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I do! Actually I never upgraded to Catalina and waited until Big Sur seemed stable enough to upgrade to and it upgraded from Mojave without a hitch. I had been following the beta r…

I just upgraded to Monterey on my Macbook Pro 2018 15-inch and after rebooting, all of the USB-C ports stopped working, including the power adapter. I spent some time on the phone …

> Extra-territorial law application is very complex. KP is one of the few places where you can routinely expect to be prosecuted in Australia for breaches overseas. or FGM. Or, mor…

> I don't think you can be required to backdoor code in secret or held to account by the security agencies not to inform your employer. This law gave the government the power to do…

Performance has improved considerably. However, there is still a major outstanding bug, due to the rendering of window transparency[1]. Window transparency can be turned off by set…

I haven't! But I was reading about it on this day as well and it looks well received, so I definitely want to give it a shot when I need to regularly use a DB tool again.

DataGrip is great. My previous workplace used to be locked into the Microsoft ecosystem and the core legacy product was backed onto a Microsoft SQL Server DB. Over the years we pus…

There is an outstanding bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429522 that I became aware of due to a Firefox related topic a few months ago[1]. You can improve the per…

Ah that's not good to hear. I was using Podcast Addict prior to AntennaPod and it had the same issues as your first point. I now experience the same behaviour with AntennaPod and h…

Amaze: File Manager andOTP: One-time Passwords AntennaPod: Podcasts Etar: Calendar Libre Office Viewer: Document Viewer Materialistic: Hacker News client RedReader: Reddit (great f…

You may want to consider German-based Tutanota ( https://tutanota.com ) who uses open-source cryptography, rather than some alternatives such as Swiss-based ProtonMail who use a co…

You are correct, sir :).

You are right that it is an issue that is talked about and it was discussed in the lead up to the the 2016 election. However, since the election there has been very little attentio…

Corrected, thanks. I'll put it down to lack of sleep :P.

I grew up on the coast of the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland and I can say that the current state of the reef is almost unrecognisable to what it was 20-odd years ago. Whil…

Ugh, can we please stop using "beautiful" to describe user interfaces? lyk dis if u cringe evrytiem Seriously though, it's such a cop out and it cheapens whatever you're trying to …

I want to know why we are still using environment variables (and paths to a lesser extent), other than the fact that they are heavily ingrained. Are there OSs out there that addres…

Am I the only one who barely has enough time to interact with one PC after work (if I even feel like turning it on after a full day of programming), that the thought of interacting…

Dangerous does not necessarily mean fatal. The posed question specifically states environment, and the bed as an environment is typically a flat, soft, blunt, rectangular prism. Wh…

There's no such thing as unlimited residential internet in Australia. Not for $59.99 anyway - and from what I found, it is $79.99 with TPG, as you have to bundle your home phone wi…

TO THE MOON!

HN just turned WolframAlpha into a porn site.

Props for mentioning Fairphone! I can't wait to get mine in October. Ubuntu Edge does look good though, mostly because it should be a viable hybrid Mobile/Desktop replacement. Whil…

It looks to be keyed towards children and restricting their access to certain content and usage time frames. I suppose it will fill a niche market. But I certainly don't support it…