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I like the Readwise integration via plugin and the EPUB support, but for the first few days with it, I was busy understanding the menu hierarchy and trying to figure out how to mat…

I once didn't understand the task given in an exercise sheet for a CS logic lecture, so I googled the topic, and all Google did was send me back to that exact exercise sheet.

Compared to Claude and Gemini, I think ChatGPT is really more thorough when it comes to web searches and providing sources. The others usually answer in a short paragraph and give …

Is it really that bad? I always get the impression that their blog posts look especially beautiful with their font choices and overall design. They are typographically pleasing, an…

It looks like consoles and PCs have settled on somewhat different gaming configurations. Consoles usually try to target a fixed output frame rate, while the resolution is often dyn…

Weirdly, the decision to use PHP was justified back then by the easy deployment of the tarball on some shared webhoster. Open yourwebsite.com/owncloud, enter your database credenti…

Would it make sense to add a prefix to all commands to avoid conflicts with built-in commands? Like how, on macOS and FreeBSD, installing GNU Coreutils adds a `g` prefix, Microsoft…

I am wary of those ARM-based Windows machines because I am unsure how good the ongoing driver support for those SoCs will be. Will they even outlive the Windows version they curren…

Google recently increased storage from 2 TB to 5 TB on their $20 AI plan, while Dropbox is still stuck at 2 or 3 TB for their $12/$20 plans. They moved from 1 TB to 2 TB in mid-201…

I opened a new ticket over three weeks ago to ask about the status of the refund, and that has been left untouched as well. Now I have submitted a reclamation request to my bank an…

I tried their Pro plan on March 1 and immediately noticed how bad their usage limits were, so I asked for a refund that same evening. Their chatbot accepted the request, I was down…

In the past few years, I’ve started to develop a form of “upgrade dread” when it comes to OS upgrades. What are they going to enshittify now? What are they going to drop support fo…

Earlier this day, Gemini 3 became self-aware and tried to take out the core infrastructure of its enemies, but then it ran out of credits.

A bit tangential, but I asked the new Gemini model about this, and it immediately traced back this quote to your username: https://gemini.google.com/share/144b46094d6e Creepy stuff…

Even modern low-end GPUs should have more than enough fill rate for high-res textures. The texture quality setting in games is usually not affecting performance at all until VRAM r…

Not sure how heavy SteamOS is, but wouldn't modern games actually prefer a flipped memory configuration? So, 8 GB RAM and 16 GB VRAM would make this a more 'balanced' gaming applia…

I think they do: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8621.html However, there is little movement in the desktop email app space anymore, so aside from their web app, I see no other c…

Are there any plans to provide builds for x86 Macs?

Are there any desktop apps that support Fastmail's label implementation? Also, a Fastmail web app bundled in Electron would still be MUCH faster than Thunderbird with its bundled M…

I loved ME1 and was disappointed by ME2 because I loved ME1 so much. I devoured the lore, every codex entry, and even the long elevator rides where you had to listen to news report…

Recently, I had issues with Obsidian running out of memory and closing while in the foreground on my 6 GB iPhone, and the culprit turned out to be this add-on. Removing it reduced …

Didn't Google add this in October 2024: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7577057?hl=en The changelog states: "Added support for “differential” uploads. When large files are edit…

This reminds me of this old plugin for Windows Home Server: https://www.green-it-software.com/products/lights-out-for-wh... You could set a calendar schedule for waking up itself a…

I remember old setup wizards on Windows 9x that would commonly advise disabling any antivirus software before proceeding with an installation. Even back then, we knew those program…

I am always disappointed when I compare the answers to the same queries on 2.5 Pro vs. o4-mini/o3. But trying out the same query in AI Studio gives much better results, closer to O…