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fifafu

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    Comment #48659457

    You can get the same in Germany with the much simpler GmbH or UG. GmbH & Co. KG is much more complex and mostly used to save some taxes in some scenarios. (However I absolutely agr…

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    Comment #47809186

    yes you can do a lot background UI interaction using the AX APIs. Displaying a second cursor is also simple, just a borderless, transparent window that moves around. For the few th…

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    Comment #47716854

    > Sadly, solutions like BetterTouchTool and InstantSpaceSwitcher won't work for me because I prefer to use my trackpad to switch spaces. One of BetterTouchTool's first features ~17…

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    Comment #47716822

    that is weird, BTT's space switching should really be instant when used via keyboard shortcuts. (Developer of BTT here) One advantage of BTT's current implementation is that it sti…

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    Comment #45447422

    If you just need an image storage solution: no, but then you don't need Immich. If you want the feature Immich offers: yes

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    Comment #41390049

    the code I got is pretty maintainable and it’s all standard kotlin & jetpack compose. Even the ui tests converted nicely. The big effort was the initial conversion of the app to An…

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    Comment #41387764

    I recently stumbled upon this (and it sounded great!), but was already too far in the development cycle of a medium sized Swift UI iOS app. Instead I used ChatGPT & Claude to conve…

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    Comment #41027308

    I think the fourth reason that has been discussed here and in Jeff's post also sounds plausible: - somebody wants to push his app with fake reviews, however that would be easy to d…

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    Comment #41024387

    at least BetterSnapTool was never available for free and I believe I can see the spikes in sales when the fake reviewers did purchase (just before they reviewed). Not sure whether …

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    Comment #41023755

    what would they gain from this?

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    Comment #41023514

    BetterTouchTool is overkill for most users who only need window snapping :-) I‘m the developer of BetterSnapTool & BTT and have also discovered & reported these fake reviews to App…

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    Comment #41023480

    I‘m the developer of BetterSnapTool and have also discovered & reported this to Apple about 3 weeks ago on July 2. They are investigating and keep deleting (some of) the fake revie…

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    Comment #40585896

    you can reorder the status bar icons by holding cmd & dragging

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    Comment #40585837

    unfortunately I removed Leap Motion support a few years ago ;-(

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    Comment #40585442

    Haha, yes Leap Motion was a lot of fun and I think the BTT integration landed me my first job (@Siemens) after university. That must have been almost 10 years ago -- yep: https://w…

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    Comment #40584968

    In case you are already using my BetterTouchTool app: I have created a little tutorial & example preset here on how to use it for status item management: https://community.folivora…

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    Comment #40583419

    In case you are already using my BetterTouchTool app I have created a little tutorial & example preset here on how to use it for status item management: https://community.folivora.…

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    Comment #39575393

    great, thank you!

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    Comment #39575043

    On the website Ente mentions the AI features are not yet ready and can not be used on phones yet. Is there an approximate timeframe on when they will be usable (on Desktop & Phone …

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    Comment #39423720

    I replied to a post asking „And if PWA were such a threat to Apple's business then why are they allowed in US.“ Whether Web Bluetooth, Web HID etc should be implemented in a browse…

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    Comment #39408640

    Well on desktop Chrome/Edge has a high enough market share that the client would not have cared. I don’t think Apple can tell alternative browser engines what features it will allo…

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    Comment #39408496

    One example: a while ago I worked on a bluetooth le based companion app for industrial sensors. The client would absolutely have built this as a web app if iOS had offered web blue…

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    Comment #39357692

    I have been using Sparkle in my apps for almost 15 years now (for millions of updates). It has always worked perfectly well for me. Really great project and still very active.

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    Comment #38771420

    do you have an example where induction is less flexible? (of course assuming you have the proper cookware)

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    Comment #38771399

    sure you can. why should gas be better for roasting?