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by shpx 6y ago
One thing this article doesn’t mention is that the two font file formats used on the web (TTF/OTF and WOFF) can’t contain more than 65,536 glyphs. Which I suspect is the main reason the Noto font caps out at ~64,000 characters on that
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by shpx 6y ago
If you have $6,000 then the Varjo VR-2 headset has a 60 PPD (pixels per degree) display embedded in the middle of a 15 PPD display. https://varjo.com/products/vr-2-pro/
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by shpx 6y ago
> Learn Dvorak…unless you use vim I’ve been using vim with Dvorak for close to a decade now and it’s completely fine. J and K are where C and V are on QWERTY and it works great, I’ve even heard people say they like it more than where the
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by shpx 6y ago
> BlockingResponse not supported. > Blocking requests not supported. so uBlock Origin is not going to happen. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/saf... https://www.reddit.com
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Ask HN: Why aren’t online auctions more popular?
1 points by shpx 6y ago|1 comments
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by shpx 6y ago
uBlacklist can also filter results on Duck Duck Go and Startpage (it's in settings if you go to chrome://extensions/ find uBlacklist, click on it, scroll to the bottom and click "Extension options"), but I&#x27
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The FBI Backs Down Against Apple–Again(wired.com)
1 points by shpx 6y ago|0 comments
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by shpx 6y ago
There's a buying guide for joysticks on the hoggit wiki: https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/Peripherals_Guide#Joystick... Hoggit is a subreddit for the military flight simulator DCS World https://en.wiki
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by shpx 6y ago
Yo dawg, heard you like comments
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by shpx 6y ago
If you look at the comment through the Hacker News API, there's two spaces before the last sentence. https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/22975749.json?pri... Although, the documentation says that fiel
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by shpx 7y ago
They stopped making changes on January 1st 2020 https://github.com/python/cpython/commits/2.7 This is the release of the changes up to that date, since they don't release instantly.
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by shpx 7y ago
What I never see mentioned about Unicode is Han Unification https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_unification As I understand it, it's impossible to have a txt file that uses Japanese and Chinese characters at the s
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by shpx 7y ago
86 years ought to be enough for anybody!
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by shpx 7y ago
Someone could convince enough people to switch to running code that says you don't have that $1T. Like they did with Ethereum.
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by shpx 7y ago
Instead of googling for the site, I google for the site's Wikipedia article ("schihub wiki") which usually has an up-to-date link to the site in the sidebar, whereas Google is forced to censor their results. If you Google &qu
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by shpx 7y ago
DNS-over-Wikipedia is my goto strategy for websites like this (Scihub, Libgen, Piratebay, Popcorn Time, etc.).
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by shpx 7y ago
Another data point: the first Google Pixel, released October 20, 2016, stopped getting security updates in October 2019 https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705?hl=en
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by shpx 7y ago
One day they might be, but they probably think switching now is too soon. Like the person above said, lightning came out before UBS-C. Apple switched from their long https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_connector#Apple_
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by shpx 7y ago
Surely in the context of "End to End backups " the user is the "End" on both ends. The servers shouldn't have the keys. They can be as compromised as they want, but the most they should be able to see is when, how
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Eardrum Suck: The Mystery Solved(soundstagesolo.com)
25 points by shpx 7y ago|5 comments
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The end of torrents era in Russia (2019)(group-ib.com)
2 points by shpx 7y ago|0 comments
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by shpx 7y ago
The people that have yet to learn Python outnumber those that have at least 10 to 1, and hopefully even more. Those people should get to learn a more perfect language. They shouldn't need to know any history about its development for t
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by shpx 7y ago
Not as good as the 3.5mm jack, which works in all ways.
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by shpx 7y ago
Looking at the Android source code, it looks like you're right: > Presidential alert is default on and cannot be turned off. https://cs.android.com/android/_/android/platform/packages/a... &
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by shpx 7y ago
The only true alternative I see on the horizon is https://servo.org/ from Mozilla, but it's still a work-in-progress.
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by shpx 7y ago
- Svelte, a compiled front end JavaScript framework https://svelte.dev/ - Nix, a functional package manager https://nixos.org/nix/ basically, to install stuff, instead of running `sudo apt install your
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by shpx 7y ago
Have you heard of https://nim-lang.org
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by shpx 7y ago
Which dumb 4K TV(s) should I buy?
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by shpx 7y ago
https://www.wired.com/2015/11/null/
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Google plans to offer checking accounts next year(theverge.com)
3 points by shpx 7y ago|0 comments

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