I have noticed many non-techies simply put words into the address bar and click on the first link from the search result.

So if people just remembers spacename.house then that might be enough.

My dad tend to skip the TLD part as well. The results usually work. When they do not - he gets very confused.

The Internet is really a gold rush for scammers.

I did not understand a thing from that link. But clicking on 2 blue boxes allowed me to download 143 MB of "something" from europe.

These are the original historical texts of the Joseon Dynasty, from the Annals of King Taejo to the Annals of King Cheoljong

Too many secrets, indeed!

Well, yes. You are right.

But as I read the OP it is that he objects to the barrier of entry. He would prefer (possibly very harsh) rate limiting over the hassle of registrering an account. Maybe combined with a weak "nag" screen.

It might be hard implementing in a bulletproof way as IP restrictions are easy to circumvent. But it might be "good enough" to drive more adoption.

I'm a bit on the fence. It would be an interesting experiment.

I did that at home. But I needed to try several KVMs until I found one which was stable. And I hate all the cables.

I agree that the industry hates its consumers and likes to mess things up. CEC never always quite the same. Not supported on many GPUs etc.

I do not want to appear to condone LG. But actually (sorry!) some supoort[0] it using DDC side channels (0x50 rather that 0x51). But I agree it is painful. Yet I prefer it over my cable spaghetti.

[0] https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil/wiki/Switching-input-so...

Most people are unaware that the should buy a monitor with USB and DP-Alt mode. The same people are also unaware that they should ensure the same for the laptop they are buying.

Lower prices are always nice. But such things can be found at reasonable prices. I think awareness is a larger problem.

I am happy enough with the built-in speakers. But I do agree that line level aux out on the back would be nice.

What a great idea. It should be obvious and easy but DDC commands are hard to find and should be documented better.

I have a Dell U4323QE in the office and look forward to trying this out. I wondered if it was the same DDC commands so I googled a little and found this gist (concerning DDM):

https://gist.github.com/nebriv/cb934a3b702346c5988f2aba5ee39...

Which has the very useful comment:

https://gist.github.com/nebriv/cb934a3b702346c5988f2aba5ee39...

Which states:

#define LUMINANCE 0x10 #define CONTRAST 0x12 #define VOLUME 0x62 #define MUTE 0x8D #define PBP 0xE9 #define SWAP_USB 0xE7 #define SWAP_INPUT 0xE5 #define INPUT 0x60 #define SUB_INPUT 0xE8 #define INPUT_ALT 0xF4 // alternate address, used for LG exclusively? #define STANDBY 0xD6

I much prefer simple DDC commands over using something like Synergy or Barrier. I think it is a much cleaner solution.

There is a myriad of apps that handle all the DDC commands for you, it’s a non issue unless you want to write something custom.

Totally out of fashion today but think of TN3270. Rather than "streaming" they were forms based and heavily keyboard driven. This could easily be mimicked by a GUI but keyboard shortcuts has become an afterthought.

I still today meet users missing those old workflows. But they express it as "old text interface" aka TUI. If you listen to them you realize they mean blazing fast and shortcut driven. When you work with data entry you care about speed - not animations.

Any beginner likes eye candy. The veteran has stopped caring.

I tried but could only find the slides:

https://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/good_bad_ugly/

Do you have a link?

The slides are all there is.

Copenhagen has fairly decent public transportation and biking is quite common.

Bikes are allowed basicly everywhere: https://dinoffentligetransport.dk/en/how-to-travel/bicycles-...

Caveat: Bikes are not allowed in the Metro during rush hours 07:00-09:00 and 15:30-17:30. But it is allowed the rest of the time and has 24H service.

You should also know that the greater Copenhagen area is covered by "S-Trains" which are running on dedicated (not mainline) tracks. So metro-ish.

The S-Trains have dedicated space for bikes: https://youtu.be/hgfOxNRAktI

So even bumblebees can fly if you let them.

Actually taking a bike on the Copenhagen metro is rare, in my experience, except very late at night when it's empty anyway.

It is almost as annoying to others as taking a bike on a bus.

Many US buses have a bike rack on the front that can hold 2 or 3 bikes which allows for easy bike-bus travel. I don’t think bringing the bike inside the bus is an option anywhere.

I've never seen these in Europe. I suspect they are incompatible with the much stricter pedestrian safety rules.

In Copenhagen if someone needs a bike at both ends of their journey (not very common) they might own two, and leave one at the station.

Here’s an image of a typical rack:

https://www.sportworks.com/product/apexplus-3

You missed the point.

The bike is for biking. Of course it is annoying when people bring it on the bus. Or park it in front of my door.

The bike on the metro is not rare because it is annoying. People do simply not have that much tact. It is more rare because people bike those distances and you pay extra on the metro. It is free on the S-Train which also covers longer distances - hence more bikes.

I find bikes annoying in general as well. But that is because they are usually attached to a human.

The point was that it can actually work.

It is not all of nothing. It is an integrated system which actually works.

This was a reply to a comment which claimed that bikes could not work in a large city with a lot of bikes and public transportation.

The same people often argue that bikes cannot work in cold weather.