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by scelerat 7y ago
Markdown drew its influences from predecessor structured text languages whose goal was minimum formatting of ASCII text in a structured way such that it could be parsed and re-rendered into any other format. The goal was simplicity and read
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"Code golf" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_golf
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I have a friend who has some intimate knowledge of MacOS installation software who refuses to use Zoom. "It's not merely because it uses the same install patterns as Russian malware," this person told me, "no; it's
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by scelerat 7y ago
There's a lot of evidence of careless skimming in the comments here. The article didn't say "don't use email." It said "don't use email for encrypted communication." Because it can not and will never
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If you care about your readers, your site should probably have navigation links, maybe even search and an RSS feed. So now you are talking about editing lots of things by hand or moving to some kind of automation. If you like coding HTML by
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Indeed, I don't entirely disagree.
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Fourth amendment deals with "unreasonable" search and seizure. It could be argued that municipalities requesting data on usage of infrastructure they must maintain, fund and plan for is not unreasonable.
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No one wants to go there because freedom but I (reluctantly) agree. There might be safety considerations, too, but I'm guessing they are mostly edge case type issues
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Twenty years ago, people's ideas, good or bad, were not immediately published on a broadband medium available to virtually everyone on the planet, at once. You had a conversation with your peers. Maybe you got some new ideas from that
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Difficult to be a nerd without a sinew of pedantry.
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This echoes much of the theme of Strunk & White "Elements of Style": write concisely and directly.
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I have several friends who have had their cats stolen in Oakland in the last year. Hondas and Toyotas mostly. One friend had his cat stolen from his Prius three times in one year. He's sold the Prius now.
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The most useful coding tools I have are a pen and a pad of paper
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Given the ubiquity of programmable machines in engineering, commerce and art, I think algorithms and basic (not BASIC) programming should be taught at all levels of public education. We teach math. We teach wood/metalshop and arts and
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Ugh. Agree with caveats: I’m often put in the position of being the “slow” guy because I have to fix all the stuff the “fast” guy did, but I have to do it while everything is up and running with paying users.
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To me, saying someone is “basic” is another way of saying they’re living the unexamined life. It’s an epithet that probably doesn’t apply to anyone 100% and probably everyone at least a little bit
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Cassettes were extremely popular in their heyday which means there are still quite a bit of them laying around, along with the hardware to play and record on them. It’s a very inexpensive medium, which is also why DIY musicians never comple
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by scelerat 7y ago
Sonic Fiber is available in my neighborhood two blocks away in every direction. Just not my block. :-( Still switched because I was so sick of Comcast.
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Artists uploading directly would threaten the monopoly major labels have on distribution relationships.
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I had forgotten that little tidbit. It's a funny jab, but at the same time a completely believable Atlantic headline, and I'd totally be interested in reading an article on the civil rights of ghosts.
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by scelerat 8y ago
Yes Here's another article which follows the original as well: https://haitiantimes.com/2019/03/12/question-remain-unanswer...
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by scelerat 8y ago
Anyone use this font as their daily driver (so to speak)? I'm skeptical of the readability and hour-to-hour fatigue.
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by scelerat 8y ago
40-year spoiler: Barry is caught because although his papers pass muster with his Prussian escort, his story does not. After conversation over beers, Captain Potzdorf sniffs out Lyndon's BS stories quite easily. It would be interesting
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by scelerat 8y ago
Completely misses the very important necessity of a creative process, which is to work free of self-criticism. Alcohol, which lowers inhibitions for a lot of people, can help with that. That's not to say that everyone should, or even t
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by scelerat 8y ago
A few things: 1. A third pane which shows a summary of all the diffs between the two compared files. It's point-and-clickable, and has a point-and-click bi-directional Apply button to apply changes in either direction. Easy to arrow-ke
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by scelerat 8y ago
The scooters were dorky then, too
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BBEdit’s multi file regex search and diff tools are great and so is the file browser, which is why I keep it around even though I do nearly all my actual editing in MacVim
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by scelerat 8y ago
> but /r/politics is pretty much exactly what became of Digg Could you say some more about what you mean by that?
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In West Oakland I see many people using the Ford Bikes, but yet even more people using the Lime scooters. Kids, adults, techies, non-techies. I think they look kind of dorky, and some end up on the sidewalk and dumped in Lake Merritt. On th
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Can someone please explain or point to what Assange is being indicted for?

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