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cntrl

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    Comment #44022911

    Thanks for sharing. Haven't been up-to-date with Neovims development for about two years and my config is slowly falling apart - so this comes in handy for a starting point of a po…

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    Comment #37120255

    Even though I've slowly migrated over to neovim throughout the past ~2 years or so, I still use vim as more of a "general purpose" text editor. Neovim (mainly due to the amount of …

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    Comment #36368628

    great decision! Reddit sucks anyways (regardless of the current events) and will suck even more after the majority of Third-party apps are being cut-off.

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    Comment #35936853

    Wouldn't this be solved by just choosing a random linux distros out there and use the options that come preinstalled? Unless one proactively looks for features of the alternative t…

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    Comment #35899189

    500,000 orders per minute on a $6/month server? Which language is able to achieve that?

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    Comment #32148020

    RSS feeds are in my eyes the best way to follow cross-platform content in a single place without worrying about privacy. It allows you to follow your favorite artists / content cre…

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    Comment #32081379

    By using a WireGuard VPN you could actually be connected to multiple endpoints at a time, if you are able to set the same tunnel IP for all endpoints. That would enable you to have…

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    Comment #31698261

    Good summary video! I think his TLDW (at around min ~13:50) is about the same as the general opinion regarding that conflict: - Russia feeling threatened by NATO expansion - Ukrain…

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    Comment #31593752

    I'm just wondering why Brave is mentioned and Firefox not, especially since they already mention Firefox (as Brave being an alterantive to it) It kinda implies Firefox not being op…

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    Comment #31593737

    somehow stumbled across this HN post while searching for a pass-tomb alternative. pass-coffin is a great utility! At home I'm using pass-tomb, which does the job pretty well, excep…

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    Comment #31591431

    Brave is listed there as an open source alternative to Firefox (as well as Chrome and Edge). But isn't Firefox (which itself is not listed on this website) open source as well or a…

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    Comment #31501805

    > High inflation is actually a good thing, as it is result from wage increases is it though? At least here in Europe high inflation is mainly caused by rapid increase in energy, lo…

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    Comment #31420865

    I agree with your points of it not being worth it for most people and fixing lighting is a big factor -- however, even on zoom calls, using a proper camera / lens combo is very muc…

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    Comment #31329859

    > This will require them to monitor and scan the communications of citizens en masse – even if they are still securely encrypted end-to-end so far. how does this work though? Or do…

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    Comment #31273807

    damn, your description is spot on and reading this triggered PTSD in me... Last time I had this feeling was two years ago when I destroyed one of our development servers because of…

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    Comment #31095400

    was about to recommend the G14 as well. Have my 2020 G14 since almost two years now and it's absolutely fabulous running arch as my daily driver.

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    Comment #30931145

    afaik Jellyfin is a fork of Emby once the Emby Team decided to close source the project, which was very unfortunate for me to hear back then as a Emby user. However, I've tried Jel…

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    Comment #28151445

    Wanted to cut down my reddit consumption anyways... :|

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    Comment #28026839

    Isn't the FIRE person just delaying it's consumption? At some point the saved up money will be spent, therefore I wouldn't expect it to have a huge negative impact on economic grow…

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    Comment #28024444

    Isn't this a normal salary for highly skilled software engineers in the US?

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    Comment #27851905

    I'm pretty sure the demand for a mobile computer like steam deck is way higher than any oculus quest competitor. How many of those exist right now that can play any steam game? Zer…