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by webignition 8y ago
Except when a curious child flips the switch when the PC is running.
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by webignition 8y ago
Yes, /.well-known/acme-challenge is used by LetsEncrypt.
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by webignition 8y ago
I'm not sure it's a thing. The worst I experience is sweat-related discomfort, the same manner of discomfort with any sweating body area.
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Technology Myths and Urban Legends(nngroup.com)
11 points by webignition 8y ago|1 comments
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by webignition 8y ago
This is exactly the reason why I switched away from Hetzner and I wouldn't switch back even if they were free. I had a production server with two HDDs in some form of redundant raid configuration and both died at the same time. You som
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Ask HN: Web automation testing DSL interest?
1 points by webignition 8y ago|0 comments
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by webignition 8y ago
For many this is probably true. For my 84 year old neighbour, not so. He regularly pops round for help with sharing a picture on WhatsApp. It's beyond my neighbour's ability to learn how to use WhatsApp correctly. Learning another
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by webignition 9y ago
The difference between your technically-grounded assessment of the phones produced by Samsung and the assessment of more regular folks is staggering. It'll take a lot more than a few vendor-specific OS tweaks to put non-tech people off
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Ask HN: Show logged in state on SaaS marketing site?
6 points by webignition 9y ago|4 comments
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by webignition 9y ago
Two related things-that-should-not-be-related bugs that I have encountered: The WiFi on my girlfriend's laptop would fail when an HDMI cable was plugged into the laptop. Changing the channel on the router "fixed" it but we ne
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by webignition 9y ago
Under UK law, trespassing is a civil not criminal matter and so by some definition it is not illegal.
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by webignition 9y ago
I agree. Tests for bug fixes are extremely valuable. Of such tests, unit tests are often very feasible. A test accompanying a bug fix holds value in many ways. Firstly, it demonstrates to those reviewing the change that the fix is suitable.
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by webignition 9y ago
I agree that "impactful" sounds clunky.
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by webignition 9y ago
Drivers passing cyclists too closely is pretty common in the UK. When driving I rarely see other drivers passing cyclists correctly. I always pass a cyclist in the same manner in which I would pass a car but it is easy for me to remember to
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by webignition 9y ago
Yes, I absolutely agree. My comments from the perspective of a landlord weren't intended to generalise pet owners. I own two cats (although I suspect they actually own me) and have previously rented houses and have offered a per-cat ad
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by webignition 9y ago
I recently dealt with restoring a rented two-storey house owned by my girlfriend which was rented out to a couple owning five cats. One of the cats was old and infirm and peed repeatedly indoors on carpeted floor. The smell was horrendous.
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by webignition 9y ago
Of the items I possess for merely sentimental value (emotional attachment/memories/inherited possession from loved ones), there are very few that I actually use. Most exist solely due to the emotional attachment. A tip for getting
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by webignition 9y ago
As a UK driver, I was taught to shift to neutral and apply the parking brake when stopped for long enough to do so. The reasoning given by my driving instructor was that this secures the vehicle and makes things just a little more safe for
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by webignition 9y ago
As a UK resident holidaying in California, I was confused both as a pedestrian and as a driver. As a pedestrian I learned to claim the right of way and cross when it seemed safe. As a driver I was unable to resolve my confusion regarding tu
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by webignition 9y ago
At an organisation I recently worked for we did both. Technical debt tickets were created in the issue tracker. The ticket offers plenty of space to detail the technical reasons for implementing potentially suboptimal code in the first plac
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by webignition 10y ago
Your preference might not change but your ability to accept the different taste of UHT may change. I lived the first 25 years of my life in the UK and drank pasteurised milk almost exclusively and found the taste of UHT to be lesser. I then
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by webignition 10y ago
I certainly didn't manage passwords very well years ago. I've been using a password manager for some time now.
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by webignition 10y ago
It may not be Facebook themselves that caused the account reactivation. I'm was very recently in a similar situation having a Facebook account that was deactivated about 5 years ago (I thought I had deleted it). I received the exact sa
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by webignition 10y ago
Yes, you should absolutely wear a helmet when riding a bicycle at low speeds. Your skull is vulnerable to impacts at speeds that are relatively low compared to full-speed cycling. On a few occasions I've witnessed a cyclist panic and w
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by webignition 10y ago
My brother in law is a small-scale farmer in Wales and produces chicken and duck eggs. I've previously discussed egg washing with him. My understanding from such conversations is that eggs in the EU are definitely not washed. Supermark
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by webignition 10y ago
The PSU is a Nofan P-400A: https://www.quietpc.com/nof-p-400a No graphics card, just the internal GPU of a 4th gen i7 (purchased 2013).
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by webignition 10y ago
Indeed. My main desktop PC has zero moving parts and a massive heatsink and copes fine with medium- to heavy-usage software development needs.
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by webignition 11y ago
Yes, that's about right from my position of working as a contractor in London. A fair amount of that is then paid out by the contractor's company in annual corporation tax and a little more in PAYE/NI. As a contractor, you&#x
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by webignition 11y ago
In 1999 I ate a mutton burger in McDonald's in New Delhi. Not lamb but pretty close.
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by webignition 12y ago
Could you be a little more specific?

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