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exlurker

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About exlurker

Developer in Oslo, Norway.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #44123847

    https://fakeupdate.net is a good one: fake windows update screens. Successful head-scratching a few times!

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    Comment #42288118

    Similar in Norway. One source of frequent misdiallings were from housewives dusting off the rotary phone, accidentally dialling 111.

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    Comment #42016047

    Now that you mention it, I remember reading through the entire first script of of Alien from 1976[1], which was really cool. I now feel an urge to re-experience that. [1] http://ww…

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    Comment #36932033

    There's one on Lemmy/Beehaw: https://beehaw.org/c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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    Comment #36802623

    I wonder if Michael Jackson would have even more success with his beer guides if he chose a pseudonym. https://www.beerbooks.com/cgi/ps4.cgi?action=enter&thispage=...

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    Comment #36174594

    Here's what looks like a manual for SCUMM, with examples and all: https://tandell.com/misc/SCUMM-Tutorial-0.1.pdf

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    Comment #33895491

    I like Ungoogled Chromium: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina... At least for testing, I use Firefox as my daily driver.

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    Comment #30641824

    I use uBlacklist, and I get a "block this site" option on every Google result. Worth a try, I hope it's legit.

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    Comment #29814993

    Only if you worked for 10 years in the same company. 1 month is the regular for <5 years tenure. However, the employee may actually demand 3 months.

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    Comment #29717546

    This used to be a problem for me too, but later versions of Keepass happily syncs any conflicting databases. I use Syncthing to share my database.

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    Comment #29131121

    Let me push this again: Chrome, sans Google. My main browser is Firefox, but this will do in the few cases I "need" Chrome. https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

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    Comment #28113183

    Foobar 2000 has served me really well for any local audio file.

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    Comment #28045946

    It does support multiple accounts, at least since recently.

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    Comment #27750033

    You might be interested to know that Another World was not Eric Chahi's first game to implement a VM. Infernal Runner (Amstrad CPC, 1985) was recently reverse-engineered to be play…

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    Comment #27262032

    Novel and inspiring. Thank you!

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    Comment #26524135

    Oh, how I envied those PO Boxes you guys got down in Europe - Up north, it was practically impossible to get one of those for non-businesses, and especially a no-go for broke teena…

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    Comment #26227192

    Ooh. Thanks for this! RAM is my favourite, and this really appeals to me. May I recommend back; Betamaxx has a wonderful 80s nostalgic sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB5mRT…

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    Comment #25401660

    ESL = English as Second Language. Had to look it up.

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    Comment #25385950

    Nice, I call dibs on the low hanging fruits!

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    Comment #24839533

    No, I haven't. Thanks for the tip! I'm hoping for something that would mimic Safari, as Apple has made things really difficult for non-mac devs.

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    Comment #24838180

    I also switched years ago and haven't looked back. FF is fast, solid. However, I too keep Chromium for development. But I use the Ungoogled version (I always plug it, but have no s…

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    Comment #24741522

    Haha, same happened to me in Spain two years ago. I stood there minding my own business like a doof until someone on the other pump were like, "Yo!! Watch out". Wasn't much, but st…

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    Comment #24727326

    Syncthing https://syncthing.net - I replaced Dropbox with it, no complaints so far.

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    Comment #24673983

    I understand your point of view. I use Firefox exclusively in private. But I need to support Chrome in development, and Ungoogled Chromium is a good alternative for me - it's neith…