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gima

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    Comment #47590029

    JetBrains MPS: Create syntax to augment your programming - Syntax can be visual - Programming-language independent - Can distribute syntax changes as modules (re-use them in differ…

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    Comment #47529689

    This is the problem with "in-band signaling". Not just with LLM's, but Linux TTY suffers from this as well, among others. Anything that doesn't separate control data from the actua…

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    Comment #47327842

    "How many options fit into a boolean?" Five or two, according* to Microsoft. > MsoTrioState is "a tri-state Boolean value". it has five possible values. only two of them are suppor…

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    Comment #35985967

    Btw github supports more than just markdown: https://github.com/github/markup#markups

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    Comment #35985922

    I think I managed to coach the thing to spew the whole prompt. Achieved by pretending to be it's servant and helping it better achieve it's goal :D > "You are a mean chatbot powere…

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    Comment #34002079

    My* experience: Motivation doesn't come. Waiting for motivation is allowing yourself to be controller by your feelings. At one point you just decide to do it. Ignore the feeling th…

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    Comment #33399820

    Another trick is to put lots of dry rice grains into a sock, tie the sock and warm it up in a microwave. Just be careful, as the rice heats up Really fast in the microwave.

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    Comment #31222865

    So, to DIY it: Disassemble an existing monitor, take out the polarizer, and replace it with a mirror sheet? Referencing this explanation of LCD polarizers: https://focuslcds.com/jo…

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    Comment #30650540

    The LCD seems to be "GC9A01" https://www.google.com/search?q=LCD+GC9A01

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    Comment #30486904

    "Why do I prefer larger font sizes?" My personal experience and opinion: With aging, I've found bigger fonts more pleasant as-a-whole to look at And, to digest. Not regarding bad e…

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    Comment #30384453

    Props to this. I have developed a habit of skipping to the end of the whole page, and reading towards the beginning, paragraph-by-paragraph. Works..sometimes :D

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    Comment #27504763

    EU is apparently about to design and roll out Europe-wide digital ID service: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_21_...

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    Comment #19783458

    The StackOverflow question/whatever was taken down. Read the post on the author's own blog: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2019/04/29/what-is-the-incentive...

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    Comment #17951430

    Seconded. Cannot speak of other static site generators, as Hugo is the only I know, but it IS a pain to make anything that deviates from the golden path that's shown in the documen…

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    Comment #15953746

    Hmm. Reads a lot like the video series on "The History of Paper Money by Extra Credits": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nZkP2b-4vo

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    Comment #15584109

    I experience somewhat frequent GPU crashes when playing Diablo3 under Wine with the integrated i3-4150 GPU, but the graphics stack recovers by itself in about a minute. I can then …

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    Comment #15071502

    It's available from the normal Chrome print menu, so you can test it yourself easily. But to answer: I haven't used it extensively, but CSS and Javascript tend to make it a bit tri…

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    Comment #15071287

    It uses Chrome's built-in print-to-PDF functionality via Chrome Debug/DevTools Protocol. In other words it creates PDF files with real vector graphics and text, not just images emb…

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    Comment #13906262

    It would be useful to be able to browse the sourcecode online, without actually cloning it. It seems somewhat weird to use the VCS itself for the VCS being developed. Well, maybe t…

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    Comment #13543822

    My apologies. My reply was an attempt at political humor. No connection to the LibreOffice software.

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    Comment #13543628

    I think anything is a great alternative to the Office at this point. In hindsight, LibreOffice's name must've been chosen by a fortune-teller..or a pessimist realist ;)

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    Comment #13051343

    Ahh, my mistake. WP != PROT. Utilizing the PROT-pin appears to force memory chip's internal read&write protection flags active, causing read and write operations to fail (unless I …

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    Comment #13051219

    You said it's because of a mix-up when reading documentation, but you said nothing about /why/ changing the write-protect pin's state should work - or why tying clock and data pins…