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by textmode 8y ago
It is not necessary, but it is enabled by default. False?
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by textmode 8y ago
What would a < b < c look like in snobol/spitbol, precursor to Icon. Maybe something like lt(a,b) lt(b,c) ... end where ... is optional rest of statement that only gets executed if a < b < c. Or ... might be a s
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by textmode 8y ago
True or false: An initrd (cf. initramfs) is still required, where "rd" stands for ramdisk. As a BSD user, I prefer to use a mfs root (ramdisk) for personal reasons, but AFAIK BSD has never required a ramdisk in order to boot. If
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by textmode 8y ago
I believe there is also an earlier reference where he said something similar. If I recall correctly, he said he was surprised when he became aware people were writing large programs in awk. I also recall a more recent interview where when
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by textmode 8y ago
Original title: The "mass exodus" from GitHub to GitLab: 10 days later
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by textmode 8y ago
"But HTTP/2 uses TCP as its transport, so all of its streams can be blocked when a single TCP packet is lost-a problem called head-of-line blocking." But see https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/c
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by textmode 8y ago
Alternate URL (no Javascript required): https://github.com/Netflix/pollyjs
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by textmode 8y ago
It is interesting to read the web developer perspective on this element. Perhaps it is of little use to them. As an end user who prefers using a non-graphical http client to retrieve web content to a file (then view the file in another pro
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"Now THAT's nice." Yes it is. There is a certain consistency/uniformity to the url and site structure with Github that Sourceforge does not have, for whatever reason. Not to mention the absence of the mirror choosing r
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by textmode 8y ago
As a consumer of source code, I do not use a graphical web browser to search and download from Sourceforge. A relatively simple http/https client will do. (Occasionally I have used cvs or svn if that is the only access.) Despite any
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by textmode 8y ago
Perhaps they are concerned because the patterns of abuse (of popular web browser Javascript engines) may ultimately threaten Mozilla's source of funding (advertising). If for example this abuse is reaching a tipping point. According t
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fix: accomodate nxdomain, servfail, etc. /* f.l */ #define echo ECHO #define jmp BEGIN #define p printf #define nl p("\n") #define s p(",") %s xz xy xa xb xx xc xd xw "Dat
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"... I still fail to understand why it is so popular." It was repurposed. As you wrote, "I don't think it's very popular in the manufacture of embedded controllers." A theory: There is a large population of pro
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ftp -4o 1.htm $1; fetch -4o 1.htm $1; wget -4o 1.htm $1; curl -4o 1.htm $1; exec k 1d \ |exec tcs cloudflare-dns.com cloudflare-dns.com >1.json; yyf < 1.json >1.csv; #t=list exec k j; #t=hosts exec
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"When Facebook bought WhatsApp, it never publicly addressed how the divergent philosophies would coexist. ... But Mr. Zuckerberg told stock analysts that he and Mr. Koum agreed that advertising wasn't the right way to make money f
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correction to 1.k: delete empty line 1 from list of hostnames / novice alert. this is probably 3x larger than necessary h0:_getenv "g";h1:0:h0;h1:{:[(#h1[x] _ss "://")>0;h1[x];_exit 1]}'!#
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by textmode 8y ago
The author does not provide a link to the NYT article to which this is a response. Maybe it was just an oversight. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/03/technology/fa...
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Here is a brief demonstration of how "DOH DNS servers" can be useful. Nevermind the idea of applications having their own DNS caches. 1. fetch page of html, e.g., hn front page curl https://news.ycombinator.com &gt
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Show HN: Request json dns data for list of hostnames
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Show HN: Convert json dns data to csv
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"Caveats TRR doesn't read or care about /etc/hosts There's no way to exclude or white list specific domains" For me, the primary advantage of HOSTS/DNS is the ability to control answers to application quer
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Any plans to make backups/archives before Microsoft takes over? There is an enormous volume of useful open source code from individual authors on Github. A pleasing respite from the world of team-developed commercial software. It is
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1. Fetch 1st page. Note id of user (e.g. 1954202703). this is the "id": value in the url. Note end_cursor. This is used for the "after": value in the url Note rhx_gis. This is used to create the "X-Instagram-GIS:&
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But as he describes it, the GP is not trying to "compete" with Google (whatever that means), he is only trying to do some comprehensive searches. He is not selling advertising. He is not even running a public website. Google is pr
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by textmode 8y ago
This sounds like an issue that is specific to Javascript-controlled browsers. If using a traditional, non-Javascript tcp/tls/http client it is trivial to extract the image urls and other information from the page using a single H
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s/single HTTP request/single connection/
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"Threats to users' privacy and security are growing." s/privacy/&, autonomy/' Case in point about autonomy is on HN front page at present: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17196888
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Link to slides without having to visit kpcb.com or amazonaws.com: http://web.archive.org/web/20180530170222/http://www.kpcb.co...
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by textmode 8y ago
How to define "the video playback pages"? Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[videoID] a "video playback page"? Most "YouTube downloaders", just like any popular web browser, access the Content
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The limitations of internet technology means that any computer located in the EU, whether or not the user controlling it is in the EU, can enjoy the beneficial effects of the GDPR. (Those limitations and effects being in part that companie

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