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by wtmt 7y ago
Upvoted because even though I knew the context of that comment, I consider it poor form to expect everyone else on a public forum to keep up with every bit of daily news.
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by wtmt 7y ago
> That's why it often makes sense to download and use a pirated copy of a game/movie/ebook/whatever after you buy it: you both fulfill your duty and enjoy nice UX then. Are you really fulfilling your duty if you just
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by wtmt 7y ago
Nobody is damaging their kids by not giving milk unless they're not giving mother's milk (or human milk). There are alternatives that may be more suitable and better than the milk of a cow or a buffalo (or some other mammal).
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by wtmt 7y ago
Being pedantic here. You're an omnivore, and not a carnivore, since the parts other than the patty are made from plants in real Whoppers too. Carnivores are animals who eat only other animals (or animal parts). You can say you're
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by wtmt 7y ago
Are there other similar options, but are also mature, lean, well maintained and a good enough replacement for Bootstrap for most common components/layouts?
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by wtmt 7y ago
Service creators, please look at your forms from a lay user's point of view, especially if you're a relatively unknown company/name and are venturing into something you're not known for. On the signup form, there is a ch
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by wtmt 7y ago
Can you add more details on autocomplete (and anything else) on why someone should try it and/or how you’ve benefited from it compared to the common bash that’s around on systems?
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by wtmt 7y ago
You could try the online version of Imageoptim (with not as many options) here: https://imageoptim.com/online
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by wtmt 7y ago
I came here to say something similar. At least with watching some TV shows or movies, you’re more likely to get de-stressed and/or entertained. News is usually the opposite, creating more frustration, tension and stress about things wh
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ShoeTool, an animated fairy tale from FSF(u.fsf.org)
4 points by wtmt 7y ago|0 comments
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by wtmt 7y ago
> Muslims are not similarly persecuted in Islamic nations. As I responded to another similar comment, this is not true at all. There are minority sects within Islam, depending on the country. The followers of those do get persecuted on
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by wtmt 7y ago
> All those three countries have Islam as their state religion and Muslims are unlikely to be persecuted there on religious grounds. This is not true at all. There are minority sects within Islam, depending on the country. The follower
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by wtmt 7y ago
Mods: This is now becoming spam. The same site was posted a day ago at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21796088 and now it's posted here with a different link and title (the news is different, but I doubt if it wa
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by wtmt 7y ago
There are plenty of “Ask HN” threads on book recommendations every single year. You could search for those on Algolia (hn.algolia.com).
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by wtmt 7y ago
What prevents anyone from doing the same with Signal or any messaging service that allows one to build a client? This program isn’t pretending to be a bot on Telegram, and it works as a normal user in every way (including the requirement fo
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by wtmt 7y ago
You could check out Social Fixer. [1] It's been around for several years, is free and offers many features. The creator/maintainer of Social Fixer was also interviewed in Ars Technica. [1]: https://socialfixer.com&#x2F
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by wtmt 7y ago
There's hardly any point forking if most or all websites are tested for Chrome and its idiosyncrasies, and don't work well on other browsers. We have seen that playing out for sometime.
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by wtmt 7y ago
Discussion in progress from several hours ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21624316
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by wtmt 7y ago
For sharing files between your own devices, AirDroid [1] would be the simplest one to use. It’s also accessible on web.airdroid.com so you can drop files on to the website and send to or receive from other devices. For sharing with random p
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Hotel Cupertino clause: pick any browser you like, but can't choose a better web(twitter.com)
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by wtmt 7y ago
I recall Cloudflare mentioning something about the priced being proportionate to whatever a Big Mac costs. [1] Perhaps Cloudflare got it wrong with your country or a Big Mac costs a lot more than in the US (that sounds weird)? [1]: https:&
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by wtmt 7y ago
You could try Bitwarden.
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by wtmt 7y ago
I agree with you on the Amazon Prime membership triggering impulse purchases, stickiness with the one day or two day deliveries and of course, shipping built into the products' prices. But Amazon Prime video here (in India) has a lot o
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by wtmt 7y ago
My general observation (anecdotal) is that people are more willing to pay a whole lot more for physical goods than for services (including apps, content and Internet connectivity).
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by wtmt 7y ago
I agree that regional or currency based pricing is not easy and comes with its own problems. But Wikipedia is one of those sites that's freely available and used by people around the world. I wouldn't have thought of the Wikipedia
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by wtmt 7y ago
Oyo is yet another company that shouldn't exist. In India, in an event at the beginning of this year (2019), it said it has a new initiative where it would share hotel guest information with the police and the government in real time.
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by wtmt 7y ago
I checked it out by creating an account. It detected my country as India, and showed the price to jump the waitlist (currently at 60k) as $12.99 a month or $100 a year. Contrast this to (using current conversion rates from INR to USD): * Ne
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by wtmt 7y ago
Yes, I know that, but most users wouldn’t know or wouldn’t follow that because it’s inconvenient. But I don’t agree with this solution for this particular case. It is a good practice in general. In this instance, nobody would expect that an
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by wtmt 7y ago
Saying Alt/Option is better, but it’s not true that there is no “Alt” key on Macs. There are many Mac models where the key has both “alt” and “option” written on it. Sometimes it also has the symbol for the Option key.
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by wtmt 7y ago
Seeing the Chromium blog post that said it’s going to put a “slow badge” on some sites based on speed and responsiveness measurements, I’d like to see Apple put an “usually untrusted” or “deeply untrusted” badge that’s shown every time the

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