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by gurjeet 4y ago
Also noteworthy, this post of mine with authoritative text from GNU docs. Read "(Un)Portable Shell Programming" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31678176
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Why doesn't Bash’s ‘set -e’ do what I expected? (2021)(mywiki.wooledge.org)
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The links at the bottom are broken; presumably the post was written in Markdown, HN doesn’t understand that.
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<a Google executive> uses woodworking as an example: if Google knows you’re interested in woodworking as a hobby, how can it help facilitate that? By answering questions, yes, but also by showing you new tools you didn’t know abo
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Tell HN: Dillo Web Browser Project's Domain Is Back(dillo.org)
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Over a month ago HN was notified [1] that the Dillo web browser's domain had expired, and that it was for sale. I sent an email to the contact on page linked in the item, and offered to buy the domain, and made it clear that I'm b
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A Mystery No More Some Solutions to Some of Our Solutions – Now See Hear(blogs.loc.gov)
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Firebird RDBMS: Historical Reference(firebirdsql.org)
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Cable Haunt (Vulnerability)(en.wikipedia.org)
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Lessons from PostgreSQL's Git transition (2010)(lwn.net)
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The Double Entry Counting Method (2016)(beancount.github.io)
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by gurjeet 4y ago
1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2. The Selfish Gene 3. Podcast: Kings of Kings https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-56-kings-of-kings... Each one of these were worth every minute of read/listen. Edit to
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by gurjeet 4y ago
Thanks for recommending aerc. I gave it a try for my Postgres contributions workflow, and it was very easy to use it. Having tried mutt, it was surprisingly easy to configure aerc to work with GMail. I am able to induce a crash pretty relia
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by gurjeet 4y ago
I am interested in innovative ways Postgres is used. Been part of the Postgres community for a while, so the FDW, and innovations related to using FDW to make more/new data accessible to customers and applications is my curiosity.
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Is there a Git repo, mailing list, newsletter, or website that I can follow the progress on this, perhaps even contribute?!
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by gurjeet 4y ago
> A query ran for a long time without issue, and then, one day, some minor shift in your statistics happens, and now you have a major performance issue .. This is the precise problem I’m working on solving. See the pg_plan_guarantee exte
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> Why would I use this instead of Apple built-in password manager? Because BitWarden works on more devices than what Apple supports.
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ToolsConfig – A directory to store your tools’ configuration(toolsconfig.org)
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Your comment made it sound like you were unhappy with the longevity of the device itself. > iPhone that lasts 4 years Sorry if that was not your intent.
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The comment complains about the device itself, and not any specific components of it. > Any chance we can get a nuclear-powered iPhone which lasts 4 years?
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by gurjeet 4y ago
Please stop spreading unsubstantiated FUD. If you have the data to prove otherwise, please share the links. I have had an iPhone 7 for many years; yes, same device. I don't remember the exact time when I got it, but it might've be
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by gurjeet 4y ago
Following up from my comment 2 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32656651 > Some quick research shows these tests can be ordered by the patients, themselves, for ~$60, so the same as the disccounted/
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Homerow – Vimium for Your macOS(homerow.app)
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Some quick research shows these tests can be ordered by the patients, themselves, for ~$60, so the same as the disccounted/offer price here. LabCorp: https://www.ondemand.labcorp.com/lab-tests/inflammation-hs-c...
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LastPass Says It Was Hacked(thehill.com)
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Despite the lack of any clear indicators of sarcasm (/s etc.), I can see your sarcasm very clearly :-) Nice try, trying to hide it. You may not appreciate the value of C, since you consider it to be a thing to make useless toys of no v
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Some Were Meant for C [pdf](skeeto.s3.amazonaws.com)
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"The Fine Article". Or you can use your imagination to replace 'Fine' with any other F-word. I think the acronym used to represent the phrase "The F*ing Article", and then, for a softer touch, people changed F
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Early World Maps(en.wikipedia.org)
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From the project overview: [it] contains [40 lines of Nix] code, and comments explaining the code, that shows how the plain Nix language can be used to create your own packages.

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