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by robgibbons 3y ago
From "A Little Learning," by Alexander Pope A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
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by robgibbons 3y ago
It's hidden if you use uBlock Origin, but here's the X-ray render. https://play.cadmore.media/Player/991caeb7-688c-45e4-b4a1-2f...
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Less even than some Bollywood movie budgets.
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by robgibbons 3y ago
What is the little circular attachment on the iPhone?
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Site returns "Error establishing a database connection" Oh, the irony of using Archive.org to read blog.archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20230814224105/https://blog.arch...
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Most likely, the fabs got competitive tax incentives from those states.
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Thus describes the incentive, and the onus, for the provider to prevent spam on their network.
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Yep. Leeching is mostly used in the context of torrents. Generally, while you're downloading, you're "leeching." But also, if you don't seed a file after you download it, you can call that leeching. Lurking is when
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by robgibbons 3y ago
HP EliteBooks are pretty solid. I have a few G7's in different sizes and dual boot on all of them. The 840 is probably the perfect size, 14" 16:10 screen, plenty of ports, excellent keyboard, fully upgradable SSD and RAM, and over
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by robgibbons 3y ago
It would be really helpful to dedicate a short blurb describing what in the name of Chrome you're talking about before diving in on a topic like this. The closest thing on this page to an explanation of Palera1n is a link to the Releas
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by robgibbons 3y ago
That caught my attention immediately. It just seems like a hacky, roundabout way to avoid using classes for different button styles, which to be clear, are an example of exactly why classes exist.
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Here's the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LyaWzOesXk
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by robgibbons 3y ago
In motorcycle safety courses, you're taught to never assume that other drivers can see you, in fact you are encouraged to operate as if you're invisible, and ride accordingly. Growing up, I was told that it's better to be ali
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by robgibbons 3y ago
It's a copypasta. There are different versions floating around, but this one's my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnXgbMgfkYg
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by robgibbons 3y ago
I love my crazy creek chair, but the upward angle that it naturally puts your lap and knees into isn't really conducive to supporting a laptop. You would constantly be holding your laptop with your hands to stop it from sliding against
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by robgibbons 3y ago
Because it requires multi touch input, eg. a capacative touchscreen, which most laptops don't have.
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by robgibbons 3y ago
A few years ago, a Chipotle opened nearby, which refused to accept cash for a long time. They required you to pay online... and the mobile website conveniently didn't work. So you were forced to install their app to order food. Not onl
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by robgibbons 3y ago
If you love both, why would you want to eradicate the problem?
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by robgibbons 3y ago
There's a conflict of interest in the hog hunting-tourism industry. Companies profit from the existence of the hogs, because they are legal to hunt year-round in Texas, with no permit and no bag limit. People have deliberately captured
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by robgibbons 4y ago
I just had to close the tab myself.
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by robgibbons 4y ago
The article is completely wrong, this didn't change this week. If you look in the wayback machine, blockbuster.com has actually been like this for months. As far back as August 2022 they've had this page. They had a John Travolta
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The Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw over Silicon Valley Bank(slate.com)
117 points by robgibbons 4y ago|124 comments
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by robgibbons 4y ago
That's called Cursive. A an elegant style of handwriting from a more civilized age.
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by robgibbons 4y ago
I use Zorin Pro with the Mac layout, except I use Plank instead of the Zorin dock. Also I used dconf-editor to tweak the system/application menu to "ALL" because the default menu in Mac mode is useless. My only real gripe is
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by robgibbons 4y ago
Being convincing does not equal rational. There are many logical fallacies that are convincing on the surface but don't stand up to rational scrutiny.
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by robgibbons 4y ago
What you're asking for is called Server-Side Includes, it's been a feature of Apache for ages, but is also supported by Nginx and other servers.
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by robgibbons 4y ago
For starters, you get a complete local copy of your inbox, offline-accessible.
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by robgibbons 4y ago
Microsoft faced an antitrust lawsuit (United States v. Microsoft Corp) for embedding IE with Windows, which was seen as an abuse of their position in the OS/PC market to further their own stake in the web browser space. Apple, in this
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by robgibbons 4y ago
It's not that the industry is slow. It's just hard to push PWAs forward when Apple is actively hostile toward web apps.
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by robgibbons 4y ago
Personas are a popular tool in "design thinking" and are useful for helping product owners, designers, and developers consider the needs of a "known" set of user archetypes. The point is to see your app through their eye

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