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The real beta killer feature was that VHS extended recording mode could fit an entire NFL game on a single tape.


How will they know if they don't visit because of the summary?


The potential reader? Stuff like "this blog post lists the 37 steps to install Linux on a TI-89". Or "this page contains letters that Orwell wrote to his cat".


I am worried the app is just a honeypot made by bad actors to get a create a database of the "rebels" they will soon be hunting down.


The death of deterministic computing and unverifiable information is a horror show


Also a +1 for the solitaire! One suggestion: how about an inverted mode where the piles grow up from the bottom? I think it would be much easier to control while playing on phone


Oh that’s an interesting idea! Thanks Dave, had not think about that!

Regarding playing on phone: one improvement I have in mind, is to have the stock (aka reserve) and waste piles be on the right side. That would make them easier to reach for right-handed players, I guess. What do you think? (The foundations piles would inversely go to the left. They are rarely manipulated, given that one can double-tap a card to automatically send it to its foundation pile.)

Thank you again for the feedback, that’s always very appreciated!


I think that in such a UI where it's trivial to mirror left and right just give an option and let the user decide their preference


"I love the new furry phone"...

Just like DuckDuckGo I think the name will hamper adoption of this.


Have to say, main reason for clicking to check it out was I thought it was a Phone for Furries.

Curiosity got me to look.

Maybe it will drive traffic.


It's "fury phone":

> Furious Support from the FuriOS team


They could say it's pronounced "Wendigo" and people would still read it "Furry".


If people read "fury" as "furry" then that's a literacy problem.


You’re right.

And if you can’t understand why almost everyone will read ‘furi’ as furry and not ‘fury’, then you’ve got a phonics problem.


As someone who reads/watches a lot of Japanese media, "fury" isn't how I would first read "furi".

I do like "FuriOS" and think it avoids this issue, but other portmanteaus might be better avoided.


Get a FireWire cable and rip the data straight from a dvcam to get the raw video files. Then compress with desired settings


Ah actually they’re 8mm cassette tapes and vhs-c. From 20-40 years ago


The advice for video 8 when I did this was to buy a quality camcorder for the desired format (note, there's Video 8, Hi 8, and Digital 8, all using the same cassette form factor), in good condition, and capture the S-video output. Results were surprisingly good.

VHS-C can be played in a normal VCR, with an adapter cassette, but the process will otherwise be the same. Excellent VCRs in good condition had gotten expensive last time I checked, though.

When I did it, vhsdecode didn't exist and I know nothing about that, but I'm completely satisfied with the results I achieved.

if they're digital 8, then of course ideally you would get a digital capture.


Cheap? Get one of those chinese composite video to SD card mp4 rippers.

Perfect? A linux PC with 400 dollars RF capture card plus vhsdecode software.


As a passenger all I really care about are the safety stats. If fly by wire is safer than manual flight them I'm all for it.


Great! How do I opt out?


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