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The Hidden Secrets of the Fn Key
mjtsai,
Adam Engst: Apple began adding a globe icon to the Fn keycap a few years ago and, starting in macOS 14 Sonoma, began to call it the Globe key. This is likely for consistency with iPad keyboards, which dropped the lowercase “fn” letters entirely in favor of a globe icon.[…]Because Apple doesn’t include the Fn […]
HandBrake 1.7
HandBrake (Hacker News): Improved performance on arm64 / aarch64 / Apple Silicon architectures[…]Added support for drag and drop of multiple files at once[…]Added support for VideoToolbox H.265/HEVC, H.264/AVC, ProRes, and VP9 hardware decoders on macOS 13 and later[…]Added GPU accelerated Crop & Scale, Rotate, Pad, Yadif, Bwdif, Chroma Smooth, Unsharp, Lasharp, Grayscale filters[…]Improved SVT-AV1 encoding […]
The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsustainable
Thomas Stringer (via Hacker News): But… in the back of my mind I know that I have open source projects that need some attention. One happens to be heavily used. I’m nearly 3/4 million downloads, and it’s something that people seem to think has some level of usefullness. Those are the good parts. The bad […]
Lessons From a Bad Apple Repair Experience
Ric Ford: It’s now clear that a new Mac, purchased directly from Apple, can fail completely and suddenly without any warning after running fine for a few weeks. Apple’s proprietary storage design means that a Mac failure is now also a storage failure that will prevent you from accessing any of your files in any […]
Turns out Snoop Dogg isn't quitting that type of smoke
AV Club,
It sounds like poor Seth Rogen will need to share the “biggest weed celebrity” spotlight a little while longer. Just days after posting a somber, black-and-white eulogy for his days with “smoke,” Snoop Dogg revealed what we kind of all knew all along: of course the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper, who once claimed to… Read more...
Why are politicians acting like influencers?
Politico Picks,
Vivek Ramaswamy’s shirtless workouts and rap covers helped him build a beachhead in the 2024 campaign. Is his content-focused strategy a replicable playbook for future candidates?
‘A careful scalpel’: Appeals court signals it will cut back on Trump’s federal gag order
A three-judge panel consisting of all Democratic appointees suggested the gag order may have gone too far in restricting Trump's speech.
Seed
Swiss Miss,
Whatever seed you are, bloom. – Atticus