438 posts tagged ‘Technology’
Autodesk Deletes Old Forum Posts
mjtsai,
Autodesk (via Hacker News): To keep our community efficient and up to date, we’ll be archiving content older than 10 years. We built a policy around document retention to stay relevant to our users and customers.[…] The archiving process will start in December and is planned to be completed before the end of [2024].[…]Archiving is based […]
M4 Mac Issues With Ultrawide Monitors
Filipe Espósito: As noted by many users on the Apple Community forums, Reddit and even corroborated by a 9to5Mac reader, the M4 Macs seem to break support for some ultrawide monitors. More specifically, those with 5K2K (5120 x 2160) resolution.According to these reports, M4 Macs don’t display the proper resolution options for these monitors, which […]
Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes
Boing Boing,
When Jacob Vosmaer's wife pointed out his unhealthy habit of sitting motionless at his desk for hours, he built a deliberately annoying device he calls "The Beeper." This small box, mounted away from his desk, forces him to get up and move regularly—or face the consequences of random, shrill beeping that won't stop until he physically walks over to silence it. — Read the rest The post Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes appeared first on Boing Boing.
op run
Mattt Thompson (tweet): This core insight — that configuration should be separate from code — led to the widespread adoption of .env files.[…]You add this file to .gitignore to keep it out of version control, and load these variables into your environment at runtime with a tool or library.[…]op lets you manage 1Password from the […]
The HFS Pixel
Encyclopedia Macintosh (p. 65, via Alex Rosenberg, rezmason): HFS and MFS disks can be distinguished by the presence or absence of the HFS pixel. You can tell if a drive or disk is formatted as HFS or MFS by looking for the “HFS pixel” in the upper-left corner of any window from the drive or […]
Two Foreground Windows
Pierre Igot: 1) In the Finder, select an item and make its name editable.2) WHILE THE NAME IS EDITABLE, click on the window of ANY ANOTHER APP to leave the Finder in the background.3) Click on ANOTHER Finder window to bring the Finder back to the foreground.Result: TWO FOREGROUND WINDOWS! This is a really old […]
Bench Shut Down, Then Acquired
Charles Rollet (Hacker News): Bench, a Canada-based accounting startup that offered software-as-a-service for small and medium-sized businesses, has abruptly shut down, according to a notice posted on its website.[…]The company’s entire website is currently offline except for the notice, leaving thousands of businesses in the lurch. Bench touted having more than 35,000 U.S. customers just […]
Retiring Script Debugger
Mark Alldritt and Shane Stanley: January 2025 marks Script Debugger’s 30th anniversary. It’s been a very long run for a two-person effort. Script Debugger began as a Classic MacOS product, survived Apple’s near-death experience, transitioned to macOS X and migrated across 4 CPU processor types. We are so grateful for the support we’ve received over […]