Normille

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by Normille 4y ago
>It's not based on duration, but rather multi-faceted criteria ... social media, Linkedin... etc Well, that puts me to the back of the queue then. I don't do social media or LinkedIn
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by Normille 4y ago
How long were you on the waiting list before you got access? I only signed up a week or two ago, so I assume I'm in for a long wait.
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by Normille 4y ago
>I'm also glad it exists but have never figured out how to use it on MacOS Same here. I just downloaded V4 to see if there was any improvement from last time I tried to use it * Open app, Select 'Add to Library' --
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by Normille 4y ago
The wording is a bit vague, but I presumed they meant to use the tar.xz if you intended to checksum the file.
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by Normille 4y ago
Given the amount of surveillance and satellite tracking blanketing the globe; how can 'someone' possibly send a rocket all the way to crash into the Moon, without anyone noticing, until after it got there? Sounds like bollocks to
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by Normille 4y ago
Just because something's in Wiktionary, doesn't mean it's legitimate usage. Mind you, I think I should give up being astounded by what passes for English amongst Americans these days. Only t'other day I got pulled up fo
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by Normille 4y ago
>For the Atom community and team, you've made one of the greatest text editors out there. Nothing will ever beat it, not even vim which I also swear by... There speaks someone who's never tried to work with large files
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by Normille 4y ago
>Other British grammarians, and even some Americans, agreed that it was horrible. Eventuate is less controversial these days, though its use is still regarded by the occasional critic as pompous, ponderous, and unnecessary... Gla
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by Normille 4y ago
>...but it never eventuated Has anyone seen my Babel Fish? I think it just fell out
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by Normille 4y ago
I don't work in an office, Dear. But thanks for your concern.
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by Normille 4y ago
>Can I ask why it makes you so upset? Because I browse HN by 'Newest'[0] and every single day, if there's a somewhat 'newsworthy' story, I see it resubmitted over and over and over again. Sometimes [as in
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by Normille 4y ago
Jeeezus --how many fucking times! Does no-one ever bother to check if an article has already been submitted, before mashing their damned keyboard! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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by Normille 4y ago
It's the modern way of Application development. Ignore your application's serious usability issues for years at a time. But make a great fanfare about your new dark theme or the fact you've contributed to the further descent
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by Normille 4y ago
>I can't stop my phone's apps from updating whenever they feel like it If you're on Android Play Store > Settings > Network Preferences > Auto Update Apps... You can also set the option to not update autom
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by Normille 4y ago
>The easiest and best way for you (you'll get updates through signed packages, etc) is probably to install via the Ubuntu Software Center. Even that aspect is a confusing mess. On a Ubuntu Desktop installation, click on the
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by Normille 4y ago
>The article cites both a senior Western official and actual UK intelligence assessments... Cue the Mandy Rice Davies Defence
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by Normille 4y ago
I tend to use Amazon a lot. I live in a pretty rural location. So its pretty handy to be able to order pretty much anything I want and [thanks to Prime] have it turn up within a couple of days. The 7 or 8 quid a month I pay for Prime is les
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by Normille 4y ago
This! --Amazon's search engine is woeful. It often returns results that are the exact opposite of what you searched for. It's almost as annoying as eBay's search which refuses to let me default to 'UK only' as locat
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by Normille 4y ago
... and it would help if people could stop posting paywalled articles
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by Normille 4y ago
I've been using Maccy for about a year now, after Quicksilver inexplicably decided to stop working on one of my comps. Even though subsequent updates have fixed Qucksilver, I still keep Maccy around for the clipboard features. So much
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by Normille 4y ago
"brake" <slaps forehead>
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'only'!
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by Normille 4y ago
A couple of genuine questions that occur to me whenever these Pi-athons come up: 1: Is there any point to it, outside of a "my computer is bigger than your computer" pissing contest? 2: Given Pi is supposedly completely irregular
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by Normille 4y ago
Better get my next order of 'Dave's Insanity' in quick, in case it goes the same way!
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by Normille 4y ago
You think Quora is bad? Try blocking Pinterest from your search results. I swear those bastards have registered pinterest<dot><every-fucking-TLD-in-existence>
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by Normille 4y ago
There are other, better, free options. See my comment above. Startpage + GHHBD.
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by Normille 4y ago
...or use Grease/Tamper/Violent- monkey and the excellent Google Hit Hider by Domain[0] --which is free and [in spite of the name] works across all major search engines. I feel like an evangelist for this script as I seem to menti
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by Normille 4y ago
That article is so dumb as to be worthless. Obviously one of those 'rent-a-piece' jobs. I mean; fair play. If that's how you want to make a living. But don't insult the HN audience by posting such primary school crap he
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by Normille 4y ago
Kerr-ching!!!
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by Normille 4y ago
>I don't see how this is any better than opening a browser tab with a mail client in it? But putting that aside here were a few problems with Vivaldi and their Mail client the last time I tried it... It's not. it's

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