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threeboy··on Microsoft PowerToys
Installed this two days ago for the color picker.
threeboy··on Ask HN: How do you personally stay fit?
Brazilian Jiujitsu. The game-like experience distracts me into getting a sweat. There's a whole problem solving puzzle element that is also satisfying.
threeboy··on Scientists forewarn timing of 'triple whammy extinction'
250 million years? That's not a study that's scifi.
threeboy··on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
ClickTeam Fusion 2.5 (the Five Nights at Freddy engine) is a "no code" game engine where you define interactions between the different game parts with essentially a big spreadsheet - your son may be able to tinker with it and realize his ideas in it easily.
threeboy··on Ask HN: 87yr old yoga teacher asked me to manage her website. Where to start?
The website is not stored on the laptop - those are more like working files. The HTML files (the "pages" for the website) get edited (in this case Dreamweaver) and UPLOADED to the webhosting/web server via an FTP program (FileZilla for example). The domain name (in this case the .org) points to the web server where the web page files are stored.

To just keep everything as is you would need the following from the old website people:

* The FTP credentials to upload the files. * The webhosting account login to renew the hosting fee (probably monthly or yearly). * The domain name account login (can be the same as webhosting, but not always) to renew the domain name fee (usually yearly).

Dreamweaver is an out of date program used to edit the (HTML) web page files. It's known as a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor where you update the web pages as they look (or an approxmiation of what they look like). You could connect to the website via FTP and download the files to any computer and then edit them with Dreamweaver or learn some basic HTML and edit the HTML files using any text editor (such as notepad).

Like many have said you may better off rebuilding the website in a modern WYSIWYG tool. The website is dated but very simple - copying and pasting the content into a software as a service website provider (WIX, SquareSpace, Weebly) which shouldn't take much time and they are easy to use (drag and drop, WYSIWYG). Then you can login to your domain name account and re-point the DNS to the new website and then cancel the old webhosting and not worry about it anymore.

threeboy··on How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
Where did using the edge of a bowl, pan, or counter start? Use a flat surface for initial smack and you’ll get fewer shell bits.
threeboy··on Today I learned you can pause the Windows Task Manager moving apps around
You can also just sort by name.
threeboy··on Ask HN: How do you find high quality mobile games?
Two of the best mobile games I've ever played are: Total Party Kill & Heart Star. Simple platform puzzlers done very well. Pay to remove ads (if you want) and then there's a bunch of levels, you beat them and the game is done - felt a lot like a good NES/SNES game does.

Total Party Kill (iOS) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/total-party-kill/id1462538547

Heart Star (iOS) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/heart-star/id1159003700

Total Party Kill (Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adventurei...

Heart Star (Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adventurei...

threeboy··on I won’t spend more than $250 on a new smartphone
"cost me $299 on a two-year contract"

The rest of the cost was in the monthly payments.

threeboy··on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release
Sega tried something along those lines - with proper PC hardware you could play Saturn games... I don't think it worked out for them.
threeboy··on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release
If you want more of that kind of Zelda seek out the earlier Ocarina-like games. Wind Waker & Twilight Princess were remastered in HD on the Wii U and Skyward Sword was remastered for the Switch.
threeboy··on Ask HN: Share Your YouTube Channel
TrueNuff.tv Comedy Videos https://www.youtube.com/truenufftv

Some background if you want: Tried the "YouTuber" thing 10 years ago - we got a couple viral vids and it resulted in views and subscribers then YouTube changed the way accounts were handled with Google+ but also how subscribers operate with opting-in for notifications and whatnot so our fanbase effectively just died. We all kinda aged out of making goofy vids but we do have a few we're still editing but who knows if we'll release theme.

threeboy··on Ask HN: How do I get into art?
Fuck around and find out.
threeboy··on Why do new cars look like wet putty?
People vote with their dollars and right now this look shows that they seem to have more dollars.
threeboy··on Why do new cars look like wet putty?
It’s still gloss it just doesn’t have the metallic flake.
threeboy··on Why do new cars look like wet putty?
Never thought this was a new trend but an old trend making a comeback. Glossy non-metallic.
threeboy··on Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam
I do the same thing. A few of them (Adobe, linkedin) have gotten hacked and spammed to the gills (so I black hole them) them but it’s often rare and I’m realizing it’s not worth the effort to micromanage email aliases in this way.
threeboy··on Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong
I also saw the Flappy Pong similarties.
threeboy··on Ask HN: How did you correct your sleep patterns?
I avoided playing word games (like scrabble) on my phone before bed. I heard that it keeps the logic part of your brain awake so I just stuck with visual puzzlers.

No idea if it's true I just still avoid word games before bed.

threeboy··on Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday?
You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.

All of the above in Lenord Nimoy's voice.

threeboy··on The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
20 minutes a day is over 100 hours a year. 0 minutes a day is 0 hours a year.
threeboy··on Nintendo announces Switch OLED Model
I don’t use handheld mode and can still play BOTW2 - this is good.
threeboy··on What it's like to be cancelled
"Three men make a tiger"
threeboy··on RIP Google Reader
I found out about this post via RSS through Feedly.
threeboy··on Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
"Fill the gap"
threeboy··on Freelancing on the Internet Sucks
"Don't forget to drink your ovaltine"
threeboy··on The Quora Partner Program Is a Scam
Quora was cool before it turned into Yahoo! Answers part 2.
threeboy··on Ask HN: How did you prepare for being a first-time parent?
!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!

What to Expect When You're Expecting: a baby.