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    Comment #10289493

    The systems are time-tested. How many accidental launches have happened so far? Zero. In my opinion that's the most important metric of these systems, as long as they are still cre…

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    Comment #8934435

    The embedded video is not showing up for me. I believe this is the one though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clddb79LQcM

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    Comment #8635234

    undotree only becomes usable once you install https://github.com/sjl/gundo.vim It's a lifesaver after that.

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    Comment #7856570

    Norton Commander was a great concept, but what really perfected that concept was Dos Navigator... It had so many useful features... If you didn't use it in the 90's, you missed out…

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    Comment #7627770

    I'd never heard of "drag catastrophe" before either, but I think you're right that he's referring to the onset of turbulent flow that reduces drag on a bluff body. That's the sudde…

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    Comment #7608436

    Passwords don't need to be legible in the first place. There's nothing wrong with correcthorsebatterystaple. On the other hand, forbidding spaces is absolutely misguided.

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    Comment #7195594

    I can't understand how people trust (or even care about) server-provided encryption. There's no guarantee they or their friends can't open it on their servers. Unless you use your …

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    Comment #7122380

    I use this bash function to achieve something similar using the existing (and much larger) database commandlinefu.com: howdoi() { curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matchi…