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by exprL 11y ago
Probably because a Ruby activist wrote a cool script and no-one cared about the implications of a new dependency at all.
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by exprL 11y ago
For a user, DNF is mostly just a quicker YUM. It still deals with RPMs and the UI is similar (at least for basic operations).
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by exprL 11y ago
A couple of years ago.
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by exprL 11y ago
Not really. Compared to, say, Firefox' future versions, it's barely ahead, with Firefox putting some features counted multiple times behind a flag (let's remember that `let' has been available in Firefox for ages, regard
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by exprL 12y ago
Windows has been running on ARM since version 8 (the ARM-specific version was called Windows RT). Since then, Microsoft announced a “special” version of Windows that's intended for the new Raspberry Pi 2.
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by exprL 12y ago
I don't think these Chromebooks are sold in Google Store in any country. (Google Store selection varies by country, anyway. Where I live, they don't sell any Chromebooks; I might have considered the new Pixel if it weren't fo
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by exprL 12y ago
Early C? The parent described accurately how pointer addition in C works for all char pointers. (Well, other than the “nobody wants that” part, because that's how you skip n bytes of a string.)
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by exprL 12y ago
Not true (technically). When you add an integer to a char, you get an integer. (If you add a floating point number, the result is such as well.) You can, of course, use the integer you got like a char (after all, C's char is a small in
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by exprL 12y ago
>mostly due to being actually quite good While I wouldn't generally praise (any of) the browsers of that time, Macs really didn't have much competition at that time when it came to web browsers.
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by exprL 12y ago
That's the stopgap solution, I think. Looking at the larger picture, it's silly that a projector only looks for video-in, instead of video-in/power-out, considering it's already plugged to a wall outlet.
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by exprL 12y ago
Having a powered USB hub doesn't seem like a stretch next to a 60" monitor. It's not like the latter is very portable. edit: vocabulary
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by exprL 12y ago
Can you get hit with a DUI without a blood test result in the U.S.? Breathalysers pretty much only give largely inaccurate results when you still have alcohol residue in your throat or mouth. If you rinse out or wait a moment, they'll
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by exprL 12y ago
Finnish telecoms have mostly abandoned tying the phone to a mobile plan, just a few years after they were given that right by law. My personal guess as to why, is that they want to offer longer financing plans than the maximum of 24 months
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by exprL 12y ago
There's certainly no reason to pass something (big) by value if you only need to look at it, but not copy. However, if you're going to copy the object in any case, you should do it right-away so that the caller my move their copy
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by exprL 12y ago
It's an endless battle with different peripherals – you are never going to support every obscure device with community backing, when none of the developers have even heard of your gadget, much less owned it. When you have simpler needs
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by exprL 12y ago
The Flash-based player would do exactly the same (with a slight delay) even if it wasn't as obvious from the UI. To prevent YouTube from switching sources when resizing the content, select a specific quality first (it defaults to “Auto
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by exprL 12y ago
A static workspace where you prefer to look downwards on a relatively small monitor on level with the keyboard, to a properly placed desktop monitor and accessories placed where they are physically convenient to use? What does your work con
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by exprL 12y ago
Part of the problem are the iOS design guidelines, which place the “back” button in the top-left corner (or did so in the past). A larger screen avoids the feeling of crowdedness, at the expense of reachability. If you rarely need to access
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by exprL 12y ago
How would you duplicate a wireless signal that contains an “answer” to a changing challenge (e.g. sign this message with the secret key)?
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by exprL 12y ago
I was aware of the contents of the front page, having skimmed it again today (and read more carefully before, although with little interest for Chromium extensions). I'm only interested in performance characteristics in Firefox, but am
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by exprL 12y ago
I'd appreciate details of CPU consumption as well. Minute amounts of memory are of no concern for many people, but everyone prefers snappier browsing, every time.
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by exprL 12y ago
The comment I responded to said that in addition to law enforcement, it's common for soldiers to patrol the streets, too, at times. If I had to guess, I'd say they would prefer using the weapons they are accustomed to, which are p
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by exprL 12y ago
This interests me (in a slightly off-topic way): do the soldiers really switch their service weapons to a semi-automatic model in order to patrol, or are all the rifles within the military police (etc.) semi-automatic only?
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by exprL 12y ago
Even that is still type safe, just not portable. After all, every part of the memory is a collection of bytes (that is, a slice of u8) – whether you can access them is another story.
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by exprL 12y ago
They are probably expecting their OS of choice (that is, Windows) to do it's job, since it is marketed as being usable on such combination. For the most part and by itself it probably is, but many desktop applications still have proble
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by exprL 12y ago
At times. From cracking plastic to less-than-stellar thermal performance with aluminium, MacBooks are just about as hit-and-miss as are any other laptops.