hushable

joined 1 year ago

It feels wrong in c/memes

[–] hushable 3 points 7 months ago

that's my 6th favourite thing about Italy

So is the global IT crash fixed yet? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] hushable 15 points 7 months ago

FWIW, It was working before it stopped working

Richard Simmons Dead at 76 in c/news

[–] hushable 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My mon got into a health and fitness phase thanks to Simmons who probably added years if not decades to her healthspan. Thanks to him I got to share more moments with my mom, and I'm sure I'm it the only one who indirectly benefited from his work.

Thanks Richard

Progress happens with every death in c/[email protected]

[–] hushable 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (9 children)

One of my favourite stories is the accidental discovery of synthetic purple dye. IIRC there was a chemist researching something completely unrelated and when he disposed some assorted chemicals down a sink he noticed they turned purple.

Phone Link is Microsoft's late and closed source alternative to KDE Connect. It requires you sign in to a Microsoft Account for it to work. in c/[email protected]

[–] hushable 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

also works on GNOME! (gsconnect)

Create Windows 11 installation media and bypass the requirement for Microsoft account, with Rufus in c/[email protected]

[–] hushable 5 points 8 months ago

Ventoy is amazing, but sometimes Windows ISOs don't work, so I use Rufus as a backup, plus you can customise the ISO as this post shows

The Man Who Killed Google Search in c/aboringdystopia

[–] hushable 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

kick ass guitar riff

Google disrupted YouTube video playback on Firefox, again - gHacks Tech News in c/[email protected]

[–] hushable 15 points 8 months ago

I've noticed that 60fps videos struggle a lot, even at 720p, suspiciously, no issues on chrome

EFF Dice-Generated Passphrases | Electronic Frontier Foundation in c/[email protected]

[–] hushable 1 points 8 months ago

Just mispel a word, replace a vowel with a numb3r and the wordlist is useless

EFF Dice-Generated Passphrases | Electronic Frontier Foundation in c/[email protected]

Cars Are Slowing Down in European Cities in c/[email protected]

[–] hushable 7 points 8 months ago

previous city I lived in, increased the speed limit of one of its main roads from 50 to 70, yet it was faster to bike due to the massive traffic jams

Is it just a coincidence that Chromium and Firefox have similar version numbers? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] hushable 26 points 8 months ago (7 children)

that's the reason why we got Xbox 360 instead of Xbox 2