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hhvn

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About hhvn

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    Comment #36071161

    Atleast for the past few decades, salaries have increased less than what's needed to compensate for the change of value of the currency. Meaning the amount you make each year will …

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    Comment #33943072

    See the exec family of functions, e.g. execl: int execl(const char *pathname, const char *arg, ...); Normally you would call it like execl("program", "program", "argument", NULL), …

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    Comment #33692426

    I think it's more to do with it being a scripting language. Scripting languages are designed to be quick and easy to write, so instead of having to deal with int/float etc, the lan…

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    Comment #28736626

    https://sta.li/ Experimental, probably not that usable. http://sabo.xyz/ More of a complete distro, but the dev himself says he still uses a couple of programs dynamically linked.

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    Comment #28118565

    Progressive taxes harm the middle class whilst the rich figure out ways to avoid them. If you want the average person to do well, you should support a flat tax.

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    Comment #27254149

    Then you would have to prove that it's someone who used the service not you. The burden of proof is not on the accusor.

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    Comment #27235543

    One of the main points of matrix is that every server should be compatible and form a federation with others. What is the point of moving people onto a specific server? With IRC fr…

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    Comment #27176695

    You could argue all hacking is just doing something that is (accidentally) allowed by the target system.

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    Comment #27165478

    There is no alternative, that's why tactical voting[1] exists. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_voting

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    Comment #26765913

    Using an adblocker is more like walking down the street with earplugs that block out a preacher you didn't want to listen to.

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    Comment #26315082

    Does markdown have security issues, regardless of the fact that it isn't executed? It is a markup language, so by your comment it will.

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    Comment #26285589

    This works the same as your example in bash. foobar || { echo fail; }

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    Comment #26279138

    Is there any reason this has to be integrated into a server instead of just rendering things like it does currently, from regular rooms?