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I use an app I made for myself: [link redacted] The main downside is probably that it doesn't automatically share data between devices, but it's fine for me as I just use it on my …

This is my favourite https://www.bobrosslipsum.com/

A fork of gedit 2 (for anyone interested in such trivia)

I often search for the etymology of words. I used to overthink it when trying to find the right search terms but eventually realised that "[word] etymology" gives pretty much perfe…

This isn't the right comparison to make. As you mentioned, Linux runs on hardware made by hundreds/thousands of different uncoordinated manufacturers. Mac OS runs on a very narrow …

It's complementary , which is a different word and has a very specific meaning when it comes to colour theory (a colour's complement is the colour directly opposite it on a colour …

This probably refers to TTL, which can be easily changed to disguise the 'hop' from your device to your phone... but Deep Packet Inspection is apparently commonly used nowadays too…

I don't know much about figma but you can save .fig files from the browser app to your hard drive (I just did it to check). I'm not sure if any other apps can make use of .fig file…

I moved to a 10.1" display as a winter (low power) necessity. There's more sun now so I have enough power for my larger laptop but am not using it, I prefer the ergonomics of my cu…

Banks do it under fractional reserve banking. "Lord Adair Turner, formerly the UK's chief financial regulator, said "Banks do not, as too many textbooks still suggest, take deposit…

Reading these comments I feel obliged to mention the Android app 'DriveDroid' which lets you store multiple disk images on your phone and then acts as a bootable USB disk. I've got…

"disproving commonly accepted things is a way to become a superstar in the scientific field" It doesn't necessarily follow that people will gamble grant money on the off-chance tha…

I use mbasic and can reply to comments on posts. I just checked the details and (for example) I click under the post: "2 scratches 'pon wood" (sorry I have language set to Pirate b…

There is no dark side of the moon, it's a misnomer - there's a far side from earth's point of view, but it isn't dark or blocked from the sun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side…

On my phone in Brave/Chrome I use desktop mode and old.reddit.com which is fine in terms of usability (completely agree that default Reddit mobile is a user-hostile embarrassment).…

If I do something bad to a person I say sorry and it means "I'm sorry I did something bad to you". If something that's out of my control happens to someone I might say sorry and me…

pioneered I believe by ThinkPads in 2003 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Active_Protection_System

Also check out the brilliant Black Mirror episode 'Nosedive' on a similar theme

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/too-smart-to-be-a-cop/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...

I feel like this makes it sound worse than it is. I run El Capitan in a VM on a 6 year old ThinkPad with a 3rd-gen i5 and it's fine. I use Safari with developer tools to debug web …

I think the problem with it (as with a lot of science) is that control is very difficult. The more you want a controlled experiment, the more abstract and unrealistic you have to b…

It seems weird to suggest that tofu is less processed than butter. I suppose if you're buying the most high-end expensive tofu it might be a bit better but from what I know of how …

Something I heard about recently was businesses offering to buy accounts from legit users, priced based on how old the account is and % rating. Obviously that's something that coul…