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10y ago
Additional comments - Developed in China - Supports cloud syncing (default - Wiz cloud; they encourage devs to add backends for other cloud providers) - Source code - https://github.com/WizTeam/WizQTClient Disclaimer:
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WizNote – An Evernote alternative with an open source cross-platform client
(wiznote.com)
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10y ago
Also looks nice on Emacs' built-in web wowser (M-x eww)
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10y ago
I second this. Inoreader's UI is much better than Google reader ever was. Being a free user, I am still unable to explore much of the functionality they offer, but I hope to be a subscriber soon.
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11y ago
I for one prefer aria2c's ability to download a huge file via multiple parallel streams using the -x switch. AFAIK wget doesn't have this feature.
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11y ago
What about character sets? Do I still need to 'chcp 65001' from the DOS prompt to type/cat utf-8 encoded text files before running bash?
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11y ago
Here you go - http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34340233
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11y ago
While Wikipedia might be used as a storage service, it's actually Facebook which is being used to share access to the stored data. How trivial would it be for Facebook to clamp down on those groups from Angola which openly advertise th
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11y ago
Don't think they ask for banking username and password. They only state they will directly debit it from your account, which does not require sharing your bank credentials. All you probably need is a one time authorization for them to
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11y ago
Looking around on forums like XDA, one sees that LG typically has different models depending on the market. The tech specs are identical, but it has more to do with carrier branding and lockdown. For instance, in markets such as the EU, LG
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11y ago
Thanks. Upvoted your solution, but I see some problems with this approach for my workflow: 1. I run emacs-server, so the init file is run only during restarts OR when I manually load it from emacsclient. 2. Re-exporting all dotfiles seems r
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11y ago
Interesting approach! Think you can provide us with a small working example, especially the 'deploy' part?
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11y ago
I hope people start including information on platforms when posting apps that are not cross-platform. Some hint such as 'OSX only', 'iOS only' or 'Windows only' in the title would help uninterested ones among u
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11y ago
Complete eradication of mosquitoes would be counter productive, especially given that mosquitoes are a major reason some places such as tropical forests have low human activity - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-3540883
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11y ago
A disproportionate amount of traffic seems to be passing through Monrovia, Liberia compared to the rest of African continent and even more developed places like Australia. Can anybody shed some light on this ?
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11y ago
If all you want is a dropdown terminal emulator with Cygwin/git-bash or the windows command prompt why not just use https://conemu.github.io/ . You can configure it to behave just like guake/yakuake. No need for P
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached
(nytimes.com)
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11y ago
Off the top of my head, memes are one of the biggest contributions. Examples such as nyan cat, rickrolling, crudely drawn cartoons etc. Not to mention 4channers once even rigged the Time man of the year poll. One can also find negative infl
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Wikipedia’s biggest scandal: Industrial-scale blackmail
(theregister.co.uk)
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11y ago
This is my choice for tables on Python - https://github.com/Robpol86/terminaltables . The appearance of tables is adequately configurable. The project is also actively maintained unlike some of the others.
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11y ago
Not much love here for Droid family it appears. Droid Sans Mono has been my go to monospace font for years now on different platforms. Ideal fonts are subjective, but this font is most comfortable to my eye on both shell and editors when an
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An interesting article, which begs another question. Are the intestines of Japanese bigger compared to those of neighbouring Asians - the Chinese and the Koreans (from whom they apparently descended despite a reluctance to accept this fact)
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11y ago
You should check out Otter browser ( http://otter-browser.org/ ). It's FOSS, an Opera 12 clone and uses Qt5. Despite it still being in a beta with known bugs it's under active development and quite usable in its cur
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Timelapse of the volcano on Io referenced in the article http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/io-volcanoes... (2013). It's easy to forget Pluto & co. are not the only things unravelled by
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Thanks you make a distinction and the pics really drive home your point. I guess the problem is the label 'true color' which has stuck for a long time to a refer to statistically determined hues. Maybe we should label 'actual
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11y ago
Strange that the article does not link to the game itself. For those interested here it is - https://cafebazaar.ir/app/ir.treeco.aftabe/?l=en
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She posed as a prostitute sometimes, not only risky, but also subjected her to sexual harassment by the very male colleagues whose help she sought when going undercover. Check out this 10min video if you want to know how she did it http:&#
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11y ago
Intuitiveness is subjective. Take cursor movement for example. I understand now h,j,k,l is a remnant from historic keyboards, but when I started learning vim, I couldn't fathom why 'h' moves a cursor to left and 'l
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12y ago
I have seen it vary from a few days to a week or more. In case you just want to try the latest features, I can recommend unofficial emacs-w64 builds ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacsbinw64/ ). Been using a bui
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To keep parity with the version of Gecko engine that it uses I believe.
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