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   by avtar 8y ago

   I keep an instance of Chrome running just for Google apps and use Firefox was everything else.
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   by avtar 8y ago

   > handful of warts What type of issues?
3. 243.▲
   by avtar 8y ago

   Check out the Traditional Drawing list here: https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/
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   by avtar 8y ago

   > this place doesn’t have real mods https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14913956
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   by avtar 8y ago

   > It cost them nothing to keep it other than the additional maintenance complexity, while removing it upsets the admittedly small at present userbase that use the features alot (like myself). Sounds like they're being pragmatic then
6. 246.▲
   by avtar 8y ago

   Why not twist the valve to release pressure quickly?
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   by avtar 8y ago

   * Target low hanging fruit using browser extensions and CI tools like: http://khan.github.io/tota11y/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/axe/lhdoppojpmngad... https://g
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   by avtar 8y ago

   Suggested practice #3 is equally as important: > Provide a secret token to ensure payloads are definitely coming from GitHub. By enforcing a secret token, you're ensuring that any data received by your server is absolutely coming fr
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   by avtar 8y ago

   I'm curious about the 10% Which sites would you say provide decent backend C# resources?
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    by avtar 8y ago

    Have you checked out https://www.reddit.com/r/streamentry/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMindIlluminated/ ? There seen to be more online and physical meetups now (compared to even five
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    by avtar 8y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17216628
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    by avtar 8y ago

    +1 for Wox. Listary is another option http://www.listary.com/
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    by avtar 8y ago

    > but when is this bug gonna be fixed: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/11375 Looks like whenever 3.0 is released.
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    by avtar 8y ago

    Regarding the first downside you listed, would you say all the performance pitfalls are covered in the project’s documentation, elsewhere online, or did you become aware of them through trial and error?
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    by avtar 8y ago

    > Then there were a ton of bugs (don't know the details) in Xamarin that caused them to switch to Java on Android. Interesting. Those are the type of day-to-day details that I'm curious about when I see cross platform solutions
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    by avtar 8y ago

    A pragmatic guide, that's been mentioned on HN a few times, is 'The Mind Illuminated' [0]. The subreddit [1] is a great resource as well. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Illuminated-Complete-Meditation-... [1
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    by avtar 8y ago

    For more of the science behind approaches like this check out the first four chapters of 'Hardwiring Happiness' [0] and try the exercises listed in the book. It sounded like fluff when I first came across it but so far it's h
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    by avtar 8y ago

    Could you please expand on your Xamarin vs. native comment? I’m assuming you aren’t referring to Xamarin.Forms.
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    by avtar 8y ago

    I've been using this one https://github.com/lostsnow/pinboard-firefox
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    by avtar 9y ago

    How reliable is your CI machine? I don't have the log entries anymore but in the past I've seen Mac Minis that were set up as Jenkins nodes throttle hard, leading to variable job results. The Minis were running VirtualBox VMs whic
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    by avtar 9y ago

    The 13" Pro model has two USB-C ports.
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    by avtar 9y ago

    Possibly https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16499149
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    by avtar 9y ago

    > Six SKUs of Windows desktop Here's hoping they'll rethink that at some point and follow Apple's approach of having just one desktop OS instead of nickel-and-diming the masses for features such as BitLocker.
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    by avtar 9y ago

    Building is arguably the easy part. Managing and supporting is a different story.
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    by avtar 9y ago

    I'm assuming the parent was asking if licenses are required to provide service to people in other countries.
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    by avtar 9y ago

    Immigration aside, I would be curious to see if this type of stance has any impact on tourism stats. I assumed once travel bans started being introduced that conference organizers would adopt stronger preferences for other countries as pote
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    by avtar 9y ago

    They're third party app launching and search solutions but Wox [1] and Listary [2] (not entirely free) come to mind. For me the staggering number of Windows non-server SKU options [3] has been a pet peeve. I have zero insight into how
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    by avtar 9y ago

    That blurb is so bizarre. I wonder why they felt the need to include it. Still going to try this out for new projects though.
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    by avtar 9y ago

    Race, religion, nationalism, social status, me vs. you.. we’ve been at this for ages. Has there really been a point in time where the human collective consciousness hasn’t involved a sense of duality? One supposed exchange from over 2,500 y
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    by avtar 9y ago

    I work at an accessibility research centre in Toronto. When people consult Occupational Therapists for their a11y needs the government here will subsidize a percentage of the software (and hardware?) costs. As far as I know JAWS gets recomm