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ryncewynd··on Rift: Better Alternative to Git Worktrees
Search issues for "privacy" and some very worrying discussions are there.

Include closed issues, as some have been closed without resolution.

ryncewynd··on Windows Server 2025 Runs Better on ARM
I've worked for plenty of companies using MsSql.

They have all been dotnet ecosystem, but self hosted rather than Azure

I think the latest versions of SQL Server also run on Linux now.

ryncewynd··on Daily Driving GrapheneOS
Same here. I've been trying to find a "plain Android" phone but everything seems heavily customised UI by the manufacturers now.

I just found out today I can't call anymore due to 3G ending in my city

I'm keen for a Motorola Graphene and then just install Google services anyway. For me the value is being freed from manufacturers UI and software

ryncewynd··on Hidden interface controls that affect usability
I agree, I know those buttons are there and how to activate them, but I still occasionally stare blankly at the screen wondering where the buttons are before remembering I need to hover them
ryncewynd··on HTML Form Validation is underused
Thanks for the tip wasn't aware of that.

I rarely want those arrow buttons for numbers

ryncewynd··on LINQPad – The .NET Programmer's Playground
You pay for every LTS dotnet,so every 2 years. E.g Linqpad .Net8 license also supports .Net9
ryncewynd··on Friends don't let friends export to CSV
Are there unicode characters specifically for delimiters?

If Excel had a standardised "Save as USV" option it would solve so many issues for me.

I get so many broken CSVs from third-parties

ryncewynd··on Ask HN: Massaging many client CSV/textfile to correct columns/format etc.?
Thanks for much for your reply, impler looks the perfect solution

I'll try it out and do a demo with our administration team (who are the ones struggling with the files)

ryncewynd··on Ask HN: Massaging many client CSV/textfile to correct columns/format etc.?
For a very basic example, lets say I want 3 columns

FirstName|LastName|Age

And client files look like

ClientA: First|Last|Age

ClientB: Age|FirstName|Last

CientC: FullName|Age

ClientD: DateOfBirth|First|Last

So they all have the required info, but some intervention is required.

Column matching/renaming

Column order

Splitting full name to first/last

Converting DateOfBirth to Age

ryncewynd··on Kirei is a work-in-progress keyboard library written in Zig
It's keyboard firmware for some riscv microcontrollers.

If you want to build a custom keyboard with certain low cost mcus

ryncewynd··on The absurdity of the return-to-office movement
Spend 2 days fixing a 2 line production problem? Just schedule a meeting with last years self and fix it in development phase
ryncewynd··on The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation of the Transavia AirTruk
Ok but that's the cutest airplane I've ever seen
ryncewynd··on Ask HN: How many of you are consciously downsizing your devices/going retro?
Not actively or consciously, but my purchasing desires have certainly reduced.

Laptops:

Lost interest because I find them too expensive or complicated. Either to get what i initially want, or for upgrades down the line. Obviously my opinion would change if I travelled extremely frequently, but for the last many years I've had 0 need for portability.

Tablets:

Never felt the need for one after i got a decent phone

Phone:

Never felt the need to upgrade since I bought a phone that did everything I want and fast enough. Xiaomi 9, extremely happy with it

Desktop PC:

My preference. Good thermals, easy individual part upgrades. Can get great deals either new or second hand. Computing power has been strong enough for a while now that I happily run a few generations behind without feeling the need to upgrade.

ryncewynd··on Lessons I wish I had learned before teaching differential equations [pdf] (1997)
What is TA'ing?
ryncewynd··on Find bilingual baby names
Semen has the opposite problem of Elle. The English translation isn't good for a name.

Perhaps the website could add dictionary definitions of the names in each language to help avoid these issues

ryncewynd··on NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
What's the channel that does ad reads to demo microphone quality?

That's such a simple and genius idea

ryncewynd··on Fairphone 5
That can't be right. The last phone I bought (Xiaomi Mi 9) only cost me $600nzd and that's the most expensive phone I've bought.

And it's so powerful it still does everything I need years later.

Are normal people actually utilising phone specs these days? Sure some people game but surely everyone else is barely using the CPU etc

ryncewynd··on Why Htmx Does Not Have a Build Step
Care to share your build set up? I'd very much appreciate it

I haven't done js since jquery days, but keen to get into modern js development