jbaber

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What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.

Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I vaguely recall there being a stereo record needle explanation for this.

T-Mobile imposes $5 monthly price hike on customers using older plans in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How?

What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

sudo apt remove ratpoison

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"Ubuntu" is Zulu for "can't install Debian".

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, really? I've had it disabled for a while for other reasons. I'm safe from a Win11 forced upgrade?

Why can't we decrease our eye's FPS to get better night vision? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I discounted this theory the first time I heard it because it's too cool.

What is a good privacy respecting app for keeping track of goals? in c/[email protected]
hacker news in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I love the weird fast-scrolling button in Hews.

How (not) to get people to download your app 🫣 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty ironic that a page about bad UX, specifically en mobile, contains a 99 page slidedeck that I can't zoom in to read on mobile...