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Problem is, plenty of software doesn't actually look at the match but rather just validates that there was a match (and then continues to use the input to that match).

> In theory yes, in practice no. That's like "in theory we need 4 bytes to represent Unicode, but in practice 3 bytes is fine" ( glances at universally-maligned utf8mb3 )

Yes, languages really need some sort of "raw string" feature like Python (or make regex literals their own syntax like Perl does). That's the solution here, not using weird charact…

Factually incorrect.

It doesn't indicate the start of a new line, or files would start with it. Files end with it, which is why it is a line terminator. And it is by definition: by the standard, by the…

That's a relatively recent invention compared to tools like `wc` (or your favorite `sh` for that matter). See also: https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/chop wherein the norm was "ju…

Why don't you go ask? $ echo -n foo | wc -l 0

Yes. That's why time_t is signed, after all. Do you need to represent times before 1901? Then use 64 bits! Oh, and does it matter? You could just as well store the number of days a…

(plus some JS to turn it into a timestamp in UTC, since HTML is stupid)

> 12:30 PM eastern to arizona 12:30 PM Tuesday, Eastern Time (ET) is 10:30 AM Tuesday, in Phoenix, AZ

That's absolutely what standard time means. As opposed to local mean time. YOU are creating confusion.

> Misconception #11: A country stays in the same time zone during Daylight Saving Time In which he claims that DST must be a distinct timezone from standard time, followed shortly …

... yeah? I know? "In practice though the only way to "fix" DNS that would've worked in the 80s would've probably been to require the request be padded to larger than the response.…

We could have prevented the replay/amplification dos attacks that use DNS by making DNS use TCP. In practice though the only way to "fix" DNS that would've worked in the 80s would'…

It's much easier to bring your wife to understanding your personal preferences for interruptions, than to bring literally everyone in your life. In my experience, my wife (like man…

Me: going into the store after finishing up a call, call my wife to try and find her My wife: phone on silent Me: wander around the store for 5 minutes to find her My wife: oh sorr…

I despise the feeling of wearing a watch (or almost anything else around my wrists). They're also a significant added expenses that many can't afford, and not nearly useful enough …

It's not even about pockets. I will NOT feel my phone vibrate in most cases, even if it's in my pocket and I'm sitting down so my phone is laying on top of my leg.

Why isn't wireless physical? Perhaps it's not massive :)

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