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by avnigo 4y ago
This looks great trying it with the example data [0], but as far as I can figure out, is there no way to change the column datatypes when they are wrongly typed after loading in local files? [0]: https://graphic-walker.kanaries.n
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by avnigo 4y ago
I've run into this too, and there's been an open issue on this for some time now: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/3363
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by avnigo 4y ago
The WASM version does seem considerably more snappy to me.
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by avnigo 4y ago
Awesome work on the password history export, thanks a lot! I audited the code to the best of my ability and it doesn't look like it's malicious, but I certainly could've missed something, so to anyone who's thinking abou
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by avnigo 4y ago
It looks like the only relevant data that was unencrypted are the URLs [0]. I'm guessing that was some sort of design decision they made for the browser extension to be able to see if you had a password for that site. If anything, apar
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by avnigo 4y ago
Worth it? Absolutely, without a doubt. Should you? Only if you find it fun, especially if you prefer the keyboard to the mouse, although you can definitely use the mouse in vim too. I would go with neovim over vim nowadays, and if you want
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by avnigo 4y ago
Standard contracts make a lot of sense to my non-lawyer mind, almost like having the different kinds of open source licenses for software that have become recognizable.
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by avnigo 4y ago
Every time I get those notifications now, I have to remember to close down the application, and go run `snap refresh`. There's literally no other way to make sure the update won't quit my application other than hope it's not
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by avnigo 4y ago
Yeah, in any migration—if you can—it's good practice to run both simultaneously for a while until you're convinced you've checked everything and you're ready to drop the old for the new without much downtime.
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by avnigo 4y ago
I am too, but the Matrix implementation feels quite complex with many moving parts, when apps like Briar, Berty, or keet.io [0] show up and look more straightforward to use. I don't know if that will be its downfall or ultimately actua
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by avnigo 4y ago
I honestly never quite understood why prescriptions in the US need to be literally filled, when in the EU, for example, you can just walk up with your prescription to any pharmacy and buy a prepackaged blister pack of the medicine you nee
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by avnigo 4y ago
Congratulations, Michael, thank you for sharing your story! A cautionary note on using Paypal as your sole payment system. If this is a considerable source of your income, I would caution against only using Paypal or keeping a large amount
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by avnigo 4y ago
A map lambda example is what I had in mind when reading the article. I'm not a big fan of the temporary variables, though. Admittedly the example below is not a perfect solution, but that's where I thought the article was heading
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by avnigo 4y ago
> people making the decisions to buy it Most people just buy a laptop and expect to get Windows on it because that's what they know, unless they know they want macOS and go with a MacBook. Otherwise, if you want a Linux machine, you
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by avnigo 4y ago
Are you sending each other links or just mentioning the ads in text? If this is just in text—and I'm definitely not defending Meta here—could it also be that the ads you see have got us so figured out already? The topic you choose to t
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by avnigo 4y ago
I guess it's a form of lifestyle inflation. Under limited resources, you tend to be more careful with overheads.
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by avnigo 4y ago
> We will become reliant on a small group of trained translators and experts to report what history—including the documents and papers of our own families—was about. I think we know this won't be true based on AI getting better and
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by avnigo 4y ago
You can also do that by prefacing an aliased command with "command".
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by avnigo 4y ago
Aliasing "cp" to "cp -i" also prevents you from overwriting files without confirmation. It's more of a preference thing than a recommendation, but overwriting on copy is something that bit me in the past when workin
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by avnigo 4y ago
Matplotlib is definitely a monolith, and it does seem like a huge fight to fix the style, but what is great is you can easily use some of its several predefined styles [0], define your own style sheets or customize specific style parameters
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by avnigo 4y ago
Check out the hashrate for Ethereum Classic [0], it doubled overnight. Would be interesting to see if it's sustained. [0]: https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/ethereum-classic/hashrate-ch...
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by avnigo 4y ago
I was fully expecting to be disappointed and turn it off after a few seconds, but I can tell you, I was transfixed.
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by avnigo 4y ago
I would agree on the tone of the latest keynote, but I wouldn't say it's entirely a departure from their 1984 Macintosh commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I
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by avnigo 4y ago
The iPhone keyboard actually does something similar by dynamically expanding tap zones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmVKyhyl9U
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by avnigo 4y ago
Another question is what percentage of those is hosted on AWS?
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by avnigo 4y ago
The context of the quote is found here [0]: > In addition to making sure that location information and other data are fully encrypted, participants’ identities remain private from each other and from Apple. I don't know that it matt
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by avnigo 4y ago
I can't not share this excellent video on the subject by CGP Grey on "metric paper": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUF5esTscZI
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by avnigo 4y ago
Not to mention that your email is tied to your online identity in many ways when mostly every account you make asks for an email to use as your username, verify your account, or recover access to your lost account. Handing over control of y
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by avnigo 4y ago
Here's a fascinating related Numberphile video with Professor Brian Butterworth on the way our brains see numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1sPBCxlDQQ
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by avnigo 4y ago
It's not just companies selling your email address to third parties, it's also companies that keep your email on file and then get compromised. Most of the spam/phishing I get is from companies that stored my personal details

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