Activism has won against science.

Tip: When on someone elses computer, type ddg.co/yourquery in the adress field to quickly search on duckduckgo

Would it be possible to store subscription data without actually linking it to the account that is affected? Sort of like a one way encryption.

Exactly. Now I'm going to write down all the correct options so there is no more arguing on what is right or wrong. Then no one will ever need to feel offended again!

> you have freedom of expression, but it only extends as far as it doesn't infringe on another person's entitlement to a life free from discrimination & harassment

How do you determine this? If I define a common word to be offensive towards me, how would you argue against it if I really feel that way? Where do you draw the line?

On the other hand, Italian pizza can be too thin. For me, I like a crust that is thin but still has a soft inside with that lovely bread taste.

Does it support unicode? That's the biggest issue for my applications (which I still sell)

> After the Firefox 4 nightmare

I would love to hear more about this

By being inclusive they are effectively excluding the large majority that is actually identifying themselves as male or female.

My first thought was "master mind with letters instead of colors".