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> Just build a JSON API! It's not that hard! I agree that a JSON API is a better approach, but it's possible for AAA game developers to screw that up too: https://arstechnica.com/g…

There was also the Timex Datalink series of watches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink

Likewise, the Save to Watch Later button is also missing from lite-youtube-embed, which is a feature I use a lot. Yes, you can get to it by playing the video, but that defeats the …

One approach is to copy the data to a location that you control first (eg: RAM) and perform both the check and the use of that data from the trusted location. That can be difficult…

In regard to the limitations of the command line syntax, Raymond Chen discussed this recently: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20240215-00/?p=10...

No, this one had a central Play/Pause button surrounded by a D-Pad ring for prev/next track and volume. No display though.

A number of the Gmail features are unique to the web app, not standard email filters so while Mail.app will get you the core features you'll still need the ability to run the web a…

I don't get why WebSession proposes to use authentication headers like WWW-Authenticate, when it calls out at the start that it's not a replacement for authentication protocols. If…

Not all PCs are on the internet or have access to time.microsoft.com

That researcher was Ian Carroll, who created a new "Stripe, Inc" company in Kentucky, a clone of the one registered in Delaware, and was therefore able to get an EV certificate iss…

That's why Asahi Linux has a custom installer. Amongst other tasks, it installs a stub macOS partition that contains known supported Apple firmware versions. See "Whats with all th…

You might be thinking of GREASE for TLS: https://chromestatus.com/feature/6475903378915328

Even Google Calendar does this. If I'm adding an event an hour from now, why does the Location auto-complete list show locations that are impossible to reach in time at the top of …

You can turn it off on Netflix too: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102

They mentioned that the display output is currently using a framebuffer provided by the boot loader. I suspect when the DCP is initialized, the screen starts displaying a different…

I suspect you're missing the subjectAltName field from your certificate(s). https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-58-deprecations/#re...

SemanticMerge is an existing commercial product that works in a similar fashion. I've found it much nicer to use than text-based diff tools. https://www.plasticscm.com/semanticmerg…

I'm not sure if you've seen it, but there's a game called Rolling Line that works the same way, but with a virtual model railway. https://store.steampowered.com/app/754150/Rolling_…

> However, perhaps surprisingly, xxd is part of Vim (but not Neovim?), which is a rather heavyweight (and odd) dependency to require just to include a binary blob

Daniel Estévez ( https://destevez.net/ ) has lots of interesting blog posts on using tools like GNU Radio and Jupiter to decode transmissions from various objects in space. He's re…

> when normal communication systems are not available. I think that would be the key point to the exemption. He likely could have contacted the fire service by telephone or other "…