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by dbg31415 8y ago
Super obnoxious paywall. You can grab the content by doing a quick Apple+A, Apple+C. https://pastebin.com/572stP0A
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Sad. Can’t imagine the world without his music. Influenced so many other musicians. Ready for some 90s nostalgia? * The Prodigy - Breathe (Official Video) - YouTube || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PAHbqq-o4 * The Prodi
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by dbg31415 8y ago
What are you basing your assertion off of? Because I've got mountains of A/B tests that validate the UX improvements.
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by dbg31415 8y ago
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h... works well too.
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Or the medical record system that's non-searchable since it's just all flattened scans converted to PDFs. Fun. Our tax dollars at work.
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by dbg31415 8y ago
The problem with Drupal has been that every time one version reaches end-of-life, it's never a clean process to just upgrade to the next version. It's almost always a total tear-down and re-platform. For the most part, CMS-based s
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Australia is significantly behind the US in terms of tech, and Australian lawmakers are also significantly behind. Ignorant, and draconian. Not a good mix. With no Bill of Rights to protect people. It's borderline funny how inept the A
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by dbg31415 8y ago
"While genetically female, the transformed insects have mouths that resemble male mosquito mouths. That means they can't bite and so can't spread the malaria parasite. In addition, the insects' reproductive organs are de
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by dbg31415 8y ago
By 2026 HN will discover never-ending scroll.
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by dbg31415 8y ago
"Recently" like the 1986 Macintosh Plus came out recently. * Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search || https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hw4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2AIE... But, just to be clear, Edgar Martinez D
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by dbg31415 8y ago
My experience with Amazon was extremely positive. The author of this article seems very junior / immature, and honestly feels like he's got some mental health issues going on. Airing this much dirty laundry is not likely to get yo
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Consumer tech has been refined and dumbed down to the point where everything just sort of magically works, and since it's "magic" you never have to dive into the nuts and bolts. By making it so easy to use, we are depriving p
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by dbg31415 8y ago
If you find it easier to fall asleep with the TV on... you're likely someone who would enjoy ASMR. I used to think of it as, "That tingling feeling in your head when you learn new things." And there are so many triggers. Thro
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Shame. Anyone who's flown from LAX to Sydney knows how much better the A380 is than the 7X7. Fun dramatic video. * Planes That Changed the World 3of3 Airbus A380 720p HDTV x264 AAC MVGroup org - YouTube || https://www.youtub
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by dbg31415 8y ago
I was really fortunate to have him as an astronomy professor right around the time of the launch. He's great at making complex things easy to understand, and his enthusiasm is contagious. Highly recommend his book, but if you've o
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Especially for the sale of semen for artificial insemination. Most of it, from what I've seen, is done via glorified mail-order catalogues. Tinder isn't the right format, it's not a swipe sort of deal. It'd be more like
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by dbg31415 8y ago
I used Spotify for a few years (with an ad blocker at the DNS-level) and never heard a single ad. I was constantly blown away by how great the service was, and free! Then I was on a road trip and heard the ads on my phone because I wasn&#x2
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by dbg31415 8y ago
And, is your Facebook-powered social media leaking your data? The answer may not surprise you. It’s ‘yes, it’s Facebook.’
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Don't joke, COBOL is insanely profitable and a stable career path. Every large institution has an old COBOL mainframe running some mission-critical software that they can't upgrade away from.
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Spectrum - Chrome Web Store || https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spectrum/ofclemegk...
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by dbg31415 8y ago
I love my Pi Hole! Great for blocking ads on everything. * Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements – curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash || https://pi-hole.net/
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by dbg31415 8y ago
How are they not profitable yet? Every third post seems to be an ad. Their new design is hideous, but other than that it doesn't seem like they're doing anything tech-wise. So is all the money just going into hosting fees? Or am I
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by dbg31415 8y ago
* Futurama - S01E06 - Didn't you have ads in the 20th century? - YouTube || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGgTy5YJ-g Leela: "Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?" Fry: "Well sure, but not in
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by dbg31415 8y ago
> https://openxcom.org/ This is great! Had no idea this was out there.
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by dbg31415 8y ago
I have "X-COM: Terror from the Deep" on Steam. The game came out in 1996. And every so often, it'll popup and ask, "What is the icon on page 37 of the manual?" It's a cute throwback to what copy protection used
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by dbg31415 8y ago
Man... fundamentally because we aren't all trying to invent things ourselves any more. We inherit so much. And it gets us to production faster, but it also locks us in on how things work. One toaster... you can adjust all the dials, bu
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by dbg31415 8y ago
> This is why I'm not a fan of Steam-type stores A lot of games are multi-player. Even if the software existed, once the community dies it's not the same game. It's fine, nothing lasts forever. We use it, we enjoy it, and
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by dbg31415 8y ago
> As it stands, even after the store officially closes, Wii users will be able download any past titles they’ve purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel, provided they can fit them on either the Wii’s internal storage or an add
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by dbg31415 8y ago
I'm pushing 40 and I can already feel a gap between myself and the 20-somethings. I don't get all of their jokes, I don't know the popular bars or bands, and I don't like doing anything that involves thumb-typing. I thin
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by dbg31415 8y ago
If you think this sucks, have a go at deleting your Facebook account. Worse... WhatsApp. When you change phone numbers it prompts you to notify all your friends. But when you delete, it just keeps letting friends message you without letting

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