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by thsowers 7y ago
If you haven't already, check out the Rust By Example section on this: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/std/str.html
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by thsowers 7y ago
expression.await
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by thsowers 7y ago
Wish there was an option to buy a 15 inch with no touch bar. I cannot find any suitable use for it on my current model, and I often hit items inadvertently due to the lack of tactile feedback
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by thsowers 8y ago
Previous discussion on companies tracking location using abilities outside of software permissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17081684
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by thsowers 8y ago
Previous discussion from when Tim Bray's article was posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16153840
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by thsowers 8y ago
It's been the most _Q1_ layoffs in a decade
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by thsowers 8y ago
The last thing I need in Google's already unusable web interface is a "more dynamic" experience. Ever since the Gmail "update", it regularly takes me 45+ seconds on a 60MBps connection to just _load_ my inbox.
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by thsowers 8y ago
Customer support, maintaining a secure infrastructure for payments etc. This is not something that every creator wants to spend their time on
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by thsowers 8y ago
It's not just their commitment to Desktop, but their commitment specifically to not move off MacOS where they have stated that they "will not consider supporting Sketch" on Windows/Linux[0] https://www.sketcha
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by thsowers 8y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19309701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19316955
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by thsowers 8y ago
Seems like a good way to get your IP blacklisted
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by thsowers 8y ago
Personally, I benefited greatly from investing in a quality pair of noise cancelling headphones, and I use them regularly both in an open office situation, and at home if other distracting activity is going on. Apparently our brains can onl
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by thsowers 8y ago
Might want to add a [2012] to the title
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by thsowers 8y ago
Engineering manager of React denied this claim, previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17216628
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by thsowers 8y ago
It's on the mouseover of profiles as well :/ I also dislike this gamification of subscriptions
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by thsowers 8y ago
And the other?
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by thsowers 8y ago
I run Arch full time with i3, and I have no issues with lastpass. I use both browser plugins, and lastpass-cli which I have had no issues with[0] [0]: https://github.com/lastpass/lastpass-cli
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by thsowers 8y ago
> If you haven’t given the Google Maps app on your phone the permission to use your location information, it will ask you for that. It’s obvious, isn’t it? But think about that for a moment. Google Maps doesn’t need to know where you are
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by thsowers 8y ago
Bike-shedding: What kind of domain name is ap.cs.ucy.ac.cy?
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by thsowers 8y ago
I was initially not a fan when the initial beta site was posted to HN, but I am a fan of the new site overall now that it's in production, some of the language tweaks seem much more fitting to reach both a developer & management au
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by thsowers 8y ago
Indeed, the only time that "impossible" should be used when it comes to computer security is when stating that true security is impossible.
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by thsowers 8y ago
Yes, progress is tracked here: https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/issues/19
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by thsowers 8y ago
"Computer" would work fine for me, makes me feel like I'm in TNG!
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by thsowers 8y ago
To play devils advocate: I am against establishing such a definition, but I dislike when organizations that are supposed to be inherently unbiased and unopinionated state an opinion, even when it is one that I agree with. I feel like doing
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by thsowers 8y ago
> Though I’m sure most users don’t realize that when Alexa does trigger, she sends the audio to the Amazon mothership, which are then stored/analyzed for an indefinite time. Additionally, Amazon receives several seconds of audio _be
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by thsowers 8y ago
In many systems "deleting" your account just means turning on a flag in your profile. Plus there is the issue of deleted accounts information previously existing in backups. It seems like once we give any data to any company/
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by thsowers 8y ago
Every browser on iOS including Chrome has to use Safari's render engine
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by thsowers 8y ago
Just a note that GINA doesn't apply to life insurance and mainly covers health insurance and discrimination from employers. >  They  do  not  apply  to  life,  long‐term  care,  or  disability insurance.
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by thsowers 8y ago
> Love chastity. > Be not addicted to wine. > Hate no one. > Be in dread of hell. > Fear the Day of Judgment. > Attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good you see in yourself. Wow! I had no idea this was part of the
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by thsowers 8y ago
> I'll never use them in real life I agree with you, but many job applications often have ridiculous hoops that you must jump through, and these often have a negative impact if you do not adhere to the predefined criteria. Companies

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