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Skibidi Toilet(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by smlavine 3y ago|0 comments
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by smlavine 3y ago
For the first count(*) example, I don't understand why that couldn't be solved with a TRIGGER on INSERT and DELETE?
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by smlavine 3y ago
It's a hyperbole that no reasonable person would get offended by. So nobody except Emacs users. ;)
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by smlavine 3y ago
It was only a matter of time. I feel sorry for all the people that were tricked into trusting a private company with their genetic information.
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by smlavine 3y ago
If I were at Princeton, I would take every one of Kernighan's classes that I could! I wonder if that's a problem there.
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by smlavine 3y ago
To be honest I've never even noticed those problems. I don't use any of those buttons ever at all, really.
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by smlavine 3y ago
I've had X220s and X220Ts for a few years, and I agree that they're probably one of the best laptops you can get second-hand. But they aren't as cheap as they used to be on eBay and they're only getting older. I had to
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by smlavine 3y ago
Probably the genocide (by modern-day standards) in Gaul.
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by smlavine 3y ago
> writing closing tags is cumbersome Personally I've come to appreciate that many closing tags are unnecessary in HTML. Makes many constructs much more concise. Especially with tables: <table> <caption>Some letters
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by smlavine 3y ago
> Expect to get comments or looks if you take your children to a park or shopping mall after dark. After 10pm expect police intervention. Seriously? The police will intervene if you, with your children, are at the mall after 10pm?
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by smlavine 3y ago
Can I use "cultural considerations in visiting Norman, Oklahoma" in a play I'll probably never write?
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by smlavine 3y ago
What an irresponsible article. > “It’s a super high-powered medical search engine,” Beam says. NO IT IS NOT. THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS AT ALL. How dare they publish this for a general audience. I'm sure Today will also publish all the
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by smlavine 3y ago
> The Waymo rides were affordable, ranging from $18 to $21 Goes to show you what world these journalists are living on that think that's totally acceptable for a five mile ride. I'll stick with public transit.
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by smlavine 3y ago
I disagree. What it doesn't offer, people will try to do anyway, each in their own ad-hoc way. See how people used to abuse <div> before HTML5 (and still do)
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Dwm – Dynamic Window Manager(dwm.suckless.org)
2 points by smlavine 3y ago|0 comments
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by smlavine 3y ago
This fun blog about infrastructure and living in Antarctica: https://brr.fyi
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by smlavine 3y ago
Interesting how the author explicitly invokes the language of addiction here: > Its MUCH easier to stop adding to Reddit than it is to quit cold turkey I deleted RiF from my phone last night, but I don't think I need to replace it w
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by smlavine 3y ago
You'd be surprised how many people in the software engineering tutoring/mentoring group at my university -- the students who are more interested than anyone else in writing, sharing, and reading code -- who know no more about FOSS
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by smlavine 3y ago
Yes, they could have lied to the court if they wanted to. That wouldn't have gone well.
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by smlavine 3y ago
I thought that India was reliant on Russia for military equipment?
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by smlavine 3y ago
Don't pretend like you don't know why.
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by smlavine 3y ago
The touchpads really are incredible on the Steam Deck. So much less awkward than twin stick, as someone who grew up playing on PC. That alone is reason to stick with the Deck.
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by smlavine 3y ago
Also out there is cgit-pink[0], a fork that is more receptive to patches. [0]: https://git.causal.agency/cgit-pink/about/
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Myths about Multics(multicians.org)
1 points by smlavine 3y ago|0 comments
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by smlavine 3y ago
I use st daily. Having it open side by side with xterm (and also, by the way, typing out this comment in Firefox), I don't see how the differences mentioned in the article are relevant to the user experience. The character appears befo
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by smlavine 4y ago
Wayland compositors, maybe: https://way-cooler.org/blog/2019/04/29/rewriting-way-cooler-...
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by smlavine 4y ago
The Constitution merely says that "The Congress shall have Power...To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discover
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by smlavine 4y ago
An advantage I found of signal having SMS support just a few days ago was when I met a new person and went to text them to confirm the numbers. I texted him, he texted back, and as it happened we both have Signal, so it was encrypted. If&#x
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by smlavine 4y ago
In many cities I think that this is a good idea, but in New York I worry about how effective this would be because of the outsized number of non-resident, non-tax-paying riders (tourists) who use the system.
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by smlavine 4y ago
As suzumer also commented, the extension Unhook has also been very helpful to me in curbing the amount of time I spend watching YouTube. I have it set to block the front page suggestions, sidebar suggestions, after video cards, etc. Everyth

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