ivanfon

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   by ivanfon 9y ago

   Linux package managers are a beautiful thing.
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   by ivanfon 9y ago

   I think the majority of the candidates are capable, and a lot of them are probably quite excellent. But when you have that many candidates for so few positions, you have the luxury of really trying to go for the best people.
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   by ivanfon 9y ago

   Not a huge fan of Google getting more control over the net. On the bright side, Cloudflare getting a serious competitor is good.
4. 94.▲
   by ivanfon 9y ago

   There’s a bot on Reddit that automatically posts summaries of long articles (/u/autotldr). Looks like it uses the smmry.com API, and it works quite well. Something similar for HN would be interesting.
5. 95.▲
   by ivanfon 9y ago

   I'd love to see a benchmark against Sequelize as well. Not sure how I feel about it not being async...
6. 96.▲
   by ivanfon 9y ago

   When you’re creating a snap (using Snapcraft), at the moment, you have to use Ubuntu or something like Docker (although this will change soon). Installing snaps works fine on any major Linux distro.
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   by ivanfon 9y ago

   There’s LanguageTool, a wonderful open-source tool. I’ve only used it for English, but it supports a lot of languages. There’s also addons for a lot of editors. https://languagetool.org/
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   by ivanfon 9y ago

   TheHappieCat. She talks about various computer science topics, usually with a focus on games. She also occasionally does tutorials for engines/languages. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsuOBu-dxj5bx1KMgmar5g
9. 99.▲
   by ivanfon 9y ago

   A bit unrelated, but does anyone else think the new NoScript has an absolutely awful interface?
10. 100.▲
    by ivanfon 9y ago

    Does anyone know if Travis CI does something like this.
11. 101.▲
    by ivanfon 9y ago

    Because you can easily read and understand the code.
12. 102.▲
    by ivanfon 9y ago

    You should use uBlock Origin and Stylus. They both support the new WebExtensions API and are generally better alternatives than ABP and Stylish.
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    by ivanfon 9y ago

    It’s been working great in the latest Firefox developer edition.
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    by ivanfon 9y ago

    I’m sad that I’ll have to stop using VimFX, it was the best Vim plugin I could find. It was lightweight and did just what it had to (I absolutely hate the custom search/address bar thing in Vimium). My alternative right now is Saka Key