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grampajoe
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Comment #4560851
You missed the point of those koans. Vim can use external tools like awk to edit CSV and markdown to process markdown. The author was discouraging use of vim itself for things like…
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Comment #4319502
It matters from a security perspective. A bad or inconsistent URL, especially a hostname that isn't instantly recognizable, makes phishing easier.
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Comment #4082387
They'll have to add that to the unit tests.
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Comment #4041018
The client-side approach would work great if they didn't try to cram in so many features.
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Comment #3988254
TED can't show this because they're supported by advertisers, which means they'll never really be free to spread ideas if they go against the will of these companies: http://confer…
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Comment #3953209
It doesn't matter whether you agree with a company's technical choices, whether it's Paydirt, Microsoft, or anyone else. If you don't like their choices, you're free to not use the…
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Comment #3920568
There's definitely a better context than social: personal. You are not your friends.
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Comment #3911639
For me, Hulu's death came when they added subscriptions, but still forced subscribers to watch ads.
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Comment #3911614
The site's way too wide on my netbook, 1024x600. Also, the list of domains removed from the results covers up part of the results themselves.
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Comment #3287125
Writing skills are always relevant. The lack of them in this article made me stop reading before getting to any actual content.
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Comment #2704275
You may be confusing "shitty code" with prototyping.
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Comment #1657259
Then your grandmother should pick up a $2 film camera at a thrift store. This is a scam designed to get old people to opt-in to a mountain of spam.