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A detailed appraisal of the Proton VPN Linux client(old.reddit.com)
2 points by ktf 3y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 12y ago
> 3) Movies: you should watch them with subtitles in the spoken language. I can't believe I never thought to do this. Great idea, thanks!
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by ktf 12y ago
Reminds me of a real-life version of something from Pynchon's Bleeding Edge -- inching toward parody, but still believable. (In this case, unlike in the novel, because it's actually true...)
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by ktf 12y ago
Also works great in XFCE, in my experience.
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by ktf 12y ago
I don't even have a LinkedIn account, I've never had an account, and I still receive their emails. It's mystifying...
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by ktf 13y ago
What kind of "technical minutiae" do you put in your Anki deck? I use Anki for Japanese study, but I've been thinking about doing more with it. Wasn't quite sure how to make useful tech flashcards... outside of memorizin
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by ktf 13y ago
This is awesome, thanks! I've always assumed that PPAs were Ubuntu-only magic for some reason.
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by ktf 13y ago
Some literature really does need to be "decoded" in a similar way, however. (Speaking as someone who recently finished Ulysses ...)
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by ktf 13y ago
Alternative method: click the big on/off switch for online search results. Don't get me wrong -- I'm not defending Ubuntu. I think it's gross that they include this at all, and extra-gross that it's on by default. B
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by ktf 13y ago
Did you read the linked article? It doesn't matter what it looks like you're copying/pasting, or how it's explained in the site you're copying/pasting it from.
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by ktf 13y ago
Yeah, I guess I should have qualified the above by saying that I've only used it with PHP/xdebug (so far). Still, if you're trapped in the DBGP world for whatever reason, vdebug is miles better than any competition that I&#x2
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by ktf 13y ago
Didn't even have to think about this one: Eloquent Javascript , by Marijn Haverbeke. He's an amazing writer and a brilliant all-around guy. Technically it's geared toward new programmers, but it's worth a read at pretty
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by ktf 13y ago
I highly recommend vdebug ( https://github.com/joonty/vdebug ) if you're looking for a great Vim interface to DBGP debuggers (for PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl, Node, etc.). Really nice, especially compared to the countle
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Cottage Computer Programming(atariarchives.org)
2 points by ktf 13y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 13y ago
There's a really fun exhibit at the Exploratorium in SF that demonstrates this. Not quite so fancy, but if you can shove some kids out of the way it's still pretty cool to play with!
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Building a Bicycle Barometer(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by ktf 13y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 13y ago
So I have to manually fix gmail's incorrect assumptions about how I want my mail to be filtered rather than manually put my own correct filters in place? Doesn't seem right for me, but I guess I can see the draw for folks who don't want to
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by ktf 13y ago
This has been true since the beginning of film's history, with rare exceptions. Spectacle sells, even going back to the point when the technology of film itself was the spectacle. (See for example the always-thrilling L'Arrivée d'un Trai
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by ktf 13y ago
Is this different than folders? Or labels? Is the primary benefit here that these categories are more prominent in the UI?
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by ktf 13y ago
I've had great luck with this, actually. At the very least there's a chance you'll find some dummy address that forwards to a real address, and get a response that way.
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by ktf 13y ago
Just don't give up if you don't hit your date! I edited technical books for four years and never once had an author actually hit their target date. But do set a new target date if you miss your original one. Having a big red circle on t
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PHP Live Regex(phpliveregex.com)
3 points by ktf 13y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 13y ago
Great explanation, thank you!
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by ktf 13y ago
It's interesting to me that the Hacker School "rules" post, that essentially boiled down to the same thing (Don't Be a Jerk), is filled with positive comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5639430 While this one is full of people
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by ktf 13y ago
I'm seeing the same thing. This is my first real Mac experience, got it from/for work, wasn't sure if something like this was "normal". (I'm a long-time Linux user, so I'm used to putting up with a lot of bullshit from my desktop.) I've fou
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by ktf 13y ago
After receiving my BS in computer science I went on to get my MA in film studies. I considered going for the PhD, but decided I didn't really care for the taste of academia I had gotten. (To me, it basically seemed like politics, but withou
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Flying over the earth at night(apod.nasa.gov)
5 points by ktf 13y ago|1 comments
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by ktf 13y ago
Eh, I think the only somewhat-hard requirement is seventeen syllables, and even that is often waved in favor of aesthetics. Plus they really tend to work better in Japanese anyway. Somewhat on-topic: Jack Kerouac made attempts to "Americani
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by ktf 13y ago
Awesome! Similar in spirit to (though far cooler than) a simple project I threw together to learn/play with Ruby: http://haikubot.herokuapp.com/ Not sure my single Heroku dyno with stand up to any kind of HN-hammering, so click with cauti
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by ktf 14y ago
I can't tell if this comment is serious or not, which makes me want to upvote it even more!

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