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    Comment #17593269

    Thank you, that's it!

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    Ask HN: Please help me recall a certain programmer horror story

    I remember having read a story about a programmer that encountered a weird error - his program was spitting out racial slurs in its output. The issue turned out to be a malicious v…

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    Comment #17380216

    Of course I can do that - and I did, with znc on my vps. But it's not a solution for beginners or less-technical people. Lack of server-side history also makes it basically impossi…

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    Comment #17379948

    For me the thing that IRC desperately needs is a set of features that would make it usable on mobile... While constantly switching networks (wifi, 3g etc) it's almost certain I wil…

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    Ask HN: Why Did React Switch to ES6 Classes?

    I tried to find a justification for that change in the API, but couldn't find any. Using ES6 Classes in React seems more tedious to me, as I have to bind methods manually, so I see…

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    Ask HN: Any good alternatives to WOT?

    After recent revelations about the ways WOT treats their users data (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12870953), do you know of a Firefox add-on that would serve the same purpo…

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    Comment #11515064

    Not at all... I see most of the non-touch laptops having glossy screens, as well. Also, I have a Samsung 900x3c with a matte screen and it's contrast is very impressive. Not having…

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    Comment #11515054

    Isn't color accuracy irrelevant when the image is obstructed by glare and reflections?

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    Ask HN: Why is it so hard to buy a laptop with a matte (no-glare) screen?

    It seems most manufacturers switched to glossy or anti-glare these days. What happened to good-old matte screens?

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    Ask HN: Is Let's Encrypt Harmful?

    I've just learned about Let's Encrypt, and it made me a little bit worried. Now, I'm afraid (correct me please if I'm wrong) I cannot easily say if the server I'm talking to is the…