magoon

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by magoon 7y ago
I love linux (and bash) but can’t understand the desire to use it as a desktop OS, especially when you can work in Terminal on Mac. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
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by magoon 7y ago
Bash is ubiquitous - the best selling point for knowing it and sticking to it. I desire a fancy new shell but don’t want it to become a crutch, limiting my usefulness and familiarity when I’m on a system lacking it.
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by magoon 7y ago
“Vaping” can often mean people filling mod boxes (not Juuls) with any sort of juice containing anything. Articles and studies often include any random juice in any random shop, so there are endless unknowns. Juuls and many other pens contai
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by magoon 7y ago
Nicotine alternatives help people stop smoking, and Juul’s is the most innovative and compelling yet. Demonize them if you will but they have helped a lot of people’s health.
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by magoon 7y ago
I use a similar method of easy-to-remember numbers in conversion between celsius to Fahrenheit: 0 = 32 10 = 50 20 = 68 30 = 86 Then roughly, subtract/add two F for every extra C. It’s easy to remember 32 and 50, while 68 a
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by magoon 7y ago
Yes look at the Coway AP-1512HH. I have one in each bedroom. It also has a good air quality sensor and “auto” mode that’s driven by it. Among the competition, it cleans better than most and has a low TCO. Very quiet on “low”
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by magoon 7y ago
AMP can be great for us, if they would fix the implementation.
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by magoon 7y ago
The next campaigns’ subscriber lists are compiled in advance whilst being drafted.
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by magoon 7y ago
however, I find jq not so friendly piping its output to other programs.
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by magoon 7y ago
It’s neat, but one benefit of a VPN is that it routes, encrypts, and tunnels at your own machine.
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by magoon 7y ago
This is such a fantastic blogpost. I love the part about regex backtracking. Great job CF.
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by magoon 7y ago
Unintentional ad, in a way —- one that caused me to visit, delighted me, and makes me delighted with HN.
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by magoon 8y ago
Could this just replace poorer drivers on the streets with richer drivers? It could also increase costs for all goods and services, as the cost to get them into the shops and restaurants will increase. Edit: Drivers in NYC can be from any s
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by magoon 8y ago
This reminds me of early BASIC games that would run on IBM PC, compatibles, and other early computers with BASIC interpreters. I remember one such game that was almost exactly this.
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by magoon 8y ago
His argument doesn’t hold up to iOS and Android development.
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by magoon 8y ago
US has a 12.7% vacancy rate. I found that part of the article shocking.
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by magoon 8y ago
Antennagate was not overblown. It had substantial effects on my reception — to the point of no service. I was forced to use a case, and then forgot about the problem until next time I removed the case. Apple’s software fix, still there t
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by magoon 8y ago
Loved it but quality problems continued to rise. Quality consistency is core to customer retention.
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by magoon 8y ago
I got so excited about this, but Mobile Safari keeps zooming when I double-press a button!
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by magoon 8y ago
Ibuprofen is metabolized by kidneys; but as for the liver, yes its action can be affected by acetaminophen (paracetamol).
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by magoon 8y ago
The content companies were so eager to settle out of court for just this reason; they knew that if enough of these cases went to court, a judgment against them results in case law that hinders their ability to strong-arm casual pirates.
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by magoon 8y ago
The real problem with the “throttling” is that it slows it down to uselessness.
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by magoon 8y ago
Faster than the leading brand
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by magoon 8y ago
Very good points! You’re right on all of them. I remember one game shop had a “RealSound” technology that sounded impressive for a PC speaker. Maybe “Mean Streets” was the name.
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by magoon 8y ago
I remember upgrading the RAM from a paltry 128KB (i think). See all of those empty sockets? Notably missing, and fair warning: - Floppy controller - Floppy drive! 5 1/4” - Hard drive controller (RLL) - CGA or Monochrome Display Adapte
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by magoon 8y ago
Local History in my IDE has saved me many times!
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by magoon 8y ago
I advocate: git add -p for interactive staging. It’ll present each hunk of code with a y/n prompt. This is a good habit to prevent committing any debug code or stray marks.
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by magoon 8y ago
I cured bhfferbloat with a cheap DD-WRT capable router (NOT Puma 6 chipset). I found it important to limit the WAN bandwidth on my router to about 15% below the max speed I’m paying for. What a difference! Netgear R6300V2 Using fq_codel be
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by magoon 8y ago
Having started typing on IBM keyboards before the Model M, and eventually struggling to adapt to non-“mechanical” keyboards, it’s now hard for me to understand why people want to use them. I didn’t want to go to the “soft” laptop keyboards
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by magoon 8y ago
I remember the PCjr felt considerably slower than the 5150 (PC) and also had a terrible keyboard, however it was innovative to use infrared to make it wireless. It also had cartridge slots and a small catalog of (mostly) games that came on

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