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idle_processor

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About idle_processor

Been lurking sans account since '08.

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    Comment #47756032

    Give FlowLauncher[0] or Windows Powertoys Run[1] a shot. There are some amazing tools like that (and Everything[2], which replaces Windows' inferior search) that really change how …

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    Comment #37028824

    Ah, that's a bummer. I found it invaluable in conjunction ordering from a warehouse type store like Costco, followed by batch cooking and refrigerating or freezing things so I have…

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    Comment #37021635

    That's where instacart comes in.

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    Comment #36829013

    Stuart McGill recommends periodically standing and stretching your arms over your head a couple times. You can see the motion demonstrated here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbuh…

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    Comment #16910137

    There're various freemium RSS services that cropped up after Google Reader shut down. https://zapier.com/blog/best-rss-feed-reader-apps/ lists a few.

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    Comment #16895360

    > In a gaming environment where no two matches are ever the same, you can't go off of rehearsed actions because they won't work in all scenarios. Even with routine muscle-memory ta…

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    Comment #16769912

    Time Warner didn't respect the choice to not disclose a reason. They went in circles a few times, instead of dropping the question and advancing the script.

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    Comment #16427166

    There's enough animosity out there to spread around between AMP and other centralizing forces. Calling one out doesn't implicitly give the others a pass. Facebook (especially Insta…

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    Comment #16425783

    > The major one is that instead of manually checking pages one at a time, Checkbot lets you easily test 1,000s of pages in a few minutes to root out issues you'd normally miss. Scr…

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    Comment #16424662

    - A regex blacklist for URL structure would be very helpful. - Acceptable title length seems a bit short. 70 characters seems closer to what we're allowed today than the old 60 (pe…

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    Comment #15997084

    Kind of a violation of the burden of proof. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)

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    Comment #15913312

    The choice of colors in some medieval rainbow depictions was interesting, too. > For it is of four colours, and takes its appearance from all of the elements into itself. From the …

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    Comment #15785323

    The implication is that the Koch brothers gain power or favors by undermining Time's selection process, making Trump PotY. Whether it's because Trump wants to be PotY or because it…

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    Comment #15777375

    > and user_pref("taskbar.grouping.useprofile", true) so that I get separate icons in my taskbar for each profile Thanks for bringing this up. It was bothering me. Here are specific…

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    Comment #15736433

    In case anyone comes back and sees this thread, instructions for launching different profiles simultaneously can be found here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Opening_a_new_instance_of_…

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    Comment #15690704

    > 3. Firefox also has completely separate profiles, in addition to container tabs. The UI isn't as polished as in Chrome, but it works: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile…

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    Comment #15565156

    Lower property values and potential influx of people from a different social class. The parent post may've meant to imply race.

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    Comment #15488280

    Just edit AMP out of the URL. https://www.imore.com/onavo-app-claims-shrink-iphones-data-u...

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    Comment #15470785

    Which problems arise due to homogeneity?

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    Comment #15221060

    I'd prefer someone less complicit in establishing the surveillance state.

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    Comment #15113800

    Saw "CSP" and immediately thought of constraint satisfaction problems [0]. Unfortunate acronym. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint_satisfaction_proble...

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    Comment #15001560

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients

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    Comment #15001337

    You can achieve something similar to bang shortcuts by adding different search engines to your browser of choice and setting short keywords for them. E.g., in Chrome: Settings > ma…

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    Comment #15000169

    There are alternatives, service-by-service. Try startpage or duckduckgo for search. (The prior is essentially a proxy for Google). Fastmail or protonmail to get away from GMail. On…

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    Comment #14994799

    Pass the URL to outline.com for the full article without ads. Result: https://outline.com/BS9jX2