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by blondin 5y ago
thank you! will check it out.
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by blondin 5y ago
just curious. is this anime anything like "dropkick on my devil"?
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by blondin 5y ago
uses the exploit to mitigate the exploit. brilliant!
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by blondin 5y ago
pretty much. their contents was never the best or most relevant back then. but they gamed SEO to position themselves higher than most. they are doing better today? good for them. for some of us who have witnessed the whole thing happen, the
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by blondin 5y ago
we had semi-static comments you are talking about. they were called guestbooks. but we gave up on them.
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by blondin 5y ago
do you mean simple text-based replacements and keyboard shortcuts? as opposed to full automation? you can set those in the keyboard settings in system preferences. i have used the text replacement tab a lot in the past. i used it to auto-in
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by blondin 5y ago
only read Interview with The Vampire but it's a book that left a profound impression on me. rip.
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by blondin 5y ago
why gitlab? host it on github, just don't make the repo public! but yeah this thread is correct about the burden of issue tracking and pull requests management.
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by blondin 5y ago
several people on this thread are asking for "evidence" for claims. but here's the more interesting question: why is an amazon warehouse open when a tornado warning was in effect? was it to shelter people? and if not, why was
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by blondin 5y ago
thank you. it's a well written article and you got me agreeing with what you are saying. it's surprising to read comments here that start with "open source is not broken" but proceed to repeat everything you wrote in the
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by blondin 5y ago
Isaac Asimov series "Asimov on ..." one of my favorite science writers ever. some people like his science fiction better. but i prefer his non-fiction books. try Asimov on Physics or Asimov on Chemistry. these two are my favorites
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by blondin 5y ago
> because 75% of them are probably dead links now ;-) i know that pain far too well :) i created a custom chrome extension that opens a random bookmark in a new tab to check the link. this helps me fix dead links but it is a very slow pr
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by blondin 5y ago
profiles are my number one reason for using chrome as well. i need them because of my bookmarks. i have close to 6000 bookmarks. 20 years and counting of curated and tagged web links. chrome syncs them across all my devices. i have to do th
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by blondin 5y ago
you are making a very good point! i have not considered this work-hobby aspect before. the gaming industry is not that different from other artistic fields. music and anime comes to mind because that's the other two i know about. the w
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by blondin 5y ago
thank you!
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by blondin 5y ago
i immediately thought about that talk too! i already knew Anders Hejlsberg but that talk left a great impression on me. in fact, after that talk, i knew TypeScript would do something more interesting than Dart. and would definitely be more
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by blondin 5y ago
> Macs don't require an Apple account to function either. i helped someone setup their macbook air M1 a few days ago. the least i can say is that they were asked to create an apple ID and they were asked for a phone number. those st
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by blondin 5y ago
this book: the non-designer's design book by robin williams. this is on my list of best books about particular topics. this one is about design in general. i still remember the acronym the author came up with after all these years. par
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by blondin 5y ago
i recommend software tools in pascal to any system programmer. i was already a big fan of Brian Kernighan and Bell Labs. but what made me curious about the book was the essay against pascal that came after the book. the criticism felt (to m
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by blondin 5y ago
> "People need to feel that they can try things without damaging the system," recommended Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. well, for what it's worth, many modern apps aren't following that guideline. for a long tim
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by blondin 5y ago
do these people just guess the passwords? how do instagram, fb, twitter, etc. accounts get hacked?
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by blondin 5y ago
this is so satisfying to see. kudos to developer!
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by blondin 5y ago
since you are at the execution phase, i would do the electron app first to get things going. then consider a macOS native. i may be overestimating everything involved in releasing software for macOS. but i have played with swift and made a
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by blondin 5y ago
i still see the dislikes. and a couple of people have said the same. what's going on? a/b testing taken too far?
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by blondin 5y ago
very interesting write-up! social media could be accelerating groupthink. it's so easy for people to form a group that shares the same beliefs and opinions. in the past it may have taken years. nowadays it's a matter of minutes. t
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by blondin 5y ago
different search engines for every language. it looks like a lot, but a typical user will only use a handful of them. and having each tailored to a language or region is better than a universal search engine.
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by blondin 5y ago
we believed that continuous integration/continuous deployment (ci/cd) will only bring good. but we started optimizing for metrics such as profit, ignoring actual customer issues. we started solving issues that are not real custome
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by blondin 5y ago
> The "^/" character is used to represent a carriage return > print "line 1^/line 2^/line 3" > The "prin" function is used to print text without a carriage return > prin "no newl
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by blondin 5y ago
yesterday, i recommended "the c programming language" here on HN. and i wanted to see if it's still a number one best seller on amazon. i was quite surprised. "the rust programming language" has taken over "the
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by blondin 5y ago
not sure i know (or remember) any book that covers the entire field. but i never miss a chance to tell people about "the c programming language" by k&r. one of a kind and, for some of us, the best book on programming ever writ

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