Funny the blinker was still called "trafficator".
We call them indicators in the UK now.
Readit Newsstevecat commented on Driving London to Bath 60 years ago youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-Sv... · Posted by u/lifeisstillgood
stevecat commented on Ask HN: How do you switch between programming languages? · Posted by u/BrandoElFollito
I switch between Ruby and C++ frequently. My trick, which I admit is complete unplanned fluke, is different IDEs. Sublime for Ruby and XCode for C++. They look so different that my brain just disregards the other language. I briefly tried Ruby in XCode and nothing made any sense.
Assuming you don't want to install multiple editors, perhaps different colour schemes might produce something similar in your brain.
stevecat commented on Steam: Half-Life 2 Hardware Survey (2004) web.archive.org/web/20040... · Posted by u/nazgulsenpai
I wonder how much of the 1.8% "Other" video cards is a 3dfx Voodoo Banshee. It came out at about the same time as the Voodoo 3 and was more of a budget friendly but still good card.
I feel like the words "3dfx Voodoo Banshee" just unlocked a part of my brain, full of IRQ conflicts and blue screens, that I had been keeping firmly closed.
I think the people I'd put in "Group D" would be the ones that respond immediately and expect an ongoing conversation. I can't imagine reaching out once a year to confirm we're both still alive!
stevecat commented on Delphi Timewarp – 1995 and Delphi’s Mythical Origins blogs.embarcadero.com/del... · Posted by u/zxspectrum1982
Delphi was my first introduction to programming with Borland Delphi 3 on a magazine coverdisc before we had the internet. At 12 years old and just getting into computers, I considered .exe applications with their lovely grey components to be so professional and unattainable that the ability to build my own was mind-blowing. A few years later, I had some of my freeware that I'd built in Delphi featured on that same magazine's coverdisc!
I eventually went down the web development route but I've recently, via Arduino, learnt C/C++, and am enjoying desktop development again. Compiling is exciting!
stevecat commented on Star Labs StarLite Mk IV – 11" Linux laptop with Coreboot starlabs.systems/pages/st... · Posted by u/gadgetoid
I recently got myself a 2017 Macbook (the fanless 12" one with only one USB-C port). I'd highly recommend it - it only ran me about $400. If anything, thanks to more mature USB-C and wireless ecosystems, it's nicer to use now than it was when it was new and cost $1700!
I love my 12" Macbook, I'm using it to write this reply, but goodness is the keyboard awful. I have a can of compressed air at hand at all times to blast the keys when they get stuck.
I'm about to (if the shipping notification is anything to go by) upgrade to a 14" MBP but I really hope Apple release something in this size again. It's such a pleasant laptop to use; I even work on my (2D) C++ video game on it.
stevecat commented on Twitch source code and customer data has reportedly been leaked videogameschronicle.com/n... · Posted by u/cvak
The E71 was a god tier device. Owned one for a good bit as a teen and it was the perfect phone for that time IMO. You could even WhatsApp on it until relatively recently.
Yep! E71, E72, and E6 were some of my most loved phones. My love of that form factor meant that my first foray into Android was the HTC ChaCha - that was a mistake.
stevecat commented on How to permanently delete your Facebook account facebook.com/help/2245628... · Posted by u/gigama
> sufficient controls over privacy to its users
He? By how, showing a cookie window in EU and not even respecting the settings in there?
The privacy controls in-app are pretty good with regards to who you share your posts with, etc. but I don't think that's the same type of privacy that causes people to leave.
stevecat commented on How to permanently delete your Facebook account facebook.com/help/2245628... · Posted by u/gigama
Something seems to remain on their servers though.
I own a very short gmail.com address which I'm (far too) proud of but it does receive a lot of other people's mail; there are apparently a lot of people called Steve who don't understand how email addresses work.
Someone created and then permanently deleted a Facebook account with my address. Which has permanently locked me out of ever using my email address with Facebook (they block +alias addresses and gmail/googlemail.com too). I use Facebook casually to keep in touch with family/friends and have had to keep an old email account alive just for it. Facebook support are no help.
/rant
Unless my brain has a bobbin in it, it probably doesn't work like a modern sewing machine.