$20 a year for a subdomain I can't control (dns records), sounds like a great deal.
Readit Newssturmeh commented on Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address home.omg.lol... · Posted by u/cdme
Why would ISPs bother to serve torrents and join pools to get IPs that way when they can just use this method? I wonder how long this has been a possibility... ugh
Just go to https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/en/peer/ and put anyones IP in, depending on how static it is, it will provide at least accurate recent data on public trackers.
sturmeh commented on Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020) kevquirk.com/is-dark-mode... · Posted by u/eBombzor
Dark mode allows you to use a high brightness and contrast setup in more lighting scenarios, you can't use high brightness in the darkness if 99% of the screen is white.
Something could be said for appropriate lighting, but in the reality is your don't got to choose that all the time, and sometimes you just want to maintain the lighting situation because of another activity (maybe a baby is asleep in the same room, or you or someone else is watching a movie).
There's nothing more jarring than lighting up a dark room with your phone because you opened up something that decides to predominately use white for some reason, besides the fact it definitely uses more power on an amoled display, which most displays are hopefully moving towards.
I'm sure light mode appreciators are always on top of changing their display brightness, but I'm still curious how they deal with amoled displays.
sturmeh commented on For some with ADHD, the low rumble of brown noise quiets the brain washingtonpost.com/wellne... · Posted by u/wslh
I'm not formally diagnosed with ADHD, but I find myself able to relate with the struggles.
There's this place at the back of my university's library in the silent section, I think it's below a large HVAC fan motor or something. There's always a deep 'brrrrrrrrrr' sound going, and it is an absolutely sublime place to work. (https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php?l=... this sounds pretty close to it).
Earplugs help, but for some reason the deep 'brrrrrrrrrrr' is very relaxing. A quiet environment with the 'brrrrrr' is preferable to pure silence (though I'll still take ear plugs over one of those horrific open office environments).
Moving off topic a bit, but other things I do to help focus:
- Redirect bad habit sites (like HN tbh) in the `hosts` file to 127.0.0.1 as a site blocker
- Turn off cell phone, and place well out of arms reach
- Kill & block discord, telegram, ect
(Fortunately, I'm at a place in life where no one really needs to contact me on short notice)
---> The goal being to give my brain literally nothing else to do besides the work <----
(Not perfect since I tend to daydream a lot, but I'm almost graduated uni, so I guess it's working well enough)
If I'm really struggling to get work done, I'll set a countdown timer to create artificial external pressure.
During my internships, and side gigs, I find myself setting up "real work" periods where I (try to) block the world out, and communication periods. (I get along with people too well and chit chat too much otherwise).
In general, if the day-to-day work environment requires just a whole lot of "raw willpower" it's not going to work out. Willpower is for losers anyways, better to remove the distractions / change the environment. (Also fuck MS for constantly trying to weasel more ads into its OS, their new widgets panel in Win11 is literally useless to me for mandatory news ads)
Oh, but MS Edge's read aloud is a god send, it has the best text to speech voices I have access to, and I can use it on any html or pdf article easily. MS giveth, and MS taketh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Unfortunate that zlib died. MS Edge TTS only works with html and pdf, zlib basically let me have any textbook I needed in school read aloud to me as a pdf (janky, but it gets the job done). In particular it really falls apart with math textbooks, but eh.
~ I've rambled too much, back to homework now ~
Android has a feature that lets you limit time in specific apps to X minutes, you can set these and the app will go black and white when you approach the limit and just close when the time is up.
I found that's a good compromise to outright blocking things, because in reality you do need stimulation, but setting limits to the sources you usually get it from can be very helpful.
Instead of spending 3 hours on a clicker app (so evil) I've allowed myself 5 minutes a day, which means whenever I open it I'm going to do the most important things then close the app as soon as possible, whilst still getting the stimulation I was seeking in the first place.
Not a console player, can someone explain why consumers want to downgrade their console(s)? I Googled a bit and it seems people would like to have more vulnerable to hack their devices, but why did they upgrade in the first place? Is it forced upgrade?
Typically a vulnerability is found on an older version of the software that can be used to attain kernel level access, and a very simple hack is needed in later versions to force an upgrade to an older version of the software.
To prevent the use of older versions of the software, later versions of the software will burn fuses as they surpass versions, preventing them from ever being used again on that device.
Most people stealing bike aren't doing it as hobbyist lock pickers. Bike theft is genuinely one of the main issues with cycling as a very real transportation alternative.
Correct, but if the lock is trivial to defeat, you can assume people will be carrying screwdrivers / shims and whatever else is necessary to break locks.
If you need to spend 5 minutes carefully setting pins then yeah it's probably going to be safe in public.
Hello! I'm the creator of the Arduboy, thanks for sharing! This is the new Arduboy FX with over 200 games all made by other members of the community all free and open source. If you don't want to buy, there are lots of instructions of how to make your own DIY version too. If you have the original Arduboy you can upgrade using a mod chip. (Backordered too - thanks chip shortage)
Would like to make a new console using the RP2040 and a larger color screen. Also interested in music/synth. Happy to answer any questions you have, thanks again! AMA!
Hey I'm really happy that you've provided an option for people to upgrade their OG arduboys with the new FX chip, but it seems I'm being charged $15 USD (same as the cost of the chip) to have it shipped to me, is there any chance to revisit the price to send the modchip to AU? :D
I miss how it was prior to the pandemic, and would happily office 5 days a week if I could get that back.
However knowing that it's never likely to be the same, as people get used to WFH and companies realise they can save a load of money without creating incentives to get people in an office, the office is going to be far less desirable.
I'm down for a mix or even WFH, but I miss the socialising greatly.
sturmeh commented on Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing competitions vice.com/en/article/3abav... · Posted by u/zdw
It's not the keyboard itself but the software implemented that allows users to type this fast by predicting the order that you intended to hit keys allowing you to press all the buttons in "hello" at the same time, the fact it translates the ambiguous keypress into a dictionary word is the assistance.
It's clearly "cheating" in the context of a typing competition.
sturmeh commented on Apps supporting account creation must also offer account deletion developer.apple.com/app-s... · Posted by u/kfdm
Expectation: Apps offer account deletion, finally empowering the user.
Reality: Apps no longer support seamless account creation and instead redirect the user to a website to register, user can no longer manage any aspect of their account from the app.