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dragonfax

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    Comment #49202413

    Just to add my favorite fool-proof method to the others already listed here. A meat probe and the 30-second flip technique is a stupid-easy way to a perfect steak every time. Just …

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    Comment #48340649

    No, it's like that on desktop too.

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    Comment #48250518

    Reminds me of word processing on DOS back in the 80s and early 90s. Pre-WYSIWYG.

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    Comment #47936784

    Shouldn't it be called something like "Copilot Voice"?

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    Comment #47884300

    Huh, somehow I had no idea that Obsidian wasn't open source. I guess I was fooled by the open source plugins.

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    Comment #47830002

    Claude Code (subscription) has Agent Teams built in. Teams of Agents communicate with local files that they use as inboxes and task list. Has tmux and iTerm 2 integration. https://…

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    Comment #47759547

    People always warn that this setup can corrupt your stuff, which I understand you definitely wouldn't want to try to share Git via Google Drive.

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    Comment #47759516

    Given that it's paywall, there's a good reason for that. (gift link below no longer works)

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    Comment #47745166

    Using Claude Channels can make it easy to inject prompts and get just the response back without having to identify it in the terminal output or fight with the TUI. But they're not …

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    Comment #47710707

    The law of Software Envelopment. Jamie Zawinski in 1995 stated that "software inevitably expands to include email functionality, or it is replaced by software that does" Clearly, t…

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    Comment #47551351

    Oh my gosh, he's trying to stay awake but having a hard time so he keeps tiping over.

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    Comment #47331943

    Nice! I'll read up on it.

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    Comment #47331889

    As software engineers, I get the feeling we’re moving almost entirely away from code.

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    Comment #47010692

    The backwards horse is my fault, period. I didn't read the direction.

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    Comment #46969093

    1. Start with root to bind the port below 1024. 2. give up root because you don't need it any further. 3. Only accept non-root logins 4. when a user creates a session, if they need…

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    Comment #45000702

    HARD AGREE (to your disagree)

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    Comment #44232225

    Claude Code has "plan mode" for this now. It enforces this behavior. But its still poorly documented.

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    Comment #41978665

    Its a prequel to the novel actually. But I don't think the advertising makes that apparent enough. Its a walking simulator for the most part. (For those that know what that means) …

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    Comment #40767300

    I've seen UDP used for great effect in video streaming. Especially timely video streaming such as cloud gaming. When waiting a late packet is no longer useful.

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    Comment #38550687

    Location: Santa Monica, California Remote: Yes (and local hybrid) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Golang, Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Mysql, CI…

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    Comment #35649201

    I too couldn't recognize him. I had to dig around the main site and verify that this is indeed the Peter Gabriel that we all know.

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    Comment #29990425

    Abuse was mostly written in Lisp. 2d side scrolling action game from the 90s that was unusual in being commercial with a brick and mortar release but also supporting Linux. It uses…

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    Comment #29117945

    Any external API that could reasonably take a long time to return (because of the work its doing) should have an asynchronous API. I.e. you submit the request to start the work and…