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IsmaOlvey

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    Comment #14263703

    Except the Pharaoh would still be alive(!?) in this case.

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    Comment #14263579

    And, importantly, never tell anyone about #2 (at least until you can be completely certain Blizzard won't take action against you).

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    Comment #14263547

    No. They're using the same gameplay code as the original Starcraft: Q: How did you go about replicating all the unexpected “bugs” that made BW micro so special? Did you simply reus…

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    Comment #14254091

    The story, for anyone else wondering what was referred to: https://hackernoon.com/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-onli...

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    Comment #14183107

    On IPv4, the server accepts the connection but closes it right after. On IPv6, it works (as mentioned by others already).

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    Comment #14183090

    If you want to do this only for a single invocation, this will work: ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i /dev/null host Specifying just IdentitiesOnly is not enough.

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    Comment #13819531

    There's instructions for installing from their repos elsewhere on the site: https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxubuntu

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    Comment #13819222

    So it's like Slack, period.

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    Comment #13706260

    And here are the actually interesting parts: https://docs.datproject.org/how-dat-works https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/docs/hyperdri... Seems very similar to BitTorr…

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    Comment #13686807

    The parent is correct, the given command redirects stdout to stderr, it's not copied (so stdout will be empty).

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    Comment #13661181

    Unlinking and replacing are not the same thing.

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    Comment #13658729

    If memory serves, Microsoft cannot actually do it, due to differences in file system semantics. In Windows, it's not possible to replace a file that's in use.

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    Comment #13578702

    > Since Wiztree works by scanning the MFT it's > about an order of magnitude faster than [...] > Treesize. That's misleading - TreeSize also works by scanning the MFT.

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    Comment #13559512

    putty.org is not affiliated with the PuTTY project. The domain is registered by one of the founders of bitvise, which explains the advertising for their products on the site.

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    Comment #13490328

    Bash is still very responsive with 150k+ history entries. The only noticeable performance impact is increased startup time when the history file is not in disk cache.

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    Comment #13480956

    In bash, you can remove the limit by setting: export HISTSIZE=-1 export HISTFILESIZE=-1 When the history file is not in the disk cache, startup time will increase noticeably after …

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    Comment #13470477

    Encrypted files in vim doesn't necessarily refer to VimCrypt. There are plugins for vim that allow for transparent editing of gpg encrypted files.

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    Comment #13373317

    Keep in mind that you'll also get hits from users with devices that completely lack automatic captive portal detection.

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    Comment #13137884

    In the game Dota 2, the bracket with players that play so badly it becomes humorous, is often called the "potato bracket". Ostensibly the term is meant to imply that the players th…

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    Comment #12853785

    Because the commenter perceived that some people only read the comments (or read the comments first).

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    Comment #12797685

    That it's easy to work around doesn't mean it's incorrect. That aside, the SSL/TLS issues alone make it unusable. Changing the settings to make it use the newest TLS version it has…

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    Comment #12795228

    Looks like someone failed to change the link (it's now broken), and made the title refer to the wrong blog post. The original title referred to this one: https://www.opera.com/blog…

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    Comment #12795212

    When did Chrome get it? For the longest time, Chrome has had the bad habit of consuming all available CPU when starting with many tabs (a couple of hundred), essentially making you…

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    Comment #12795180

    The problem with sticking to 12 is that it's not really an option any more. You lose out on newer web technologies, and at least on Windows you run into security issues, since enab…