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xylophoner

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    Comment #32755380

    i hope the volume control can be disabled (though i doubt this will be the case). i’ve never met a touch sensitive headphone volume control that wasn’t susceptible to accidental tr…

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    Comment #31577246

    tried, got stuck on guess 2. frustrating, not fun for me

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    Comment #29066136

    i’ve used SwitchResX for years to create/use custom resolutions. though i don’t have an M1 mac (on order now). maybe that’s another way of achieving this?

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    Comment #28103606

    How long until this surveillance attitude leads them to add permanent monitoring into all Apple products, like Notes, iMovie, Messages, etc? That’s one thing this move points to.

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    Comment #26170929

    I wonder if FB ever offered or considered letting users link without previews (e.g., choose a word or words of their post to become the link text). It would defuse the way users sc…

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    Comment #25756084

    This appears to only be required for inbound passengers. I wish it was also required for outbound. I not only want to prevent more COVID from coming into the country, but also want…

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    Comment #23635583

    I use this all the time with Pocket (copy a URL somewhere, then switch to Pocket, where it asks if I want to bookmark the just copied URL).

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    Comment #23280449

    and tomorrow’s yesterday

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    Comment #23028429

    yale art talk?

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    Comment #22985324

    Would be great to see an educational discount. I can see this being very useful in a teaching environment.

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    Comment #21526292

    Still with the annoying and disruptive touch bar.

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    Comment #21508312

    Every Macbook/Mac Pro should come with a free developer account that remains active as long as the purchaser of the machine is using the laptop. Doing so would further distinguish …

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    Comment #18713128

    this is great, though I wish it had year-by-year lists too (instead of week-by-week)

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    Comment #18327127

    try it out now: https://bengrosser.com/projects/twitter-demetricator/

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    Comment #13136675

    similar to https://github.com/bengrosser/Personal-Depersonalization-Sys... https://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/

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    Comment #12333584

    This isn't composition. Mimicry, perhaps.