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by pxeger1 4y ago
> When holding the last click of the sequence multiple words/paragraphs can be selected. When I wrote about the double-click-drag thing, I thought triple-click-drag might logically also be a thing, but it doesn't work for me.
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by pxeger1 4y ago
Double-clicking on text selects the whole word. Double-clicking and dragging selects text word-by-word. Triple-clicking selects the whole paragraph. Middle-clicking a link opens it in a new tab. Middle-clicking a tab closes it. Middle-click
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by pxeger1 5y ago
A simple way to get most of the benefits of self-hosted email (run from your own domain, keep full control of your data, manage mailboxes yourself, etc.) without the problem of being marked as spam is to use a service like Amazon SES as an
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by pxeger1 5y ago
> It suggests that "2>1" and "2> 1" have very different results FYI, "2>1" and "2 >1" already have very different results in Bourne shell. So I don't think it's an unforgivabl
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Modern web programming is almost always deployed on Unix-like operating systems / Linux. The biggest reason to allow running Hare on Windows/macOS would just be for developers who don't use Linux.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Do you mean STORY, not STROY?
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by pxeger1 5y ago
As a human, you already have knowledge which is similar to knowing the internal dictionary: you can judge what other kinds of words Wordle is likely to avoid (uncommon words, proper nouns, plurals). So I don't think it is cheating.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
The reason AC is often believed to be more efficient is because higher voltages of either type are more efficient (less loss to electrical resistance), and it's much easier to step voltage up and down using AC.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
This article fails to note that Tcl is very closely related to shell script. A lot of the concepts listed already exist in Shell, and nobody complains that Shell is only a toy language.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
If you go to Bletchley Park, don't go on a hot day in summer! Those old machines massively heat up the room.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
-ng is a suffix sometimes used for "reboots" of abandoned or poorly maintained software; I believe it stands for "next generation".
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by pxeger1 5y ago
In those cases, does the presence of the solution not make it count as fair use?
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by pxeger1 5y ago
I believe it's a redirect based on the HTTP Referer header. HN should set Referrer-Policy: no-referrer.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Just as a counterexample, I'd like to mention Python. I think Python is very well known for matching your description: > Systems that expose what they are & let us monkey around are just better, cooler, have more potential. But
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by pxeger1 5y ago
> without Wayland, if possible What's wrong with Wayland?
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Here's an article from around the time, "V is for Vaporware": https://christine.website/blog/v-vaporware-2019-06-23 (and discussion of that on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=202
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Previous discussons: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24481883 (144 points, 191 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19403271 (191 points, 182 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com
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by pxeger1 5y ago
My guess would be contaminated building materials used to build the school.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Asbestos only causes very specific form of cancer, and only really in the lungs. I don't think this can be related
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by pxeger1 5y ago
Not to be confused with Franz Liszt
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by pxeger1 5y ago
That's over 2 years ago now. A bit more than "just a while ago", and perfectly fine to repost IMO.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
This comment and the reply look highly inorganic to me, so take their recommendations with a pinch of salt.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
If everything was open access, then the memberships would have much less of a value proposition.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
ACM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. It's not like they're profiteering ( cough Elsevier). They have to cover costs somehow.
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by pxeger1 5y ago
It's 280 now
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by pxeger1 5y ago
What if they're not an asshole but their account gets hacked by one?
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by pxeger1 5y ago
> For example, if I wanted to delete all empty files in a line, instead of remembering the exact incantation of sed to accomplish this, I could search "delete empty files". (I'm assuming you meant "delete all empty li
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by pxeger1 5y ago
> A module is a collection of packages that are released, versioned, and distributed together. Each package within a module is a collection of source files in the same directory that are compiled together. I wish Go had got these names t
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by pxeger1 5y ago
The US only recognised Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in 2020, in exchange for Moroccan normalisation of relations with Israel. The fact that the US recognises it is pretty meaningless, since it was clearly just used as a bargaini
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by pxeger1 5y ago
I think it means the genital defect is normally rare, but is much more common in these kids?

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