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Basecamp now supports security keys for 2FA thanks to WebAuthn(m.signalvnoise.com)
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A Note on the Use of Dictionaries (2012) [pdf](greenbag.org)
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by jweir 7y ago
VirtualBox itself is released under the GPL version 2. It is the "Extension Pack" that has the license, not to be confused by the the Guest Additions, which are community. So, steer clear of the Extension Pack.
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A new way of blogging about Prolog(blog.klipse.tech)
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Fast and Frugal Trees(en.wikipedia.org)
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I was surprised to see that too. They aren’t walking the walk.
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For those looking at the comments first, and thinking this about programming dictionaries, it is not. This is about dictionaries in the domain of legal definitions, and how sloppy use of dictionaries, or dictionaries from the wrong era can
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A Note on the Use of Dictionaries (2012) [pdf](greenbag.org)
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The Ever-Present Glow of LED Greenhouses(thisiscolossal.com)
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by jweir 7y ago
Our application is mostly Ruby, but any interactive front end is now written in Elm. The one problem, for us, is when there is an Elm project the developers _not_ working on it are jealous of the developers who are. It is fun to work with.
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by jweir 7y ago
I dug up the seller info - Always A Deal https://www.amazon.com/sp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=&isAmazonFulfi...
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by jweir 7y ago
About 6 years ago I ordered a tv on Amazon, it was going to be shipped out and delivered in about a week. About an hour later I got a phone a call with a thick accented voice – "John, John, are you home?" "Who is this?"
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by jweir 7y ago
I live in a Sears house from 1912. My house was rebuilt 10 years ago though and an extra floor added. All my neighbors have pretty much the original design though. They are pretty sweet little houses with a tiny drive way. Maybe a Model T c
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Building China's Comac C919 airplane involved a lot of hacking, report says(zdnet.com)
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Apple Reviews Rejected Hong Kong App Again After Controversy(bloomberg.com)
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Multnomah County – Criminal Justice System Map [pdf](ocbhji.org)
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Uber to Launch Uber Works Temp Worker App Friday in Chicago(cnet.com)
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Chasing a Memory(seattletimes.com)
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Yes but it is becoming increasingly difficult to do so. Clothing that was 100% cotton in the past now has a bit of spandex or other synthetic to give it a stretch.
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Until the Soviets started whaling https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/industrial-whaling-of-the...
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"On the other hand for offshore wind farms in Denmark the normalised load factor falls from 39% at age 0 to 15% at age 10." https://www.ref.org.uk/attachments/article/280/ref.hughes.19... The title
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by jweir 7y ago
Not a myth. Look at the birds being killed, not the numbers. Not the same bird species being killed by wind farms and buildings (or house cats) And the bats are at risk too https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019&#
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Elm-pages – a type-centric static site generator(elm-pages.com)
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Oregon State study says wind turbines threaten migrating bats(oregonlive.com)
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The outrage, not disagreement, over his comments are thoughtless but that is the mob and that is he internet. I doubt most folks really upset by RMS even read the thread.
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And the 68000 to PowerPC before that.
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While on the topic of Graham Greene - I recommend his novel Quiet American. Written in the mid 50s it shows amazing insight into the future of American foreign policy and regime change. And does so through a great story.
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Doubtful, but possible. What is highly likely is there will be 1 or 2 upgrades between now and in 3 years. If history is any indicator these upgrades will be relatively painless. The next upgrade, 0.19.1, will be completely backwards comp
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In my experience this has not been a problem. First upgrades are very infrequent. Second, they occur for very good reasons. Third there is tooling to handle a lot of the code migration. Fourthly, the compiler will help you fix the rest. L
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Elm makes no claims to correct your logic. Logical errors are not caught by the compiler. You might still decode a JSON field to the wrong field on a Record (if the fields are the same type), you might invert a BOOL and use True were you

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