Wunderground. Whatever they've done to the site in the past few years is just terrible.
The downhill slide has been tremendous. But they still have that one graph that nobody else can match.
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#293HyperCard. It's been decades and I've still never found a better way to make simple GUI applications.
wow, TIL. looks amazing.
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#294Turntable.fm was the funnest and IMO the best way to discover music and users had an incentive (gamification) to play new interesting music.
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#295Youtube without ads and easy download.
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#296The Macbook Pro chassis before the OLED touchstrip. I'm a web developer and learned on MBPs. The touchpad was the right size, the keys had the right amount of travel, the form factor and weight were perfect. Right now I'm considering moving to developing on a Galaga Pro and using Windows/WSL. I've got most things setup on my desktop how I like using HyperTerm (I had too much trouble with Cmder), VS Code, and ZSH. I c…
Apple has ditched so many cool things in the MacBook line.
1) MagSafe. I know they really want to go all in on USB-C, but the original MagSafe connector was awesome. Even the weaker 2.0 version was nice. There were two instances where that connector saved my laptop.
2) The laser-drilled power indicator. That was so cool. It looked like the light magically appeared through the aluminum. Now there's no indication whatsoever if your laptop is on or asleep or off.
3) The 2007-2011 keyboards. The ones with the real travel. Even the 2012 version with slightly reduced travel was okay. But my 2007 MacBook had the best laptop keyboard I'd ever used.
4) HDMI and SD Card slot. These are the kinds of things that you happen to need when you least expect it. When you're least likely to have that dongle with you. They're also thin ports that will fit nicely without bulking up the chassis.
5) Of course, function keys and an ESC key.
I'm going to keep my 2012 MBP going as long as I can. But when it dies or is no longer supported, I'm pretty sure ThinkPad is where I'm headed.
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#297Video game arcades. They were amazing during their heyday, but I was also young. I want both of those things back!
There are several in my little tourist town on the New Hampshire coast - on the street that runs along the beach, among the souvenir shops, pizza places and so on. They're a place where kids too young to go to the bars hang out in the evening or if it starts to rain during their day at the beach.
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#298Google Reader. Now I have a mix of HN, Reddit and GMail, and none of them work really how I like.
Agreed.
I'm sure there were many reasons it died, but my theory is that Google strategically wanted to kill it because the User was in control of the data-sources and the algorithm. Google wanted people to migrate to Google+, News, etc. where they control what you see.
This is what Facebook and Twitter did. Their feeds used to be a simple chrono sort of sources you determined, but then they slowly took control.
In my mind, all these companies have shifted from being Platforms to being Publishers. While they aren't writing the content, they are actively choosing what content you see and don't see, i.e. being the Editor.
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#299The Macbook Pro chassis before the OLED touchstrip. I'm a web developer and learned on MBPs. The touchpad was the right size, the keys had the right amount of travel, the form factor and weight were perfect. Right now I'm considering moving to developing on a Galaga Pro and using Windows/WSL. I've got most things setup on my desktop how I like using HyperTerm (I had too much trouble with Cmder), VS Code, and ZSH. I c…
> nor get my GPG and SSH keys for Github working.
This definitely works, I've used it back in the day (needs "enable-ssh" in config).
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#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was a live tile? On a side note I do wish there were strong 3rd or 4th choices for a phone OS. A shame Blackberry is now just an Android flavor.
A live tile in windows phone, 8, 10, etc is an app icon that contains realtime info like weather. I've never used the particular app mentioned, but live tiles are just a cool way to display info.
The next step in the evolution was MixView similar to the Zune software. See this for a demo https://youtu.be/uoZw5PK_6XQ. Do look at the date to see how ahead of the times they were.
Also dedicated camera buttons on mobile phones with two step capture. On the first slight press the focus was adjusted and then on a harder press the image was clicked.