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by williamvds 5y ago
Is unshallowing any more expensive than a normal clone? The shallow clone is for the benefit of the user so they can get to work sooner.
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by williamvds 5y ago
Per my understanding of SVN, a checkout only downloads the lastest version of all the files ("pristines"). Git on the other hand clones just about everything from the remote repository, giving you a fully-fledged repository locall
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by williamvds 5y ago
With shallow checkouts cloning is much quicker. You could try combining it with sparse checkouts too. You can even have Git fetch the full history in the background, and from a quick test you can do stuff like commit while it's fetchin
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by williamvds 5y ago
Unfortunately C is locked into null-terminated strings, given that all the printf-style functions work on the assumption there'll be a null terminator. C++ has std::string_view which is pointer + length, but you've still got the s
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by williamvds 5y ago
Most people don't buy Windows - it just comes with their computer, thanks to Microsoft's deals with OEMs. Kids get accustomed to Windows and Microsoft Office in schools thanks to Microsoft's lobbying, so when they grow up the
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by williamvds 5y ago
Dealing with secrets on a Linux desktop is quite a mess right now. E.g. for my SSH and GPG keys I use some concoction of gnome-keyring and gpg-agent, and I must admit I don't really understand how it works. Himitsu[0] is an interesting
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NewPipe's Position on Advertising(newpipe.schabi.org)
1 points by williamvds 6y ago|0 comments
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by williamvds 6y ago
Anecdotal data point: I live in the UK and I got this Edge advert when I updated my Windows VM a few days ago. I imagine Microsoft are hoping these tactics will gain them more permanent users (i.e. those who don't know any better) befo
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by williamvds 7y ago
For a better autocomplete experience in Bash (and other programs that use the readline library) I can recommend that you put some of the following in ~/.inputrc: set editing-mode vi # if you're a fan of VI-style editors
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by williamvds 7y ago
Had a similar issue with GPS on LineageOS 16. Setting the GPS mode to 'Device only' fixed it for me. My guess is the other settings have a hidden dependency on Google Play Services, causing GPS to silently stop working if Play ser
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by williamvds 7y ago
Most marketing material like this makes my head start spinning after only a minute or so. I can only imagine what extended periods of _thinking_ in marketing/PR-speak can do to someone