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timestamp corresponds to Oct 08 2025, so probably the last time the file was modified

not OP, but my current solution is to have a link which says "click to show email", with javascript handler that changes that link's href (and text) to email address, which is some…

my favorite "easter egg" hidden behind File -> Exit menu item of jspaint.app... I still remember how it blew my mind the first time I saw it!

not a Linux expert, but I believe that at the very least it's time sensitive: after consumer process reads it, it's gone from the pipe. Unlike env vars and cli argument that stay t…

not OP, but for some it might be availability of latest versions packages (say, you've heard about new major version of Bash or Vim being released today, and wondering how soon it …

i initially misread "2015" as "2025", too... But no, it was part of SQLite for ten years already!

interesting, but can't you use "Index On Expression" https://sqlite.org/expridx.html >? i.e. something like this: CREATE INDEX idx_events_type ON events(json_extract(data, '$.type'…

re: SSH - I once heard that in China they can throttle SSH speed so it's usable for terminal work, but not for copying files or browsing web.

I believe pressing + should open "Select files" dialog prefilled to select all files (and dirs), pressing Enter confirms it. My Midnight Commander 4.8.33, however, remember previou…

To be fair to Arch, you can always subscribe to their RSS or mailing list if you want to be notified about breaking changes

Let's start with an extreme example: each day more people die in traffic accidents, than by falling from a 10-story building. But still, we all can agree that driving a car is safe…

Hey, thanks a lot for the atom.xsl! Used it to learn a lot while converting main page of my blog to an Atom feed half a year ago.

yep, article also mentions them: > I was disappointed to find out that the UK’s Royal Mail discontinued international reply coupons in 2011. The only alternative that I could think…

I like your comparison with self-built storage, but comparing $20/TB/month with other CLOUD offerings, we see: * hetzner storage box starts from $4/month for 1TB, and then goes dow…

Thank you for this comment! Only it made me re-read this word correctly

Just now it was 4th on HN fromt page, and now it's gone... Interesting how it works - I was expecting it would use Volume Shadow Copy, but no, it's something different: > By using …

wobbly windows - did you know that they're still available in modern KDE Plasma Desktop Environment? No need to actually miss them! :) https://userbase.kde.org/Tips/Enable_fun_desk…

ffplay?

From the article: > Servers store passwords in the form of hashes, so even if a hacker steals the database, they see the hashes, not the actual password. So as I understand it, the…

> "server side rendering" with a GPU instead of sending more JavaScript Some 7~10 years ago I remember I saw somewhere (maybe here on HN) a website which did exactly this: you gave…

I'd buy such a device. Currently in holding on to my last pair of SSDs from pre-QLC era, refusing to buy anything new

Safari, Firefox, or IE? Note the text says: > Should work on Desktop with Chrome or Edge.

Not sure about $ sign, but ^ probably comes from ADM-3A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A#Legacy And here is a photo of its keyboard: https://twitter.com/toresbe/status/1756800…