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confd

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About confd

"Since long before the web, the anonymity of online conversation has lured people into being much ruder than they'd be in person. So the principle here is: don't say anything you wouldn't say face to face."

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    Comment #41172594

    This game is lots of fun. "A favorite chilled beverage encounters jet propulsion" DESIGNED REMIND Please help me understand this one.

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    Comment #39609684

    https://github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit/wiki/Why-MarkEdit The MarkEdit team uses WebView and have strong opinions about why.

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    Comment #38898787

    This is a timely rebuttal to the article that was posted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38895342

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    Comment #38898758

    I didn’t look for anything more current because I was more interested in the GP’s claim that said explosion occurred in 2010. > We find that the number of workers in the gig econom…

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    Comment #38897762

    I see. Allow me to clarify my statement. This NPR article has zero links. I think my use of “outbound” was improper to a degree. I was referring to links that lead off of the page.…

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    Comment #38897633

    I cannot remember the last time I read a news article online that had zero outbound links, if ever.

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    Comment #38894507

    This was my favorite part of the article. I felt like it reflected its social underpinnings well.

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    Comment #38886791

    That is a mouthful of a headline.

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    Comment #38871710

    I want the banal web.

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    Comment #38734663

    > Would you call all Barak Obama supporters "Obamas"? Not really, but if they were referred to as “Obamites” it wouldn’t be that jarring. Are they referred to by something differen…

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    Comment #38727000

    Does this news in any way affirm the recent decision in OpenBSD development to pin all system calls? I don’t totally comprehend the decision, but I gathered that it affects how Go …

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    Comment #38725497

    > the damage Apple is doing to society by creating a divisive wedge between people for the sake of luxury signalling. Would you be able to elaborate on this and provide some exampl…

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    Comment #38720669

    There must be cultural factors that influence one person’s ability to conceptualize the likelihood of becoming victimized in a given situation and another’s inability.

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    Comment #38720576

    “Find a solution that works for your particular situation.”

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    Comment #38715396

    As an Unread Information Scientist I find tremendous value in this. It's something worth running locally for research purposes. Great work.

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    Comment #38713175

    I once made the mistake of subscribing to both tptacek and jacquesm's comments via RSS. I found that they post at a tremendous cumulative volume. This makes it very hard to keep up…

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    Comment #38713110

    Great blog post. Handsome layout. > The Guardian website is far from the worst example of this sprawl of Javascript, the frontend for the Guarian is even developed in the open. The…

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    Comment #38712666

    This sounds like a rough experience. Tangentially, I’m curious about what the future of cities will look like as EVs become more common and charging infrastructure expands. In what…

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    Comment #38676893

    > It makes this the worst and most dangerous job possible I’m sure the Wichita Lineman would disagree.

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    Comment #38673383

    This web page is well done. It is informative and concise. Good submission.

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    Comment #38673348

    And what do you think of that?

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    Comment #38673206

    It’s a wonder how much freedom can be gained by eschewing the desire to be discovered.

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