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https://utf9k.net/ My site has gone through a lot of iterations but I'm currently trying to balance some cool, newer features with a relatively simple codebase. It's currently using Hugo w/ Markdown but there
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Well, the claim here is that Option 3 and Option 4 are the same in essence so if they had been reflected on the ballot as a single option, then that option would have won out over Option 2, changing the outcome. Assuming I understand this a
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A brief summary because I had to re-read this a few times to figure out what was going on. Debian had a vote with 4 options: Option 1 "Hide identities of Developers casting a particular vote" Option 2 "Hide identities of Deve
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> If I could run the Slack or Discord iOS apps on macOS I absolutely would, along with several other apps that have both Electron and iOS apps. To clarify the situation for any unaware readers, you can indeed run iOS/iPad apps on M1
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> “One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue,” explained Newell during his time on stage at the Washington Technology Industry Association's (WTIA) Tech NW conference. “The easiest wa
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My first thought was that with minification in place, there might not even be 10 lines, but instead 1 extremely long line
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My simple take on this is that simple writing is cool because sometimes I feel like rubbish and my brain sucks. Reading articles that use a wide vocubulary feels like being DDoSed because you have to read and then do a second translation pa
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As a beta user, I can say that while it's super promising and I use it daily, it does still have some rough edges to it hence the closed aspect of it. The onboardings are starting to scale up a bit I believe though. Being able to highl
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Plex + Tidal = A Nice Match(utf9k.net)
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For anyone curious about Ice 9: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Cradle > Ice-nine is an alternative structure of water that is solid at room temperature and acts as a seed crystal upon contact with ordinary li
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I've been using Plexamp recently and supposedly they're adding a similar feature to Spotify Connect relatively soon: https://twitter.com/plexamp/status/1489024846033915908
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Hmm, there's a song I like called Cop Killer by John Maus. Lyric wise, it's pretty sparse but here's an excerpt > Cop killer > Let's kill the cops tonight > Kill them, cop killer > Let's kill every cop i
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Technically speaking, adding a period at the end of a URL is valid in that it implicitly exists for all URLs in the context of DNS. Your browser doesn't care however and while not exactly niche, I don't think it's widely know
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I used a JSON resume once and I like the idea. It didn't help when I had to apply for an unemployment benefit (while still trying to enter the industry) and they asked for my resume as a word document. As you can imagine, I felt like a
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I see your function with many parameters and I raise you this constant: CNLabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughter https://developer.apple.com/documentation/contacts/cnlabelc
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Don't say that! I managed to sign up to Starbucks Rewards before it launched here in New Zealand by looking at the staging certificates that were issues ;) Lots of fun stuff is possible but yeah, it's definitely something you shou
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Humans are bad at understanding that infinite growth goes against the laws of nature. As numbers start to trail off, new ways have to be dreamed up whether it's a degration of offering to save money or new endeavours that have nothing
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A small quirk of onboarding is that if you select a suggested time slot (ie; when you arrive at work) and go back after thinking "Ah actually, maybe at bed", it doesn't give you the timeslot suggestions again.
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I'm glad there's a pro plan. Personally, if I'm going to add something to my workflow, I prefer to know that it'll be maintained and stick around for some time! Not to say that there's a 1:1 between paid services an
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Seems confirmed by the Magic Lantern team: https://old.reddit.com/r/MagicLantern/comments/rpvv2n/fyi_si...
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Anthony Bourdain used to find the best local cuisine by going onto message boards (anonymously I assume) and saying X is the best restaurant, only to receive a flood of recommendations https://archive.md/0UQsd : Ctrl + F for
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Came here to +1 REPORTTIME for zsh
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The CADT model seems relevant here: https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that Spotify used to have explicit upvote and downvote buttons like 5 years ago? I assume they decided they could infer the same metrics from users skipping tracks for example
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Information Deficit Model(en.wikipedia.org)
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Twitter, could you please fix your image servers?(utf9k.net)
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A few interesting NZ tech developments that HNers may not be aware of: * Microsoft announced an Azure datacenter back in May: https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2020/05/06/aotearoa-disclos... * Larry Page
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As possibly alluded to by fabianhjr, one of the developers of Secure Scuttlebutt quite literally lives on a boat without internet connection for long periods of time
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I remember I was at some training course for New Relic and we zoned out when the alert came through. Having come across 418 before, I recognised it in our failed build pipeline and facepalmed. My coworker asked how do we fix it and U said I
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Shoutouts to Aidan, he always manages to dig up some real obscure AWS insights! I can recommend checking out his trackiam project too: https://github.com/glassechidna/trackiam

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