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bgm1975

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    Comment #46000236

    …so tracks for America.

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    Comment #43073569

    You can set contacts to bypass do-not-disturb settings. At least on the iPhone you can.

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    Comment #41231267

    And a middle-age'd man named XFree86 lol.

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    Comment #40618739

    No one thing is going to "fix our environmental problems." Only by doing a lot of "things" can we hope to "fix" our problems.

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    Comment #40107403

    What are some of the main use cases for this project?

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    Comment #39371334

    I switched a few years ago and while there's a lot to like about (and power in) zsh, there's a lot i really dislike about it. For starters, it adds so much additional functionality…

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    Comment #39306470

    As the saying goes: If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.

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    Comment #38424612

    I’m assuming the op is referring to relying on a commercial CDN provider’s anycast implementation but I could be mistaken.

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    Comment #38389192

    Apple switched when bash switched from GPL2 to GPL3 which they didn’t like. The older bash is still available.

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    Comment #38389100

    And ksh (ksh88 & later)

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    Comment #38163960

    Considering the number of features and capabilities that can be given to a usb-c cable, I think a better alternative would be to take cue from the humble resistor and use color cod…

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    Comment #38131464

    I don’t remember if it was called out explicitly but there’s a fantastic documentary out now on AppleTV+ about Louis Armstrong. If you have a subscription, I highly recommend watch…

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    Comment #38131376

    You forgot (or missed) the rest of the quote: > …and the way people sang. As the article stated, many great artists changed one or the other, but only Louis did both.

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    Comment #38027620

    It also probably has the same caveat that shock wave lithotripsy does too, where if the stone travels below the pelvis, the procedure can’t be used.

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    Comment #38027592

    Having had a Ureteroscopy procedure, I can say it sure as hell doesn’t feel minimally invasive. It (well, post-op until they remove the stint) was almost as unpleasant as the kidne…

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    Comment #37827905

    That series was my introduction to Hardcore History and to this day, my favorite series. The best podcast series on one of the best podcasts.

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    Comment #37584829

    If the feds have physical access and considering the high likelihood that these are VMs and not physical, it would be a whole lot easier to get the hypervisor to just snapshot the …

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    Comment #36639725

    Can you elaborate more about what you saw/experienced there?

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    Comment #36632382

    It’s “invisible” in that it’s one of those things people (especially property owners) prefer not to talk or think about. Like how most people grossly discriminate based on perceive…

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    Comment #36165679

    Have you tried Magnet[1] yet? I’ve been using it for years and really love it. TBH, I prefer it over way Windows does it (forcing you to decide wha goes in the “other” side of the …

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    Comment #34774727

    I suspect they’re not replacing Slack’s video capabilities with this move. They are replacing Zoom’s.

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    Comment #34774674

    I guess it could have been worse. It could have been Skype for Business.