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Winapp, NOT Winamp!

obvious mistake, same here

I wonder what would be cutoff age for readers to read it correctly, I guess under 30 read it correctly, and over 40 will many read it as Winamp


> I wonder what would be cutoff age for readers to read it correctly, I guess under 30 read it correctly, and over 40 will many read it as Winamp

I am 17 and I wasn't wearing my glasses and I was really speaking winamp until I read your comment then scrolled back again to realize it was winapp

My bet is that I spend time on HN so I knew what winamp is in more detail but if say friends my age read it & say they use tiktok more, I would say that they wouldn't call it winamp but winapp

So I guess I might be one of the few exceptions but I feel like people on HN are much more likely to read it as winamp than not & age might not be thaaat big of an impact (atleast on HN)


I'm 20 and I read Winamp, ha.

I reckon that the majority of the HN audience is into older (perhaps more graceful) working technology despite all the fanfare that newer, shinier stuff garners.


I just realized it now after reading your comment, I opened first comments to find out what's new about Winamp before opening the site

"A Chrome/Edge extension that forces Netflix to serve 4K Ultra HD content on devices and browsers that Netflix artificially restricts."

It doesn't work in Chrome/Firefox, it works only in Edge.


My experience is more like:

"I'll switch when Linux supports X."

Linux still doesn't supports X.

"Okay, but how about my X?"

Linux still doesn't supports X.

"Well, X is still missing..."

Trados Studio, good luck finding equivalent, I tried, and the alternatives are horrendous and I'm not gonna run it in VM.

Also I tried at least for son on his old computer live distro Mint from USB drive, everything works fine (unlike Zorin, which had problem with sound I think), but when I try to install it of course it doesn't detect Windows, same with wife's laptop.

So I have 3 computers: son's old laptop where I could install Mint - Linux Mint doesn't detect Windows

wife's old laptop where I could install Mint - Linux Mint doesn't detect Windows

my daily driver where my work SW requires Windows and there is no point installing Mint - Linux Mint detects Windows

I will have look at it during CNY holidays, if I will be able to install it alongside Windows (I need there Windows in case something would happen with my daily driver laptop).

I also plan to switch my father's old desktop to Linux Mint, but somehow I already know what will be most likely Windows detection status over there as well after son's and wife's laptop experiences. It works where it's not needed and it doesn't work, where I could actually install it.


If the activities are distinct, dual boot. I do all my dev in linux and boot into windows for gaming.

Dev in linux is so much nicer for me than dev in Windows.


it's actually 0118 999 881 999 119 7253, you missed the beginning

it's from IT Crowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWc3WY3fuZU


Hehe, that's hilarious, especially the way they add the 3.

yup, I make crepes (not small thick US pancakes) only with flour, eggs, milk and a pinch of salt, though we call them pancakes here

Same here. Do you make soup from the leftovers the next day? For people not familiar with this, you let them dry out a bit overnight, then cut them into thin strips and cook them with chicken stock and chives.

first time hearing using them in soup, anyway there are none left, if I am not in the mood for sweet, I will just put on them some Chinese spicy sauce :-)

it should especially considering questionable biased sources

most of the victims during 1989 Beijing massacre were NOT at the actual square, people should already stop using this simplified term which leads to confusion

but yeah, compared to what Israelis do in Gaza or Iran, even whole Beijing numbers are negligible considering China population


brought to you by unbiased quality sources on par with those which claimed WMD in Iraq... /s

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