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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

It’s at this moment, Little Billy recognized his ideas aligned more with that of the long-time foe, than with those he had considered allies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Good. He can stay out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Sure! It won’t comply, though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

The Windows 10 equivalent, Timeline, got discontinued in 2021. At this point in time it is unknown whether Microsoft will retrofit Recall into Windows 10. Knowing Microsoft it is safe to assume they’ll try anything for profit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Seconded: CryptPad and Obsidian.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I like CryptPad by Framasoft, for big stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Microsoft has a history of doing so, both with Minecraft customers and others. They just don't care.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Some web applications force me to open their screens in separate tabs and windows, by making the screens remove any filtering on revisit by back button. And thus I have 20 tabs open that all start with the same meaningless word.

 

pentesting, cybersecurity, cve

 

New symptom identified for Long Covid : post-exertional malaise, a.k.a. crashing and burning for days to weeks after mild exercise. Cause: serious deterioration of work done by mitochondria, leading to tissue damage and brain fog. 
NPR reports.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Indeed. I'm not totally oblivious. Luckily I have learned a few phrases and figures of speech. But it seems I had a way harder time learning those than my school mates who weren't on the spectrum.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I took that AQ-10 test, and also pondered this particular question. No, I suck at reading between the lines. Give it to me straight, please. No beating around no bush.

Figures of speech pose an equal problem: I may just lack the cultural awareness that allistic people enjoy, but it's rare for me to understand a common phrase, and more often than not I'll invent a completely new one.

Reading between lines: do allistic people do that? How? Is it some skill I can learn?

 

Advances in the java programming language, version 16 and newer, slashed a million lines of code from my codebase. Maintaining my programs became easier overnight, due to this 1 secret trick: Records. 
Unfortunately version 16 was not LTS, so I had to wait until this year's release of version 21, which is LTS. 
 Go read the linked article. It explains Java Records in a very approachable manner.

 

Solution: delete all bookmarks that point to an article hosted at github.blog.

Background: For the longest time, Firefox would suggest the github.blog web address whenever I type "github" into the address bar. I found that weird: yes the word "blog" starts with a letter lower in the alphabet than the word "com", but the ".com" TLD is much more popular so should show up first, right?

Right... unless you, like me, have web search suggestions turned off when entering web address into the address bar. Instead, it takes suggestions from my bookmarks and open tabs, like I instructed it.

Thus, Firefox is behaving exactly as designed and instructed, and the solution is to remove the bookmarks that point to github.blog.

I only wish I'd had recognized that sooner...

 

Wow. Molly Holzschlag passed away. An invaluable force for adoption of web standards and usability. May Molly's loved ones find solace in sharing those memories that inspire them most.

 

Chances are you forgot to kick it.

The linked article is written by me. It explains how Java streams need a terminating operation in order to start any actions. For more explanations and code examples, do follow the link and read the article. It's free.

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