DuckDuckGo has an app which can block trackers system-wide on Android

I use Jenkins for work, unfortunately, so I have plenty of experience

FYI, Jenkins has an endpoint to validate the pipeline without running it, and there’s a VSCode extension to do this without leaving the editor: https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2018/11/07/Validate-Jenkinsfile/

FYI you can (sorta) redirect searches from the start menu: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-let-google-handle-cortana-web-search-results-windows-10

Mine all go to DDG in FF

The WinAmp maybe sorta open-sourcing is interesting. I’ve never used it (aside from downloading it to get MilkDrop working in Foobar2000).

I feel the same way. Designing good, opinionated APIs is HARD, but it also provides the best experience for both the author and the consumer.

• Prettier is the undisputed king of JS formatters because it has no options by design. You set and forget.
• One of the reasons iOS is so successful is because they lock down their APIs and put strict standards on apps, making it hard to write something that doesn’t at least look good and slot into the OS well.

Among other examples.

These names are really fun! Good ones to add to my list…

I have questions. Is this something in use today? Who is manufacturing them? Is this something you’re personally familiar with or just aware of?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium#Debate_over_millennium_celebrations

Sucks about VMWare, that’s a blow for sure

I don’t remember exactly, it was around 2 years ago. It was easy to set up, but I found the feature set to be lacking some essentials, and I ran into a couple of big bugs. Couldn’t really replace my airtable setup yet. Happy to give it another try though!

Anyone used NocoDb recently? Last time I tried to get it running, it was too buggy to be useful

You mean Squarespace? https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670

I was wondering why everyone kept talking about Media Tracker being fast. I finally installed RYOT, and wow is it slow, and resource intensive. It’s using more than 20% of the CPU on my NAS when it isn’t even open!

I use Backblaze B2 for my backups. Storing about 2tb, comes out to about $10/mo, which is on par with Google One pricing. However, I get the benefit of controlling my data, and I use it for tons more than just photos (movies/shows etc).

If you want a cheaper solution and have somewhere else you can store off-site (e.g. family/friend’s house), you can probably use a raspberry pi to make a super cheap backup solution.

Ooh, ryot is really nice! And seems to have a similar feature set to Media Tracker, plus exercise. It’s also maintained actively.

Have you used it before? Any warnings?

less can enter a grep-like mode by hitting /

That’s not true! Getting an answer to something doesn’t necessarily mean the thing you’re asking about is possible. You could ask me how to split myself in half and become two people, and I’d say (within my knowledge) it’s impossible. But if you ask me how computers can show a pixel on the screen, I can give you a detailed answer. Either way, I’m answering your question, just perhaps not satisfyingly.

Answer: “you can’t.” And you just wasted your question!

That’s cool! I’ve never heard of a contronym before.

However the difference is that most of those have different usages - e.g. if you say “I’m going to clip the hedges” vs “I’m going to clip something to the hedges”, you have to use the word differently. With “dust”, it’s different based on the context, because you need to be talking about some sort of powder to be talking about putting something on. If I said “I’m going to dust the furniture”, you would assume I meant clean, but if I said “dust the furniture with cleaning powder”, you’d probably understand the difference. Different locations and activities also help here (e.g. skiing, cake decorating, cleaning, etc).

Nonplussed on the other hand likely derives its alternate meaning from an incorrect understanding of the original meaning, and so it’s used in the exact same manner and context to mean the exact inverse. If I say the sentence “he was nonplussed at the news”, which meaning am I referring to?

“Table” is another contronym that’s ACTUALLY confusing (learned that one from this post as well).