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MetricMike

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    Comment #33385036

    That'd be a great addition! Historically, the list of architectures that public github action runners make available has been quite limited. Having an alpine runner to surface unsu…

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    Comment #32008470

    Their contributions notwithstanding, Shopify deserves a little extra kudos for publicizing Ruby Shield so well. Open Source software is essential for progress, but can be scary to …

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    Comment #26311119

    yep! PAM is "Pluggable Authentication Module" which sits between applications and the auth method, so you can put anything there. LDAP and ActiveDirectory are fairly common ones

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    Comment #17931297

    https://github.com/benfred/py-spy#when-do-you-need-to-run-as... tl;dr - yes, it's a limitation(?) of macOS syscalls.

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    Comment #17370771

    There's no incentive for Microsoft to have continued investing in hiring or R&D without competition.

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    Comment #16980997

    They have several GIS repos at https://aws.amazon.com/earth/ but their Google Maps equivalent is behind the Appstore ( https://developer.amazon.com/docs/maps/get-started.html ) alt…

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    Comment #16815749

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists#Al...

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    Comment #16119940

    Yey! 2.4 finalized another crucial feature that didn't make it into the changelog or release notes - the --insecure-no-tls flag for operating behind a proxy with SSL termination (s…

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    Comment #13834766

    Arm-chair opinion, but there are - just that chimpanzees/humans are a particularly bad example 'cause it happened so long ago. Once you have a common ancestor species split off int…

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    Comment #11979133

    https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XGoq5F... google cached

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    Comment #11747071

    "But with code that recurses or calls other methods that are implemented in Ruby (better said: Carbon input language). From obvious reasons the mentioned improvment factor will go …

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    Comment #11597900

    An additional point is - what if I have another CI gem that conflicts with capistrano-harrow but not capistrano? What if capistrano-harrow introduces a security vulnerability that …

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    Comment #10839363

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33-centimeter_band has more info on the 900MHz band they're using, which is an odd choice because it isn't recognized outside Region 2 (Americas).

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    Comment #9887421

    This is usually a fair point to make, but you're pointing at neither the flaws in the underlying case study nor the weakness in generalizing Utah to a wider area. That's not really…

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    Comment #9647572

    Location: Washington, DC Remote: No preference Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Ruby (Rails), HTML/JS, Java, Postgres, Debian-flavors of Linux, Git, Vagrant, Puppet, Bash Rés…

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    Comment #9318231

    How would that be different from the way CSS currently functions, where if B is parsed later than A and references the same selector, B's behavior overwrites?

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    Comment #8731569

    From the bottom of the FAQ: Q. Will all content always be free? A. Probably not. As the site grows and we add more and different types of material, we’ll aim to offer a rich balanc…

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    Comment #7446529

    Most implementations I've read lean towards it being similar to a negative tax (there are other possible implementations out there). So if you file $0 income, you get a $10,000 cre…

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    Comment #7349919

    If you chop off the essay score, you'll still be related to everybody ever (with respect to test revisions).

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    Comment #7284453

    The second half (or third third?) of that quote states: > And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading, do you let someone else? Because what’s critical to be an effec…

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    Comment #5735759

    Around Update 3/4, Hugh mentions that he abandoned trying to work with the contractor and instead pursued an FOIA request to find out where the documents would be, used the money f…

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    Comment #5692704

    Maxmind's database is 1) huge in filesize 2) not as extensive as some 3rd parties (like Google, Yahoo, and Bing), and 3) updated monthly which adds another task to your workflow. G…

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    Comment #5434564

    But they typically haven't. They've had an excellent track record so far of giving reasonable notice.

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    Comment #5258779

    http://superuser.com/questions/135719/windows-program-to-lim... NetLimiter (free) and NetBalancer (paid, free for 5 processes) have been the go-to solutions for Windows for a littl…