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by j0e1 8y ago
User data has become a currency that has intrinsic value without having to prove itself in any way. Not sure how long this is going to last but I suspect as long as there is this feeling of 'potential' in tracked data, it is alway
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by j0e1 8y ago
Mind explaining how this is superior to Markdown?
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>BAPT: Since we switched to poudriere we are able to provide updates of binary packages almost everyday for the stable and head branches of the ports tree. >While working on that we have leverage all FreeBSD features: - Jails: all bui
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Comprehensive and biased comparison of OpenBSD and FreeBSD (2017) [pdf](bsdfrog.org)
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by j0e1 8y ago
I setup my (decade) old laptop as a server running on FreeBSD. And the elaborate documentation is a real lifesaver, especially as someone who is new to the ecosystem. Even, for the obscure hardware specific setup (yea, looking at you sony v
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by j0e1 8y ago
Even though this is a beginner's guide, I feel it should introduce the reader to the Emacs way of navigating using the C-`b f p n` keys at least, let alone their M-[] alternatives. These would significantly improve the users ability to
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by j0e1 8y ago
Growing up in India, all the pencils I used were red and black striped made by Nataraj. I remember seeing yellow pencils in western movies though. https://cwpencils.com/collections/nataraj/products/621-hb-pe..
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by j0e1 8y ago
Kijani Grows is super neat! Thanks for the link!
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by j0e1 8y ago
I come to HN not just for the links to the articles, but more so for the comments. If you inline the articles, why not snap-shot the comments too?
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by j0e1 8y ago
Looking outside of my window, I've seen the haze/fog/smog, but can't make out if it's because of polluted air or if it's just condensation- the kind you'd expect to see in high altitudes.
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>* I don't know how much Apple and Google spend annually on outside security research for their flagship phones, but it's a lot. Who has Purism engaged to evaluate their designs and spot flaws? At its inception you could make t
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Would PureOS support Android APKs? I think that is something I'd need to consider before making a leap.
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These are great! Thanks for pointing them out!
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Does anyone know of any open-source arXiv like frameworks that can be self-hosted?
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Please don't make claims that are backed by your anecdotal experience of noticing people attending churches. I find this ridiculous. Though I don't deny there have been such cases reported in the past, to say some groups attend ch
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by j0e1 8y ago
> To some degree, the banking sector did benefit. In the wake of demonetization, millions of Indians opened their first bank accounts. > But not all of that is attributable to Mr. Modi’s efforts. I think you give him too much credit i
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Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?(bikeshed.com)
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Kerala (India) Flood Rescue(keralarescue.in)
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by j0e1 8y ago
That's a great idea! As of now there are already 460 responses :)
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> While Emacs certainly still has a following, some people think that the Editor Wars are over and that Vim won.16 The 2018 Stack Overflow Developer Survey suggests that this is true; only 4.1% of respondents used Emacs. I'm an Emac
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by j0e1 8y ago
AT&T fiber doesn't offer services in my area. Calls with them is another story.. After booking my connection with them twice and them not doing anything about it, they finally tell me that they can only provide a satellite connecti
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> I hope NYS can work something out or I'm going to have to move. I share your sentiments.. In my mind decent internet access is more of a right than an accessory today. Those without it are disproportionately disadvantaged in numer
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by j0e1 8y ago
My spectrum bill rocketed after the 1st year and after numerous unpleasant long calls with their representatives, I haven't been given any viable option. They keep forcing me to take their cable connection which would 'lower'
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by j0e1 8y ago
Sure. I'll explain the code and hopefully you'd find enough clues to adapt it for your use-case which, from what you've described, is a subset. Intent: Given a folder with multiple text files of academic papers from PubMed,
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by j0e1 8y ago
Here is an Awk program (not a one-liner) that extracted select snippets of text from lots of docs and worked almost 10x faster than a grep equivalent: awk 'BEGIN { ORS=" "} { print $0 }' $2 | awk --re-interval -v pa
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by j0e1 8y ago
Is it just me or are the HN comments link increasingly returning an nginx error page?
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I was really looking forward to the PH-2. For me their USP was that the phone had no logo and that they sold them as being non-affiliated with any big corp software-though that may not be entirely true, it did raise my hopes of replacing th
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by j0e1 8y ago
Having gone through the system, my two cents: The exploding population of India has put a huge pressure on the public infrastructure. Any credible university/college (because of numerous swindling orgs) which usually means govt. run ha
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Mobile Shell(mosh.org)
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I've been facing similar issues recently and have been slowly drifting towards similar ideas mentioned in the article. Though, coming from a more traditional software dev background, I'm still in the process of internalizing how t

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