I thought Spotify used to have an “offline mode” toggle in the settings a long time ago. Is that no longer the case?
Huh, I never knew about this! It looks like it's still around. I'll try that next time. Thanks for the tip!
Readit Newsjamestanderson commented on The building blocks of offline support pketh.org/building-offlin... · Posted by u/pketh
jamestanderson commented on The building blocks of offline support pketh.org/building-offlin... · Posted by u/pketh
It's really cool to see offline support done well. It can be very frustrating when it's done poorly, or not offered at all.
One of my biggest gripes with the Spotify app is the poor offline support, at least in my experience on Android. I have the bulk of my library downloaded for offline listening, so when I have a spotty network connection like when I'm on the Subway, I'd expect that I can still easily access at least my downloaded songs. Not the case. Spotify, it seems, won't use its local cache until it's thoroughly convinced you're offline, which may take several minutes of waiting for requests to time out. Once Spotify is convinced I'm offline, my downloaded songs will then finally load normally.
My guess is that instead of doing it the way the Kinopio does - by reading from the local cache before fetching the remote data - Spotify does it the other way around.
Anyway, nicely done!
It seems to me that this is the risk you take when you create an unofficial add-on to any product.
I've helped reverse engineer vehicle ECU's to reprogram the fuel injection, turbo pressure, and spark timing systems. But, we wouldn't have expected the manufacturer to do anything except officially discourage the use of the aftermarket tools. That is the name of the game with unofficial add-ons with access to sensitive control systems.
Disclaimer: I did work for a Middleby subsidiary at the time but I don't know anything that isn't public about this situation. We were all very separate companies.
> But, we wouldn't have expected the manufacturer to do anything except officially discourage the use of the aftermarket tools.
I think the issue here is that McDonalds was discouraging the use of the tool, not Taylor (the manufacturer).
jamestanderson commented on Show HN: Building a 42-inch E-Ink frame for generative art eliot.blog/e-ink-frame... · Posted by u/ea016
I'm sad to see this comment, scoffing at an independent creator just selling something cool online. I wonder why this reaction? Is it the imagined profit margin? Or just the choice of words in the listing?
The listing says it's a 43" 4K Samsung display, which a quick look on Amazon shows goes for at least around $270. They also offer free shipping, so shipping is effectively included in the price. I don't know how much walnut or acrylic costs, or desktop CNC's.
The price doesn't seem unreasonable to me for a turnkey complete package, since I don't have the skills or tools to make this myself.
jamestanderson commented on HashiCorp adopts Business Source License hashicorp.com/blog/hashic... · Posted by u/rpadovani
Did they have to get signoff from all contributors to relicense? I can't imagine this was a popular move for the people who contributed outside of hashicorp.
I believe they require contributors to sign their CLA: https://cla.hashicorp.com/
That CLA grants HashiCorp full license over your Copyright, and explicitly allows them to sublicense your contributions[1]. Drew Devault's blog posts[2][3] on this topic are extremely relevant.
[1] > Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to HashiCorp and to recipients of software distributed by HashiCorp a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works.
[2] https://drewdevault.com/2018/10/05/Dont-sign-a-CLA.html
[3] https://drewdevault.com/2023/07/04/Dont-sign-a-CLA-2.html
jamestanderson commented on HashiCorp adopts Business Source License hashicorp.com/blog/hashic... · Posted by u/rpadovani
> Like, has anyone of any significance used a Hashicorp product to meaningfully compete with Hashicorp?
Just because nobody has tried yet doesn’t mean that it won’t ever happen. Companies are doing this precisely because companies like Amazon abuse FOSS licenses to stand up their own hosted versions of open source projects.
> companies like Amazon abuse FOSS licenses to stand up their own hosted versions of open source projects
This is not an abuse of FOSS licenses. If developers have a problem with this, there are open source licenses that would make this use case less attractive for Amazon, like the AGPL.
jamestanderson commented on HashiCorp adopts Business Source License hashicorp.com/blog/hashic... · Posted by u/rpadovani
All that I get from this is that HashiCorp is no longer an open source company.
> However, there are other vendors who take advantage of pure OSS models, and the community work on OSS projects, for their own commercial goals, without providing material contributions back. We don’t believe this is in the spirit of open source.
This is 100% in the spirit of open source. If this is a problem for them, why not adopt an open source license that compels developers to open source their code instead, like the AGPL?
This is purely a way for HashiCorp to ensure they are the only ones who can commercialize these formerly open source projects. Which is fine. But just go closed source, then, and own that, instead of trying to have it both ways.
jamestanderson commented on Displayport: A Better Video Interface hackaday.com/2023/07/11/d... · Posted by u/zdw
https://store.level1techs.com/?category=Hardware
This is what I use. It appears to disconnect, but also doesnt seem to be an issue. My machines re-organize instantly.
I got their 10gbps displayport switch to use with switching a single monitor between a Windows desktop PC and an M1 MacBook Pro. I have a 4k@144hz monitor and can get the full framerate and resolution with this setup. I've never had any problems, would highly recommend.
Just pay the man for PragmataPro[1] and turn off anti-aliasing in Emacs and iTerm. The font is legible and beautiful at every size on any screen.
I'm a big fan of this font, I use it every day and have never regretted the purchase. Unfortunately the OP noted they didn't like Iosevka, which I think is pretty visually similar.
If you live in an area of low crime, though, maybe it'll be fine not to answer phone calls from numbers that aren't in your phone.