The worst offender in 2FA business is Steam, as it uses custom 2FA and you must install their app - no way to use 3rd party OTP without jumping through hoops and risking security.
Took me a while to figure out that "example" link is just a placeholder, and not an actual link to test the service with. Clicking "Search" without any link results in "Something went wrong, please try again later." error message, although more precise error message is returned "Invalid link, please try with Spotify or Youtube links." - it should be displayed instead.
Overall, why not add a sentence or two about what this website actually does?
Even after the fail, I still didn't realize it wasn't an example link and thought that they had made an error in maintaining an outdated or expired one.
The example placeholder needs to be a little darker to make it look more like an example.
I agree, they could extend the sentence on the title screen to say something like "to start finding music titles across your favorite streaming services."
I had no idea what the service was until I read the comments, I just assumed it was something to do with not liking Spotify
Do you have spotify? I'm wondering if it's the people who don't have spotify who "lean" to a certain initial interpretation that is colored by previous experience (especially in having to utter the phrase to someone). If so, it make the naming kind of apt.
Better start a kickstarter or something to collect enough funds to build true open source mobile operating system. Someone will reply that's impossible, but I say it is just a matter of keeping scope small. Basic OS, few most important apps - phone, sms, maybe calendar or alarm, and let users build everything else themselves.
"Your App Should Have Been A Website", and banks at least in EU are providing open banking API, so it should be doable. More incentive for everyone to build APIs again.
Considering that Android 5 devices are still alive and well, it will take another 10 years for google to catch up. Hoping in that time Linux based true open source mobile operating systems will make some headway. Another alternative might be PWAs (progressive web apps), that one can "install" on your homescreen, but they could be axed next.
MiniPC must either charge from USB-C or have an internal PSU. Those external power bricks are so annoying when you start adding more PCs to the cluster.
That's one of the things the Mac mini has going for it: the built-in PSU. I'm surprised the Chinese manufacturers haven't just ripped off the design of those yet.
I definitely think USB-C would be a pretty good option!
Another option is getting a dedicated power supply. Mean Well makes a HEP-600-20, with 560W of 20V power. You can power quite a cluster off that! It sucks that they don't take 24v: there's so many 24v power supplies, but 19/20V is quite rare!
I have quite handful of hard drives in toaster-style carriers: having a single high efficiency rugged 12V power supply felt better than dealing with a sea of questionable-efficiecy power bricks.
In my neck of the woods OpenStreetMap is way more accurate than Google Maps. Map is less noisy visually, and if there are any errors in the map, I can fix them myself and see results immediately.
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