maskros

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by maskros 6y ago
1em as used in fonts and browsers has nothing to do with the size of a capital M character (though the name as used historically means it should). A font is drawn using a design size box (typically 1000x1000 units in OTF, 2048x2048 in TTF)
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by maskros 6y ago
The Medieval period lasted from the 5th to 15th century. The Dark Ages is a misnomer for the early medieval period (5th to 10th centuries).
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by maskros 6y ago
Retina and other Hi-DPI displays don't generally use the RGB column layout that ClearType and other subpixel rendering algorithms abuse to provide higher luminance resolution. Using ClearType on a PenTile or AMOLED display is just goin
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by maskros 7y ago
Old Apple keyboards used to have the bumps on D and K, but I don't think I've ever seen a keyboard without any bumps at all. It's definitely not a US only thing.
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by maskros 7y ago
I guess I'm too old and assume everyone knows how to touch type...
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by maskros 7y ago
Wait a minute, are you saying that you can't switch off the keyboard backlight on MacBook Air?
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by maskros 7y ago
"again" is the key word. It means 1.5x the speed of the ISS.
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by maskros 7y ago
3 hours by plane also includes 2 hours traveling to and from the airport, an hour of security queueing, and another hour of navigating the airport, boarding, and picking up your luggage. All those extra stressful hours are not available for
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by maskros 7y ago
If you press "a" to open the annotation side panel, there will be a button to save the PDF file if the document has been modified.
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by maskros 7y ago
There's already plenty of open source implementations of PDF parsing: Ghostscript, MuPDF, XPDF, Poppler, Pdfium, just to name the first few that come to mind.
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by maskros 7y ago
Currently my favorite OSM-based map and navigation app on Android is this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.axe... Fantastic non-cluttered UI and offline maps that don't eat up my
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by maskros 7y ago
Make sure you use mupdf-gl rather than mupdf-x11; then press 'o' for toggling the outline/index/table of contents.
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by maskros 7y ago
I've been a tab user since forever. The biggest issue with using spaces is not how much you indent, it's the bad pattern of aligning stuff vertically beyond a simple N-level indent. Using spaces to align stuff on multiple lines ca
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by maskros 7y ago
You don't need JS to get a website that behaves properly on mobile. Just add one meta tag to set the viewport scaling and text will scale properly: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0&
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by maskros 7y ago
If true, that's excellent news! I've carried around my custom Calibre settings for several years now, so I don't really know what is the default anymore. Back when I started using Calibre, the default settings were not ideal,
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by maskros 7y ago
The default settings to remove/add spaces between paragraphs amounts to destroying the original formatting. KF8 is a proprietary wrapper around a regular EPUB file.
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by maskros 7y ago
The most destructive behavior is the default Look & Feel settings. If you uncheck "Remove spacing between paragraphs" and the "Insert blank line between paragraphs" settings, Calibre will leave most formatting as-is.
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by maskros 7y ago
Calibre is great, if you configure it properly. By default, converting books to another format will change the layout! Destroying the original formatting by default is unacceptable behaviour to be honest, so user beware. For Kindle, I sugge
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by maskros 7y ago
ascetic: n. A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion. boarder: n. One who pays a stipulated sum in return for regular meals or for meals and lodging.
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by maskros 7y ago
There are several other intelligent and adaptable corvid species that would be a lot harder for man to wipe out: carrion crows, hooded crows, rooks, and jackdaws all thrive near human societies.
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by maskros 7y ago
That is a strange argument. Are you too responsible for all the flights you don't take?
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by maskros 7y ago
Not instant, but there is not enough research to say conclusively just how long a decapitated head stays conscious. http://www.drlindseyfitzharris.com/2012/08/13/losing-ones-he...
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by maskros 8y ago
Topre are really nice, but for softer keys, Cherry MX reds are possibly even better.
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by maskros 8y ago
"Using vim with dvorak is a real pain." That is not my experience, at all. Then again, I don't use Vim like notepad with "hjkl" instead of arrow keys... All the powerful movement and editing commands (b, w, $, 0, &#
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by maskros 8y ago
This may actually be better in the long run. Almost all proprietary Linux binaries I've seen shipped in the wild link to shared system libraries -- and tend to fall apart when the system libraries are a different version than expected.
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by maskros 8y ago
Better yet, just use the fact that NULL is false and get shorter, cleaner, and safer code. if (!s)
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by maskros 8y ago
s/plastic straws/straws/ ... there's nothing to prevent you from using paper, waxed paper, or reusable metal drinking straws except a price increase.
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by maskros 8y ago
Since you mention 'true' ... I can't help but think of Rob Pike's diatribe https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/966896123548872705
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by maskros 8y ago
Not the same thing, if going by the article. If I eventually play all the videos, at my own leasure, it will still learn that I play the videos and start playing immediately when the page loads.
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by maskros 8y ago
Rim brakes either grip too hard or not enough, and sometimes don't work very well in rain, and need regular maintenance and replacement. Coaster brake supplemented by hand brakes for emergency stops just feels safer and more in control

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