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I usually have multiple Bash tabs open in Terminal, and I needed a quick way to see what each tab contained. The following bash script will set the Title of the tab. #!/bin/bash # …

I borrowed this book from the library, but before I finished it I bought it, I liked it that much. In short, I very much agree with this recommendation.

There is also transmission (actually the first one mentioned) "Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet)"--this does not mention liquid droplet…

> It doesn't seem to be an airborn virus, but it does survive on surfaces. I just read this last night, and from this I had the impression that it is an airborne virus, and that su…

24 hours later, and I still get the same message from Al Jazeera!

It seems as if NBC (www.nbc.com) is in the same boat.

Hm. I have never heard that meaning of the word previously, and the link I previously provided ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal ) also did not show that specific me…

Ah. That explains it. I did not know that meaning of the word, and the explanation I checked at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal only showed the meanings that I was …

Am I the only one who got confused by the first sentence? "The Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station this morning and is performing nominally...". Is e…

Right now, Anathem by Neal Stephenson is my favorite. I read through the comments before adding my 2 cents. I saw a lot of my favorite books, including a few by Neal Stephenson. Bu…

"The only other US president to receive the honor was Jimmy Carter and he received it for his work after he was president" Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Price in 1919 (while he was …

Rats! Yes, I did indeed mean 1/(x-1). Thanks for the correction.

I like this! Immediately I can also see that 1/5 + 1/25 + 1/125 + ... = 1/4 To generalize: 1/x + 1/(x x) + 1/(x x*x) + ... = 1(x+1) 'Proved' by looking at a picture :-)

Twitter is available again for me, so yeah, for me it was only down for a few minutes. As for whether HN is the appropriate forum to "tattle tale" when a well known website is down…

...for me, at any rate, When trying to sign in, I get: https://twitter.com/help_sessions/create and that page, right now, tells me that: That page doesn't exist!